president abbas is obviously sticking to everything he believes in the u.s. and israel are as well the new thing was this and what was that multi multilateral international mechanism and in fact he said i want to peace conference by the middle of twenty eighteen your thoughts on that. well i think is going along way really to try and offer a solution to the situation he finds himself in he's in a very very difficult position and if you read carefully amongst what he said one very important sentence he reminded that international community that israel is the occupier and there is an a course for occupation what he's been doing for the last twenty five years is he's letting of the whole by acting as their subservient the local authority to control a population that is illegally occupied now i think that's a very important hidden threat and in effect if he does not his not able to move this process forward he really has no option but to ask israel to come back as an occupying force and to dismantle the palestinian authority now. i'm sorry just germany described

abbas. president of the observer state of palestine, for his statements. the president now -- >> i expected mr. abbas to stay with us and have a dialogue. and unfortunately he is once again running away. look what just happened in this room. mr. abbas came in, put his demands on the table, and he left, and he is expecting you to deliver the results. it is not going to work that way. the only way to move forward is a direct negotiation between israel and the palestinians. mr. president, it is unfortunate we are meeting here today for the past seven and a half years, the chairman of the palestinian authority, mahmoud abbas, has refused to meet even once with prime minister netanyahu. he has refused to negotiate peace. yet, during that same time, mr. abbas has made seven trips here to the united nations. today, once again, rather than driving just 12 minutes, 12 minutes to jerusalem, he has chosen to fly 12 hours to new york to avoid the possibility of peace. mr. abbas, you have made it clear w

news that is the peace process dead or about to be reinvigorated the palestinian president mahmoud abbas will be addressing the u.n. security council this hour as he searches for a new peace broker in the middle east will look at whether the e.u. russia or even china could play the role held for decades by the united states also on the grid a critical situation in eastern syria hundreds of people have been killed as the rebel held area is bombarded by government forces and russian airstrikes and for those still alive the u.n. calls their suffering senseless and the final journey. politician. for years largely without success before the iron fisted leadership of robert mugabe this tuesday he is laid to rest in a country still finding its feet under a new leader we have your reaction from inside zimbabwe and ask you what impact opposition leader morgan i have your life. yeah but the news grid live on air and streaming online through you tube facebook live and al jazeera dot com and at this hour we are awaiting what will be a rare moment for the united nations and for what's left of the pea

has refused to negotiate peace yet during that thing time mr abbas as a made seven trips here to the united nations today once again by their then driving just twelve minutes twelve minutes between lamela to jerusalem you have chosen to fly two of ours to new york to avoid the possibility of peace because there are bath you have made it clear with your wards and with your actions that you are no longer part of the lucian you are the problem what have you done to better the life of a single person in the malar or gaza. the palestinians need leadership that will invest in education not glorify violence they need leadership that will build hospitals not pay terrorists they need leadership that will negotiate with israel speak to us in not run away from dialogue you just addressed the members of the security council mr abbas and spoke of your commitment to peace because what you often do when speaking to international forums but when you had with your people in arabic you convey a very different message a few weeks ago when i bought spoke to the p.l.o. central committee he called the nat

i'm gonna let abbas talk about what happened with the yazidis. >> yeah. i mean, we met with them at the hotel, and there were about three or four of them that came and shared personal stories. one was when the yazidi refugees -- which, yazidis, which i didn't know, they're not muslims or they're not christians. they're in a religion of their own. and they were isolated in the mountains, and the isis folks did not provide them with access to food or water for more than a week. and that one by itself was very disturbing, trying to just isolate people and leave them by themselves. but the worst one was when they were talking about how the isis people were forcing women with infants to take their kids, they used to kill their kids, and force them to actually eat their own kids. it was just -- it is something that is embedded here that will never go away. i mean, that kind of stuff. you know, it was very disturbing. >> how do you even process information like that? >> yeah. >> well, one of the things that the yazidis talked about was the fear that they have of

on the palestinian leader mahmoud abbas has called for a new international peace summit between israel and palestine within the next few months. on out to zimbabwe where the former opposition leader morgan tsvangirai has been buried in his hometown of the hara politicians from the ruling zanu p.f. party attended the service alongside thousands of oppositions of course as chandler i was a fierce opponent of zimbabwe's former president the sixty five year old died from cancer last week there is harmless has more from the hair. so this was the final farewell and lots of people were very sad the past. it was opened briefly and a few friends and family got to see more when one more time it was taken to the family homestead where he was buried next to the first wife susan the question now is what happens next for the party nelson chamisa was named to prison by the national council of the m.d.c. tea party but some officials we know are happy with his appointment any talk was only quickly and earliest judy nelson chamisa says that he spends in teams out across the country to talk to ordinary p

ambassador nikki haley but president abbas in a rare appearance here normally these monthly meetings are attended by his embassador basically made it clear that he no longer thinks that the u.s. can lead this process he's lost trust in the u.s. because of their recognition of jerusalem as the israeli capital and that cuts to the funding of the u.n. agency that helps palestinians under and he's proposing a new way forward is to learn to be more close over and over. we called for the convening of an international peace conference by mid twentieth in pierced on international law and the relevant year resolutions with broad international participation and including the two concerned parties and any settlement for most must be the solution of settlement activities in the territory occupied since one thousand sixty seven including east jerusalem and suspension of the decision regarding jerusalem as well as holding the transfer of the us embassy to jerusalem and james what was the response from israel. well what happened is that the palestinian president president abbas after he spoke decid

security council abbas said palestinians have lost faith in the u.s. government's ability to mediate abandoning a policy which had lasted twenty five years at a serious diplomatic editor james bay supports the headquarters at the u.n. president abbas's presence here was read and carefully calculated normally his ambassador attends this monthly meeting he came himself to express his displeasure at the troubled ministration he suggested its decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital am to cut funding to the un agency that helps palestinians disqualified it from leading peace efforts instead he proposed a new approach fairly early on. i would call for the convening of an international peace conference by mid two thousand and eighteen based on international law and relevant un resolutions with broad international participation including the two concerned parties and regional and international stakeholders. president abbas left immediately after his speech nothing unusual there in terms of u.n. protocol he was the only head of state in a room full

it comes to security council meetings he's very good in this format by the time he spoke president abbas it actually got up and left nothing unusual there in terms of u.n. protocol he was the only president in a room full of ambassadors and he had another engagement to go to but it didn't stop the israeli ambassador scoring a point i expected news that a day without another dialogue unfortunately is once again running away look what just happened in this room with the game in you put demands on the table in the left and expecting your to deliver the results it's not going to or that way the only way to move forward if they wrecked negotiations between even in the palestinian and those direct negotiations israel would like to see brokered by the trump administration they are very supportive of those efforts that the administration has put in place clearly president abbas is not he believes that the trumpet ministration can no longer be trusted because of their recognition of jerusalem as the israeli capital and the cut to funding recently of the u.n. agency that helps palestinians but the

the palestinian leader mahmoud abbas has called for a new international peace summit between israel and palestine in a rare speech at the u.n. security council is that any agreement reached in a suspend the u.s. recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital the u.s. state department says it would consider bringing in other countries if it believes they would be helpful platic editor james bays reports from the united nations president abbas's presence here was rare and carefully calculated normally his ambassador attends this monthly meeting he came himself to express his displeasure at the trumpet ministration he suggested its decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and to cut funding to the un agency that helps palestinians disqualified it from leading peace efforts instead he proposed a new approach very early on to grammar didn't go for the convening of an international peace conference by mid two thousand and eighteen based on international law and relevant un resolutions with broad international participation including the two concerned parties and regional and internat

palestinian leader mahmoud abbas has proposed a new international peace summit with israel that rules out the united states as the chief broker in an address to the un security council abbas said palestinians had lost faith in the u.s. government's ability to mediate abandoning a policy which had lasted for twenty five years i was in his diplomatic editor james bays reports from the headquarters of the un president abbas's presence here was rare and carefully calculated normally his ambassador attends this monthly meeting he came himself to express his displeasure at the trumpet ministration he suggested its decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and to cut funding to the un agency that helps palestinians disqualified it from leading peace efforts instead he proposed a new approach for any olive garden madrid go i would call for the convening of an international peace conference by mid two thousand and eighteen based on international law and relevant un resolutions with broad international participation including the two concerned parties and regional and international st

palestinian president mahmoud abbas is set to deliver a rare address at the u.n. security council later this month israel's u.n. ambassador says such a move will put an end to any possibility of future peace talks follows tension over the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital diplomatic editor james bass as more. with relations between the u.s. and the palestinians already at their lowest point for years the palestinian leader is taking the dramatic step of flying to the united nations this month it means a showdown with the americans and the israelis on the floor of the un security council every month for council meets to discuss the conflict normally ambassadors of israel and of palestine attend but in a deeply unusual move mahmoud abbas will himself be there he's angered by the trumpet ministrations decision to formally recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and to cut a large chunk of its funding to an ra the u.n. agency that provides humanitarian aid to palestinians the last straw was president trumps attack on him last week at davos he sa

mr abbas and spoke of your commitment to peace. this is what you often do when speaking internationally. but when you address your people in arabic you convey a very different message. a few weeks ago when abbas spoke to the plo central committee, he called the national movement of thejewish people, and i quote, a colonialist project. that has no connection tojudaism. whether or not that peace conference happens later this year, listening to those clips, it will have its work cut out, you would think. absolutely. it was a depressing morning to watch. the sides were just as far apart as ever. as abbas left to rapturous applause, he was immediately sealed by the israeli ambassador for not staying to listen to the others. —— immediately assailed by the israeli ambassador. what made those comments all that more meaningful was sat behind him was the husband of —— was the son—in—law of the president. let us bring up one of the clips from earlier. the palestinian leadership was not happy with the decision to move our embassy t

palestinian president mahmoud abbas is set to deliver a rare address at the un security council later this month israel's u.n. ambassador says such a move will put an end to any possibility of future peace talks follows tensions over the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital diplomatic efforts james space has more. with relations between the u.s. and the palestinians already at their lowest point for years the palestinian leader is taking the dramatic step of flying to the united nations this month it means a showdown with the americans and the israelis on the floor of the un security council every month for council meets to discuss the conflict normally ambassadors of israel and of palestine attend but in a deeply unusual move mahmoud abbas will himself be there he's angered by the trumpet ministrations decision to formally recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and to cut a large chunk of its funding to an ra the un agency that provides humanitarian aid to palestinians the last straw was president trump's attack on him last week at davos he said he disrespected v

security council abbas said palestinians have lost faith in the u.s. government's ability to mediate abandoning a policy which had lasted twenty five years i was there is to monitor james bays reports from the headquarters of the u.n. . president abbas's presence here was rare and carefully calculated normally his ambassador attends this monthly meeting he came himself to express his displeasure at the trumpet ministration he suggested its decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and to cut funding to the un agency that helps palestinians disqualified it from leading peace efforts instead he proposed a new approach very early on. i would call for the convening of an international peace conference by mid two thousand and eighteen based on international law and relevant un resolutions with broad international participation including the two concerned parties and regional and international stakeholders present a bias left immediately after his speech nothing unusual there in terms of un protocol he was the only head of state in a room full of a

palestinian leader mahmoud abbas has proposed a new international peace summit with israel that rules out the united states as the chief broker an address to the u.n. security council about the palestinians had lost faith in the u.s. government's ability to mediate abandoning a policy which has lasted for twenty five years i was arrested magic editor james space of course in the headquarters of the un. president abbas's presence here was rare and carefully calculated normally his ambassador attends this monthly meeting he came himself to express his displeasure at the trumpet ministration he suggested its decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and to cut funding to the un agency that helps palestinians disqualified it from leading peace efforts instead he proposed a new approach very early on. i would call for the convening of an international peace conference by mid two thousand and eighteen based on international law and relevant un resolutions with broad international participation including the two concerned parties and regional and international stakeholders present

but we actually see that mahmoud abbas if anything wants to move away from the u.s. he says that they learn longer a credible it gets met or new trial negotiator that that's how he sees it and he's really calling on the international community to try and supplant the u.s. but from what you're saying just that it's almost impossible for the u.s. to be supplanted in any kind of future dialogue because they have the most leverage of israel yes in many ways they have the most leverage over is are. the other important point is that it's not on the just the issue off leverage of the u.s. or the parties sponsoring the negotiations it's also about the leverage that the palestinians have so what kind of negotiations positions and what strengthens read their negotiations position and unfortunately the only strategy has been negotiations for the sake of negotiations without having any alternative strategy without having any strategy that highlights the. political pressure points that could be used in order to achieve something within the negotiations without. using things like

president wants to set up an international alliance to mediate with israel that's the message mahmoud abbas will deliver to the united nations late on tuesday it marks a step away from a longstanding policy of accepting the u.s. as the main intermediary then it's most reports from ramallah in the occupied west bank. donald trump's promise of the deal of the century turned into what the palestinian president called the slap of the century it's forced mahmoud abbas and his team back to the drawing board. has been involved in palestinian policy making for decades he now believes the u.s. is losing its dominant role in the world in a world that is changing i mean the calculation is not only on our wishes it's also on our and alice's of what's going on in the world including what israel now practices israel is seeking very much better relations with the russians was the chinese was the indians with the japanese israel itself knows that the world is changing and it cannot ignore these other important forces abbas has been telling leaders from europe russia china and elsewhere that he wants them t

century turned into what the palestinian president called the slap of the century it's forced mahmoud abbas and his team back to the drawing board. has been involved in palestinian policy making for decades he now believes the u.s. is losing its dominant role in the world in a world that is changing i mean the calculation is not only on our wishes it's also on our and that is is what's going on in the world including what israel now practices israel is seeking very much better relations with the russians was the chinese was the indians with the with the japanese israel itself knows that the world is changing and it cannot ignore these other important forces abbas has been telling leaders from europe russia china and elsewhere that he wants them to have a role in mediation with the israelis while retaining u.s. involvement. for any new form to work though the israelis would have to be willing to take part with trump at his back there seems little incentive for now the prime minister binyamin netanyahu to change tack i doubt that can be and the renewal of the peace process especially that the

security council mahmoud abbas's jus that later this month will be a rare occasion because the masses not leaders usually represent from u.n. headquarters in new york diplomatic editor james banks now. with relations between the u.s. and the palestinians already at their lowest point for years the palestinian leader is taking the dramatic step of flying to the united nations this month it means a showdown with the americans and the israelis on the floor of the un security council every month for council meets to discuss the conflict normally ambassadors of israel and of palestine attend but in a deeply unusual move mahmoud abbas will himself be there he's angered by the trumpet ministrations decision to formally recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and to cut a large chunk of its funding to the u.n. agency that provides humanitarian aid to palestinians the last straw was president trumps attack on him last week at davos he said he disrespected vice president mike pence declined to give an audience to when he visited the middle east the decision of the palestinian leader to come to

and other leaders including mahmoud abbas as well. in terms of who is the success of this is something that will be decided by the palestinian people maybe through the palestinian in institutions when the time comes and i'm sure that the palestinian people out of capable of of living up to such responsibility and to take the necessary this is in when when needed. would you accept the duty of the palestinian presidency if it was offered to you. well i think i'm not being offered this duty by the palestinian people at this stage so it's there's no there's no good question to. at this stage when when when when is that bridge we would see how to cross including the commitment of the somali duties that might or might not be in place a lot of palestinians from the refugee breck grounds are now fighting in the syrian civil war or talk a bit about that conflict by be all could spray gate in a lap or supporting syrian government forces does that mean that the palestinians in general are sympathetic to the assad cos no it means that the palesti

president wants to set up an international alliance to mediate with israel that's the message mahmoud abbas will deliver to the united nations later on tuesday it marks a step away from a long standing policy of accepting the u.s. as the main intermediary but it's with reports from ramallah in the occupied west bank. donald trump's promise of the deal of the century turned into what the palestinian president called the slap of the century it's forced mahmoud abbas and his team back to the drawing board. now both south has been involved in palestinian policymaking for decades he now believes the u.s. is losing its dominant role in the world in a world that is changing i mean the calculation is not only on our wishes it's also on our and that is is what's going on in the world including what israel now practices israel is seeking very much better relations with the russians was the chinese was the indians with the with the japanese israel itself knows that the world is changing and it cannot ignore these other important forces abbas has been telling leaders from europe russia china and elsewh

envoy mahmoud abbas he expressed his anger over the u.s. recognition of jerusalem as the israeli capital highly and one hundred. the us administration has not clarified its position is it for the two state solution or for one state and then in a dangerous unprecedented manner this is ministration undertook an unlawful decision which was rejected by the international community to take the issue of jerusalem off the table and to recognize the city is israel's capital well after finishing his speech abbas stood up and walked out of the security council meeting chamber that is that left the u.s. envoy nikki haley addressing her remarks to an empty seat. president abbas i sit here today offering the outstretched hand of the united states to the palestinian people in the cause of peace but i will decline the advice i was recently given by your top negotiator syeed erekat i will not shut up negotiators are sitting right behind me ready to talk but we will not chase after you the choice mr president is yours and ramsey by rude editor of the palesti

comes after palestinian leader mahmoud abbas proposed an international peace summit with israel but he wants one that rules out stronger chum's government as the chief diplomatic editor james space reports. president abbas's presence here was rare and carefully calculated normally his ambassador attends this monthly meeting he came himself to express his displeasure at the trumpet ministration he suggested its decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and to cut funding to the un agency that helps palestinians disqualified it from leading peace efforts instead he proposed a new approach very early on. i would call for the convening of an international peace conference by mid two thousand and eighteen based on international law and relevant un resolutions with broad international participation including the two concerned parties and regional and international stakeholders present a bias left immediately after his speech nothing unusual there in terms of un protocol he was the only head of state in a room full of ambassadors and had another engagement to attend it didn't stop t

announcer: palestinian president mahmoud abbas spoke to the un security council in new york on tuesday. he called for international peace conference to be convened later in 2018 to address the israeli-palestinian conflict. he also criticized the trump administration's decision to move the american embassy in israel to jerusalem. u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley responded directly to the speech. this portion of the event is about an hour. >> i now give before to his excellency mahmoud abbas, president of the state of palestine. . may the peace, mercy and blessings be upon you. since --have passed took place. six then, 6 million palestinian refugees continue to suffer from the cruelty of exile. the continue to wonder at loss of their stable lives in their homeland. they are part of the 13 million palestinian whose country has as a fullrecognized member in state of the united nations. -- we determining their right. despite resolutions reaffirming the right to statehood on the national -- excellencies, we are the descendents of the canaanites that lived in the land of palestine 5000

as the chief broken mahmoud abbas told the u.n. security council that palestinians have lost faith in the donald trump government's ability to mediate for medicare to james base reports. president abbas's presence here was rare and carefully calculated normally his ambassador attends this monthly meeting he came himself to express his displeasure at the trumpet ministration he suggested its decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and to cut funding to the un agency that helps palestinians disqualified it from leading peace efforts instead he proposed a new approach very early on. i would call for the convening of an international peace conference by mid two thousand and eighteen based on international law and relevant un resolutions with broad international participation including the two concerned parties and regional and international stakeholders present a bias left immediately after his speech nothing unusual there in terms of un protocol he was the only head of state in a room full of ambassadors and had another en

palestinian president mahmoud abbas is set to deliver a rare address at the u.n. security council later this month israel's u.n. ambassador says such a move will put an end to any possibility of future peace talks diplomatic editor james bays has more. with relations between the u.s. and the palestinians already at their lowest point for years the palestinian leader is taking the dramatic step of flying to the united nations this month it means a showdown with the americans and the israelis on the floor of the u.n. security council every month for council meets to discuss the conflict normally ambassadors of israel and of palestine attend but in a deeply unusual move mahmoud abbas will himself be there he's angered by the trumpet ministrations decision to formally recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and to cut a large chunk of its funding to an ra the u.n. agency that provides humanitarian aid to palestinians the last straw was president trump's attack on him last week at davos he said he disrespected vice president mike pence declined to give an audience to w

when mr abbas chooses to retire well first first of all let me praise the leadership the historically the ship of the but the same people generally headed by by yasser arafat and other leaders including mahmoud abbas as well. in terms of who is the success of this is something that will be decided by the palestinian people maybe through the palestinian in institutions when the time comes and i'm sure that the palestinian people out of capable of of living up to such responsibility and to take the necessary this is in when when needed. would you accept the duty of the palestinian presidency if it was offered to you. well i think i'm not being offered this duty by the palestinian people at this stage it's there is no there is no good question to. at this stage when when when when is that bridge we would see how to cross including the commitment of the personality duties that might or might not be in place a lot of palestinians from the refugee bread grounds are now fighting in the syrian civil war on talk a bit about that conflict but maybe i'll could spray gaped in the lap of supportin

palestinian president mahmoud abbas is set to deliver a rare address to the u.n. security council later this month israel's ambassador to the u.n. says such a move would put an end to any possibility of future peace talks our diplomatic editor james bays has more with relations between the u.s. and the palestinians already at their lowest point for years the palestinian leader is taking the dramatic step of flying to the united nations this month it means a showdown with the americans and the israelis on the floor of the u.n. security council every month the council meets to discuss the conflict normally ambassadors of israel and of palestine attend but in a deeply unusual move mahmoud abbas will himself be there he's angered by the trumpet ministrations decision to formally recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and to cut a large chunk of its funding to the u.n. agency that provides humanitarian aid to palestinians the last straw was president trump's attack on him last week at davos he said he disrespected vice president mike pence declined to give an audience

headquarters in new york and a diplomatic editor james space so what's president abbas going to say to the u.n. james what will the response be. well this is a regular monthly meeting that takes place at the united nations looking at the current situation regarding the israelis and palestinians but it's going to be very different when that meeting takes place in about an hour's time because the palestinian place is not being taken by the palestinian ambassador it's being taken by president abbas he's coming here himself i think a showdown with the israelis and the americans because he's so unhappy about recent developments he's particularly unhappy of course about the u.s. except of jerusalem as the israelis capital that recognition certainly he believes is against international law also very unhappy that the u.s. administration is pulling out a lot of its funding for under the u.n. agency that funds palestinians and helps many palestinians that is the backdrop for this meeting a palestinian president who no longer believes that the u.s. can play a leading role that the u.s. have had t

of the palestinian people generally headed by by yasser arafat and other leaders including mahmoud abbas as well. in terms of who is the successor of this is something that will be decided by the palestinian people maybe through the palestinian in institutions when the time comes and i'm sure that the palestinian people out of capable of of living up to such responsibility and to take the necessary this is in when when needed. would you accept the duty of the palestinian presidency if it was offered to you. well i think i'm not being offered this duty by the palestinian people at this stage it's there is no there is no good question to. at this stage when when when when is that bridge we would see how to cross including the commitment of the personality duties that might or might not be in place a lot of palestinians from the refugee breck grounds are now fighting in the syrian civil war or talk a bit about that conflict by be all could spray gate in a lap or supporting syrian government forces does that mean that the palestinians in general are sympathetic to the assad cos no it means t

of the palestinian people generally headed by by yasser arafat and other leaders including mahmoud abbas as well. in terms of who is the successor of this is something that will be decided by the palestinian people maybe through the palestinian in institutions when the time comes and i'm sure that the palestinian people out of capable of of living up to such responsibility and to take the necessary this is in when when needed. would you accept the duty of the palestinian presidency if it was offered to you. well i think i'm not being offered this duty by the palestinian people at this stage it's there is no there is no good question to. at this stage when when when when is that bridge we would see how to cross including the commitment of the personality duties that might or might not be in place a lot of palestinians from the refugee bread grounds are now fighting in the syrian civil war or talk a bit about that conflict maybe i'll could spray gate in a lap or supporting syrian government forces does that mean that the palestinians in general are sympathetic to the assad costs no it mean

and other leaders including mahmoud abbas as well. in terms of who is the success of this is something that will be decided by the palestinian people maybe through the palestinian in institutions when the time comes and i'm sure that the palestinian people out of capable of of living up to such responsibility and to take the necessary this is in when when needed. would you accept the duty of the palestinian presidency if it was offered to you. well i think i'm not being offered this duty by the palestinian people that this is it's there is no there is no good question to do. at this stage when when when when is that bridge we would see how to cross including the commitment or the personality duties that might or might not be in place a lot of palestinians from the refugee breck grounds are now fighting in the syrian civil war or talk a bit about that conflict by be all could spray gate in a lap all supporting syrian government forces does that mean that the palestinians in general are sympathetic to the assad cos no it means that the

envoy and the palestinian leader mahmoud abbas delivered a vitriolic address on tuesday aimed squarely at washington for recognizing jerusalem as the israeli capital and claiming america is not committed to the peace process. one of the us administration took an unlawful decision which was rejected by the international community to take the issue of jerusalem off the table and to recognize the city as israel's capital almost gradually but we are ready to begin negotiations immediately in order to achieve peace and security for all in our region and the world. and here's what happened next after finishing his speech i stood up and walked out of the meeting without waiting for the response from the u.s. envoy mickey halley. oh he has left the room i will dress the balance of my remarks to him. president abbas i sit here today offering the outstretched hand of the united states to the palestinian people but i will decline the advice i was recently given by your top negotiator side erekat i will not shut up mickey how he was reacting there to comments from the palestinians chief peace nego

and other leaders including mahmoud abbas as well. in terms of who is the success of this is something that will be decided by the palestinian people maybe through the palestinian in institutions when the time comes and i'm sure that the palestinian people out of capable of of living up to such responsibility and to take the necessary this is in when when needed. would you accept the duty of the palestinian presidency if it was offered to you. well i think i'm not being offered this duty by the palestinian people at this stage it's that there is no there is no good question to. at this stage when when when when is that bridge we would see how to cross including the commitment or the personality duties that might or might not be in place a lot of palestinians from the refugee breck grounds are now fighting in the syrian civil war or talk a bit about that conflict but maybe i'll could spray gate in a lap supporting syrian government forces does that mean that the palestinians in general are sympathetic to the assad cos no it means that

security council, abbas called for an international conference to restart peace negotiations, but in a clear jab at washington which has historically has been at the center of those talks, abbas asked that the conference be under the u.n. sponsorship rather than the u.s. the moved by abbas came in the wake of president trump's decision in december to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel and to move the u.s. embassy to that is it i from tel aviv. following his remarks, you can see there that the palestinian leader immediately walked out of the securities council meeting. u.s. ambassador nikki haley criticized that move you and stressed that it is up to palestinian leaders to make the first move in the talks. >> we are joined here today by palestinian authority president abbas. i'm sorry he declined to stay in the chamber to hear the remarks of others. even though he has left the room, i will address the balance of my remarks to him. the united states knows the palestinian leadership was very unhappy with the decision to move our embassy to jerusalem. you don't have to like tha

president abbas went on to say that ministrations decision on jerusalem has been rejected by the rest of the international community and he criticized washington for cutting funding for palestinian refugees after finishing his speech i stood up and walked out of the security council meeting chamber that left the u.s. envoy nikki haley addressing her remarks to an empty seat. the president must i sit here today offering the outstretched hand of the united states to the palestinian people in the car. but i will decline the advice i was recently given by your top negotiator side erekat i will not shut up our negotiators are sitting right behind me ready to talk but we will not chase after you the choice mr president is yours. ramsey baroud editor of the palestine chronicle the u.s. is no longer able to act as a mediator in the israeli palestinian peace process so he says the u.s. has lost its top artists have beaten any kind of international mechanism that would attempt to bring peace and reconciliation between palestine and israel they have lost their right to do so when they decided to

i think and disappointing position of president abbas i think we should give it a chance see if we can enter into discussions based on this because i think that we owe our people this effort i myself have dealt with this over the years very seriously very conscientiously with great detail and sometimes of considerable ingenuity but i think we owe it to our people to give this a chance the other thing that i would say is that the fact that we have this newfound relationship with the arab countries something that mr chairman i would not have imagined in my lifetime it's. this is not what they call a spin this is real it's deep it's brought. it doesn't necessarily cross the threshold of a formal peace and i doubt that would happen until we get some formal progress with the palestinians so the two are linked but i think that the opportunity to bootstrap an agreement having progress with the arab countries in certain areas having progress with the palestinians in certain areas and just keep doing this i think this is more promising because of the arab component because of the strategic real

envoy and the palestinian leader mahmoud abbas delivered a victory over could dress on tuesday aimed squarely at washington for recognizing jerusalem as the israeli capital and claiming america is not committed to the peace process but. one of. the us administration took an unlawful decision which was rejected by the international community to take the issue of jerusalem off the table and to recognize the city as israel's capital almost are doing but we're ready to begin negotiations immediately in order to achieve peace and security for all in our region and the world. and here's what happened next after finishing his speech abba stood up and walked out of the meeting not waiting for any response from us and bored to have a real even though he has left the room i will dress the balance of moral marks to him. the president asked i sit here today offering the outstretched hand of the united states to the palestinian people but i will decline the advice i was recently given by your top negotiator so erekat i will not shut up while the editor of the palestine chronicle isn't convinced h

president abbas will come it will be a good thing and it will be a good thing for the members of the security council to listen to the president himself it will be beneficial for everyone this really ambassador to the united nations danny down on has issued a statement saying that president abbas is completely misreading the situation and harming the prospects for his own people it's not clear at this stage who will attend the security council meeting for israel or the united states jamesburg out zero of the united nations more than nine hundred fifty miners in south africa a stuck underground after a storm knocked out power the beer trix gold mine is near the city of vulcan that in central freestate sixty five people have been rescued the mining companies are. the workers are being supplied with food and water and are not in media danger. three kenyan television stations remain off the air despite a court ordering they reopen the government close to say sions on choose a after they try to broadcast a mock inauguration ceremony staged by the opposition leader. catherine story from th

has never been an honest broker mahmoud abbas trying to send a message to the palestinian people that after decades of pursuing this frivolous and futile peace process and nothing has been achieved as a result his message to the palestinian people that i'm still here and i'm still fighting and i'm still challenging the american diktats and american foreign policy . to world records were broken in the space of just fifteen minutes by russian athletes at the winter olympics in south korea a little earlier the first was set by figure skater medvedev up in the women short program but her score was then topped minutes later by her own teammate alina get over with the details in pyongyang his. the younger russian figure skater had been hot on the heels of her older teammate for a very long time and there you have it even gagnon vedova could all be enjoy her world record for a few minutes because then i mean as they did even better and scored an extra point as to what it takes to set these kind of world records both figure skaters include some of the most sophisticated elements in the sport

president abbas left immediately after his speech nothing unusual there in terms of u.n. protocol he was the only head of state in a room full of ambassadors and had another engagement to attend it didn't stop the israeli ambassador using it to score a point i expect that means that our battle stay with us and have a dialogue unfortunately is once again running away. the u.s. ambassador came to the meeting accompanied by the two men president trump has tasked with leading negotiations jason greenblatt and his own son in law jared cushion she said president abbas had a choice the united states stands ready to work with the palestinian leadership our negotiators are sitting right behind me ready to talk but we will not chase after you the choice mr president is yours it was a security council session full of drama and theatrical but the reality is depressingly familiar this meeting in no way brings any closer to a resolution to a conflict that's already lasted over seventy years james zero of the united nations israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is remaining defiant

president, let me welcome the presence of mahmoud abbas in the council. let me thank you for the detailed briefing and efforts for peace. mr. president, the facts on the ground speak for themselves and leave little room for optimism. we face a growing humanitarian and economic crisis in gaza and we see a lack of possibilities for palestinian development in the west bank. i will touch on three points in that context. the two state solution and the need for tangible steps, secondly, the need for commitment and international support and third, the situation in gaza. mr. president, my first point. this two-tiered solution. it is worth recalling the oslo accords signed by president abbas, who has always advocated for a peaceful role toward palestinian states. the oslo accords held the promise of two states within five years from the signing in 1993. but we are now in the 25th year since oslo and the obstacles to peace have grown. oslo was not just a document, it was a vision. we are still firmly convinced that only the two state solution based on the borders o

we will not chase after you. >> haley says she won't chase after anyone because abbas left the room before she spoke. >>> donald trump jr. is on a visit to india this morning. his company's biggest international market. he's now fueling ethical questions with meetings and dinners with people buying trump-banded apartments. what's he saying this morning? we have more live from new delhi. john, this is -- he's conflating -- doing both politics and business at the same time. it's not a good look, is it? >> reporter: it's not a good look, but i would say that donald trump jr. is being defiant about the trump organization's business ties here in india. he's got four days on the ground, visiting four major cities from the east and west, north to south, looking at five major projects. as you suggested, it is the trump organization's largest international market. we're looking at millions and millions of dollars of different developments. today he's heading west to a city outside of mumbai to look at towers there. let's give a glimpse of what he's been doing for his first full day on the ground. h

president abbas will come it will be a good thing in that it will be a good thing for the members of the security council to listen to the president himself it will be beneficial for everyone this really ambassador to the united nations danny down on has issued a statement saying that president obama is completely misreading the situation and harming the prospects for his own people it's not clear at this stage who will attend the security council meeting for israel all the united states james jazeera of the united nations feel to come here at al-jazeera a guilty verdict for the man who attacked a crowd of weapons outside a london mosque. and twenty eight russian athletes have their lifetime a limp dick band being lifted that candle can heat up the upcoming. winter again. from the waves in the south. to the contours of the east. holloway is starting to see some slightly warmer weather slightly bowed weather coming in across central and southern parts of china over the next day or so six hours is the high and shanghai that could fall away to twelve celsius there for hong kong on frida

comes after palestine's leader mahmoud abbas proposed an international peace summit with israel but he wants one that rules out donald trump's government as the chief broker a diplomatic editor james bays reports president abbas is presence here was rare and carefully calculated normally his ambassador attends this monthly meeting he came himself to express his displeasure at the trumpet ministration he suggested its decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and to cut funding to the un agency that helps palestinians disqualified it from leading peace efforts instead he proposed a new approach for any out of grammar didn't go i would call for the convening of an international peace conference by mid two thousand and eighteen based on international law and relevant un resolutions with broad international participation including the two concerned parties and regional and international stakeholders present a bias left immediately after his speech nothing unusual there in terms of un protocol he was the only head of state in a room full of ambassadors and had another engagement t

i assured president abbas that india is committed to the palestinian national interest india hopes that palestine will become an independent and sovereign state in the future the building of the state comes through peaceful means and through dialogue and understanding. but there was no mention of east jerusalem as the capital of a palestinian state something previous indian leaders always referred to from the palestinian president came the hope that india might help in mediating future talks with the israelis. we exchanged views about the current dilemma of the peace process that resulted from the continuity of the occupation and from the blocking of the political horizon following decision on jerusalem and the refugees. there was no comment from modi on that. how different the relationship was when yasser arafat was alive modi paid his respects at the former palestinian leader's mors a limb in one thousand nine hundred eight india became the first non arab country to recognize the state of palestine india suffered under colonialism and fellow palestinians are in the same boat thirty ye

president wants to set up an international alliance to mediate with israel that's the message mahmoud abbas will deliver to the united nations later on tuesday it marks a step away from a longstanding policy of accepting the u.s. as the main intermediary bennett smith reports from ramallah in the occupied west bank. donald trump's promise of the deal of the century turned into what the palestinian president called the slap of the century it's forced mahmoud abbas under steam back to the drawing. about south has been involved in palestinian policy making for decades he now believes the u.s. is losing its dominant role in the world in a world that is changing i mean the calculation is not only on our wishes it's also on our and alan says what's going on in the world including what israel now practices israel is seeking very much better relations with the russians with the chinese was the indians with the with the japanese israel itself knows that the world is changing and it cannot ignore these other important forces abbas has been telling leaders from europe russia china and elsewhere that h

there are live from doha also coming up our entry mody makes president mahmoud abbas in the first visit by an indian prime minister to palestine. come to north korea the sister of leader kim jong il invites the south korean president. we're in brazil for the country's most traditional carnival but it's not in rio. there is some breaking news an israeli fighter jet has crashed after an iranian drone was shot down near the border with syria syria says it was responding to an israeli act of aggression state television is reporting explosions from what it says israeli attacks near damascus well both f. sixteen pilots ejected and parachuted safely into northern israel they were targeting a military base inside syria suspected of launching an iranian drone which flew towards the golan heights the israeli army says it struck twelve uranium targets including an air defense system. well in a few moments will join us live from beirut but first let's cross to western going to talk to him and. so what's been the reaction so far and side israel to reports of this f. sixteen coming down. well let me