well we don't think that the statement was a fair one we think that the palestinian and the palestinian side has always proved beyond any doubt its willingness to to not only to negotiate but to actually reach an agreement something that the israelis have never done and in terms of the talks and of deeds as well let's remember that there's a government went on on a campaign of settler colonialism causing all kinds of problems which which actually negate any possibilities for reaching a peace agreement so again the statement is not is not and we think it's the israeli side to take the blame but also i mean can you discard it asked me to mediation completely not just israel but many arab states in the region would do what the u.s. tells them. this isn't we don't we don't we don't pick and choose who should be in the international mechanism after all it's the responsibility is over those parties themselves to decide and to coordinate and to come to come together. within a framework of such such mechanism we. war against the united states of america we said that what the americans themselve

to the palestinian people nevertheless let me let me tell you that any assistance to the palestinian people any part of the palestinian people is something that is important and that's valuable in that that we need to but the less noise can come at the expense of the independence of the palestinian decision and no assistance can actually influence our direction and the decision making process on the palestinian side now with no full independence in sight palestinian officials are thinking about dissolving the autonomy as government which was supposed to be the temporary anyway and handing all the work and burden of governing palestine back to israel directly this sounds pretty much like capitalisation to me does it make the decades long palestinian struggle for statehood nolen voigt. no i actually i don't have the same the same thinking i believe that the establishment of the president of already was an achievement for the palestinian people we need to keep and we need to struggle for going forward the not not back backpedaling go going forward means to achieve the national independe

well we don't think that the statement was a fair one we think that the palestinian and the palestinian side has all is proved beyond any doubt its willingness to to not only to negotiate but to actually reach an agreement something that the israelis have never done and in terms of the talks and of deeds as well let's remember that there's a government went on on a campaign of settler colonialism causing all kinds of problems which which actually negate any possibilities for reaching a peace agreement so again the statement is not is not and we think it's the israeli side to take the blame but also i mean can you discard it has made it mediation completely not just israel but many arab states in the region would do what the u.s. tells them. this isn't we don't we don't we don't pick and choose who should be in the international mechanism after all it's their responsibility as over those parties themselves to decide and to coordinate and to come to come together. within a framework of such such mechanism we. war against the united states of america we said that what the americans themsel

palestinians never answer to. and president obama in two thousand and fourteen and prime minister netanyahu will basically accept the firm will even is always some ways of a should. i want to talk international law one of you i know that you have a friendly president in america but when it comes to things like building the barrier along the grand line building settlements in claiming all of jerusalem that goes against international law that's the general knowledge major things right now it's not relevant for israel israel doesn't really care it does what it sees fit but do you think eventually it could you know catch up with it israel the whole legal pressure. international community a lot of interpretations to the international law and you're taking one interpretation we are we have another interpretation you know nobody ever. states there was no palestinian state until sixty seven nobody recognizes the occupation of jerusalem by jordan only two countries pakistan do you kid. so what used to be the british mind t

a workable as palestinian state. borders. right of the palestinian refugee to come. recognizes the other demands of the palestinians which is unacceptable the palestinian state should be. the consequences a result of. the two state solution not happening so far let's face it ok so one state solution isn't what israel wants because you don't want to absorb two point five million palestinians into like seven million israelis no one wants that so what kind of options are left for israel. already. show you the option the option is to try again to reach an agreement if this is impossible to which regional agreement. joining and they can put some value on the table they can put and i do logic and value a financial value even the security of it by offering the palestinian something and offering these words something and pushing two sides to could two to make concessions if this is not work you. really independent more supported by the us and which say the palestinians are so. they so don't want to do any compromise lets do half way interim agreement that will keep the two s

land left under palestinian control you have a huge palestinian population living as refugees or living under occupation palestinians are governed under military law they are essentially prisoners they are treated as if they were all prisoners of war they have no rights. in the immediate aftermath of the sixty seven war the united nations security council post resolution two too food. citing international go forbidding the takeover of territory by war two for two explicitly calling for israel to withdraw its own forces. to this day israel has largely failed to comply not only holding palestinian territory. compass getting additional land and building massive jewish settlement blocks in the west bank in east jerusalem in direct violation of the food geneva convention which expressly forbids states from transferring civilian populations into territory it occupies. in addition israel has established an inter matrix of security control on palestinian land to secure the settlements including checkpoints the prevent palestinians from travelling freely within their own land and a four hundred

well we don't think that the statement was a fair one we think that the palestinian and the palestinian side as all is proved beyond any doubt its willingness to to not only to negotiate but to actually reach an agreement something that the israelis have never done and in terms of the talks and of deeds as well let's remember that there's a government went on on a campaign of settler colonialism causing all kinds of problems which which actually negate any possibilities for reaching a peace agreement so again the statement is not is not and we think it's the israeli side to take the blame but also i mean can you discard it has made it mediation completely not just israel but many arab states in the region would do what the u.s. tells them. this isn't we we don't we don't pick and choose who should be in the international mechanism after all it's their responsibility as over those parties themselves to decide and to coordinate and to come to come together. within a framework of such such mechanism we. war against the united states of america we said that what the americans themselves hav

we don't think that the statement was a fair one we think that the palestinian and the palestinian side has always proved beyond any doubt its willingness to to not only to negotiate but to actually reach an agreement something that the israelis have never done in in terms of talks and of deeds as well let's remember that the government went on on a campaign of settler colonialism causing all kinds of problems which which actually negate any possibilities for reaching a peace agreement so again the statement is not is not and we think it's the israeli side to take the blame but also i mean can you discard it has made it mediation completely not just israel but many arab states in the region would do what the u.s. tells them. listen we don't we don't we don't pick and choose who should be in the international mechanism after all it's their responsibilities over those parties themselves to decide and to coordinate and to come to come together. within a framework of such such mechanism we in a war against the united states of america we said that what the americans themselves have said don

gaza is an integral part of palestinian territories, it will not be possible to have palestinian state or a peace agreement with them without gaza. a palestinian unity is art and parcel to peace in middle east. my second point, the conflict as a whole. the conflict is the oldest in the middle east. but it is also the only conflict whose solution is shared. this solution is based on the principle of two states living with ae and security safe and recognized border. the border is along the lines of -- with a mutually agreed jerusalem is the future capital and agreed,tates realistic, and fair solution for the refugees. any negotiations has to be based on internationally agreed parameters. these parameters are not optimal, they create a framework for negotiation. we know very well that -- are linked. none of the two people will realize its national aspirations at the expense of the other. mr. president, we are at a crossroads. a critical state where each of the parameters are fragile. line, the settlement and colonization of palestinian newitory is creating reality on the ground. implement

developer the palestinian economy the palestinian civil society bottom up. to create a state that will not be another failed state because if you give the worst independence to morrow it's will be taken over by hamas. in a second and we'll have another horse failed state this is not something that anybody wants not even in the d.c. general i want to ask you about the statement that you made you have said that israel should move forward with the peace initiative right now because it is in a strong position because right now the international situation is and its favor so what kind of terms do you see israel dictating to palestinians if you're negotiating from a position of strength can that be a good thing for a lasting peace i mention both sides balance in the same sort of strength because then it would always be israel the strong one and palestine the wick one how is that good for the last. piece. so free. is a small country. hundred fifty million. so the way you put it is the one way and one point seven billion muslims. so israel has to be strong as a wise

we don't think that the statement was a fair one we think that the palestinian and the palestinian side has all is proved beyond any doubt its willingness to to not only to negotiate but to actually reach an agreement something that the israelis have never done and in terms of the talks and of deeds as well let's remember that there's a government went on on a campaign of settler colonialism causing all kinds of problems which which actually negate any possibilities for reaching a peace agreement so again the statement is not is not and we think it's the israeli side to take the blame but also i mean can you discard it has made it mediation completely not just israel but many arab states in the region would do what the u.s. tells them. this isn't we we don't we don't pick and choose who should be in the international making is after all it's their responsibility is over those parties themselves to decide and to coordinate and to come to come together. within a framework of such such mechanism we. war against the united states of america we said that what the americans themselves have sa

we don't want the palestinian heroes. we want free and alive palestinian heroes. free and prosperous, free and educated. if you blame us for that, bring it on. >> thank you for your remarks. i'm peter shutly, foreign service and also on the board. my question is, many american congressmen senators visit israel, not very many go onto the west bank. my question is can you describe for us a little bit about your efforts to have members of congress get a clearer picture of what the situation is? >> yes, it is an important question. and you're right, the way that the truth has been blocked here, and the concerted effort to actually make sure that there is only one side of the coin presented, one side of the narrative and the story and that side is not even israeli side. it's a distorted minority who has the money and organization. we haven't been doing as much in that arena in the last few decades but that's not because we don't want to receive them. but things have been changing. in the last few years we have been receiving several senior u.s. congress delegations, se

can be no palestinian state without palestinian unity. those who stand in the way of reconciliation,hart the cause and the price will be paid by generations of ordinary people. mr. president, the security situation on the golan is also a growing concern. a worrying escalation occurred on february 10th when israeli defense forces destroyed what they identified as an iranian unmanned aerial vehicle which reportedly entered the air space from syria. shortly thereafter the israeli aircraft tearinged a syrian air base. during the attack one israeli jet was hit, injuring two pilots which prompted israel to attack what it describe as 12 military objective inside syria. turning to lebanon, heightened rhetoric was exchanged between israel and over disputed maritime areas. the united nations calls on the sides to act responsibly, avoid security risks and explore with the support of the united nations ways to resolve the issue. preparations continue for may parliamentary elects in lebanon and the upcoming conferences to support the security sector i

no palestinian. i want to see any other leader who can look us in the eye and say they represent the people of palestine. i want to see any other leader sit ats that they can such a table. the palestinian people might not be the strongest of nations. we know our rights. we know the limits of diplomacy. we know exactly when to say no. only agency that represents palestine. if you want to search somewhere else, good luck. the keys to peace are with the people of palestine. and with the leadership of palestine. no matter where else you are going to look, no matter how many plots and conspiracies were going to employ. the second thing that was mentioned by president trump is that we walked away from negotiations. what negotiations? what negotiations we have walked from? since we engage president trump, we have been saying that we are ready. this is an opportunity. there was never an offer of negotiations. the was never an offer of engagement. there was no plan to start. this is a movie we have seen many

state should be negotiated between israel and the palestinians so the palestinians will tell you that they're sticking to what has been the longstanding convention it is the israelis and the a now backed by the u.s. that is trying to completely change the agenda and change the agenda first of all by suggesting that jerusalem is now the capital of israel and that it's off the table will just can't happen for the palestinians east jerusalem is they cease to use them as the future capital of a palestinian state and its status is yet to be discussed so the what the palestinians will say is that the america the u.s. and israel are trying to move the goalposts naysay the goal before the palestinians the goal post should stay exactly as they are nikki haley suggested for example as did the israeli ambassador why doesn't the palestinians talk and talk with us like we achieve peace with israel with egypt and jordan well meet face to face well israel is an occupying power over the palestinians it calmed behaving the same way as it did with egypt and jordan come out it's up and smith is reportin

well the palestinian leadership mahmoud abbas and the leadership of palestinian authority took a lot of criticism after donald trump recognized jerusalem as the capital of israel they were criticized basically by their main rivals hamas criticized for having invested essentially twenty five years in negotiations in talks with the israelis mediated by the u.s. the u.s. is the main mediation party the criticism was that was a waste of twenty five is it hasn't got the palestinians haven't got the palestinians anywhere and if anything the palestinian cause the desire for their own state with these to rue slim as its capital has slipped further backwards israeli settlements of continue to expand there doesn't seem to be any stopping them certainly the current u.s. administration hasn't done much to discourage the israeli government from expanding those settlements so there has been a lot of frustration here the palestinian leaderships inability to achieve much in the last twenty five years so they do feel under pressure they feel under pressure that they've got to carry on trying to talk

we don't want the palestinian heroes we want life palestinian heroes. free and prosperous, free and educated. if you blame us for that bring it on. >> thank you for your remarks. i'm peter, retired state department foreign service and also i'm on the board and my question is many american congressmen and senators visit israel not very many go on to the west bank and so my question is can you describe for us a little bit about your efforts to have members of congress get a clearer picture of what the situation is. yes, this is an important question and you are right. the way the truth has been blocked here and the concerted efforts to make sure there is only one side presented one side of the narrative in the story and it's not even the israeli side but a distorted minority who has the money and organization. we haven't been doing as much in that arena in the last few but that's not because we don't want to see them. things have been changing and then the last three years we've been receiving several senior us congressman and i myself before i became the

the other demands of the palestinians except the palestinian state should be. the consequences a result. the two state solution is not happening so far let's face it ok so one state solution isn't what israel wants because you don't want to absorb two point five million palestinians into like seven million israelis no one wants that so what kind of options are left for israel. show you the option. the option is to try again to reach an agreement if this is impossible to which original agreement that the our joining and they can put some value on the table they can put and i don't logical value a financial value even a security of it by offering the palestinians something and offering these words something and pushing two sides to could two to make concessions if this is not working i'm a commanding and israeli independent more supported by the us and ups which say the palestinians are so extreme they so don't want to do any compromise let's do halfway interim agreement that will keep the two state solution alive even if we cannot we choose to do it and trump re

not just the palestinians. we should fight arabs and jews to preserve that. >> my opinion is that both sides, people are tired, fatigued and brainwashed and they will not reeble in a way that they would march? the streets. people are saying i care about my four corners and my garden, and it's out of my control and i don't see this rebellion happening. >> clearly i'm the optimist of 2002 of us. in fact, i believe that rather than creating two separate states, one israeli and one palestinian, that we should have a one-state solution where everyone shares in the same land and has equal rights. i know i'm in the minority with this idea. still, the situation in the west bank and in israel is so complicated now that you have a scrambled situation, where the israelis are living amongst palestinians, and palestinians are living amongst israelis, and the question really is how to separate the two people. one of the israeli intellectuals that dealt with this binational situation which we are in is the former deputy mayor

no palestinian will sit on that table, no palestinian. i want to see any other leader who can look us in the eye and say they represent the people of palestine. i want to see any other leader who says that they can sit at such a table. the palestinian people might not be the strongest of nations. we know our rights. we know the limits of diplomacy. we know exactly when to say no. we are the only agency that represents palestine. if you want to search somewhere else, good luck. the keys to peace are with the people of palestine. and with the leadership of palestine. no matter where else you are going to look, no matter how many plots and conspiracies you are going to employ. the second thing that was mentioned by president trump is that we walked away from negotiations. what negotiations? what negotiations we have walked from? since we engaged president trump, we have been saying that we are ready. this is an opportunity. there was never an offer of negotiations. the was never an offer of engagement. there was no plan to start. this is a m

so we would enter the house of an innocent palestinian home in the middle of the night. the first mission that i carried out, the adrenaline was pumping. the second, the third, the fourth, when it started to calm down, i realised i was sitting in someone‘s living room, bedroom, children's room, that was when it started to break. and you are dealing with people in fear? constant fear. but i had to say the fear is two sided. i was also full of fear. but i would say that what motivated me eventually to break my silence was the piercing eyes of young palestinians, when i was barging into their house in the middle of the night, i could always justify it to myself. but those eyes, the anger, their fear was what eventually helped me overcome that. a house of a physician in nablus, for example, that i entered in the middle of the night, taking him, his wife and his daughter, and pushing them in a room. if they wanted to use their bathroom or their kitchen, or use their phone, they needed permission from me. that specific house in nablus stayed with me for a while because that

the palestinian question must be solved and then regional issues will be solved and this was affirmed by the initiative and all arabs and muslims which have adopted the initiative. and when the initiative is implemented when the state of palestine is recognized in line with the borders of one thousand nine hundred sixty seven and the problem and its all arabs and muslims will become ready to recognize the state and of an israel all arabs and muslims a fifth of the deal seven and muslim country and. the. remember this was the polluted in the agreement of the arab summit and in this regard we reaffirm the terms of reference for any upcoming negotiations and they are as follows respect for international law though. we are unmarketable a state but we are not recognized as a state. and yet we affirm always like this for an international law and the relevant resolutions are in and all of these resolutions must be respected including security council resolutions two hundred forty two three hundred thirty eight through resolution twenty three thirty four and the arab peace initiative will res

not just the palestinians. we should fight arabs and jews to preserve that. >> my opinion is that both sides, people are tired, fatigued and brainwashed and they will not reeble in a way that they would march? the streets. people are saying i care about my four corners and my garden, and it's out of my control and i don't see this rebellion happening. >> clearly i'm the optimist of 2002 of us. in fact, i believe that rather than creating two separate states, one israeli and one palestinian, that we should have a one-state solution where everyone shares in the same land and has equal rights. i know i'm in the minority with this idea. still, the situation in the west bank and in israel is so complicated now that you have a scrambled situation, where the israelis are living amongst palestinians, and palestinians are living amongst israelis, and the question really is how to separate the two people. onone of the israeli intellectuals that dealt with this binational situation which we are in is the former deputy may

hate within palestinian society. you encourage your children to them that jewsg are descendents of -- your faction creates the -- and he who killed remained silent and refused to condemn the terrorist who killed a father of six as he was riding home to see his children. your incitement does not end with rhetoric. he made official policies to sponsor terrorism. million,you spent $345 paying terrorists for killing innocent israelis. total donated. if you percent of your money. this is money you could have spent building 40 hospitals. this is money you could have build 172 schools. every year. world,vel around the seeking international intervention in an attempt to avoid the choice necessary for peace. he look to every possible fold, but you do not want to actually negotiate with israel. president, it is unfortunate, but it is reckless behavior and it is nothing new. continued in a spirit of over 70 years of missed opportunities by palestinian leadership. we recently celebrated sunday of a -- 70 years resolution for the

land left under palestinian control you have a huge palestinian population living as refugees are living under occupation. palestinians are governed under military law they are essentially prisoners they are treated as if they were all prisoners of war they have no rights. in the immediate aftermath of the sixty seven war the united nations security council post resolution two too food. citing international though forbidding the takeover of territory by war to food to explicitly called for israel to withdraw its own forces . to this day israel has largely failed to comply not only holding palestinian territory the compass getting additional land and building massive jewish settlement blocks in the west bank in east jerusalem in direct violation of the food geneva convention which expressly forbid states from transferring civilian populations into territory it occupies. in addition israel has established an inter matrix of security control on palestinian land to secure the settlements including checkpoints the prevent palestinians from travelling freely within their own land and a four hu

develop the palestinian economy the palestinian civil society bottom up hope to create a state that will not be another failed state because if you give the worst meant independence to morrow it's will be taking over. in a second and we'll have another failed state this is not some things that anybody want not even in the in d.c. general i want to ask you about the statement that you made you said that israel should move forward with the peace initiative right now because it is in a strong position because right now the international situation is and its favor so what kind of terms do you see israel dictating to palestinians if you're negotiating from a position of strength can that be a good thing for a lasting peace i mention both sides balance in the same sort of strength because then it would always be israel the strong one and palestine the wick one how is that good for the last. piece. so free. is a small country. that. hundred fifty million. so there were you put it is there one way and one point seven billion muslims. so israel has to be strong as a wise we will not leave them it

workable as palestinian state. borders. of the palestinian refugee. demands of the palestinians. the palestinian state should be. the consequences a result. the two state solution is not happening so far let's face it ok so one state solution isn't what israel wants because you don't want to absorb two point five million palestinians into like seven million israelis no one wants that so what kind of options are left for israel. show you the option. the option is to try again to reach an agreement if this is impossible to which original agreement that the our joining and they can put some value on the table so they can put and i don't logical value a financial value even a security of it by offering the palestinians something and offering these words something and pushing two sides to couture to make concessions if this is not working i'm a commanding israeli independent more supported by the us and ups which say the palestinians are so extreme they so don't want to do any compromise let's do half way interim agreement that will keep the two state solution alive even if we cannot

economy the palestinian civil society bottom up. to create a state that will not be another failed state because if you give the worst meant independence to morrow it's will be taking over by hamas in a second and we'll have another horse failed state this is not some things that anybody want not even in the in d.c. general i want to ask you about the statement that you made you said that israel should move forward with the peace initiative right now because it is in a strong position because right now the international situation is and its favor so what kind of terms do you see israel dictating to palestinians if you're negotiating from a position of strength can that be a good thing for a lasting peace i mention both sides balance in the same sort of strengthening because then it would always be israel the strong one and palestine the wick one how is that good for the last. piece. so free. is a small country. hundred fifty million. so there were you put it is there. and one point seven billion muslims so israel has to be strong as

so we would enter the house of an innocent palestinian home in the middle of the night. the first mission that i carried out, the adrenaline was pumping. the second, the third, the fourth, when it started to calm down, i realised i was sitting in someone's living room, bedroom, children's room, that was when it started to break. and you are dealing with people in fear? constant fear. but i had to save the fear is two sided. i was also full of fear. but i would say that what motivated me eventually to break my silence was the piercing eyes of young palestinians, when i was barging into their house in the middle of the night, i could always justify it to myself. but those eyes, the anger, their fear was what eventually helped me overcome that. a house of a physician in nablus, for example, that i entered in the middle of the night, taking him, his wife and his daughter, and pushing them in a room. if they wanted to use their bathroom or their kitchen, or use their phone, they needed permission from me. that specific house in nablus stayed with me for a while because that p

so we would enter a house of an innocent palestinian home in the middle of the night. the first mission that i carried out, the adrenaline was pumping. the second, the third, the fourth, when it started to calm down, i realised i was sitting in someone‘s living room, bedroom, children's room, that was when it started to break. and you are dealing with people in fear? constant fear. but i have to say the fear is two sided. i was also full of fear. but i would say that what motivated me eventually to break my silence was the piercing eyes of young palestinians, when i was barging into their house in the middle of the night, i could always justify it to myself. but those eyes, the anger, their fear was what eventually helped me overcome that. a house of a physician in nablus, for example, that i entered in the middle of the night, taking him, his wife and his daughter and pushing them in a room. if they wanted to use their bathroom or their kitchen, or use their phone, they needed permission from me. that specific house in nablus stayed with me for a while because that

we don't want the palestinian dead -- we want live palestinian heroes. free and prosperous, free and educated. if you blame us for that bring it on. >> thank you for your remarks. i'm peter, retired state department foreign service and also i'm on the board and my question is many american congressmen and senators visit israel not very many go on to to the west bank. and so my question is can you describe for us a little bit about your efforts to have members of congress get a clearer picture of what the situation is. >> yes, this is an important question and you are right. the way the truth has been blocked here and the concerted efforts to make sure there is only one side presented one side of the narrative in the story and it's not even the israeli , but a distorted minority who has the money and organization. we haven't been doing as much in that arena in the last few but that's not because we don't want to see them. things have been changing and then the last three years we've been receiving several senior us congressman and i myself before i became

patient of the palestinian land and. they made it as if the palestinians are to keep buying israel not the other way around the israelis are occupying palestinian land and killing the palestinians just on the issue of dialogue i mean what about us was keen to stress throughout his speech that the palestinians had worked on dialogue all these years but then the israelis ambassador blamed whatever us walking away from dialogue and insisted that it was his response and since they're blaming each other for not having a negotiation what do you think it looked bad to have but what about not staying listen to that u.n. security council meeting i know that the diplomatic reasons perhaps why but wouldn't it have been a good idea for him to stay and look like he was actually listening to other side why should he sit and stay and especially knowing what kind of speakers are going to come after him after him and the israeli and the american representatives yes but. also it's a little you know you did not insist that the u.n. is the

that he's coming as part of this middle east trip the palestinians are also hoping somehow that the indian prime minister will support them as becoming part of the sort of multilateral forum that the palestinians are trying to create to advance any talks that might be in the future with the israelis this is because the palestinians no longer trust the u.s. government to sort of independent arbiter in discussions with israel since donald trump's recognition of jerusalem as the capital of the state of israel since then the palestinians have been looking for other ways in which to advance their cause they've been looking to the e.u. to russia to china and now they're looking to their old friend india which is also now increasingly close with the israeli government and modi and netanyahu are very good personal warm times down i'm not sure broader assessment burnet about india's priorities here i mean they are vocal supporters of the palestinians but it also seems that israel has become important to. well as india is modernized india's priorities have changed yes decades ago india and pa

is making the first visit by an indian prime minister to the occupied palestinian territories the one day trip to the west bank is part of a three nation tour to strengthen ties with the middle east earlier he discussed the israeli palestinian conflict with jordan's king abdullah modi is expected to meet the palestinian president mahmoud abbas later on saturday let's get more now from bernard smith who joins us live from ramallah bernard so let's talk first about the palestinians what are they hoping to get out of this trip do you think. well it's the shortest of trips although the first visit by an indian prime minister to the occupied palestinian territories but now now under modi will be here for three hours but in those short in that three hour window the palestinians diplomatically well they're looking for a new partners to make to create some sort of multilateral forum to progress talks with the israelis this is because the palestinians no longer consider the americans as sort of independent arbiters since donald trump's recognition as jerusalem is the capital of israel so since

modi is making the first visit by an indian prime minister to the palestinian territories he's meeting palestinian president mahmoud abbas the trip to the west bank as part of a three nation tour to strengthen ties with the middle east earlier he laid a wreath on the tomb of former palestinian leader yasser arafat smith joins us now live from ramallah bernard so let's talk first about the palestinians what are they hoping to get out of this trip. well darren around ramadi is one hour into a short three hour visit tears of the occupied west bank the first visit by an indian prime minister last year modi visited israel and ordinarily off the back of a visit to israel foreign leaders tend to make a visit to the west bank india didn't do that last year it is separately visiting the west bank now the palestinians happy that the indian prime minister is making his first visit here they might like to have seen him last year but nevertheless the relationships have changed the palestinians have long been friends and allies of the indians and they're hoping from this visit at least a commitment

and i'm jane doesn't this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up two palestinians found dead after israeli shelling that followed an explosion along the gaza border that injured four of its soldiers. in the city if you can so until we hear the facts everything else is just blow. russia dismisses the u.s. indictment accusing it of interfering with america's twenty sixteen presidential election plus. every politician who is taking donations on the out are a shame on you i students from the florida school with seventeen people were killed last shot at the u.s. congress for the lack of gun control legislation. first breaking news at least sixty six people are feared dead after a plane crash in iran the passenger aircraft disappeared from radar after leaving the capital tehran it was traveling to yes in the southwest. emergency services have been deployed to the mountain this is for han province is bring in david lemons he's an aviation safety specialist former pilot and consulting editor for flight global magazine he joins us now via skype from london very good to have you with us davi

puts a hamas leader on its global terror list the palestinian group calls it a dangerous development. color again on marty and an issue with al-jazeera live from also coming up donald trump signs an order to keep guantanamo bay open. a classified memo about the f.b.i. the trump campaign and russia opens a new passes on risk in washington. kenya's government shots three t.v. stations hours after they broke. swearing in as president. let's start in the palestinian territories where in the past twenty four hours a series of developments have offered hope to the long besieged people of gaza while also challenging the palestinians political leadership on tuesday night president trump used his state of the union address to reiterate america's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital on wednesday the state department listed the political leader of hamas near a global terrorist imposing sanctions against syria. meanwhile israel along veiled a billion dollar plan to help ease gaza's humanitarian crisis and the european union pledged an extra fifty three million dollars in aid to the palest

i'm always looking for palestinian poetry to sing and this. is particularly special to my heart because first of all it's by a great. and second i really felt close to it because i feel also like. i'm palestinian but like so many of us in the diaspora so many of us who had to leave. i speak also as somebody from a far away land. and somebody who who feels this great nostalgia whenever i return and also i feel that the poem is really speaking about the experience of somebody like my father who had to leave. as a child and. he feels he has been living in exile his whole life but every day dreaming of palestine every day has his heart is in palestine so i feel that this poem really speaks beautifully about this experience of exile as the palestinian. leak. who we. saw. was. read oh oh. the knee i knew going. in the back. a. bit to see in no way. out of the. that. was. her. that was another one to find out. for us out. of a little till. last seen as a failure of history has had a role. because if the how we talk about how we as voters that are inv

to be put on israel to end the violence in the palestinian territories. the only resolution is to end occupation on the resolution is to end the system of apartheid and allow palestinians to finally be free let me remind you that during the last three months since mr brown declared his her orderable position about jerusalem we had peaceful demonstrations taking place in the west bank and gaza but these peaceful demonstrations were met with severe israeli violence no less than twelve people have been killed in gaza by israeli soldiers who were shooting at them while they were peacefully demonstrating the same happened in the west bank we lost also more than twenty people so far with the israeli military gunfire and more than five thousand people have been injured during peaceful demonstrations so israel is attacking me for demonstrations the world does not do anything they do not pressure israel to stop using this terrible violence and then it is skillets and my word is that unless there is immediate international pressure to on israel to stop the use of v

believes are religious the palestinians have to agree to. is that israel is a jewish state and this is the end of conflict and finality of. they have to agree is that there is no light of return into is would only two palestinian state and that is well has a legitimate. demands on its security does well it has to agree to a palestinian state to go back to basically sixty seven border and to partition of jerusalem and have been was not here. and. he's not willing to do the concession so b.b. for sure is not here. so let's go point by point everything that you just sat from what it looks from the outside for someone who is not palestinian or israeli it does look like that this and listening to go sheesh and of peace while kind of protecting your own goals and reaching your own goals is convenient for everyone because you know if you strike a deal if you strike it's a compromise that we have to abide by you have to you know make concessions do you feel like maybe the current status quo is better than the fixed settlement depends which settlemen

future or the statehood of the palestinians to that he understands of concessions with the palestinians are necessary in order to neutralize or or edge bands in any relations with those arab countries mentioned mr are led by saudi arabia but it's clear that this is for him a breakthrough in the in the gaels to t.g. . overview of the middle east you know let me just break that down again because it's such a complicated region of the world the way i understood binyamin not to. you know who he's accusing iran of quote devouring huge swathes of the middle east and he said that has brought arabs and israelis closer together than ever and it could be a path to peace yes he's saying yes so essentially he's saying that iran's greater assertiveness having had many international sanctions lifted on its economy has brought saudi arabia its big regional rival. to the into the into the arena in a much bigger way as well and that in turn has brought saudi arabia and other like minded arab countries closer to israel and where the potential for a peace agreement is sadly is all schools we also need to

the army says it has killed palestinian. in the occupied west bank city of janine was wanted over the death of a settler last month. some breaking news to tell you about now out of hong kong where pro-democracy activists are to walk free after an appeal victory in court sarah. has the latest on that from hong kong syrup. yes of the verdict has just been delivered in the final court of appeal and it's good news for the likes of joshua wong one thing more and alex chalo these are the three student leaders who were behind the occupy hong kong movement their appeal have all appeals have been unanimously allowed so that basically means that they're free from today from the final court of appeal which is behind me so it's good news for the pro-democracy movement on arrival on the y. and i had expected to go over there they're preparing to go back behind bars to finish the rest of their jail time but the other judges have today decided the final court of appeal that there while they did while they were involved in various acts of v

was basically giving jerusalem to israel outside of final status talks with the palestinians the palestinian president mahmoud abbas was among those who condemned truff but at the u.n. security council this week it was clear abbas had moved on he told them basters the era of the u.s. as an honest broker is over and that it's time to try something new for any art of grammar to call for the convening of an international peace conference by mid two thousand and nineteen based on international law and relevant un resolutions with broad international participation including the two concerned parties and regional and international stakeholders a u.s. based analyst called the move in date very bad foreign policy rather than just giving jerusalem away to the israelis what he could have done and said we will acknowledge jerusalem as the capital of israel if you dismantle all the illegal settlements and so what he stand now it seems given away very big valuable check and essentially gotten nothing in return the ambassador david friedman and a few aides will join current consulate staff at their office

and the kick and the slap that could land a palestinian team in jail for years i had to meet trial before an israeli military court begins today are her actions protest or provocation. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us ukrainian opposition leader mikhail saakashvili is calling on the e.u. and especially germany to support his anticorruption campaign against the government in kiev now this after saakashvili was detained by heavily armed men in kiev and deported immediately to poland ukraine says he's been staying in the country illegally saakashvili has described the move as a kidnapping. this surveillance footage reportedly shows the moment amassed men stormed a kiev restaurant to detain one of the government's harshest critics their target mikhail saakashvili the former president of georgia the ukrainian government insists he's trying to stage a russian sponsored coup here that's actually says president poroshenko should resign for failing to fight corruption his attorney blasted kiev's actions as outrageous with them and it's a kidnapping and not the detention because a tension

agency which has been a lifeline for millions of palestinian refugees and now the u.s. is designating a leader of hamas to keep palestinian political group with an armed wing as a global terrorist and slapping sanctions on ismail haniya who threaten a political uprising or intifada against israel a day after two islams tribes decision rather on jerusalem. the senate in poland has approved a bill that would make it illegal to suggest poland was complicit in the nazi holocaust or for house back the draft legislation despite objections from israel and the us israel accuses poland of trying to rewrite history if the bill is signed into law by the president some offenses could carry jail sentences of up to three years very fos it brings us the israeli reaction from us true self. well this crisis in relations between israel and poll has really been deepening since friday last week when the lower house of parliament voted in favor of this bill israel reacting with outrage admonishing the deputy ambassador here in israel of prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying that history

territory he's met palestinian president mahmoud abass trip to the west bank on to the three nation tool to strengthen ties for the middle east he laid a wreath on the tomb of former palestinian leader yasser arafat's sternness smith has more from ramallah. it's a very short visit three hours he flew over took a helicopter from the jordanian side landed here in the occupied west bank and is leaving in about an hour or so time now from the indian perspective this is a visit aimed they said helping build up palestinian capacity in the health technology and education areas they're investing in a technology park here in ramallah is also a school that the indians have helped fund it's a very different to the relationship from from the early relationship decades ago between the indians and the palestinians the unions were the first to record the first non arab state back in one thousand nine hundred to recognize the state of palestine and then they view their relationship through the sort of colonial prism the indians are being colonized by the british and they saw the palestinians as bei

the united states puts a hamas leader on its global terror list the palestinian group pulls in a dangerous to help. run them out santa maria this is the world news from al-jazeera a reprieve for thousands of syrians sheltering in the united states the trumpet ministrations as they can state your rivals contact also kenya's government shuts down three t.v. stations just hours after they broadcast reiner agenda's swearing in as president so all of that plus. i'm going hey reporting from southern thailand where we'll tell you about an ambitious coast to coast project that could have a major impact on shipping and security. so how does that mean territories first of all plenty of news there in the past twenty four hours developments which of often hope to the long besieged people of gaza but also challenge the palestinians political leadership at twenty three than the u.s. president donald trump first of all used his state of the union address to reiterate america's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital then the state department the state the political leader of hamas ismail haniya as a

to maddy my father is palestinian and my mother is japanese. i grew up in japan and i studied in the united states and i live in paris now i certainly listen to all different kinds of music i like rock and. and popular music as well but very since very very early age i must say since around three or four i tend to fight very specifically was classical music and as soon as i started actually singing classical music myself i immediately knew that this was the way that i can express myself the most and the most fully always very important for me to sing in palestine and also with palestinians abroad as well too because i love i love palestine i love palestinians and i love being in this in this culture and a part of it my background as a palestinian and as a japanese those are the strongest of course that's part of my head. was. you know. i feel that my background has helped me immensely. is a big part of who i am so i grew up listening to a lot of classical music certainly song by my aunt danielle but also my father listened to a lot of bach and