because we not allowed to learn about palestine. taxpayers funds should be used to build bombs and nuclear weapons and kill people and from israel and against espouse they demand criminal investigation. i was ordered by the college of ethnic studies by the university administration and every single order came out saying i did nothing wrong. all the allegations are unfounded. the university took 20 days to publish a public statement just to say these are the fiendings 20 days they rye zested and then the meantime the lobby wasn't happy so they pedestrian televisiones the controller of the state of california to have gone me. san francisco stayed ordered five, year audit of my international travel, not a single question was beside missing receipts or a penny. every question was political. why are you doing this? why are you building -- why there is an moument why does this sunshine why does the travel to palestine? the provost reevokes my trip to palestine, and a week before the state department issued an as advisory not to travel so

why did she traveled to palestine? at the same time the provost revoked my trip to palestine. that's a week before the state department advised not to travel so this this is not as result t but before that. in the fall of 2014 we passed the memorandum of understanding. the president of the provost meeting with the the college of ethnic studies, we discussed how would the arm of this program would be supported in the provost set twice to me we do not find holocaust deniers. no reason. there is no reason i teach actually the holocaust and jewish history in all my courses and so on, and president want me silenced. we were able to approve in 2015. president wong promised to reinstate the fact the lines. we began to work on a scholarship. two other scholarship so when his daughters go to university they can apply for it an excellent education. they tried to obstruct the scholarship but the entity and made happen and we now have a scholarship. in spring 2014 after we passed a minor, now we have edward said scholarship committee memorandum of understanding. there needs to be certain,

to teach palestine and justice. we will not be silence. we will not be stopped. b-17. [applause] [applause] >> thank you very much. we have about ten minutes for questions. find an usher if you have cards and send them forward. someone wants to know if you can elaborate on the definition of anti- summit is him? what president or administration was in power when that happened? was that congressional action and was that done without public knowledge? >> i think it began around 2009. during the last administration. and it was the appropriation of the working definition undertaken by the european monitoring group that is just a working definition so they could trace it in europe but it becomes encoded into state department policy. and the primary definition isn't offensive in any way but there is a certain perception of jews that could be expressed as hatred toward jews. rhetorical end manifests toward jewish and their property and so on. but the problem becomes where they give you the example of what it is it is demoni

and palestine state under these conditions would secure palestine poverty underdevelopment, frustration, security, and eventually sustain the conflict itself. i'd like to take an extra money and destroy my time constraint, i hope not, but i pray, that a little extra attention to this, to google that and spend 15 minutes looking at the banti stands. i went to study the materials and i didn't understand it and found it fascinating as a comparison to the palestinian authority and the territorial and institutional constraints that it's operating under. apart-- the logic. apartheid imperative. the impaerative of apartheid wherever it would appear would be to prevent racial mixing. otherwise the whole law falls apart. if you can't discretely have separate populations there's nothing to defend. in order to do that you need strict geographic segregation. this requires that you-- if you're going to actually make this work, you need separate authorities within these territories. the south africans interestingly call them black self-government authorities and guess what oslo called them, palestini

establish a state of palestine to leverage withdrawal. this is a popular movement right now, big dip clinic the united nations to do this and however point here is that if we accept the apartheid analysis and the regime such a state would be and it would lack the exhibitions of true sovereignty. israel is as long as it has composed as a apartheid regime cannot accept any palestinian state that is not [inaudible] because any truly sovereign state would print the jewish national character of israel. this means that a state of palestine formed under these conditions would only secure palestinian property under development, frustration and insecurity and essentially, sustained conflict itself. i would like to take an extra moment and i will destroy my time constraint, i hope not, but i will pray that a little bit of extra attention to [inaudible] is well. google that and spent 50 minutes looking at it more than we supposed do. i went to south africa to study this material because i realized i didn't understand it and i found it fascinating as

mourning in palestine the majority of those killed were taking part in a peaceful none violent demonstration a repeat peaceful nonviolent demonstration to mark the forty second anniversary of land day. in which six palestinians were killed in protest against israelis illegal expropriation of thousands of the unknowns of palestinian land in one nine hundred seventy six and to reiterate the right of return for palestine refugees in this regard i recall that seventy percent of gaza's two million palestinians are really just started refugees whose the right of return has been systematically been denied by israel the names of some of the palestinians tragically killed mohammedan a jar aged twenty five mahmoud mom aged thirty eight mohammad omar age twenty two. age and nineteen jihad training age thirty three mahmoud sadly rami rami age thirty three abdul fatah abdi nabil age twenty two brahim abu. her age twenty as well as. abdul qadeer of al how a jerry sorry. i'm sheesh jihad moves but there are some bad analogy gee who whose ages remains unknown moreover earlier on friday. wahid some more farm

for him personally welcome to conflict zone thanks or welcome and the mission of the state of palestine during the let me start with the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital your president said we will not accept for the u.s. to be a mediator because after what they've done to us a believer shall not be stung twice in the same place and then he told donald trump damn your money and maybe your house be destroyed what kind of effect do you think that sort of rudeness has on the diplomatic process. and this announcement was unexpected first of all for the palestinians and the international community because before that for me things i was being now and i was by my president and top and he visited us you remember last until expected trump said throughout his campaign that he was going to recognize jerusalem by all. all in all the previous president they said so but they didn't move to practice when they did a campaign product campaign promise and the others and they did some of them but now damn you know what the and maybe your house be destroyed you can't afford to talk

for him crazy welcome to conflict zone thanks a lot welcome and the mission of the state of palestine driven let me start with the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital your president said we will not accept for the u.s. to be a mediator because after what they've done to us a believer shall not be stung twice in the same place and then he told donald trump damn your money and maybe your house be destroyed what kind of effect do you think that sort of rudeness has on the diplomatic process. and this announcement was unexpected first of all for the palestinians and the international community because before that for me things was being now and i was playing my part. and and he visited us you remember the last was really expected trump said throughout his campaign that he was going to recognize jerusalem but all in all the previous prison they said oh but they didn't move to protect against one leader campaign prachanda bennett promise and the others they did some of them but now damn you know what he and may your house be destroyed i mean you can't afford to talk to

for him crazy welcome to conflict zone thanks or welcome and the mission of the state of palestine during the let me start with the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital your president said we will not accept for the u.s. to be a mediator because after what they've done to us a believer shall not be stung twice in the same place and then he told donald trump damn your money and maybe your house be destroyed what kind of effect do you think that sort of rudeness has on the diplomatic process. and if this announcement was unexpected first of all for the palestinians and the international community because before that for the meetings i was in now and i was by my president and and the visiting us you remember last year only expected trump said throughout his campaign that he was going to recognize jerusalem by all its. all in all the previous present they said so but they didn't move to practice when leaving the campaign prachanda been a promise and the others it is some of them but now danielle what do you and may your house be destroyed i mean you can't afford to talk to

for him crazy welcome to conflict zone thanks or welcome and the mission of the state of palestine during the let me start with the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital your president said we will not accept for the u.s. to be a mediator because after what they've done to us a believer shall not be stung twice in the same place and then he told donald trump damn your money and may your house be destroyed what kind of effect do you think that sort of rudeness has on the diplomatic process. and this announcement was unexpected first of all on for the palestinians and the international community because before that for meetings i was playing now and i was by my president and time and he visited us remember the last until expected trip said throughout his campaign that he was going to recognize jerusalem by all. all in all the previous president they said so but they didn't move to practice when they did a campaign promise campaign promise and the others did it some of them but now damn you know what the and may your house be destroyed i mean you can't afford to talk to yo

to bring him crazy welcome to conflict zone thanks so welcome and the mission of the state of palestine during the let me start with the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital your president said we will not accept for the u.s. to be a mediator because after what they've done to us a believer shall not be stung twice in the same place and then he told donald trump damn your money and maybe your house be destroyed what kind of effect do you think that sort of rudeness has on the diplomatic process. and if this announcement was unexpected first of all and for the palestinians and the international community because before that for the meetings i was being now and i was by my peers. and and he visited us with member of the class was really expected trump said throughout his campaign that he was going to recognize jerusalem but all of this was all in all the previous wasn't this at all but they didn't move to practice one leader campaign private company to promise and the others that it is some of them but now daniel what he and may your house be destroyed you can't afford

to bring him crazy welcome to conflict zone thanks or welcome and the mission of the state of palestine doing that let me start with the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital your president said we will not accept for the u.s. to be a mediator because after what they've done to us a believer shall not be stung twice in the same place and then he told donald trump damn your money and maybe your house be destroyed what kind of effect do you think that sort of rudeness has on the diplomatic process. and this announcement was unexpected first of all for the palestinians and the international community because before that for me things i was being now and i was. i'm a president and top and he visited us with member of the class was really expected trump said throughout his campaign that he was going to recognize jerusalem but all of this was all of the previous present they said oh but they didn't move to practice one livid campaign private campaign promise and the others did it some of them but now damn you know what he and may your house be destroyed i mean you can't aff

a world real will respond to palestine and. zionism the nationalist movement that emerged in europe in the late eighteen hundreds was dedicated to the idea that the jewish people of to centuries of living as persecuted minorities within other countries were entitled to state an historic palestine the biblical homeland of the jews more than three thousand years before but there was a basic problem with the choice from the start. line was already home to hundreds of thousands of palestinian arabs who had been living in palestine for centuries. after world war two when the holocaust the situation reached a break point of the muslim the british colonial government made the decision to withdraw and to polish the problem on to the newly created united nations. and nine hundred forty seven u.n. resolution one eight one recommended that palestine be split into two parts jews who are a third of the population would receive fifty six percent of the one palestinians who are two thirds of the population and possess move ninety percent of h

palestine wrongly divided by race. we unified mandate palestine. okay. there is a legal basis for doing this if we turn back to league of nation mandate. it was one country for everyone that lived there. it would not be a jewish state or anybody state. it would be a secular democratic state. the hard part of this is that reunification doesn't raise very serious questions of identity shift to reconstruct the idea of the nation. it would stop being a foggy mandate reference or dream in the future but it would be one state that belong to all who are idiots. it would not be the exclusive geographic heritage of any one part of the population. it would not require the exclusion of anybody which is tough for people who had lost a great deal to it. they've to be reconceived as an ethnic group. with full civil rights. not a people with superior rights to the land. and palestinians as a toughest thing for me to say as a non- palestinian. returning to the idea that it is a multi- identity. embracing everyone in mandate territory not arab in any sense that would exc

for how mr putin has israel or the fact that organizes it but we understand that the state of palestine is a kook amazing it's a and b. are oracle denies and we're saying that the ballot and republishing nineteen ninety three when we stand also look so the factions is not a must for them because i look like what what's going on and in israel are different because they didn't organize even the quota systems of the palestinians who are talking there is a united by god to look in israel at them there are armed forces that any bait him a civilian administration in israel you don't have that you have you have different voices you have hamas you have islamic jihad you haven't thought about any of the any here and call it international and israel international christiano a lot of people are going ok over there israel is also they have different views developed forces it's not quite the same out this is a i understand it's not quite it's a wise workings of the negotiations at first but going to doing them good air over i've been then we face the same kind of cornish and also opposing what i've

it's a nonprofit, independent online publication focusing on palestine. a graduate of princeton university and the university of chicago, he's a frequent speaker on the middle east contributing regularly to numerous publications. he's the recipient of the 2013 land and cultural freedom fellowship. and be you're a reader -- if you're a reader of electronic intifada or seat belt get the digest -- or get the key jest by e-mail, it quickly becomes quite obvious that covering censorship, debunking disinformation and providing insights that are available nowhere else is really what it's all about. he's author of "one country: a bold proposal to end israeli-pal sip january impasse and the battle for justice in palestine." and he will be available to sign both during the reception. and before he comes up, i just want toremind you again please send up your question cards. that reception is going to be a very, very big deal this year. so make sure you don't just jump in a car and run away at 5:00. you need to stay for the reception. so please welcome our guest. [ap

it's curbing speech that threatens the occupation of palestine. it i semitism awareness act relies upon the state department classification of anti-semitism which is itself appropriated from the working definition of anti-semitism of the european monetary center on race and schism and the phobia a definition created for research not governmental policy. as well intentioned as deterrence concern for anti-semitism maybe it find in the semitism so broadly as to include criticism of israel's state, declined israel to be a race estate or by refusing to accept that israel is an expression of jewish self-determination. even if the author of the original working definition free speech can stern who is close to the academic boycott has despite that the definition was not drafted and was never intended as a tool or to target speech on a college campus. in fact this determines definition of the legislation based upon so poorly constructed and entirely unusable. for example, it insist that an instance of anti-semitism is quote, accusing jewish citizens of the

said has brought a mobile phone for him to use when i joined by bus and al-timimi from ramallah in palestine by sam thanks for joining us tell me about what is happening with your daughter and your wife. see i had when she. was. in my and i had this image of this sort of uniform. and. mind here but with the suit. and it would have ranted and with because in most of the two thousand and eleven i was free in. the foot six months. here. and here and she can go to i missed my two three times and she. should tear in here and a group. here to put out this. twenty minute for the syrian soldier should i mean that it is serious and become and. yet he didn't do many people say that's not a provocation of a many as israel of course say it is she the provoke the soldiers as the video showed i don't think it is. more a group of kids and. they. go out to lend that they kill people. and genocide and if you didn't clean sixty nine and forty what do we should it's no matter the action against the book will be issued is to resist even if what you say is true the israeli military judge said that basically our

aid to these un programs for refugees in palestine well you know if they don't pay for the refugees or. are very happy to go back to the only reason they're not going back often is because it's just that. i think if he wants to stop. that part of the solution second part of the solution which must be. part of the solution is to allow them to return force israel to open its borders and allow the indigenous people people who still have the keys to their. return to their homes and then can you read billion dollars or four billion dollars a year that it receives from the united states to bring them in or help them and. help them to establish themselves back in their in their homes so it's not a two part equation. where the u.n. relief and works agency has been saying that this is the worst crisis of a severe crisis in seventy years and could threaten the entire middle east. i think he's right there in a trump donald trump decision making there's no question that they are they are hurting the most the most vulnerable of populations they're hurting the most vulnerable the poorest of the poor

israel-palestine, i don't think people are optimistic that much can come out of this new peace initiative that everybody is talking about. 2030, whats vision aspects of this to you not agree with? i gather you're not a big fan of the megaproject like the new tech city. ali: i worry about those. they are very large and one wants to make sure that billions of dollars are not pumped into megaprojects that have an

programs for refugees in palestine. well you know if they don't pay for the refugees are either. very happy to go back to the only reason they're not going back often is because it's just that. i think if he wants to stop. that part of the solution the second part of the solution which must be. part of the solution is to allow them to return force israel to open its borders and allow the indigenous people people who still have the keys to their homes and. return to their homes and then if you can you read billion dollars or four billion dollars a year that it receives from the united states to bring them in and help them and. help them to establish themselves back in there in their home so it's not it's a two part equation. where the u.n. relief and works agency has been saying that this is the worst crisis of most severe crisis in seventy years and could threaten the entire middle east. i think he's right there but. there's no question that the arse they are hurting the most the most vulnerable population they're hurting the most vulnerable of course of the poor and they're not

sally: from yemen, morocco, palestine. the larger arab world is represented. the big groups in detroit are iraq, lebanon, syria, palestine coming him in. >> is it the largest concentration of native air people in the united states -- of arab people in the united states? sally: michigan does not have the largest population. if you look at a city like dearborn, half are arab americans. a smaller city is majority muslim. you have arab majorities in places and muslim majorities in other parts of town. there is nothing else in america where you see this intense concentration like to do in detroit. states, new other york and california, have other numbers. -- have higher numbers. i read in some of your work at the interesting phenomenon happening is that the population overall is going down, but the air of them pop -- the arab relation is increasing. sally: this is what i am looking at now. arabs have been leaving michigan. of thends on which part community you are from, how long you have been in the state. when community of palestinians -- one community of palestin

and to the jews of all of palestine to hasten the day when it is coming hope you have it stored away it has been popularized by the fictional series. and lead to heaven the final apocalyptic war and armageddon occurs everyone is judged as to their faithfulness to god's pla plan, but ironically two thirds of all jews are killed and the rest become christians. the millennial reign according to scientists began 1948 through 1967. zionism becomes dangerous when it aligns with empire and ethnic religious with exceptionalism. and then it is considered heresy in the most theological circles. and no longer widely embraced by evangelicals or the rabbinic jews. christians without thought without really knowing the issue even billy graham said he was agnostic and it will all pan out in the end. but silence allows them to be defined by zionist the basis of christian zionism and presbyterian when he states it is a movement within protestant or catholic fundamentalism with the modern state of israel with the prophecy deserving of religious support. christian zionism proceeded by 50 years to influe

remix on the interactive tab or just search for palestine we mix and this opinion piece from palestine policy fella. hirai there here says the goal of land day is to remember resist and once again call on the international community to quote take the right side of history you can read a piece on a website al-jazeera dot com and just to remind you couple of you have been in touch with us but we do want to hear from you can tweet us at a.j. english or on facebook at facebook dot com slash a.j. news grid you can also send us a whatsapp message a plus nine seven four five zero one triple one four nine as always you can use the hash tag a j news great. man was a new president has been sworn in when mint was the lower house speaker and is an ally of an son suchi she meant tains executive order as the head of the government while the president's role is largely ceremonial his predecessor to ensure resigned last week blaming health problems with me and was widely tipped for the top job early last week he was appointed vice president a sign that he would likely assume the presidency he is part

security council palestine i think lobbied for them to call for a meeting and i think kuwait was very keen to call for a meeting equating ambassador telling me earlier on how concerned he is about the situation it was going to be a close meeting what they were hoping for is a statement at the end of the meeting of condemnation they didn't get the u.s. to play ball with that so they took the nuclear option of calling an open meeting which is what's taking place now and the deputy ambassador of the u.k. jonathan allen now speaking as the president the u.k. is appalled by the deaths and injuries suffered during today's events on gaza's borders. there must be an immediate end to the violence and we call for calm and restraint and respect for international law all parties must engage constructively to bring an end to the violence but the president we have long been concerned by the situation in gaza and have been warning of the risk of an upsurge in violence this is not an issue which can simply be managed over the long term. we need an urgent insurable agreement that addresses the underly

ok let's look at the border issues for a second palestine has been slowly disappearing from the map since the first world war now this is what it looked like one hundred years ago when jews only made up three percent of the population that picture has changed dramatically palestinians are now only allowed limited self rule in small pockets on the israeli military occupation which is the longest in modern contemporary history joining us on the news. he is the executive director of the u.s. campaign for palestinian rights that's a washington based coalition of organizations that oppose israel's policies towards palestinians he joins us now from alexandria virginia your sister and i are we were hearing there from the palestinian envoy to the u.n. he is expecting an open session of the u.n. security council if needs be and he wants strong condemnation what are the chances he gets what he wants. well the chances that he gets what he wants are probably slim given a position that the united states is likely to take to ensure that this fight what is likely to be broad agreement from the remainder

and it's not thread man the american ambassador to israel who decides who will be the president of palestine or who are present policy and it's palestinians themselves who insist that. they will decide on their future could still choose so many thanks again for being with us a summary there and remember these are live pictures. from gaza that you're looking at seven palestinians now. reporting killed more than five hundred wounded by israeli forces. as. they confront these protesters at the border between gaza and southern israel those figures we're getting according to what the palestinian medics but that crowd seems to be getting bigger as the hours go on we'll keep an eye on it on the situation and we'll bring you that use of any developments as soon as we have them here at zero. now russia's foreign ministry is something ambassadors from several countries have taken what it calls unfriendly action in response to the poisoning of a double agent earlier moscow ordered some sixty u.s. diplomats and dozens more from other countries to leave the russian diplomats were expelled russia denies b

clashes with israeli soldiers at the garza border that's according to the un permanent observer for palestine who along with the u.n. secretary general is calling for an independent investigation into the deaths well earlier the israeli army used live bullets tear gas and drones against gaza demonstrators. i. think. the. the annual march of return is a demonstration denouncing the israeli occupation thousands of palestinians have pitched tents across five locations where they are expected to stay for the next six weeks in response the israeli defense forces have stationed more than one hundred snipers overlooking the area local journalist has been following the clashes at the gaza border. where you are only one hundred meters away from the fan as you see we can see the israeli army light beers you can see the israeli army soldiers. trying to tie get to the protesters that are being very close to the front by live i mean a sheet and rubber bullets and the tear gas canisters that they are using that you look up they didn't have a low weapons as you see this is that by by the israeli i mean they

deal going back just to answer that particular question of yours about the israel palestine and whether we can live with these circumstances i think one question and one have been some men made their agreement whereby vincent man would pressure the palestinians i don't think and i think jerusalem was necessarily part of the deal because that's a deal breaker saudi you could have brought my more diverse to the table with israel on unfavorable terms if trump had not announced as a capital of israel now it's untenable for saudi arabia and it's untenable for been someone to come out publicly and support this initiative. and i think because he is not establish himself entirely in saudi arabia remember he's not king yet because he's not established in saudi arabia it's not a gamble worth taking and this is why this trip is so difficult for bin segment how do the peace trump and appease the pentagon and appease the cia and to please cushion and appease the old companies and still maintain your popular support within saudi arabia it seems an impossible task and i think this is why we see this v

has a fifty seven percent increase in tourism rule us a great amount of travel to palestine because obviously with the peace and. hilton has opened seven new hotels in egypt so that part of the world there's a lot to see a lot of historic sites to visit antiquity is a big hot button for retirees and the whole baby boom we keep talking about talk about some of the other areas you hit the middle east a little bit you and i were talking earlier about the hilton moving into turkey but what about asia what about other places around the world you actually you know the trend that is also there and that's happening within asia it's called winter travel winter travel is viewed now i think it's seventy three percent of americans said that they would be up for traveling in the winter and not for climatic reasons in other words not just going to florida or somewhere warmer so this bodes well for for example the chinese our winter festival her six received more visitors form visitors than ever before last year also in the arctic number of hotels of opened up. locations there and also seeing the

israeli forces have killed four palestinians during protests in gaza palestine's ministry of health says that at least nineteen people have been injured during confrontations with israeli security forces hundreds of people have been converging in different parts of palestinian territories as part of an annual day of protest against israel's illegal occupation that amount of the right of return for palestinian refugees to what is now israel al-jazeera is hot a abdulhamid joins us live from israel what's happening where you are. well nothing yet but we are expecting thousands of people to come here basically. israeli palestinians. live in these areas who are coming to commemorate land day as you said earlier does this happening a bit all over in the arab towns and villages in israel but also in the occupied west bank we noted there have been. told that they have had it in bits that's one of the main friction points really near a number north of ramallah and usually when protesters arrive there it turns into violent clashes between the youth there and the israeli army and then as you mentio

deal going back just to answer that particular question of yours about the israel palestine and whether we can live with these circumstances i think one question of one have been some men made their agreement whereby a vincent man would pressure the palestinians i don't think and i think jerusalem was necessarily part of the deal because that's a deal breaker saudi you could have brought much more diverse to the table with israel on unfavorable terms if trump had not announced as a capital of israel now it's untenable for saudi arabia and it's untenable for been someone to come out publicly and support this initiative. and i think because he is not establish himself entirely in saudi arabia remember he's not king yet because he's not established in saudi arabia it's not a gamble worth taking and this is why this trip is so difficult for bin segment how do the peace trump and appease the pentagon and appease the cia and to please cushion and appease the old companies and still maintain your popular support within saudi arabia it seems an impossible task and i think this is why we see thi

has a fifty seven percent increase in tourism room yes a great amount of travel to palestine because obviously with the peace and. hilton has opened seven new hotels in egypt so that part of the world there's a lot to see a lot of historic sites to visit antiquity is a big hot button for retirees and the whole baby boom we keep talking about talk about some of the other areas you hit the middle east a little bit you and i were talking earlier about the hilton moving into turkey but what about asia what about other places around the world you're actually you know the trend is also there and that's happening within asia it's called winter travel winter travel it's viewed now i think it's seventy three percent of americans said that they would be up for traveling in the winter and not for climatic reasons in other words not just going to florida or somewhere warmer so this bodes well for for example the chinese our winter festival her six received more visitors form visitors than ever before last year also in the arctic number of hotels of opened up. locations there and also seeing the

deal going back just to answer that particular question of yours about the israel palestine and whether we can live with these circumstances i think one question of one have been some men made their agreement whereby vincent man would pressure the palestinians i don't think and i think jerusalem was necessarily part of the deal because that's a deal breaker saudi you could have brought my more diverse to the table with israel on unfavorable terms if trump had not announced as a capital of israel now it's untenable for saudi arabia and it's untenable for been someone to come out publicly and support this initiative. and i think because he is not establish himself entirely in saudi arabia remember he's not king yet because he's not established in saudi arabia it's not a gamble worth taking and this is why this trip is so difficult for bin segment how do the peace trump and appease the pentagon and appease the cia and to peace and to peace to all companies and still maintain your popular support within saudi arabia it seems an impossible task and i think this is why we see this very lavish

of this i don't know if you have but when you think about the peace in the middle east now actually palestine has a fifty seven percent increase in tourism ru yes a great amount of travel to palestine because obviously with the peace and. hilton has opened seven new hotels in egypt so that part of the world there's a lot to see a lot of historic sites to visit antiquity is a big hot button for retirees and the whole baby boom we keep talking about talk about some of the other areas you hit the middle east a little bit you and i were talking earlier about the hilton moving into turkey but what about asia what about other places around the world you actually you know the trend that is also there and that's happening within asia it's called winter travel winter travel is viewed now i think it's seventy three percent of americans said that they would be up for traveling in the winter and not for climatic reasons in other words not just going to florida or somewhere warmer so this bodes well for for example the chinese our winter festival has to receive more visitors from visitors than ever before

deal going back just to answer that particular question of yours about the israel palestine and whether we can live with these circumstances i think one question of one have been some men made their agreement whereby a vincent man would pressure the palestinians i don't think and i think jerusalem was necessarily part of the deal because that's a deal breaker saudi you could have brought my more diverse to the table with israel on unfavorable terms if trump had not announced jerusalem as the capital of israel now it's untenable for saudi arabia and it's untenable for been someone to come out publicly and support this initiative. and i think because he is not establish himself entirely in saudi arabia remember he's not king yet because he's not established in saudi arabia it's not a gamble worth taking and this is why this trip is so difficult for bin segment how do the peace trump and appease the pentagon and appease the cia and to peace and to peace to all companies and still maintain your popular support within saudi arabia it seems an impossible task and i think this is why we see th

israel-palestine, i don't think people are optimistic that much can come out of this new peace initiative that everybody is talking about. 2030, whats vision aspects of this to you not agree with? i gather you're not a big fan of the megaproject like the new tech city. ali: i worry about those. they are very large and one wants to make sure that billions of dollars are not pumped into megaprojects that have an indeterminate return. so far, the government has not been open about the details of that, the economics of a city like that. how is it going to raise that money? i understand a large portion of that money would be from third parties. if that is the case, that is good because third parties do their due diligence and do their homework before they invest. the more you bring in third-party investors, the more you have a check and balance. has gone from doing nothing for 30 to 40 years which was frustrating to a lot of activity. it is good, but the stakes are going to be made. the one thing you see is the government has a willingness to recognize mistakes and correct them. it has done th

has a fifty seven percent increase in tourism room yes a great amount of travel to palestine because obviously with the peace and. hilton has opened seven new hotels in egypt so that part of the world there's a lot to see a lot of historic sites to visit antiquity is a big hot button for retiree's and the whole. baby boom we keep talking about talk about some of the other areas you hit hit the middle east a little bit you and i were talking earlier about the hilton moving into turkey but what about asia what about other places around the world actually you know the trends is also that that's happening within asia it's called when to travel when to travel it's viewed now i think seventy three percent of americans said that they would be up for traveling in the winter and not for climatic reasons and although it's not just going to florida or somewhere warm a so this bodes well for for example the chinese a winter festival has to receive more visitors form visitors and as of the last year also in the arctic number of hotels opened up. their locations there and also seeing the the sea t

outbreaks of low level violence have been common but not on such a scale is this paul brennan al-jazeera palestine's health ministry says a farmer has been shot dead by israeli troops near the gaza border he died while working on his line close to the border fence on saturday according to the israeli military the man was approaching a restricted area and warning shots were first fired into the air the military claims that when the farmer did not stop salcha shot it. top indian the top a rainy and military commander says the islamic republic will not negotiate its missile program unless europe and the us dismantle their nuclear weapons tehran says the missile program is forward to terence and it is unrelated to the twenty fifteen nuclear deal which led to the lifting of sanctions iranian officials have previously warned that talks on missiles are off the table after u.s. president donald trump tried to link the defense program to the nuclear agreement. now to europe where polls opened in general election just three hours' time but it could be some time before the country's leadership is decided those

palestine's health ministry says a farmer has been shot dead by israeli troops near the gaza border he died while working on his land close to the border fence on saturday according to the israeli military the man was approaching a restricted area and warning shots were fired into the air when the farmer did not stop soldiers shot him. still ahead here on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump heightens the threat of a trade war with europe. and to putin's promises for russia during a rally with thousands of supporters ahead of the upcoming presidential election those stories after the break. welcome back look at weather conditions across the levant and western parts of asia first of all all looking pretty good for this time of year are marty there in classic stand nine degrees tashkent was back stan my some of twelve is fine around the caspian sea but we've got this area of low pressure moving through turkey into the caucasus and that's giving some heavy rain and these some snow higher elevations but without southwesterly flow behind it we're actually getting some very warm air coming

has a fifty seven percent increase in tourism room yes a great amount of travel to palestine because obviously with the peace and. hilton has opened seven new hotels in egypt so that part of the world there's a lot to see a lot of historic sites to visit and to quickly is a big hot button for retirees and the whole baby boom we keep talking about talk about some of the other areas you hit the middle east a little bit you and i were talking earlier about the hilton moving into turkey but what about asia what about other places around the world you actually you know the trend that is also there that's happening within asia it's called winter travel winter travel is viewed now i think it's seventy three percent of americans said that they would be up for traveling in the winter and not for climatic reasons in other words not just going to florida or somewhere warmer so this bodes well for for example the chinese our winter festival her six received more visitors foreign visitors than ever before last year also in the arctic number of hotels of opened up. locations there and also seeing

palestine's been slowly disappearing from the map since the first world war this is what it looked like a hundred years ago when jews only made three percent of the population that picture has changed dramatically palestinians are now only allowed limits itself rule in small pockets on the israeli military occupation which is the longest in modern history. the palestinian president mahmoud abbas the palestinian president mahmoud abbas has declared saturday a national day of mourning in honor of the palestinians killed by israeli forces it comes as the funerals been held for a palestinian farmer killed whilst tending to his own land near the gaza border twenty seven year old omar some more was collecting pasta in a field when he was hit by israeli artillery fire hundreds of mourners carried his body through the streets of communist israeli militias said the farmer and another man who was injured or acting suspiciously as they approached a fence along the gaza strip. mall a little man that looks a little closer if he goes picking powerfully from two am to nine am and he has been working t

has a fifty seven percent increase in tourism room yes a great amount of travel to palestine because obviously with the peace and. hilton has opened seven new hotels in egypt so that part of the world there's a lot to see a lot of historic sites to visit antiquity is a big hot button for retirees and the whole baby boom we keep talking about talk about some of the other areas you hit the middle east a little bit you and i were talking earlier about the hilton moving into turkey but what about asia what about other places around the world you actually you know the trend that is also there and that's happening within asia it's called winter travel winter travel it's viewed now i think it's seventy three percent of americans said that they would be up for traveling in the winter and not for climatic reasons in other words not just going to florida or somewhere warmer so this bodes well for for example the chinese our winter festival her six received more visitors form visitors than ever before last year also in the arctic number of hotels of opened up. locations there and also seeing th

has a fifty seven percent increase in tourism room yes a great amount of travel to palestine because obviously with the peace and. hilton has opened seven new hotels in egypt so that part of the world there's a lot to see a lot of historic sites to visit antiquity is a big hot button for retirees and the whole baby boom we keep talking about talk about some of the other areas you hit the middle east a little bit you and i were talking earlier about the hilton moving into turkey but what about asia what about other places around the world you're actually you know the trend is also there and that's happening within asia it's called winter travel winter travel is viewed now i think it's seventy three percent of americans said that they would be up for traveling in the winter and not for climatic reasons in other words not just going to florida or somewhere warmer so this bodes well for for example the chinese our winter festival her six received more visitors form visitors than ever before last year also in the arctic number of hotels of opened up. locations there and also seeing the th

jewish terrorist troupes in palestine forced the british troops out of palestine. ish terrorists in ireland got the british to pull out of southern ireland. algerian militants got the french to pull out of algeria in 1962. this wave burned itself out because it achieved its goals. then you had the marxist way, the leftist wave, black panthers. the red army faction. it burns itself out because its ideas were not particularly good. they put a pause on these ideas. and now we're in the religious wave. so the big question is how long will that go on? and it started in 1979 with the fall of the shaw being overthrown by a secular american -- overthrown by revolutionaries. very instructive for people like bin laden who was 17 when it happened. this was the model he wanted, which was religious revolutions in the middle east, overthrowing american backed secular autocrats, and the invasion of afghanistan by the soviet union in the same year. what i'm concerned about, and we've had this -- we had this discussion five years ago with the death of bin laden and the arab spring,

she was seen as a symbol of resistance for palestine we'll tell you how people online are reacting to the passing of singer and activist kareem and i am has left us throughout the show using the hash tag aged we spent. here with these great live on air and streaming online through you tube facebook live in a ground zero dot com it is just gone eleven am on the east coast of the united states and at midday in washington d.c. students will begin marching for their lives taking over city streets demanding a change to the u.s. gun laws hundreds of thousands of people expected not just in washington actually these pictures we just received maybe about half an hour ago from a similar rally in miami the students leading the charge of course from marjorie stoneman douglas high school in park in florida with seventeen of their classmates and teachers died last month in a mass shooting but as we say the main allies romney is in washington d.c. will be live there in a moment first this from dianna's to brooke. thousands of teenagers their parents or grandparents are lining pennsylvania avenue be

there will be no concession on jerusalem and that will no alternative to palestine and no solution but to return. to israel has doubled its military presence on the border similar protests in recent months have led to clashes that cost multiple deaths israel called the protests a dangerous provocation and said that hamas will bear responsibility for any violence. the first casualty came even before the protests got underway israel's military said soldiers opened fire on two men who approached the border and acted suspiciously during the night one man was killed and another wounded the slain man's brother said he was a farmer. in that little saloon. he went there every day to pick pursley in the morning. if it's any of us and himself he's been working there for six or seven years. but nothing ever happened to him when the jews started shooting. happened this time i do not know. how mosque has dubbed the protests the great march of return and says they will culminate on may fifteenth with a march across the border to break the siege and end the gas a blockade israel has warned that it wi

there will be no concession on jerusalem and the will tentative to palestine a no solution but to return. israel has doubled its military presence on the border similar protests in recent months have led to clashes that cost multiple deaths israel called the protests a dangerous provocation and said that hamas will very sponsibility for any violence . the first casualty came even before the protests got underway israel's military said soldiers opened fire on two men who approached the border and acted suspiciously during the night one man was killed and another wounded the slain man's brother said he was a farmer. he went there every day to pick pursley in the morning. since any of us and himself has been working there for six or seven years. but nothing ever happened to him when the jews started shooting . what happened this time i do not know. how mosque has dubbed the protests the great march of return and says they will culminate on may fifteenth with a march across the border to break the siege and end the gas of blockade israel has warned that it will be found the border more blood

there will be no concession on jerusalem and that will tentative to palestine a no solution but to return. to israel has doubled its military presence on the border similar protests in recent months have led to clashes that cost multiple deaths israel called the protests a dangerous provocation and said that hamas will bear responsibility for any violence. the first casualty came even before the protests got underway israel's military said soldiers opened fire on two men who approached the border and acted suspiciously during the night one man was killed and another wounded the slain man's brother said he was a farmer. he went there every day to pick pursley in the morning. if it's anything less than himself he's been working there for six or seven years. but nothing ever happened to him when the jews started shooting. this time i do not know this is a. hamas has dubbed the protests the great march of return and says they will culminate on may fifteenth with a march across the border to break the siege and end the gas a blockade israel has warned that it will defend the border more bloods