didn't recognize israel they would raise the word israel from atlases in libraries in dubai i happen to be many still far foreign affairs of is where 25 years ago and i met with the bus. in sherman hundreds of pieces of president mubarak at the time we met several times with abdullah been very. was over there were on the south lawn of the white house reason ateneo heal a ship between israeli business easier relationship between our governments i was there for some 20 years and they still i do not deny it's very positive development that they are now ready to sign more formal agreement with south and open embassy than normalization debt good good news for the middle east it's a blow to the palestinians but i hope that we'll find a way to make it. so also. paid with full the prospect of. contacts with the palestinians not to otherwise not vote block to. the palestinians i should say the leaders have met with israeli leaders they certainly don't recognize israel diplomatically you mention the palestinians they completely reject the abraham accords and the deal of the century coming out

didn't recognize israel they would raise the word israel from atlases in libraries in dubai i happen to be many still far foreign affairs of 25 years ago and i met with the bus. in sherman hundreds of pieces of president mubarak at the time we met several times with abdullah bit they. was over there were on the south lawn of the white house the reason ateneo hill a ship between israeli b.'s and cs a relationship between our governments i was there for some 20 years and they're still i do not deny it's very positive development that they are now ready to sign a more formal agreement with south and open embassy than normalization debt good good news for the middle east it's a blow to the palestinians but i hope that we'll find a way to make it. so also. paid with full the prospect of his you or me contacts with the palestinians not the other wife not a load bloke to bed with the palestinians i should say the contemporary leaders have met with israeli leaders they certainly don't recognize israel diplomatically you mention the palestinians they completely reject the abraham accords and

israel wants peace. and they're a great warring nation if they have to be. you see that. they have the best equipment, the best of everything, but they don't want this. after all of these years, everyboeven bb gets tired of war. they're a strong nation, a strong power, a strong military nation but they want to get on with their lives. israel wants peace. they really want peace and i give this gentleman a great deal of credit. >> thank you. mr. president, i heard a question from one of the people here, does israel feel isolated? heck no! we're breaking out to the entire world because we have a strong, free economy because we have a strong military and because we have a strong relationship with the president of the united states and the american people. and i can tell you that we have a strong relationship throughout the middle east. the president intimated how many countries are waiting to join this circle of peace. israel doesn't feel isolated at all. it is enjoying the greatest diplomatic triumph of its

that would pressure the palestinians into reaching a peace deal with israel. deb your correspondent. in washington tells about this important day. well certainly important historic to see these 4 men sitting together signing these diplomatic pacts the abraham accords were signed by all 4 parties and israel for its part signed separate pacts with the united arab emirates and bought in the specifics of the deal though are not fully known as they are keeping much of it under wraps and it still has to go through the israeli parliament but it looks like there is a push here to enhance trade relations i do want to point out the fact that both of these gulf nations already have relations with israel in the shadows for years and now they're certainly looking to expand on ties in the open experts say that this deal to normalize is also very much about iran that the bahrain and israel view iran as a threat in the region so while economics engagement is a major part of these deals so is the perceived security threat from iran so might other arab countries also look to no

israel's. fight. now. same stuff some for you said tom. i know others call an election nearing for trump and ya. know i mean the sitting in for richard good and you're watching the listening post working from home here are the media stories we're covering this week the abraham accords behind all the talk about peace between israel and the gulf states there is a lot of posturing and even more p.r. . in the united states an affiliate of the un does either network 80 plus is ordered to the edge as a foreign agent. they've reported on mounting crises a chronically corrupt government a collapsing state and then came the blast what's it like to be a journalist in lebanon today. and a saudi musician teams up with an israeli one to create one of the many more the videos that have come in the wake of the abraham accords. the talk in the middle east these days is of normalization between gulf states and israel just this past week the united arab emirates and the kingdom of bahrain formally signed what was being sold as historic peace deals with isra

israel and also israel and bahrain but neither of these countries is formally at war so it is important to note that there and the other goal in all of this that the administration is trying to do is show the trumpet supporters particularly even christians that he is keeping a campaign promise to make sure that israel is stable in the middle east and again that comes part and parcel with this positioning against iran that it sees this as a next essential threat to israel's security. so this is something very important for donald trump to achieve in advance of the u.s. election which is less than 8 weeks away it's important to keep his supporters satisfied and potentially bring on new ones all right thanks very much kimberly elke at the white house let's get to have a full set then he joins us by skype from west jerusalem and of course harry you know the after decades of hostility that has increasingly been in recent years these shared common interests between israel and the gulf states and agreements like this one just i suppose formalized those existing links they formalize those links

didn't recognize israel they would raise the word israel from atlases in libraries in dubai i happen to be many still far foreign affairs of is where 25 years ago and i met with the bus. in sherman hundreds of pieces of president mubarak at that time we met several times with abdullah bit they. was over there on the south lawn of the white house reason ateneo heal a ship between israeli bees and see the relationship between our governments i was there for some 20 years and they still i do not deny it's very positive development that they are now ready to sign a more formal agreement with south and open embassy than normalization debt good good news for the middle east it's a blow to the palestinians but i hope that we'll find a way to make it. so also. paid with full the prospect of. contacts with the palestinians not the other wife not old bloke to be with the palestinians i should say the leaders have met with israeli leaders they certainly don't recognize israel diplomatically you mention the palestinians they completely reject the abraham accords and the deal of the century comin

being each month between at a country's and israel has been in reality for years israel leads certainly the beaches if not the woman inspired it and surveillance technology and it has found willing and eager customers across the middle east. the saudis going to start to purchasing hacking tools for realistic mozzie from the israelis in 2017 book but all indications are that the iraqis have access to these long before that of course the selling point of this technology is it is kind of a surveillance super weapon so you know if your amorality or if you live in the u.a.e. and they have the software it's it's almost a foregone conclusion that they will be able to get into your phone not only israel providing hacking technology to these governments it's also offering its own intelligence analysts to help them make sense out of the megabytes and gigabytes of all of that so this goes back to the point that this is more than simply a normalization agreement this is a long alliance israel is offering these governments everything that they need. for them to quiet internal dissent to target was a

be with israel in the u.a.e. or with now the kingdom of bahrain the hope is that more arab nations will join on that this will be something to build on but again notable in all of this is with just 8 weeks until the u.s. election the goal that seems to be set up here is to indicate to american voters both for me and this is what i will do in my next term and the president has made that very clear in fact he was also talking and has said this in the past that he believes he can also get an agreement even within a month which seems like a very lofty timeframe for getting an agreement with iran something that he has not been able to achieve in this term but is now telling voters look vote for me and i'll get it done in my 2nd term so there seems to be a lot of electioneering going on in all of this in advance of the u.s. election and in advance of the historic signing that the administration says will be held here at the white house on tuesday yeah we should. use that caveat that that this really is all about electi

death to israel. i said we give them $750 million a year, why didn't somebody cut off those payments? well, we didn't think it would be appropriate. well, i do and we cut off the payments. other countries give them money, you are dealing with rich countries. the countries are signing with us all of them will be siebed with us. i spoke to the king of saudi arabia, we had a great conversation. i think positive things will happen there, too, he's a great gentleman and the crown prince, we spoke with the crown prince. we've made tremendous strides and this is peace in the middle east without blood all over the sand. is say it. right now it's been blood all over the sand for decades and decades and daek eds. all they do, fight and kill people and nobody gets anything. this is strong peace, really strong peace, and it is a different way. we went in the backdoor, i call it the smart door. we are getting people and the palestinians will absolutely be a member. i don't say that with any bravado, the palestinia

the master harman of israel to come in or julie and. so i sat through the meeting taking notes and in a loud voice a secretary who was once really demanding some explanation for why and what had happened the ambassador himself. seemed to be ignorant of the incident she immediately said i can't believe what you're telling me it's it would be impossible it would be unheard of it was especially tough for lyndon johnson to date the most pro israeli american president in history johnson was and a very tough mood. i'm tom he was director in the state department director of intelligence and research at the time of the liberty incident and $67.00 tack on the liberty johnson himself briefed newsweek magazine off the record that the israelis had attacked and the reason they detect was that they thought this was an intelligence ship that was a deception perhaps israeli as well as egyptian communications but then everything changed. the fact that johnson of self was the leaker and briefer of newsweek was soon leaked and this alarmed of course the i

. -- with israel. his highness has shown great leadership and foresight to make peace possible and secure a brighter future for our region. [applause] for the state of israel and prime minister netanyahu, we welcome and appreciate these steps from you and your government recognizing that enduring peace and security is only possible through a genuine engagement that protects the rights and interests of countries and peoples in the region. [applause] in particular, i want to express my deep appreciation to president, donald trump. [applause] and his administration. mr. president, your statesmanship and tireless efforts have brought us here today and made peace a reality. [applause] and to secretary pompeo, senior adviser, jared kushner, and special representative, avi, who has -- [applause] -- and others, many others, who have carried out their mandates with dedication and skill. ladies and gentlemen, today's agreement is an important first step, and it is now incumbent upon us to work urgently and activ

since the founding of the state of israel in 1948, only two arab countries have made peace with israel. today at the white house, that number doubled as the uae and bahrain were brought together by donald trump to sign an agreement to normalise relations with the country. the signatures on the page took only a few seconds but it had taken decades to get here. and for donald trump, with one eye on the forthcoming presidential election and another on his place in history, this was a sweet moment, a significant foreign policy victory. we are here this afternoon to change the course of history. after decades of division and conflict, we mark the dawn of a new middle east, thanks to the great courage of the leaders of these three countries, we take a major stride towards a future in which people of all faiths and backgrounds live together in peace and prosperity. for benjamin netanyahu, the israeli prime minister, whose political fortunes have gone through similar gyrations as donald trump's, this was a welcome relief from the domestic pressures of scandal and covid. to all of israel's frie

the united arab emirates in bahrain today agreed to normalize relations with israel a deal brokered by the us president donald trump now trump and these 3 middle east countries they tried to project a picture of the normality that they want us to see a picture of a middle east minus human rights abuses and minus the israeli palestinian problem and a picture minus the pandemic notice all them into signing the agreement today they gladly wore the mantle of peace not one of them were facemask i'm often berlin this is the day. the biggest optimists were shocked when they heard about this transaction google doesn't realize the literal use enjoying the greatest. triumph over its history after all of these years david really gets tired of war. has suffered far too long we have many countries any originate in your part of the world that will be very quickly signing up also but now we can do it even with more days this could really lead to peace real peace in the middle east for the 1st. also coming up a german chancellor angela merkel today marked 70 years of the central council of jews in thi

good evening israel and the p.l.o. are not far from a historic embrace and i remember there was a t.v. set was stations norwegian sweep feed me and everyone was talking in a. foreign language whose. p.l.o. going to be low. enough. it was all over the world and best was suddenly realized wow. we. talking. 29 years after declaring israel any illegal state the palestine liberation organization has decided to recognize israel's right to exist peacefully after decades of calling the p.l.o. a terrorist organization israel finally recognizes the p.l.o. as the legitimate representatives of the palestinian people given the history of the palestinians and the israelis which isn't also much of the rest of the world. you know were staggering. the last minute negotiations went on for a day and a half. when the hiker norwegian mediator arrived in jonas he said he had the historic documents a recognition in his back. of his doing he said modestly but belong to israeli prime minister rabin and p.l.o. chairman arafat in the one page le

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trump has presided over the ceremony marking the normalization of relations between 2 arab states and israel leaders also united arab emirates and the rain joined trump and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to sign formal agreement it's it's the 1st time in more than a quarter of century that arab states have established diplomatic ties with israel . germany says it will take in more than 1500 migrants from the greek islands on top of the 150 unaccompanied children it already agreed to take the move follows a fire that destroyed the morea migrant camp on the greek island of les paul's leaving about 12000 displaced people living out mostly out in the open. russian opposition. has posted on social media for the 1st time since his poisoning last month he said a picture from the berlin hospital where he's being treated surrounded by his family his spokeswoman says he plans to return to russia after he recovers. this is news from roman follow us on twitter and on instagram news or visit our website at www dot com. or. the united arab emirates in bahrain today agreed to normalize relations

about the security of israel. and peace and development in the middle east i even have that there would be more engagement also driven by germany and france to foster modernization development in the mediterranean and in the southern neighborhood and to read to get a conflict in the region souls all right christiane one of with germany's bevels when foundation mr holmes we appreciate your time in your insights tonight thank you it's a pleasure talking to you don. they were sobering a warming yet not surprising words today german chancellor angela merkel said that many jews living in germany today do not feel safe and she cautioned that anti-semitism in germany has never disappear merkel spoke today at a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the central council of jews in germany the organization was created in the wake of the holocaust and has been a driving force in revitalizing jewish lives and culture here injure. a day of remembrance 70 years since the founding of the central council of jews in germany whic

israel does not accept this view, and neither does the trump administration. hagit ofran has been opposing settlements for years as part of the organisation peace now. she speaks own language. this family live right next door to elad's city of david. they even share a fence. she speaks arabic. she is at their home for a conference call with pro—palestinian activists ahead of the family's next quarter period. speaks own language. she speaks arabic. the sumarin house was claimed by the state of israel under the controversial absentee law in 1987. this law gave the government the right to seize the property of palestinians who have fled or were expelled during times of conflict. in 1991, the israeli government then sold the house to a subsidiary of the jewish national fund. one of thejnf‘s stated objectives is to buy and develop land on behalf of the jewish people. with funding and support from ngos and the palestinian authority, the family have been fighting to keep the home ever since. we asked elad if they had any part to play in this case. while the new l

israel does not accept this view, and neither does the trump administration. hagit 0fran has been opposing settlements for years as part of the organisation peace now. she speaks own language the sumarins live right next door to elad's city of david. they even share a fence. she speaks arabic hagit 0fran is at their home for a conference call with pro—palestinian activists ahead of the family's next quarter period. the sumarin house was claimed by the state of israel under the controversial absentee law in 1987. this law gave the government the right to seize the property of palestinians who have fled or were expelled during times of conflict. in 1991, the israeli government then sold the house to hemnutah, a subsidiary of the jewish national fund. one of the jnf‘s stated objectives is to buy and develop land on behalf of the jewish people. with funding and support from ngos and the palestinian authority, the sumarin family have been fighting to keep the home ever since. we asked elad if they had any part to play in this case. while the new legal case over

then they strengthened israel's hand, as well. interesting enough, the previous administration had the worst relationship with israel since existence in 1948. so these are the two catalysts that have driven us to this momentous occasion and it is quite remarkable. >> harris: real quickly, we've had so much breaki news this hour, what happens with our enemy, iran now, will they have reaction? >> it will be enrmoormous press on iran. if president had another year or two left in his administration, they would be at the negotiating table. i agree with the president. they will eventually be negotiations with the iranians, they are on their heels in a way i have never seen them. this puts more pressure, this is beginning, there will be for sure soon, we are going to see oman and sudan and other countries normalize relations with israel. very significant. >> harris: the president talked about the possibility of open mindedness from the prince and saw saudi arabia. you called it geo metric paradigm shift. general, thank you, appreciate yo

and israel is peace deals with the u.a.e. bahrain while donald trump calls the agreements in the story break through palestine. good afternoon russia this is out international just here now live from our world news age q in moscow. first and russia's lashed out as mentioned germany today for ignoring its request for evidence relating to the alleged poisoning of alexy. the russian prosecutor general's office issued a 2nd request for test samples on monday. moscow should address the international chemical weapons watchdog though the o.p.c. w. instead but maria's corriveau the russian foreign ministry spokeswoman says that is a lame excuse we brought some good ones we're asking the german side to confirm everything it claims her facts because as we have repeatedly seen unfortunately many of the supposed facts that are sensation in us are devoid of any factual verification which these is thing for germany to do serious point to the request of the russian prosecutor general's office that we've seen this kind of thing before with t

being each month between at a countries and israel and has been in reality for years israel leads certainly the beaches if not the woman inspired it and surveillance technology and it has found willing and eager customers across the middle east. the saudis going to start to purchasing hacking tools for realistic mostly from the israelis in 2017 book but all indications are that the iraqis have access to these long before that of course the selling point of this technology is it is kind of a surveillance super weapon so you know if you're in mahratti or if you live in the u.a.e. and they have the software it's it's almost a foregone conclusion that they will be able to get into your phone not only israel providing hacking technology to these governments it's also offering its own intelligence analysts to help them make sense out of the megabytes and gigabytes of all of that so this goes back to the point that this is more than simply a normalization agreement this is a full on alliance israel is offering these governments everything that they need. for them to quiet internal dissent to targe

and israel on the other hand. let's bring in ariel cohen he is a senior fellow at the atlantic council he joins us now from washington d.c. many thanks for speaking to us on al-jazeera how significant is this announcement in your opinion the fact that we now have a 2nd gulf state normalizing relations with israel. it is significant because it creates a dynamic in the region and the dynamic is driven by 3 factors one is the regional factor iran the threat of the iranian dominance the sunni arabs perceive it as a shia threat. and i would add to that some concerns about turkey turkey is emerging as a claimant to leadership in the muslim world not just in the arab world they can they're not arabs but in the muslim world. the greater global cause is china and russia who are making inroads in the middle east and the united states want to consolidate its allies such as israel u.a.e. saudi arabia etc why it is so important because my friend is important because i doubt very much that the king of bahrain would not consult

being each month between added countries and israel has been in reality for years israel leads certainly the beaches if not the woman inspired it and surveillance technology and it has found willing and eager customers across the middle east. the saudis going to start to purchasing hacking tools for realistic mozzie from the israelis in 2017 book but all indications are that the iraqis have access to these long before that of course the selling point of this technology is it is kind of a surveillance super weapon so you know if you're in mahratti or if you live in the u.a.e. and they have the software. it's almost a foregone conclusion that they will be able to get into your phone not only israel providing hacking technology to these governments it's also offering its own intelligence analysts to help them make sense out of the megabytes and gigabytes of all of that so this goes back to the point that this is more than simply a normalization agreement this is a long alliance israel is offering these governments everything that they need. for them to quiet internal dissent to target was a

israel is getting a lot. what is israel giving back? >> this is the israeli press that wants to chip away. [shouting questions] president trump: i think what israel is getting and what israel is getting more than anything else is peace. they will have peace. as you know, u.a.e., united arab emirates is a great warring nation, a very powerful nation in the region. they very much wanted to do this. mohammed is a tremendous leader like bebe is a tremendous leader. it is important to have them first very early and, you know, the relationship is fantastic. a lot of people are surprised to see it. and as you know, we have bahrain. we have many nations ready to follow, many nations. i can't, no, not now. i won't. we'll be signing up other nations. these are very strong agreements. these are very strong. this is peace, this is sear race peace. so i think what israel gets, the most important thing they're getting by far is peace. [shouting questions] president trump: excuse me. one at a time, please. >> that one. president trump: which one? the

the master harman of israel to come in or julie and. so i sat through the meeting taking notes and in a loud voice a secretary who was once really demanding some explanation for why and what had happened the ambassador himself. seemed to be ignorant of the incident she immediately said i can't believe what you're telling me it's it would be impossible it would be unheard of it was especially tough for lyndon johnson to date the most pro israeli american president in history johnson was and a very tough mood. i'm tom he was director in the state department director of intelligence and research at the time of the liberty incident and $67.00 tacked on the liberty johnson himself briefed newsweek magazine off the record that the israelis had attacked and the reason they detect was that they thought this was an intelligence ship that was intercepted perhaps israeli as well as egyptian communications but then everything changed the fact that johnson of self was the leaker and briefer of newsweek was leaked and this alarmed of course the israe

and israel on the other thing. the u.s. house intelligence committee has heard testimony on the security relationship with saudi arabia and the killing of jamal it's been nearly 2 years since the journalist and u.s. resident went missing after entering the saudi consulate in istanbul multiple investigations have concluded he was killed and dismembered by a team of saudi operatives al jazeera was how does your cast of a force of the un special rapporteur on executions agnes kalam ard told the house intelligence committee friday that jamal khashoggi still deserves justice mr cashel me and told the counselor on the pre-arranged date to again i know for sure documents mr caution this killing was premeditated and one of the branch over the gun scorned use of premeditation ease of presence of a thaw and seek doctor. whose role was eventually for shields the dismembering and disposal of the body she denounced saudi arabia's trial of 8 killers that just ended judges commuted 5 death sentences to prison time the international commun

didn't recognize israel they would raise the word israel from atlases in libraries in dubai i happen to be many still far foreign affairs of were 25 years ago and i met with the bus. in sherman hundreds of pieces of president mubarak at the time we met several times with abdullah bit they. was over there on the south lawn of the white house reason ateneo heal a ship between israeli business sees a relationship between our governments i was there for some 20 years and they're still i do not deny it's very positive development that they're now ready to sign more formal agreement with south and open embassy than normalization debt good good news for the middle east it's a blow to the palestinians but i hope that we'll find a way to make it. so. paid with full the prospect of. contact with the palestinians not the other wife not the old bloke to be with the palestinians i should say the leaders of met with israeli leaders they certainly don't recognize israel diplomatically you mention the palestinians they completely reject the abraham accords and the deal of the century coming out of t

didn't recognize israel they would raise the word israel from atlases in libraries in dubai i happen to be many still far foreign affairs of 25 years ago and i met with the bus. in sharma shared hundreds of pieces of president mubarak at the time we met several times with abdullah been very. over girl or in the south lawn of the white house region ateneo he lay she between israeli business sees a relationship between our governments i was there for some 20 years and they still i do not deny it's very positive development that they are now aware the 2009. 100. deaths. it's a blow to the palestinians but i hope that we'll find a way to make it. so also fade with full the prospect of resuming contact with the palestinians not otherwise not vote block to bed with the palestinians i should say the contrary leaders have met with israeli leaders they certainly don't recognize israel diplomatically you mention the pal. stand ins they completely reject the abraham accords and the deal of the century coming out of the white house is it worse now than it ever has been since camp david and biffl

and israel on the other hand. much needed aid is being thrown into sudan following the worst flooding in its history the harms of millions sudanese was submerged the latest number of deaths at least 100 how many reports now from. aid is slowly trickling in for the hundreds of thousands of flood victims in sudan at the tombs international airport military plane has just protein essential supplies for the displays to a hungry and disparate need it couldn't come sooner than are the jihad we brought with us aid sent to the people of sudan by the owner of qatar his highness shaikh tamim been hamad al tiny the aging through its medicine medical supplies food and household items sydney a sudanese officials turned up to receive the aid consignment on behalf of the government and this world. we have thankful for the assistance received today from qatar they've been helping with our efforts to combat coburg 19 an hour here with more support for the flood victims is a clear indication of our clothes and historic relations th

the timing of this is being criticised in israel. on friday, it heads into a second nationwide lockdown. and prime minister benjamin netanyahu continues to face pressure over corruption charges. this article in haaretz earlier this month called the deal a publicity stunt and a distraction from domestic issues. here's more on this from the bbc‘s yolande knell in jerusalem. he is there very much wanting to look like a great hero at the moment. but people are very much focused on the fact that a national lockdown is coming — the second one for israel — in just a couple days' time. people are preparing for that. it will actually coincide with thejewish holiday, so that's proving to be something that's very sensitive. the other thing that's commented on is that really very little has been revealed about the content of these agreements. even mr netanyahu himself signalled that they were, in some ways, works still in progress. the agreement was only reached at the end of last week. that's the domestic context in israel, but what about

a delegation from israel has just signed peace deals in washington with bahrain the united arab emirates and that's prompted a furious reaction from palestine which claims it has been stopped in the bike protests occurred in front of the palestinian legislative council headquarters doesn't go as a with several demonstrators carrying signs which read normalise ation is a betrayal protester tim gals a stamp will burn posters of gulf leaders donald trump on the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu over mr trump's hailing the historic breakthrough. this is a truly historic day we hope that this will start an even more historic journey for the middle east and beyond was a historic deal and the 1st such deal in over 2 decades but do agreements like this really help solve the israel palestine conflict that's debatable the trumpet ministration is moving toward a 2 state solution rejecting outright a solution where all residents of the area are granted equal rights under a single state my vision presents a win win opportunity for both sides a realistic 2 state solution that resolves the risk

since the founding of the state of israel in 1948, only two arab countries have made peace with israel. today at the white house, that number doubled as the uae and bahrain were brought together by donald trump to sign an agreement to normalise relations with the country. the signatures on the page took only a few seconds but it had taken decades to get here. applause. and for donald trump, with one eye on the forthcoming presidential election and another on his place in history, this was a sweet moment, a significant foreign policy victory. we're here this afternoon to change the course of history. after decades of division and conflict, we mark the dawn of a new middle east, thanks to the great courage of the leaders of these three countries, we take a major stride towards a future in which people of all faiths and backgrounds live together in peace and prosperity. for benjamin netanyahu, the israeli prime minister, whose political fortunes have gone through similar gyrations as donald trump's, this was a welcome relief from the domestic pressures of scandal and covid. to all of isra

about the security of israel. and peace and development in the middle east i even have that there would be more engagement driven by germany and france to foster modernization development in the mediterranean and in the southern neighborhood and $2.00 and $3.00 need to get a conflict in the region souls all right christiane with germany's bevels mint foundation mr holmes we appreciate your time in your insights tonight thank you it's a pleasure talking to you don. they were sobering a warming yet not surprising words to day german chancellor angela merkel said that many jews living in germany today do not feel safe and she cautioned that anti-semitism in germany has never disappear merkel spoke today at a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the central council of jews in germany the organization was created in the wake of the holocaust and has been a driving force in revitalizing jewish lives and culture here injure. a day of remembrance 70 years since the founding of the central council of jews in germany wh

ros: israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, also spoke. >> to all of israel's friends in the middle east, those who are with us today and those who will join us tomorrow, i say [ speaking arabic] peace unto thee. shalom. ros: and here is the uae foreign minister, speaking through a translator. translator: this new vision is beginning to take shape. it is not a slogan that we raise for political gain. as everyone looks forward to creating a more stable, prosperous, and secure future. ros: the deal ends a decades long economic boycott across the arab world of israel. new deals could be worth billions of dollars for each side. it also highlights a quote from an israeli minister, saying this is a chance to build a new middle east. as well as those trade deals, direct flights between israel and uae will commence for the first time and diplomatic offices are expected to open by the end of the year. the uae is looking to build itself further as a military power, and we think it will now have access to advanced u.s. fighter jets and other weaponry, as part of the deal. the uae has justified

me and you and israel on the other hand. afghan government i'm taliban negotiators are in qatar for long delayed talks which are due to start within the next hour or so it's more than 6 months since the u.s. brokered a deal and the ending america's longest war for his appointment in 2016 president trump pledged to end the conflict and he's hoping to follow through on his promise head of november's election. secretary of state mike pompei i was also attending the innovation event on chamberlain's mall made one on one today with hope and confidence we are heading to doha to build and have guns turn were no more guns go off and we hope the values of the republic our strength and and the people of afghanistan achieve the economic development they deserve it's crucial that all afghan leaders and members of the international community do everything possible to make the peace of reality we obviously stand ready. to help i think obviously one of the there are many critical issues that will have to be looked at but i think one that a

good evening israel and the p.l.o. are not far from a historic embrace and i remember there was a t.v. set with people who stations norwegian swede feed me and everyone was talking in. foreign language was all slow going to be alone happy days for no no. no i was. all over the world but it was suddenly realized wow. it's talking. 29 years after declaring israel an illegal state the palestine liberation organization has decided to recognize israel's right to exist peacefully and after decades of calling the p.l.o. a terrorist organization israel finally recognizes the p.l.o. as the legitimate representative of the palestinian people given the history of the palestinians and the israelis which is involved so much of the rest of the world. you know were staggering. the last minute negotiations went on for a day and a half. but when the haggard norwegian mediator arrived in tone as he said he had the historic documents a recognition in his back was 6 ask wasn't his doing he said modest labor belong to israeli prime ministe

he recognized the facts on the ground in israel and moved embassy to israel's capital of jerusalem. everyone knew it was the capital of israel. every presidential candidate promised to do so. he recognized the golan heights. recognize audit capital with israel. got out of terrible vcpoa which alienated our gulf friends in saudi arabia, uae and breyan ann and gulf states he used that political capital that he gained with israel and the gulf states which many politicians never want to do but he used that political capital to bring them to the table and really push for an agreement that would be great for both sides and today we saw the fruits of it. so i couldn't be more prouder to serve under president trump today, which is really a historic day of peace. >> bret: i want to ask you about a couple they're things the "new york times" in a couple of minutes moved a story that the u.s. military seeks authority to expand counter-terrorism drone wars in kenya saying that the u.s.-africa commands is pressing for new authorities to carry out drone strikes on al-shabaab fighters, al qaeda lin

it will happen at the white house israel baf reign and the united arab emirates will be at a signing ceremony with donald trump taking center stage is administration is touting this as a historic breakthrough and paving the way for peace in a region plagued by conflict and this is a truly historic day we hope that this will start an even more historic journey for the middle east and beyond was a historic deal and the 1st such deal in over 2 decades but do agreements like this really help solve the israel palestine conflict that's debatable the trumpet ministration is moving toward a 2 state solution rejecting outright a solution where all residents of the area are granted equal rights under a single state my vision presents a win win opportunity for both it's a realistic 2 state solution that resolves the risks for palestinian statehood to israel's security furthermore were a peace maker and supposed expert negotiator the trumpet ministrations moves have been rather one sided over the course of the last 3 years now the white house has cut aid to palestinians and has also recognized j

following a friday phone call with the king of bahrain and israel's leader the u.s. president made this announcement on twitter israel and the kingdom of bahrain would be establishing full diplomatic relations bahrain now joins the united arab emirates after its announcement last month that the country would be establishing full diplomatic ties with israel which includes opening embassies in both countries both leaders also agree that bahrain will fully normalize and diplomatic relations with israel trumps now encouraging other arab nations to consider similar steps and leaders that the future can be filled with hope and does not need to be pre-determined by conflicts of the past the agreements to end hostilities with israel are set to be formalized on tuesday at a signing ceremony at the white house and will advance the trumpet ministrations goal of realigning arab nations with israel against iran some want to thank you for your leadership on this issue trump son in law and senior adviser jared cushion or helped broker the deal following failed efforts to strike a p

>> we have asked israel to suspended. they will work in conjunction with us to put it back on the table. we are focusing on booking as many peace agreements as we can. when we have exhausted that departure date we will revisit the issue of annexation. we do not have a hard time frame, but it will be delayed as a result of this process. kevin: two more questions. the chinese investment. the u.s. has raised concerns about chinese investment and pretty sensitive israeli infrastructure. you would think the emaar body investment -- the emirate investment instructor would be replacement for that thorny issue. >> i think you're onto something. it is better capital, to savor capital, i do not think it comes with as many strings attached. it is a great opportunity for israel to maintain the sources of capital it needs without putting itself and its security at risk. david: that was the u.s. ambassador to israel david friedman speaking earlier with kevin cirilli. we will stay at the white house intern from foreign affairs to domest

right so this is towards israel because it has an admiration i'm sorry the line for moving towards israel because. because 1st of all they have what is about iran they have worries about turkey you know he's a very small country is looking for israeli support against iran and against turkey u.a.e. as sees itself as a modernizing developing country that sees israel as a market and not just as a result it has been building these relations with israel the reason why you can make that recognition right now at this point in time i think has a large measure to do with coming in american elections trump administrations with a lot of pressure for this to happen now so president trauma can claim a victory and also u.a.e. has been very close to trump and would like to basically. have something to show that the democrats if they come back into power that it is on the right side and it has built relations with israel and protect itself in what might be adverse reaction in congress if the trump administration were to lose the election ok so the palestinians have talked about still in terms of being a

bahrain agrees to normalize ties with israel in a 2nd u.s. brokered deal palestinians though have called it another the trade. down in jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up thousands of refugees on the greek island the blessed boats demand to be allowed into mainland europe after fires destroyed their camp. a humanitarian disaster is unfolding in sudan but help has finally arrived the latest from khartoum. and a call for the u.s. congress to take action against saudi arabia for the murder of the journalist. the skiing on of me stupid should be by the state of saudi arabia in mind he points to a dangerous freakishness. bahrain has become the latest arab nation to recognize israel it follows a similar u.s. brokered deal to normalize israeli ties with the united arab emirates u.s. president donald trump announced the move painting it as an historic breakthrough to achieving peace in the middle east palestinian leaders though called it a betrayal a white house correspondent kimberly hellcat reports. following a friday phone call

peace agreements with israel in the 72. this is now the 2nd peace agreement that we've announced in the last month after brokering a deal between israel and the united arab emirates trump announces a deal with the rain and says he believes many more arab states states will follow suit. until me welcome to the program hundreds of migrants on the greek island of lesbos have protested demanding to be allowed to leave this is 3 days after a massive fire destroyed the morea migrant camp leaving more than 12000 desperate people homeless the greek government is scrambling to build new temporary accommodation and says the camp will be rebuilt until then officials say most of the residents will have to stay on the island. in the afternoon they hit the streets the former residents of moria and now homeless and angry they won't accept camp life again. they're now building a new camp behind the supermarket but we don't want to stay here we want to leave grace. on friday morning the greek army began constructing a new camp in a military

didn't recognize israel they would raise the word israel from atlases in libraries in dubai i happen to be many still far foreign affairs of is where 25 years ago and i met with the bus. in sherman hundreds of pieces of president mubarak at the time we met several times with abdullah bin very. was over there were on the south lawn of the white house reason ateneo heal a ship between israeli business easier relationship between our government i was there for some 20 years and there still i do not deny its very positive development that there are now ready to sign more formal agreement with south and open embassy than normalization debt good good news for the middle east it's a blow to the palace. kenyans but i hope that we'd find a way to make it. so also fade with full the prospect of. contact with the palestinians not the other wife not old bloke to be with the palestinians i should say the leaders of met with israeli leaders they certainly don't recognize israel diplomatically you mention the palestinians they completely reject the abraham accords and the deal of the century coming

i'm sorry line for moving towards israel because. well because 1st of all they have what is about iran they have worries about turkey you know he's a very small country is looking for israeli support against iran and against turkey u.a.e. as sees itself as a modernizing developing country that sees israel as a market and not so as a result it has been building these relations with israel the reason why you can make that recognition right now at this point in time i think has a large measure to do with coming in american elections so the trump administrations put a lot of pressure for this to happen now so president trama can claim a victory and also u.a.e. has been very close to trump and would like to basically. have something to show the democrats if they come back into power that it is on the right side and it has built relations with israel and protect itself in what might be adverse reaction in congress if the trump administration were to lose the election ok so the palestinians have talked about this deal in terms of being a st

he is leaving us in israel he's going to put his inclusion of the countries in horrible ses he totally failed in handling the corona crisis. netanyahu in the mainstream media may hail these has historic agreements leading toward peace most analysts look at these deals and see even further violence and conflicts down the road but why ruin a good photo op the planned proposals that trump has for the agreements between palestine and israel are extremely unfavorable to the palestinian people it damages their ability to travel freely it essentially urged them down into you know for lack of better word there are determined camps and it's absolutely going to trigger a new wave of violence because when you would you put one group who best sort of under pressure that's kind of has like less negotiating power when you give that group a terrible deal the way the allies did with germany after world war one you. pave the way for the most hateful most violent leaders possible when you take away people's opportunities and you take away their economic opportunities their social opportunities their pol

would push of the palestinians into reaching a peace deal with israel. debbie a correspondent. in washington tell us about this important day well certainly important historic to see these 4 men sitting together signing these diplomatic pacts the abraham accords were signed by all 4 parties and israel for its part signed separate pacts with the united arab emirates and bought in the specifics of the deal though are not fully known as they are keeping much of it under wraps and it still has to go through the israeli parliament but it looks like there is a push here to enhance trade relations i do want to point out the fact of both of these gulf nations already have relations with israel in the shadows for years and now they're certainly looking to expand on ties in the open experts say that this deal to normalize is also very much about iran that the bahrain and israel view iran as a threat in the region so while economics engagement is a major part of these deals so is the perceived security threat from iran so might other arab countries also look to nor

you have unequivocally stood by israel's side. you boldly confronted the tire ra tyrants of tehran, you brokered the historic peace we're signing today, a piece that has broad support in israel, in america, in the middle east, indeed in the entire world. i'm grateful to the crown prince of the united arab emirates, and to you, foreign minister an abdullah bin zayed. i thank you for expanding the circle of peace. i'm grateful -- i'm grateful to king hamad of bahrain and to you, the foreign minister, for joining us -- joining us in bringing hope to all the children of abraham. to all of israel's friends in the middle east, those who are with us today and those who will join us tomorrow i say peace unto thee. shalom. and you heard from the president that he has already lined up more and more countries. this is unimaginable a few years ago. but with resolve, determination, a fresh look at the way peace is done, this is being achieved. thank you, mr. president. ladies and gentlemen, the people of israel well know the price of war. i kn