no recognition of israel and no negotiations with it. but at the beirut summit in two thousand and two the league adopted the so-called arab peace initiative a saudi inspired peace plan to end the conflict a plan offered full normalization with israel in exchange israel was required to withdrawal from all occupied territories to recognize palestinian independence in the west bank and gaza strip with east jerusalem as its capital as well as a just solution for palestinian refugees peace initiative was indorsed again at the riyadh summit five years later but never resulted in any kind of agreement now with president trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital an arab led solution to the israeli palestinian conflict seems further away than ever but whatever the case arab league leaders announce they reached an agreement on how to respond to the move. this decision is rejected and the arab league with all its consequences secondly we have agreed to form a committee for peace making which will deal with the international commu

president was set to recognize the city as israel's capital. this is an insane move that will inflame the whole region because he's attacking all of our values our sacred place and our humanity back in jerusalem according to un resolutions as the capital of two states if he does this today he will destroy the peace process that america is sponsoring while some of his colleagues have been publicly welcoming the move israel's prime minister steered clear of the topic during a speech to foreign diplomats in jerusalem making only this oblique reference in a video for his facebook page as he drove away as our historical national identity is receiving important expressions every day but particularly today that's moving the u.s. embassy from tel aviv was a campaign promise to important trunk financial donors such as las vegas casino magnate sheldon adelson as well as trump's core right wing evangelical base president trump needs them more than ever as his popularity ratings plummet jerusalem will remain the capital. trump is certainly not the first to

for jerusalem being the capital to israel that creates let israel for looking without for israel it's making concessions i think it's worth a look at looking carefully at the u.s. position what they say it is is jerusalem is israel's capital this is being lit lies by all states including arab states as you know the ship should ambassador to do radiant as a percent their credentials to the president of israel in jerusalem make state visits. as i mean you jump in the no arab states of recognize jerusalem as being the capital of israel and there is a slight difference is there not because you are israel is rather i should say the occupying power that is resolution two five to seven six un resolution two three three four says that israel is an occupying power particularly and specifically mentioning in east jerusalem. exam the only road so if i can come to east jerusalem no un resolution the last eighty years has referred to west tuzla and when how do you recognize a capital when you make state visits there when you present your credentials when you sign treaties all this is being done by

to annihilate israel they regularly threaten israel with annihilation and hezbollah and as i said on the lebanese iranian it's an iranian terror proxy army funded by iran and one of the recently about iran boris johnson the british foreign secretary was there recently and people in london here are talking about increasingly closer ties to attack iran and of course turkey is now on the same side as they run that alone russia and certainly all three of those countries along with the european union the u.n. secretary general and others are all against your viewpoint here in jerusalem well respectfully boris johnson wasn't there to make nice maybe he was you know behind the scenes he was there to negotiate legals it was he was there to negotiate the release of imprisoned britons in iran because iran takes speed. last edge then expects them to be ransom the way the united states you know allegedly sent a plane load full of cash quite literally to release americans you want to stop taking westerners hostages but if you don't believe me that iran is the biggest problem look at syria jerusal

president donald trump is poised to recognize contested jerusalem as israel's capital and move the u.s. embassy to the city he'll be delivering a speech in just a few moments and we'll be carrying it live for you here at d.f.w. news. thank you very much for your company donald trump is about to speak at the white house he's expected to announce a significant break with decades of u.s. policy and international convention by recognizing the contested city of jerusalem as israel's capital well that's despite warnings from the palestinians and arab nations in the middle east the doing so could spark unrest and lay to rest any hope of a permanent peace deal with israel all right and as i said we'll be carrying that live for you will be interrupting anything that we're doing and take you live to that but first off with all eyes on washington in what would be a historic development we've got team coverage for you to help us understand the significance and possible ramifications of this i'm to. and in the studio by shiny resign resign this east expert in jerusalem our very own tanya kramer has

and you know this is a group to israel and. the state of palestine palestinian president mahmoud abbas condemns the decision saying all efforts towards peace have been ignored and palestinians protest against the move their leaders in the occupied west bank and gaza call for three days afraid. hello the us president donald trump is being widely condemned for officially recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel palestinian leaders are calling for three days afraid others warn washington will no longer be trusted as a mediator israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu hailed the announcement as a historic landmark and urged other countries to follow suit here's our white house correspondent kimberly halkett with the latest. more than twenty years ago the u.s. congress recognized jerusalem as israel's capital and with that the relocation of the u.s. embassy there from tel aviv but every u.s. president since bill clinton has blocked it from happening a till now i have determined. that it is time to officially recognize jerusal

boy netanyahu repeated his claim that your islam is israel's capital drucilla is the capital of israel it's been the capital of israel for three thousand years you can read it in a very fine book it's called the bible you can read it after the bible you can hear it in the history of jewish communities throughout. the year in jerusalem next year in jerusalem where this is the capital of israel but in jerusalem our correspondent tanya kramer joins us now from jerusalem tanya israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu also said the sooner the palestinians accepted that jerusalem was israel's capital the sooner there would be peace how does netanyahu intend to make that work. well that is really a good question because that is really a nonstarter for the palestinians they're saying well we are also a reality yeah and they want of course to see through. for they to be the capital of their future state so it was quite about an uncompromising stance here echoing also the words of the u.s. president who had recognized jerusalem asked a capital of israel last week so also a rather straightforwar

singh in the state of israel for a very long time so thank you very much and in fact israel's claim to jerusalem also goes back to the time of the prophets as we know there are multiple claims to the city of jerusalem the un said this week that it stands by its position that status of jerusalem must be determined through a comprehensive solution negotiated between the two sides u.n. resolutions going back decades aim to resolve the completing claims competing claims to jerusalem. jerusalem is a holy city for three world religions the jews have the wailing wall here muslims the dome of the rock and al aksa mosque and christians the church of the holy sepak are these sides are only a few hundred meters and yet worlds apart. the city's current status is a consequence of the six day war in one thousand nine hundred eighty seven when israel occupied the city's eastern part and in one nine hundred eighty annexed it. both israelis and palestinians claim jerusalem as their capital the international community has refrained from taking a clear position. no humphrey has opened an embassy in jerus

turkey cannot dictate what israel should be doing. and they are sending clear messages to israel and to [indiscernible] themselvese making proud as the sons of the ottomans. you will see, these of the remaining masses of the protesters here. labor and some of the flags and they showed some extreme anger against this kind of move. and they are saying tomorrow and the day after, till friday, their activities will never stop here in istanbul. it is one of the biggest cities ragewill show anger and against this kind of decision that completely provoked the muslim world. >> many thanks for that. our correspondent in a stumble. the secretary-general for the palestinian liberation organization we have been hearing from him,. he says trump's actions not exclude the united states from ever taking part in middle east peace talks. , dictating, closing doors for negotiations. americas qualifies [indiscernible] the palestinian leadership will call for an emergency session for the palestine council to steady his speech and review all the options an

the power is with israel. as a result, there really is no other alternative but to shift to post two-state solution to one-state solution. that's very controversial. some israeli officials have alluded to this in the past saying the current policies of this government are leading israel into this direction. some in the international community as well. that is the concern right now in terms of what this does to the peace process. as we've heard on our air from previous american diplomats involved in those negotiations, this goes against the conventional wisdom of what american diplomats have been doing for decades, which is arguably letting the two sides negotiate this issue and other issues by themselves with a little bit of american help. the united nations, as i mentioned, craig, they don't recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. that's enshrined in international law -- >> eamon -- >> >> reporter: this also cuts to bigger issues of international legal implications. >> eamon, thank you. president trump

a new authorising against israel. and germany social democrats have voted to hold talks with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives on continuing the governing coalition chairman martin initially refused to consider that option but now he says he's willing to. after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day stick around. quadriga the international talk show for journalists to discuss the topic of the week russia has been banned from the upcoming winter olympics in south korea made allegations of widespread state backed dope they now will most of the respondents impact of the announcement have on russia's hosting of next summer's so-called world cup find out on quadriga. quadriga in sixty minutes on d w. the top stories followed across social media and share your comments and content welcome to. news. there black and living in germany. she's reminded what that means on a daily basis presenter young up like this not being able to blend in and i was. taking a holiday. you know different than the way. she t

saying that there were attempts to disconnect jewish history from the land of israel recently israel had complained of an anti israel bias within the euro and now nasco had passed resolutions in recent months in which they said that israel had no right to jerusalem and they also said that israel had no right to the temple mount or the old city of jerusalem saying that these were muslim holy sites and now danny danon who is the israeli ambassador to the u.n. he actually specifically commented on this this is danny the man no you know it's good it liberation no empty speech you. know didn't want to be revolution will ever divide about him. now earlier this year in october the united states withdrew from nasco citing similar reasons accusing it of an anti israel bias and when that happened the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu praised this calling it a courageous and moral decision and israeli officials went on to say that yes go ahead degenerated into what they were calling a theater of the absurd now from there we also heard from benjamin netanyahu and other figures there's be

to israel. and palestine is jerusalem. there is anger there is the violence tourism status is extremely sensitive in the israeli palestinian conflict. never give up jerusalem but there is a reality many of the refugees. given up hope just like jerusalem the right to return has been at the heart of the palestinian struggle it's been seven decades and no one here has returned home. thirty four year old mohammad jamal was born in lebanon he has a nursing degree but he can't find a job palestinian refugees in lebanon are banned from working in many professions and have little rights in a country that has tried to prevent settlement for bahama jerusalem status and returning to palestine are lost causes in. the wrong tree chan is a forgotten cause he's not our intention to forget but the arab rulers betrayed palestine for us the priorities to live. stateless these refugees live in desperate conditions very few were under the illusion that peace with israel was ever a possibility and for them the u.s.

wants to donate to israel and he crossed the red line he should donate his country's state to israel. and palestine is jerusalem. there is anger there is the violence tourism status is extremely sensitive in the israeli palestinian conflict. never give up jerusalem but there is a reality many of the refugees. given up hope just like jerusalem the right to return has been at the heart of the palestinian struggle it's been seven decades and no one here has returned home. thirty four year old mohammad jamal was born in lebanon he has a nursing degree but he can't find a job palestinian refugees in lebanon are banned from working in many professions and have little rights in a country that has tried to prevent settlement for bahama jerusalem status and returning to palestine are lost causes. in the right return is a forgotten cause it is not our intention to forget about it but the arab rulers betrayed palestine for us the priority is to live stateless these refugees live in desperate conditions very few were under the illusion that peace with israel was ever a possibility and for them th

how israel's lobby. moves america and in philadelphia we cross to greg roman he is the chief operations officer for the middle east forum on a german cross like rules in effect that means he can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate philip let me go to you first here donald trump ran on the platform of making america great again how is the. great igniting jerusalem israel's capital pursuit in advancing that agenda making america great again and i would it's making american foreign policy great again i don't know go ahead philip yeah well that's that's the fundamental question here i mean basically people like myself. people who consider themselves a patriotic americans are wondering when donald trump is going to start deliver the levering on changing our foreign policy which has been destructive of the united states in this particular case. you have to ask what does the united states and what do americans get out of this they don't get anything out of this essential or this is going to create

akram: everyone knows israel has been occupied jerusalem since 1967. that is the fact on the ground, so we should recognize that. the call for days of rage is nothing but the limit. at the same time, 5000 palestinians have been wounded and four killed in the past few days -- or should we say for t e past week. i want to call that a little bit of a problem. i would call that four palestinians killed by israel and 1500 wounded. i do not know what you call a big conflagration. the fact that anything that will come out of this is going to come from the street, from the palestinian people themselves, not from hamas leadership nor mahmoud abbas. melinda: let's dig deeper and begin with president trump's announcement himself. as he made that announcement of the super six, he expressed confidence that his decision would reactivate the dormant peace process. let's listen. trump: it is time to officially recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. presidents have made this a major campaign promise, they failed to deliver. today, i am delivering. i have judged

decision to recognize true islam as israel's capital. this causes a problem for muslims and christians throughout the world it is a flagrant violation of international law including the un security council resolutions this supports all the measures taken by israel to change just status of jerusalem. the leader of egypt's coptic church has declined to meet u.s. vice president mike pence when he visits the region later this month it is in protest to donald trump's decision to recognize treason as israel's capital palestinian president mahmoud abbas is also refusing to meet parents al-jazeera senior political analyst maher on the shower says the arab states seem to differ in their reaction to trump's decision the bit of a contrast is gyptian minister did talk. in general terms but it was very clear about israeli violations and and so on so forth and palestinian rights i think the saudi i didn't hear the entire thing but what i heard it sounded like. a real attempt at moderation let's call it that way you know trying to avoid any possible mi

should recognize jerusalem as israel's capital we go live to brussels. and in berlin an israeli flags of bond in the streets as thousands join told by listening protests in the german capital. also coming up the winter hits your of with a vengeance heavy still flowing across the continent brings probably chaos on the roads railways and airports but it's a win to the wonderland facade. and the bundesliga a blizzard of goals and blizzard conditions in cologne but the team's former coach was feeling the warmth the advocacy of dortmund off to getting a surprise for the. color of a warm welcome to you i'm under. israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu is in brussels meeting e.u. foreign ministers this comes against the backdrop of international protest over the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel nidia who says european governments should follow the u.s. and move the embassies from tel aviv to jerusalem but the e.u. has condemned the u.s. decision and is expected to put pressure on the israeli leader to do more to revive the peace

he is surrounded by pro—israel advisers, pro israel officials... to be fair the american stance towards israel has not differed particularly from one president to another. no, because it has always been dictated by israeli interests. so he cannot broker peace, or america cannot broker peace? of course not, he is compromised. he is surrounded by pro israel began discuss —— propaganda, and he cannot operate as a free agent, even if he had the will to do it. i want to talk about the practicalities now. he said he is calling on both sides to respect the status quo. how should mahmoud abbasi respond and how should young palestinian men respond if they feel upset by what they have heard tonight? —— mahmood abbas. should they legitimately protest or work towards the two state solution he talked about? there's no two state solution to talk about, if they have gone out of the equation, i don't know how they should but i know how they feel. they will protest, they are angry and they have every right to be angry. what is dangerous about this, because

israel like all nations has the right to determine its capital city jerusalem is the home of israel's parliament president prime minister supreme court and many of it many of its ministries. it is simple common sense that foreign embassies be located there in virtually every country in the world u.s. embassies are located in the host country's capital city israel should be no different the united states took this step in full knowledge that it will raise questions and concerns our actions are intended to help advance the cause of peace we must recognize that peace is advanced not setback when all parties are honest with each other our actions reflected an honest assessment of reality i understand the concern members have in calling the session change is hard but we should never doubt with the truth can do we should never doubt that when we face the truth believe in the human spirit and encourage each other that peace can happen to those who have good faith concerns about the future of peace between the israelis and the palestinians let me again assure you that the president and this i

his role as a mediator between israel and palestine. with this step the united states has chosen to lose its competency as mediator and this qualifies itself from playing a role in the peace process we should not accept any wrote us please. well told trump is often called a divisive figure ever since he was elected to u.s. president a year ago however it does appear that he succeeded in doing one thing and that is uniting our nations against him by making this decision. it's exactly a month now since our to america had to register as a foreign agent in the united states after being pressured by the authorities now the time you may recall the state department showed us it wouldn't affect our ability to cover news but then just a couple of weeks later we had a press credentials revoked by us congress smear a car and asked the state department to clarify the situation simply also what's going on but when mark he was forced to register as a foreign agent and you said that it would inhibit our ability to report. when the united states tells

of israel to. gain the support of some people that were close to it that have failed. where expect friendly countries that recognize palestine to confirm and reaffirm it's a recognition of palestine as a state and eastern jerusalem as a capital for the muslims and christians alike and this illegal decision. countries to support us on this and we hope that and.

to withdraw its recognition of israel and israel prime minister netanyahu thanked president drum for the decision he reaffirmed his commitment to maintaining the status quo of the holy sites of president rivlin said the jerusalem is not an obstacle to peace. mr president i'm particularly concerned about the potential risk of violent escalation in anticipation of the u.s. decision palestinian factions call for three days of rage to take place from six to eight of december some call for the december eighth to be the start of a new are praising or intifada since the decision we have seen widespread demonstrations and violent clashes between palestinian protesters and israeli security forces throughout the occupied west bank including east jerusalem in gaza according to alter at least one palestinian was killed and more than one hundred forty have been injured there have also been protests in arab cities and villages within his room as well as cities around the region and beyond from lebanon and jordan to malaysia and bangladesh on the sender sevenths six rockets were reportedly fired fr

moves its embassy in israel. cierra as you say is a very sensitive issue and you know this is one of the issues when you hear the reaction today you know despite all the problems and disagreement said has united arabs songs have been written about jerusalem embodies really the palestinian struggle do you think something positive can come out of all of this trump's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital can it unite the arab world something positive to come out of all this while for you really hurting me today ok you know i'm sorry i cannot find the sort of a lining here yes i mean i understand the point about how pushing everything to the brink might bring the best out of people but be that as it be at this point in time the entire logic behind this step i believe is hitting the world the arab world where the turks and when it's down and the arab world is down the arab and muslim worlds are quite divided today as we all know for several years now or even since nine eleven and the and the american invasion o

recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital. a bangladeshi man targets the new york subway detonating a homemade bomb and wounding himself and three others. scuffles in kiev outside a court which is now ruled to free a physician leader mikhail saakashvili in custody. of their a warm welcome to the program and a solar revolution has helped greece hit its climate targets broken promises on. putting other homeowners off investing i do apologize i think we're on the wrong script there russian president vladimir putin has ordered a partial withdrawal of us troops from syria he made that announcement during a surprise visit to syria where he held talks with president bush. now it was part of a whistle stop tour of russia's middle east allies first stop was the un shuttle visit to the cayman airbase in syria's latakia province it then flew to cairo for plan talks with egyptian president fox i'll see see before doubling back and heading north for a meeting with ridge it. well we'll have more on that in just a woman but prefer him to thi

singh in the state of israel for a very long time so thank you very much and in fact israel's claim to jerusalem also goes back to the time of the prophets as we know there are multiple claims to the city of jerusalem the un said this week that it stands by its position that status of jerusalem must be determined through a comprehensive solution negotiated between the two sides u.n. resolutions going back decades aim to resolve the completing claims competing claims to jerusalem. jerusalem is a holy city for three world religions the jews have the wailing wall here muslims the dome of the rock and al aksa mosque and christians the church of the holy sepak are these sides are only a few hundred meters and yet worlds apart. the cities current status is a consequence of the six day war in one nine hundred sixty seven when israel occupied the cities eastern part and in one nine hundred eighty annexed it. both israelis and palestinians claim jerusalem as their capital the international community has refrained from taking a clear position. no country has opened an embassy in jerusalem so far

israel will always ensure freedom of worship for jews, christians, and muslims alike. president trump, thank you for today's historic decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. the jewish people and the jewish state will be forever grateful. >> for more reaction from the region to president trump's actions, here is reporting from turkey's english-language news channel. >> you can see our correspondent in istanbul where protests have been planned. start off by telling me what the situation is where you are. >> we are here in front of the american council and many young people are gathered here in front of the consulate and they with slogans against the united states. they were completely frustrated with what he has done and they said this is going to make every muslim all around the world angry. -- they would expect donald trump to back down because what is happening all over the world with the muslim countries, where the people are in the streets protesting against what is happening. this, trump has gone with especially the young people are sending the first

should recognize jerusalem as israel's capital as we get an update from dresses. and see me a german politicians condemned the burning off israeli flags in but then that's off the pounds demonstrated in the german capital against president tom's tuesday them decision. and a riddle to kid hits europe with a vengeance heavy still for grins for travel chaos but it's of bringing to wonderland the song. of the welcome to you i'm on the thought she. israeli promise of binyamin netanyahu is in brussels meeting e.u. foreign ministers this comes against the backdrop of international protests over the u.s. decision to recognize twosome as the capital is red netanyahu says european governments should follow the u.s. and move the embassies from tel aviv to jerusalem but the e.u. has condemned the u.s. decision and is expected to put pressure on the israeli leader to do more to revive the peace process here's some of what netanyahu and the e.u. foreign policy chief fredricka had to say you know where the european union stands we believe. that the only realistic solution to the

president officially recognizes jerusalem as the capital of israel. i'm sami's a than this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up present drunk. thank you for today's historic decision recognize jerusalem as israel's cup. gratitude from the israeli prime minister and the promise of status quo at the holy sites. and. this is a reward to israel and further encourages the occupation of the state of palestine . palestinian president mahmoud abbas condemns the u.s. decision saying efforts towards peace have been ignored. palestinians protest against the move their leaders in the occupied west bank in gaza call for three days of rage. now the us president donald trump is being widely condemned for officially recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel palestinian leaders are calling for three days of rage others warn washington will no longer be trusted as a mediator our white house correspondent kimberly halkett begins our coverage. more than twenty years ago the u.s. congress recognized jerusalem as israel's capital and with that the relocation of

lawyer when it comes to israel. palestinian negotiations so to say that the solution is to take even more radical pro israel musicians and that this will somehow promote israeli palestinian peace and you know basically categorically dismissing palestinian rights and interests is somehow going to help us move forward i think is you know it may it may sound nice to trump's domestic constituencies but in the real world of the middle east it's it's not only not going to promote peace but it's certainly going to make it that much more difficult to address the issue of ending israeli occupation and therefore finding a pathway towards peaceful israeli palestinian coexistence would you agree with that has the u.s. just lost all legitimacy as a broker in the peace process. i must mean i don't think there are many palestinians that believe in the united states definitely and being an honest broker but if they needed any feel the pull of i think they got it yesterday at the end of the day you know when talking about peace betw

as people protest against president donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. elementary and so they get this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up georgia's former president mikhail saakashvili goes on hunger strike after police in ukraine arrest him. bidding farewell to a rock icon thousands of fans lined the streets of paris to pay their final respects to french position johnny holiday. also taking half people's continue to live this is one of the town of hong kong we visit this neighborhood to find out why it's drawing international attention by the un's cultural agency is taking note. the arab league is holding an emergency meeting to discuss donald trump's formal recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital the us president's action has been condemned around the world and it's prompted protests funerals held. two hamas fighters to protest us who were killed by israeli airstrikes and shootings in gaza on friday elsewhere in the occupied west bank they've been confrontations between protesters and israeli forces palestinian leaders are meeting in ram

to make in relation with israel and the many against iran because the media begin to be neutral to israel with that's difficult for us the bahraini delegation include sunni and shia muslims christians a hindu under sikh they will leave on wednesday alan fischer al jazeera in occupied east jerusalem for instance minister tells al-jazeera here's hoping for a swift end to the political crisis in the gulf gavin williamson made the comments a day after qatar agreed to buy twenty four euro fighter jets from britain and a six point seven billion dollars deal. brisson plays an important role in terms of talking with all parties and encouraging a dialogue and encouraging all countries to come together i think we very much welcome what kuwait did in hosting the g.c.c. and we would like to see more moves going forward to build on that corporation make sure that the gulf states start working together again ensuring peace and prosperity right across from. opposition politician mikhail saakashvili has been released from detention in ukraine the former georgian president was arrested on friday accused o

is that him alongside israel and also result of de. according to his illusion ninety four might people people in the leadership. continue in and for the when all the. development of this position and we will this point. in the light time and when it's. partnership with other friends this will give us make us give us a call again in order to speed up because in order to get a deal you need to the place and you see palestinian see and a victory for our people. for freedom and independence and next few days we're not is the cause of all nobody is singing bodies or all defense one for an emergency meeting to follow up the development and we will call. the essential council for the. fullest. liberation of palestine we will call them all the all the faction to confirm the. palestinian position and the claire and that's all the choices are in the hand my brothers and sisters this second territory which is the land of. jesus and mohammed. and. peace on him will tell them the jews and them it's. a city of peace with the two second and that i'll

is decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital it's the third weekend of demonstrations in the occupied palestinian territories against the move. president had republican who has thanked his supporters after surviving an impeachment vote in congress is accused of receiving illegal payments from the brazilian construction giant altar branched he denies any wrongdoing. has been at the center of a massive bribery scandal that's caused political upheaval across latin america those are the headlines inside story with house coming up next there with us. every view for washington from both allies and adversaries with the u.n. vote on jerusalem and the us president button nations who didn't support him over his well the vast majority didn't so what if that will this have on diplomacy in the middle east and beyond this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. it was a stinging rebuke one hundred twenty eight countries voting against the united states only eight standing with it the subject was present trends recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital both from the u.s. ambas

divestment from israel to be pushing for sanctions on israel and also to be pushing to hold israel accountable to continue along this false path of negotiations i was part of this and i know that they were few tile is going to lead to nowhere and this is why the israelis keep on cystic on having negotiations they want to continue to beat up on a weaker party they want to continue to build and expand settlements and they want to simply swallow it instead what the strategy should be is abandon negotiations push to hold israel accountable and be pushing for boycotts for divestment and sanctions these are the types of things that will work and they worked in south africa they will also work with apartheid israel you've also said that israel is spinning this conflict and for religious one strategically how so. what they've been trying to do for quite some time is they're trying to blur the fact that they are a colonizer that they are that there has been a land theft and that they have not only stolen land but they've ethnically cleansed the people who are part of that land i mean it's important for

but a lot of this was anti-israel, death to israel, fighting with police, shouting, and there is a focus on the people in their vicinity. it was a heavier police presence here than there usually is. there are soldiers around the old city, t they are part of -- we had mounted police on horses, people with guns in their hands, pointing at people, very aggressive tactics. it was not a pleasant situation for those involved. we will see to whom the aggression is directed tomorrow if anything happens. brent: we will be talking with you later on in the day. thank you. for more on this story, we want to bring in here at the big table beside me, a palestinian phd student here in berlin. good to have you on this show, and a former is really governments -- israeli government spokesman and no member of the jerusalem press. it is good to have you as well. .et me start if, with you the u.s. said the status quo has not changed with this announcement yesterday. and it has not, has it? east jerusalem is still occupied. did you as a palestinian, when you said -- when you heard president trump say that, di

and israel by 1967 and legally binding. and must be respected. including the security council resolution which constitutes a roadmap that only deflects reality and the latest it also applies to their rhetoric and we reject them. it clearly condemns violence against civilians. and for the promotion of peace. this is a big mistake when it is said not of the legal sentiments to stand in the way of peace. international law rather than the illegal position as we heard today. from the representative and a member power of the council reaffirmed by the statements and those organizations across the world. and through the decisions on the a appropriation and in stemple on -- and stumble and the position of the african union and others with the overwhelming support of the councilmembers that just voted today. this did in the way of this resolution. and for its position it reiterates any decision changing the character and to be rescinded. and any measures or actions not to establish those political missions. it also calls for those efforts to have that comp

the united states often stood beside israel. we did not o own december 23201. we will not make that mistake again. this week marks the one-year anniversary of a significant setback for the middle east peace into the united states has an undiminished commitment to helping bring about final status negotiations that will lead to lasting peace. our hand remains extended to both parties. we call on all countries that share this commitment to learn the hard lessons of the past and work to bring israel and the palestinian people in good faith to the peace table. thank you very much. i think the united states representative for the statement and give the floor to the representative of ergo a uruguay. >> as we do every month we would like to thin thank the special coordinator for the peace process in the middle east for his very comprehensive and detailed briefing and above all else would like to thank you and your team for your work that shows commitment to the task given to you. we very much appreciate the presentation. our concern that these reports as well as others

is being alluded to israel by president. what we also heard at that meeting it was addressed by the palestinian leader mahmoud abbas who has said he does not want the u.s. to take part in peace processes in the future the u.s. has been one of the main negotiators of the peace process between israel and palestine for many many decades now mahmoud abbas saying he doesn't want to do that in fact we also know in the last few days that he said that he didn't want. the u.s. vice president mike pence to visit the region in the wake of that declaration by recognizing jerusalem as being the capital of israel and he said and he warned that extremists could use this decision by donald trump to turn what is a political struggle in his words into a religious one take a listen to what more had to say what. steps the united states has chosen to lose its competency as mediator and disqualifies itself from the peace process we should not accept any role for the u.s. in the peace process well donald trump is often called a divisive figure eve

before the creation of israel, there was a jewish israel government, connecting israel with the jewish communities and three and a half million juice -- jews came. when i came to the jewish agency, i made the shift which was made long ago in the jewish world. institutions are always changing. making a special emphasis on building bridges between israel and jewish communities. many good and important things we are doing. we are the only form that i know where representatives of the and the leaders of jewish federations around the world and leisure -- leaders of the reform and conservative movement are sitting together, discussing and debating together and making decisions together. by when a long history israel was created. formula.t part of this thinking in terms of creating one jewish community. one language, one culture. why do we need all of these differences? the idea was nobody knows why it was different. ,obody recreated the nation broke hundreds of different pieces. people lived in different cultures and then they come and become one nation again. i am critical of some of the th

only condemnation of the rockets that are being fired at israel. the arab league condemned trump's move and some of its members even called for recognition of the state of palestine with east jerusalem as the capital of lebanon as foreign minister suggested sanctions should be imposed on the us and protests were seen around the world. no one has the right to play with the fates of billions of people for the sake of one's personal ambitions. so the kingdom of jordan refuses recognition by the states or jerusalem as the capital of israel and we condemn it violates international law. the decision by the united states in its context gives legitimacy and recognition for occupation and the allowance of a de facto status using force i. i . number of rallies in support of palestine have been held across europe and in turkey an emergency session of the un security council was also convened and during the meeting of the fifteen members fourteen of them were united against just one the u.s. . we regret the u.s. president's decision must go mad washington's de

decision to declare jerusalem the capital of israel in occupied east jerusalem israeli forces fired stun grenades and tear gas at protesters who were peacefully demonstrating. and sent this report. to the extent it is a small protest. handful of people but as they walk towards all jerusalem dome one of the city's busy shopping streets there was blogged by police and soldiers told they had no permit to march that they were blocking the road they were forcibly pushed back to it was in a city where anger has been close to the surface since donald trump's controversial decision it sparked a series of running confrontations was police sent in horses to break up the crowds creating widespread anger and panic this has been a pattern throughout the afternoon as crowds gather by the side of the street the horses have been sent ten at some pace to try and break those crowds up the writers have even been using their weapons it really is quite frightening for the people who are standing here watching these horses racing towards them. i don't want to see that we're getting here because i want the den

ambassador to city of israel. >> jerusalem will remain capital of israel, it must remain undivided. lou: here is president trump today. >> today we finally acknowledge the obvious, that jerusalem is israel's capital. this is nothing more or less than a recognition of reality. it also the right thing to do. >> an extraordinary contrast in leadership, courage, and convict, wouldn't you say. we'll take it up with congressman ron desantos. tonight, dems eating their own, democrats never work so viciously as when they work in the pack. they formed one today ask senator al franken almost 40 democrats getting together in that pack, including chuck schumer, calling for al franken's ouster as an eighth accuser is set to come forward. franken to make remarks tomorrow, his office reports that rumorrors about his resigning are inaccuracies. dangerous wildfires spreading unchecked across southern california. forces 200,000 people to evacuate the area. as much right now, santa ana winds are feeding the flames, there is no containment even considered or in sight, we have a live report for you. top

embassy to israel now the u.s. embassy to jerusalem now it's important to note that though the resolution is aimed at the united states and specifically avoids mentioning the usa the resolution from egypt says it expresses deep regret at recent decisions concerning the status of jerusalem not directly naming the united states in the resolution now nikki haley the u.s. ambassador to the united nations has now indicated that the usa intends to veto this resolution and she when she took the floor she expressed what she has expressed before feeling that the united nations does not treat israel fairly this is nikki haley addressing the united nations security council just a few minutes ago earlier. he noted states's often stood beside israel we did not on december twenty third two thousand and sixteen we will not make that mistake again. now we've also heard from the envoy representing bolivia now the bolivian envoy was rather passionate and he criticized the move from the trumpet ministration and he also emphasized the

israel upholds international law. the government must also take on a role of leadership criticizing the decision to make little impact on the long-suffering people of palestine. the irish government needs to recognize the state of palestine immediately especially as the response to the unacceptable action of the trump administration. thank you. >> thank you mrs. anderson. and the last speaker on the list. one minute. >> thank you madam president. i may be one of those things that the meeting with benjamin netanyahu should not have taken place and i'm grateful that you were firm. i have three questions on that meeting and on trump's statement. after the irrational statement by president trump which is more than regrettable and should be condemned because it felt international law and are you prepared to play the role of mediator to relaunch peace negotiations and i think the eu has to do this. we have the political responsibility to do this for the sake of peace in the middle east and for peace in europe. secondly with

the face of israel. i am holding an original coin, it is from 67 a.d. it says in hebrew, and i quote, freedom of zion, look in the envelope in front of you. you see a replica of the coin. it is clear evidence from the time of our second temple, it proves that ancient connection to jerusalem. our bond to jerusalem is unbreakable. no empty speeches, no general assembly resolution will ever divide us from jerusalem. these are the five so today i will tell you about another unbreakable bond, the unbreakable bond of hypocrisy between the palestinians and the united nations. sam said the united states decision is one-sided and harmful to peace. the opposite is true. so the palestinians and the un and have pushed away peace for you. with every anti- israel and every attack on my people, the un has perfected its double standard. we are now sitting in an open session, an emergency session of the general assembly. this session has been since 1997. so democracy in the middle east the remain in a constant open posit

state side by side with israel and its capital and. knowing the palestinian muslim and christian rights in jerusalem will only fuel further extremism and undermine the war against terrorism while the un secretary general is among the international leaders who've reacted to trump's announcement terrorist stressed there is no alternative to a two state solution with jerusalem as the capital of both israel and palestine and we're now hearing that the u.n. security council is planning emergency talks on friday on jerusalem mike hanna has the latest for us from the united nations. the president trumpet spoke in the u.n. secretary general restated what a position on jerusalem for decades i have consistently spoken out against the left of all measures that would jeopardize the prospects of peace for israelis and palestinians. jerusalem ease a final stop those issues. that must be resolved through direct negotiations between the two parties on the basis of the relevant security council and general assembly resolutions taking into account the l

it is the capital of israel. so we only to come to terms and accept what is just an absolute, 100% certain fact and reality. for us to not be confronting the realities of the dynamics in and around israel, is a huge disservice for any type of a peace talk, because the reality is that if you are going to negotiate long-term peace, jerusalem is, has been and will continue to be the capital of israel. jane: congressman lee zeldin thank you for joining us. , >> thank you. take care. bringwe will continue to more reaction to the president's decision as we get it. 20 democratic senators are now calling on senator al franken to resign following recent allegations of sexual misconduct. senator franken has apologized for most incidents and has said he would cooperate with the senate ethics investigation into his behavior. he is expected to make an announcement tomorrow. i am joined now by our north american reporter. anthony, where so many people coming forward with calls for al franken's resignation. >> there was another