and staying in gaza four lion cubs have died at the zoo in the gaza strip of the bad weather damaged their cage zoo owners says the continuous blockade on the strip meant that necessary supplies which may have saved the animals were not available for jabari as more. it's a sad day at the only zoo in the gaza strip these children should be playing with these line cubs but instead they are here to bury them the cubs were born on wednesday but they survived less than twenty four hours severe winter weather affects not only gaza's two million people but also its few remaining zoo animals the cubs didn't stand much of a chance. i'm very sad because we lost four cubs today and i had to bury them in the same room because it's not only a financial it's emotional because they're important to children under two visitors . the zoos says it didn't have the necessary food supplements and medicines to save the cups the twelve year israeli egyptian blockade has made it difficult to get the necessary food and equipment to take care of animals these are african lions some of the few animals left in g

sad day at the only zoo in the gaza strip these children should be playing with these line cubs but instead they are here to bury them the cubs were born on wednesday but they survived less than twenty four hours severe winter weather affects not only gaza's two million people but also its few remaining zoo animals the cubs didn't stand much of a chance. i'm very sad because we lost four cubs today and i had to bury them in the same room because it's not only a financial it's emotional because they're important to children under two visitors . the zoo says it didn't have the necessary food supplements and medicines to save the cops. the twelve year israeli egyptian blockade has made it difficult to get the necessary food and equipment to take care of animals these are african lions some of the few animals left in gaza zoo. most other animals in this private zoo in the southern gaza strip survived the storm including the lioness her mate and three of their older cubs but for the kids of gaza an abrupt end to their short lives excitement dorset jabari al-jazeera. well sport is coming up next

forty's refusal to allow vital funds to pay promising you know authority employees here in gaza is a bid by the palestinian president mahmoud abbas to cause whatever must describe the civil unrest or anybody to remove i myself from her. i do believe that the palestinian authority with owned a concession that we've been giving to them from hamas and something like that doesn't sound that out interested to have a gain by what she had been doing both shooting system and to war to get out again . talking about the election talking about different things that we both full to have but unfortunately that is the baby or the template in going to the kitchen hit and they have to make it to more difficult to put up each of us two in the division and to distort our unity at least two hundred fifty palestinians have been killed mainly by israeli army sniper fire since we can be friday protests started near gaza's border fence almost a year ago. only deeps person lines in an incubator in this hospital his life and thousands like him depended on whether palestinian and israeli politicians will one

the cash is part of a humanitarian program for gaza being led by carter with u.n. assistance but the donation process is far from straightforward under an informal agreement israel in november allowed concerts to begin sending nineteen million dollars to gaza over a six months period the money has to pay the salaries of civil servants and to buy power station fuel as well as humanitarian aid but for almost three weeks the israeli government refused to approve the third installment around fifteen million dollars after an escalation of violence along the gaza israel border with israel finally allowed the money transfer hamas refused to accept it saying these release a change the conditions of the cash transfer deal was politicizing the issue before is radio elections in april many israeli politicians are against the agreement saying the government is paying what they describe as a terrorist organization to keep quiet hamas says that it cannot raise sufficient taxis because gaza kaname is so deeply affected by israel's more than ten year and single day meanwhile the u

of millions of dollars donated by cots a lot of which is going to go towards buying fuel for gaza there is a serious fuel crisis on the strip at the moment hospitals are saying that some of them may have to close down the big issue certainly for the israeli government is that a lot more of this money is going to go to woods paying hamas employees in the next you know him government on the pressure. by of what he described as right we're going to see in that government that accuse him of basically paying hamas to keep the situation calm and in the street to understand and thousands of people have been protesting in other areas along the border since day oh maybe restates is saying they will continue protesting until israel's twelve you can see the ok he's there to stop it al jazeera gaza the arab economic summit is being seen as a failure even before it begins on sunday arab league foreign and finance ministers have been meeting in beirut though most heads of state have pulled out the countries involved disagree over relations with damascus and efforts to contain iran syria's membership

it's very clear that the main issue of suffering in gaza is the siege on gaza if there was free trade there would be jobs there would be money coming in and so forth why has the united nations or the u.n. d.p. not come out and hold for an immediate lifting of the see each other. well first of all let me acknowledge that the situation inside gaza is desperate and it is perhaps one of the most painful visits i have on the take in my word and my work around the world to see that situation and it is one that is also getting worse you mentioned some of the factors not only are there more people there are also challenges about the lack of employment access to clean water for instance the collapse of the aquifer there are factors here that are going to make things far worse in the years to come but as we all know i mean the reality of gaza is embedded in a larger conflict that seems to be you know eluding or efforts to resolve them the united nations has repeatedly as you know passed resolutions that has not only drawn attention to this it has condemned. aspects of that reality and i will sa

which has for years withheld money and fuel supplies to hamas controlled gaza and were bought out of the senate and today we are calling for a general strike among he a workers because of the new palestinian authority and all increasing the taxes it is hurting us a lot we won't stop until the p.a. listens there are protests like this virtually every day in gaza now harm us say is that the palestinian authorities refusal to allow like the funds to pay for the same you know authority you always hear it. he's appeared by the promise to me and president by us to cause whatever us describes a civil unrest i repeat to remove our of us from her. i do believe that the palestinian authority with only the concession being giving to them a from hamas and something like that doesn't sound that interested to have again what she had in building both sharing system and toward together again. talking about the election talking about different things that we vote for to have but unfortunately that is the baby or the temple to give us direction here and there to make is to more difficult for each of u

it's very clear that the main issue of suffering in gaza is the siege on gaza if there was free trade there would be jobs there would be money coming in and so forth why has the united nations or the u.n. d.p. not come out and hold for an immediate lifting of the siege. well first of all let me acknowledge that the situation inside gaza is desperate and it is perhaps one of the most painful visits i have on the take in my word and my work around the world to see that situation and it is one that is also getting worse you mentioned some of the factors not only are there more people there are also challenges about the lack of employment access to clean water for instance the collapse of the aquifer there are factors here that are going to make things far worse in the years to come but as we all know i mean the reality of gaza is embedded in a larger conflict that seems to be you know eluding or efforts to resolve them the united nations has repeatedly as you know passed resolutions that has not only drawn attention to this it has condemned. aspects of that reality and i will say it in t

it's very clear that the main issue of suffering in gaza is the siege on gaza if there was free trade there would be jobs there would be money coming in and so forth why has the united nations or the u.n. d.p. not come out and hold for an immediate lifting of the siege. well first of all let me acknowledge that the situation inside gaza is desperate and it is perhaps one of the most painful visits i have on the take in my word and my work around the world to see that situation and it is one that is also getting worse you mentioned some of the factors not only are there more people there are also challenges about the lack of employment access to clean water for instance the collapse of the aquifer there are factors here that are going to make things far worse in the years to come but as we all know i mean the reality of gaza is embedded in a larger conflict that seems to be you know eluding or efforts to resolve them the united nations has repeatedly as you know passed resolutions that has not only drawn attention to this it has condemned. aspects of that reality and i will say it in t

strip gaza's airport was a symbol of hope for a future peace between israel and palestine. it cost eighty six million dollars to build with funding from the japanese the germans the spanish saudi arabia and egypt when it was opened in november one thousand nine hundred ninety eight the opening ceremony was attended by that the u.s. president bill clinton and this is the remains of it now so has all not was a manager in the airports administration it saddens him to be here now. but it was great working here we all loved our jobs we had like one family from the manual workers to the high officials it was a beautiful symbol for palestine it showed the world that we palestinians could operate an international airport. the u.s. our fight international airport as it was called could handle seven hundred thousand passengers they could fly to and from cyprus and various capitals around the middle east it was a symbol of hope after the nine hundred ninety three oslo accords the airport stopped operating during the second intifada or uprising against israel's occupation in two thousa

but so far no long term political solution for gaza has been found stephanie decker al-jazeera gaza. two days of un brokered talks between yemeni government officials and tricky leaders have ended without agreement on the withdrawal of rival forces from the port city of had data the these are reportedly refusing to begin withdrawing until other parts of a peace deal are implemented un special envoy to yemen martin griffiths will begin a new round of talks with both sides starting on saturday and as the humanitarian crisis continues al-jazeera has seen evidence of food meant to starving yemenis being sold at a marketplace in the capital sana the world food program has accused both the and saudi u.a.e. backed forces of divesting aid in areas under their control the homage on june has the story. on the streets of the capital sanaa aid that was supposed to be distributed is instead being sold in yemen home to what the u.n. calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis both sides in the conflict now stand accused of stealing food aid the world food program says about two thirds of aid deliv

the group calls itself the heart of core gaza many of the walls and buildings they used to practice on scarred by bullets and partially destroyed. was set up in two thousand and five the guys who say they practice bush league every day they say that despite the difficulties they face here israel's and land and sea blockade only motivates them more. what i feel in life is free of this it always like among its kind of fly you know so well flying going to do this we are things we are by the way a little things that was so as we think of the life let's say because we have a lot of in life so. this same and we are the walls i need and if easily without you know i difficult. they say they dream of being able to do park or outside gaza but israel has always refused them permits to leave despite the challenges they face their love of this physically demanding and risky past time gives them a sense at least that there is no barrier they cannot overcome stop an al-jazeera on eunice gaza. ok and that's all yours for now much more coming up later but for now it's back to you mary i'm great thanks

say strong kanu unison southern gaza shots in both legs by an israeli sniper during a protest at the border months ago what i don't like to this is our duty as palestinians to support our team and having a sick or injured we have to support them they are our heroes representing us in front of the world and so in their low score in tonight's but there are many people here that are actually celebrating this result when you bear in mind that the last time that jordan and palestine played in the two thousand and fifteen games jordan beat them five one this result means that palestine finished third. in the group and they still stand the charts of progressing into the last sixteen so that we're going to have to wait for another couple of days whilst the other matches a place to stop at al-jazeera gaza here's how the group finished palestine in third and in contention for a place in the last sixteen despite having not scored a goal football writer martin lo says the team have made huge strides since their debut at the twenty fifteen asian cup i think the improvements been incredible really

thousands of palestinians have gathered on the gaza border to demonstrate against israel's occupation the protests known as march of the return have been running for forty three consecutive fridays two hundred forty eight palestinians have been killed since the rallies started in march last year charles stratford has this updates from the gaza israel border fence. we've seen a lot of gas fired today yet again this is the full week of the friday protests alone in the gaza border alone and i'm going to she's taking the way now there's a lot of anger here in gaza specifically at the moment over the withholding by israel of millions of dollars donated by cots a lot of which is going to go towards buying fuel for gaza there is a serious fuel crisis on the strip at the moment hospitals are saying that some of the may have to close down the big issue certainly for these very government is that a lot more of this money is going to go to war paying employees in the netanyahu government on the pressure. by of what he described as right we're going to see in that government that accuse him of ba

this the forty fourth week of friday protests along gaza's border this one of five locations across the border along the border where protests happening. we've seen a lot of tear gas for the ministry of health already saying that a number of people have been treated for what they described was injuries received from live ammunition being shot by the israeli army now these protests happen already happening only a few hours after an announcement by casas envoy to gaza saying that the money that was due to be delivered here is part of an aid package that comes with an agreement that was set in november. money at least fifty million dollars that hammers refused to accept yesterday because what it described is conditions that were being put upon it by israel cut as anyone else saying that that money will be directed to aid projects here in gaza with the coordination of the u.n. we understand that the first signing of those kind of coordination agreements with the u.n. will happen on monday meanwhile commerce says that with or without this cash these protests that we've seen here every week s

was at the demonstrations in gaza. we've seen a lot of gas fired today yet again this is the pulte week of the friday protests along the gaza border a lot of i'm going to she's taking the way now there's a lot of anger here in gaza specifically at the moment over the withholding by israel of millions of dollars donated by cots a lot of which is going to go towards buying fuel for gaza there is a serious fuel crisis on the strip at the moment hospitals a saying that some of the may have to close down the big issue certainly pulled the israeli government is that a lot more of this money is going to go to will be paying the mouse employees in the next you know him government under pressure. by of what he described as right we're going to see in that government that accuse him of basically paying hamas to keep the situation calm and in the street understand it thousands of people have been protesting in other areas along the border since. the very states are saying they will continue protesting until israel's twelve year l

and at the end of that, do you want to stay in gaza? no, but if you leave gaza, what have you left? do you have a vacuum? that israel has an address in gaza. the threat israel makes that the current hamas leadership could put itself at risk if israel comes in. if israel fulfills that, who was there? and israel does not want to say. you probably do not want to test the proposition, especially during an election period where the prime minister is going to be criticized if he does not do enough. might other hand, you probe to see what the thresholds of primein the case minister netanyahu, on the one hand he wants to convey a very tough rhetorical posture that he hopes will be convincing so that it deters anything from happening, weather in gaza or if it happens in the northern front, and in both cases, the last thing he probably wants is to have a conflict that is unlikely to be decisive. and is not easy to bring to a conclusion. and there clearly are hence from fromesk from hezbollah -- hezbollah and the iranians that all the resistance would be involved. just in gaza alone, would tha

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turkey about three hundred thousand have already returned to syria some of in jav it has more from gaza on the turkish syrian border. in the last few months turkish government has closed down a number of refugee camps inside turkish territory perhaps making way for these refugees to go back to syria president to ever go on saying that three hundred thousand people have returned to syria but these people have gone back to areas which had been under turkish back to rebel fighters for a number of years and the area of gerard blows and bob which came under rebel control under the administrative control of turkish government in twenty sixteen and twenty seventeen respectively so people here are reluctant to go back until they find and they make sure that the security situation allows them to go back and rebuild their lives and you have to remember that the the people who are into are not just from these northern parts they're from all over syria who fled the violence and the fighting and you take a step back you see that this statement from their bargain saying that four million refugees nee

there are fears the closures will put thousands at risk who depend on the health centers people in gaza have been experiencing massive blackouts for months the territory has been under israeli blockade for more than a decade gaza's health ministry is appealing for international assistance. these hospitals are the core of the medical system and upon which thousands of patients depend urgently call upon all those who can help. us this will help sort out the crisis and protect the patient's right to access medical services. has been an explosion at an army checkpoint in syria's capital damascus there are no casualties in the car bomb blast the syrian army controls all areas around the capital which have been relatively untouched by the war elsewhere. protesters in the greek capital are rallying against the repos name change deal to normalize relations with neighboring macedonia it wants to change its name to the republic of north lasted only greek subjects because macedonia is the ancient name of one of their region's greek prime minister alexis tsipras has survived two confidence motions

which has for use with held money and fuel supplies to hamas controlled gaza. today we are calling for a general strike among a workers because of the new palestinian authority and all increasing attacks on us it is hurting us a lot we want to stop and tell the p.a. listen there are protests like this virtually every day now hamas says that the palestinian authority's refusal to allow vital funds to pay you know authority employees here in gaza is a bid by the palestinian president mahmoud abbas to cause whatever must describe the civil unrest or anybody to remove from the hollow i do believe that the palestinian authority with owned a concession that we've been giving to them from hamas and something like that doesn't sound out interested to have a gain by what she had been doing both shooting system and to war to get out again . talking about the election talking about different things that we both told the hat but unfortunately that is that eighty or the template didn't get us to the chin hit and they have to make it more difficult for up each of us to win t

anyway until the siege israel siege is lifted from gaza already developed in the ceiling this refusal from have us to accept these conditions certainly or a development for the two million gazans and certainly a concern for israel when we go into friday more protests expected along the border trial stratford's thank you for that update from gaza the new leader of the democratic republic of congo felix just a kennedy was forced to take a break from his inauguration speech saying he was overcome by exhaustion and emotion so state television temporarily interrupted its broadcast of the historic events it's the first peaceful transfer of power since the d r c game in the pendants from belgium in the one nine hundred sixty s. in one thousand sixty in fact he is taking office after a disputed election he used his address to call for unity. we want to build a strong calling guys in its cultural diversity he will promote its development in peace and security a conduit for each and every one everybody will have his or her own place if this stage of this democracy is the end of the conflict to

the move effectively closes the main exit point from gaza, through which most goods pass. hamas said the palestinian authority's decision showed president mahmoud abbas's intention to divide the fatah—controlled west bank from gaza completely. president donald trump says negotiations are underway on the location of the next summit with north korean leader kim jong—un. donald trump held a historic summit with kim in singapore injune. he said earlier in the week he had received a great letter from the north korean leader, but declined to reveal its contents. the oscar—winning actor kevin spacey is due to appear in court on monday charged with sexually assualting a teenager in 2016. the charge against spacey follows an allegation in november 2017 by boston television journalist heather unruh that her 18—year—old son was sexually assaulted by the actor at the club car restaurant and bar in nantucket in 2016. he denies the allegations. it has been revealed that england's record goalscorer, wayne rooney, was arrested and fined in the united states last month for public

it happened as hundreds of people rallied at friday demonstrations by the border fence between gaza and israel protesters have been out every week since march demanding palestinians be given the right to return to their ancestral lands which are controlled by israel the israeli army has killed more than two hundred people and at least eighteen thousand have been injured since march. still ahead right here on al-jazeera hundreds of thousands of civil servants are going without pay in what could become the longest partial government shutdown in u.s. history migration and the rights of british and e.u. citizens after breakfast at the british parliament continues the debate ahead of next week's crucial vote. hello again a welcome back we're here cross the western part of the levant we have seen quite a bit of snow and rain over the last couple of days things are looking much better but i want to show you some images that have come out of parts of lebanon expression the higher elevations look at all the snow that has accumulated across this area now the still going to be dealing with the

and which one israeli soldier was injured and later on cheers today israeli tanks fired shells into gaza killing one palestinian and injuring several more israel has warmed to the to couldn't launch fair the military action in response to the shooting. for real time updates to him forget to follow us on facebook and twitter our programs here on r.t. international continue in just a few moments. seem wrong. to shape our. culture. and engage with. the trail. find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. make good money a factor consenting to stick to the public will. when the running closest to protect themselves. with the fundamental error of your own lives and be the one person told. to ignore middle of the room signal. in the real news room or. leave. we settle for the best couple of years from the dragon pit to live in peace island's a prospect but the reality is there may still be a shit and is covered in this fine layer of micro plastics flying. very. the biggest thing that has shocked me is that we've never had an empty. like the contents of the something of an a

west bank and gaza use facebook is therefore a vital space for activism and debate but the organizers of this forum say it's far from a safe space israel has detained hundreds of people over their social media use and there's been powell crackdowns by hamas in gaza and the palestinian authority here in the west bank it has detained journalists and activists and blocked websites under a recently adopted cybercrime law on stage the israel palestine director of human rights watch cited what he called intimidatory detentions in both gaza and the west bank quoting one recent detainee despairing of the fact that a regime had emerged before a palestinian state it was a direct challenge to a leading prosecutor from the palestinian authority who had himself been condemning israel for abusing online freedoms i mean he denied there was any organized campaign against free speech saying the with already did its utmost to protect human rights for those who don't believe it is. the things which the these authorities may believe that. so the. thirty three will they will think twice before what was a

israeli warplanes have bombed targets in gaza in response to cross border gunfire that story and more after the break. welcome to max kaiser financial survival guide. looking forward to the town. yanks this is what happens to pensions in britain. you watch kaiser report. with make this manufactured incentive to the public well. when they're moving closer to some protect themselves. with the famous merry go round neither one. nor middle of the room. welcome back to i'll say there's been a new development in the script poll case in the u.k. it's been revealed one of the first papers on scene to administer house of the poisoned russian spy and his daughter was a senior army medic with all the details his. it was a senior army medic and her teenage daughter. it's been revealed one of the first responders when again you were found collapsed on a bench and souls last march now the local teenage girl who recently undergone a first aid course at school and the family had been celebrating the girl's brother's birthday so they were out in the city center and the sixteen year old girl spotted th

israeli forces of five bullets and tear gas a palestinian protest as an ambulance is on the gaza border at least thirty palestinians including three medics were injured on friday it was the forty third consecutive friday protest as part of the great march of return movements of protesters demand the right to return for refugees worldwide and the end of israel in egypt's decade long gaza. lifesaving vaccines could seem and delivered by drones tests underway on a remote pacific island which could revolutionize health care for some of the world's poorest nations undertones reports now from vanuatu's set of mango island. delivering vaccines to people on air or mango audience used to take hours or even days but now a drone can reach them in minutes soaring over the sea over rugged landscapes which don't have roads or parts until recently this along rough boat ride was the only way anything got to the village of south river to get things to other places to go about and the trek of many hours for vaccines which need to be kept cool that's expensive and impractical boats need lots of fuel backp

after israeli shelling in gaza it happened shortly after an israeli soldier. the. prime minister. to hold a key transfer of. previously stated that the cash injection would only be allowed if there was calm along the border twenty more still to come including president tells business leaders and open up the economy but will strive to preserve. and we'll tell you how young people in china are. coping with. hello there parts of australia are looking fairly unsettled at the moment we've got one area of low pressure that's making its way towards the southwestern parts of australia so force in the southwest corner then we can expect to see some pretty strong winds and some heavy rain as well in fact those winds could be gusting up to ninety kilometers per hour so pretty stormy here we're also going to see more wet weather work its way into the northern parts and that's good news because the monsoon is way behind sched you will hear elsewhere there is still going to be pretty hot with the temperatures in adelaide shooting off as we head into thursday way above forty degrees and we could

there were some americans like you ability it's ok you action has put hospital operations at risk in gaza water pumps the sewage system huge why haven't you screens from one how can you squeeze them i'm paying ninety six million dollars out of my budget to fifty percent. what can i do i pay very fast before israel the water for israel and then they collect a mask and they don't put it back in the finance ministry and when people protested in the streets in june about your action you were arrested dozens of them new security forces beat them up in custody and you told me how democratic you are well look if you want me to be perfect i'm not perfect if you was fairly far from the you know those that look this is government look how to search using you you only said you mentioned one demonstration is true some people were beaten up that's right but then investigation committee was formed after bubbling but an unborn investigation i don't but how many demonstrations like that one daily basis and that was done against a muslim against myself how many every single day there is only one place on

consensus on government reform would have shorter its responsibilities equally in the west bank and gaza and you've got to balance some of iraq i'm told that they did blame you and you blame them i'm not really i mean doesn't go i'm saying all of the in fact it doesn't go forward does it look you're not giving me a plan to take this fine and division i'm putting a plan to them when i mean i came to britain france cabinet i think you were there to help partner more parliament i was speaking about the loyal opposition i said to him mr hamid to be you are no longer a prime minister of how much you are my prime minister act as such but that to be sure looked at last ability student book so what can i do it didn't work but i do when you're president goes before the united nations security council and he says i think if you help us you could help yourselves we're trying to you have to sort out these factual disputes are so many structures how muscles are just how must last month's meeting of your central council the democratic front for the liberation of palestine play one for the popular fron

consensus government we formed with hamas short notice for sponsibility was equal in those bank in gaza and we got the ballots so irrational that they didn't you and you blame them i'm not lonely and it doesn't go the same order in fact it doesn't go forward does it look you're not giving me a plan to take this final. division i'm putting a plan to them when i mean i came to brazil in france cabinet and you were there to help probably more parliament i was speaking about of the loyal opposition i said to him mr hamid to get you out of nor longer a prime minister of how much you are my prime minister act as such without to be sure that there is a possibility if you can work so what can you do it doesn't work what can i do when you're president goes before the united nations security council and he says maybe if you help us you can help yourselves we're trying to you have to sort out these factual disputes or so it's not just some us or some us last month's meeting of your central council the democratic front for the liberation of palestine they weren't there the popular front for the lib

imus meanwhile says it will escalate weekly demonstrations along the israel gaza border one person died and more than twenty others were injured after thousands of palestinians massed there on friday charles traffic has more on this the forty fourth week of friday protests along gaza's border this one of five locations across the border along the border where protests to happening. we've seen a lot of tear gas fired the ministry of health already saying that a number of people have been treated for what they described was injuries received from live ammunition being shot by the israeli army now these protests happen already happening only a few hours after an announcement by costas envoy to gaza saying that the money that was jus to be delivered here is parts all the aid package that comes with an agreement that was set in november. money at least fifteen million dollars that hemis refused to accept yesterday because of what it described as conditions that were being put upon it by israel as anyone else saying that that money will be directed to aid projects here in gaza with the coordi

resort town of the lat right next to the jordanian border well as israel celebrates that opening in gaza a shell of a former structure office a symbol of what could have been many saw the nine hundred ninety eight you know gratian of guards around port is a milestone paving the way for the creation of an independent palestinian state but as charles stratford reports the site now stands as a reminder of how much more progress needs to be made gaza's port was a symbol of hope for a future peace between israel and palestine because eighty six million dollars to build was funding from the japanese the germans the spanish saudi arabia and egypt but it was opened in november nineteenth the opening ceremony was attended by yasser arafat and the u.s. president bill clinton. and this is all right. so here's all not was a manager in the airports administration it saddens him to be here now. but it was great working here we all loved our jobs we had like one family from the manual workers to the high officials it was a beautiful symbol for palestine it showed the world that we palestinians could op

swatch cited what he called intimidatory detentions in both gaza and the west bank quoting one recent detainee despairing of the fact that a regime had emerged before a palestinian state it was a direct challenge to a leading prosecutor from the palestinian authority who had himself been condemning israel for abusing online freedoms i mean he denied there was any organized campaign against free speech saying you authority did its utmost to protect human rights for those who don't believe it is. the things which the these authorities may believe that it's. so the of course that we will think twice before. or say anything against either the authority or of course there is a very glum a and our colleagues can't do much about the restrictions on their digital space but they are determined to use it to help change the way their generation of palestinians see themselves and is seen by the outside world are a force it. an art exhibit in new york has been removed after sparking anger and protests it was near a nine eleven memorial and included a flag of saudi arabia zeros christened salumi ex

democratic deficit the online world where more than two million people in the occupied west bank and gaza use facebook is therefore a vital space for activism and debate but the organizers of this forum say it's far from a safe space israel has detained hundreds of people over their social media use and they have been power of crackdowns by hamas in gaza and the palestinian authority here in the west bank it has detained journalists and activists and blocked websites under a recently adopted cybercrime law on stage the israel palestine director of human rights watch cited what he called intimidatory detentions in both gaza and the west bank quoting one recent detainee despairing of the fact that a regime had emerged before a palestinian state it was a direct challenge to a leading prosecutor from the palestinian authority who had himself been condemning israel for abusing online freedoms i mean he denied there was any organized campaign against free speech saying the authority did its utmost to protect human rights for those who. believe it is. the things which.

to the general center to try to get something to eat and of course ordinary people on the streets of gaza on many of them were unhappy with the election results in twenty six seen how the value feel about today's political upheavals. yes i think. the presidential election is two thousand and sixteen was. a big mess in the get go. i think that things are going to change now in government because people think that it is time for family members to just up to be on because they're too long and professional become for and for the contrary our country or country gave way to produce the country that may be only about twenty percent comes to the population i'm told lawson thank you very much for your time let's bring in al-jazeera to meet the miller she was in dublin recently and joins us now from johannesburg for me to start just bring us up to date with what you're hearing there about events i mean it appears the coup leaders were arrested pretty quickly. those developments did happen quite quickly through the morning as soon as we had heard of the radio station being taken over by by the group

airport gaza's airport was a symbol of hope for a few chip peace between israel and palestine because eighty six million dollars to build was funding from the japanese the germans the spanish saudi arabia and egypt but it was opened in november nineteenth the opening ceremony was attended by yasser arafat and the u.s. president bill clinton. and this is all right. so has all not was a manager in the airport's administration it saddens him to be here now. but it was great work in here we all loved our jobs we had like one family from the manual workers to the high officials it was a beautiful symbol for palestine it showed the world that we palestinians could operate an international airport. the yasser arafat international airport as it was called could handle seven hundred thousand passengers they could fly to and from cyprus and various capitals around the middle east it was a symbol of hope after the nine hundred ninety three oslo accords the airport stopped operating during the second intifada or.

hoping it will bring people together five hospitals in the gaza strip have closed down many of those services jews who fuel shortages iran fears this will put thousands at risk who depend on the health centers and territories been under israeli blockade for more than a decade now gaza's health ministry is appealing for international assistance. the lebanese president is urging world leaders to make all efforts for syrian refugees to go home michel aoun was speaking at the hour economic summit in beirut a summit overshadowed by a rift over whether syria should in fact be reinstated into the arab league and also the issue of poor attendance cutter's amir shaikh to me been how much of danny and mauritania's president mohamed old abdelaziz with the only heads of state who attended. people in taiwan who are feeling so well have for generations avoided going to a doctor and visited a traditional chinese medicine shop instead but files of those shops have shut down in the past twenty years and store owners fear when they die so too will their industry. explains why. leave chilling dispenses

the group in control of the gaza strip. bill, this group is demanding that israel unfreeze the money, allowing this political group to pay salaries within the gaza strip. i did speak earlier today with a senior official who indicated to me that they will continue supporting these demonstrators along the border until this money starts flowing. through the checkpoints, just through where we are, $15 million a month from the government to pay the salaries. the official who also described the situation on the gaza strip as unbearable. i want to show you the scene here. you can hear behind me, the israeli forces. right now, if you just listen, you can see and hear the teargas being fired as the palestinian start to make their way across the is really border. we have been warned by israeli forces about palestinian slavers along the border. where they were killed as a result. we are staying just far enough back so that we are not in range of that sniper fire. >> bill: tense moments. we will follow that. thank you from the gaza str

we left gaza. iran came in with hamas. we leave the west bank militarily or most of it as people stipulate in their various peace plans? you'll have either hamas coming in, that is iran, or you'll have isis coming in. and this is a catastrophe for peace. the answer to your question is most people would agree to an arrangement of the kind that you're talking about if they thought the palestinians wanted a state next to israel, but they are convinced more and more they want a state instead of israel, and that is not a real peace. david: do you see any prospect in the next year or two of a deal getting done? pm netanyahu: i think there is something. i think there is a new hope on the horizon that i had never seen in my lifetime. it is not related to the palestinians. it is related to the arab world. because of the growing danger of iran, more and more i would say virtually all the arab countries no longer see israel as their enemy, but as their vital ally in countering the threat of militant islam. that we are united in stopp

access to water is a microcosm of the larger israel-palestineinonflict in the easingly uninhabitable gaza strip. >> the water security of israeln is very much cnected to the water and sanitation situation in gaza. >> nawaz: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour.

it happened as hundreds of people rallied at friday demonstrations by the border fence between gaza and israel protesters have been out every week since march demanding palestinians be given the right to return to their.

strip. >> the water security of israel is very much connected to the water and sanitation situation in gaza. >> nawaz: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour.

and i consider her a friend and good woman but she is dead wrong on assad and criticism of israel and gaza was a mass terrorist israel attacked and it's not enough to just support israel but you have to want those who don't support israel to be punished sen marco rubio is going after a newly elected congresswoman simply because he had voted against a law that would penalize those who boycott israel and it's not just democrats who catch flack if they don't toe the tell of the wine rand paul a republican is facing away the attack ads congress wants to authorize key military support to keep israel safe president trump strongly supports it but not rand paul we stand with israel or will you stand in the way if you want to be successful in politics follow the lead of new york city mayor bill de blasio he actually went as far as saying that being pro israel is part of his job and this is what i do as mayor it's a sacred responsibility to speak up for and defend the state of israel there is no closer relationship on earth literally no closer relationship than that between new york city and the sta

but safe from kanu unison southern gaza he was shot in both legs by an israeli sniper during a protest at the border months ago but i feel like it is our duty as palestinians to support our team and then we are sick or injured we have to support them they are our heroes representing us in front of the world and so in their low score in tonight's match but there are many people here that are actually celebrating this result when you bear in mind that the last time that jordan and palestine played in the two. thousand and fifteen asia games jordan beat them five one this result means that palestine finished third in their group and they still stand the charts of progressing into the last sixteen for that we're going to have to wait for another couple of days was the other matches a plate shall stop at al-jazeera garza let's have a look at how that group finished past on in the third and in contention for a place in the last sixteen despite having not scored a goal earlier on we spoke to football writer martin like he says the same as taking huge strides since that debbie and the twenty f

we left gaza. iran came in with hamas. we leave the west bank militarily or most of it as people stipulate in their various peace plans? you'll have either hamas coming in, that is iran, or you'll have isis coming in. and this is a catastrophe for peace. the answer to your question is most people would agree to an arrangement of the kind that you're talking about if they thought the palestinians wanted a state next to israel, but they are convinced more and more they want a state instead of israel, and that is not a real peace. david: do you see any prospect in the next year or two of a deal getting done? pm netanyahu: i think there is something. i think there is a new hope on the horizon that i had never seen in my lifetime. it is not related to the palestinians. it is related to the arab world. because of the growing danger of iran, more and more i would say virtually all the arab countries no longer see israel as their enemy, but as their vital ally in countering the threat of militant islam. that we are united in stopp