tearing his middle east to one announces the withdrawal of russian troops from syria. and the israeli prime minister is in europe seeking support for donald trump's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital but the e.u. foreign policy chief makes it clear brussels will not follow suit. for the latest on these stories head to dot com coming up a former dutch special envoy to syria is the guest on sophie talking about the long running civil war and the for islamic state.

if it does not and will not change the legal standing of jerusalem but it certainly disqualifies the united states from having a role in mediating peace in the middle east how much is just reacting to this decision opens the gates of hell. i mean that's when you hear how much say that well i learned that so you go on what's your reaction to that. well i think i think that it is expected and only natural to hear statements of outrage from all palestinian factions what that will mean and how it will translate on their ground . remains to be seen the hope of course is that palestinian dialogue which is in a far better place today than it has ever been in the past ten years we'll hear palestinians away from the dangers that i believe the israelis want them to slip into violence certainly a threat provoked on a daily basis by the israeli occupation and its practices israel right now is preparing a large celebration in jerusalem which will provoke sentiments in the city so outrage is to be expected and i think what's important right now is to make sure that we don't read this story fro

three people. visit during his middle east and announces the withdrawal of russian troops will syria. and the israeli prime minister is in europe seeking support for donald trump's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital but the e.u. foreign policy chief makes it clear brussels will not follow suit. more on these stories. stay with us. discussing russia's ban from the winter olympics and if you're watching in the u.k. or island talk show renegade is next. hello and welcome to. making history again this time in the middle east russia has banned from the two thousand and eighteen winter olympics is this politics on steroids and do neo cons and saakashvili have no shame. talking some real news i'm joined by my guest mark sloboda he's an international affairs and security analyst we also have exclusive for he's director and writer for the duran dot com and we have a love which is a political analyst as well as a leading expert at the center for actual politics or a german cross how girls in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciated the review of the

i mean he set the middle east on fire with this announcement and i just can't imagine how they're going to move the u.s. . embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem without billions and billions of dollars in security i mean it's just going to be a complete mess it's going to be a complete mess but more than that i think we should focus troops decision that it was very much a populist decision we may all criticize it but when you look at the mainstream media and you look at a lot of the u.s. population there for this decision they don't know that the new idea when i do this is going to say they don't understand that you political absolutely but when you look at even obama even clinton they were for moving the embassy to jerusalem they just didn't have the guts to do it and here comes trump who just comes in and says let's do it and so i mean people in general the u.s. the public and a lot of the political class the mainstream media are behind this decision and they've expressed that they're behind the decision are we see something about why clinton and bush and so forth who who made prom

tell you about the organization for islamic cooperation is calling on the world to recognize east jerusalem as the capital of the occupied state of palestine adding that the us should withdraw from the peace process now all together it will tell you all about that. coming up to this amnesty international says the e.u. countries but much of the blame for the pool treatment in june by migrants in libya . we believe they know we completed the system of abuse and torture all the refugees and my friend said bianca and then another development on the cars to tell you about the u.s. is set for u. turn on north korea as america's top diplomat said washington that was ready to enter talks with going on without any preconditions crucially.

table but we have a whole new middle east destabilisation with truck playing games in the clearing jerusalem to really get it over with our viewer questions demon i think two thousand and seventeen was a year a year or. two of the crisis i think in syria ok the the u.k. and france dropped for the moment they do. have to go but the united states remains there so the war is not over yet unfortunately but the crisis is over. well you know it seems to me in a moment on that before we go to the questions of seems to be a crisis of leadership i mean as i was going to the studio here we have. to listen flip flopping again on a sign i mean we go back and forth yes yes yes that's the way it saves in conclusion because i agree with you it's going to the first question from one of our viewers here my question is what exactly is the deep state and who's in it victor and that's a good question a deep state is a nexus of the u.s. special sirius's of the u.s. permanent political bureaucracy and the mass media that syria has them and essentially it performs with controls the daily functioning of t

recognize jerusalem as the capital city of israel a move that's likely to ignite fury among many in the middle east.

to pressure israel to recognize the fact that it illegally seized east jerusalem and then tried in the nineteen eighties to claim it was all there is you know if this is the art of the deal donald trump wrote back in the day. his first chapter must have said something like make all your concessions before negotiations start so what we're going to see forthrightly is that the israelis are going to say well now you have to realize and recognize that all of jerusalem is israel's and then they're going to say now you've got to recognize all of the illegal settlements are israel's and they're going to keep pushing and pushing and the u.s. unless it can free itself of the israel lobby is hold over the political campaign contribution process is just going to reel from disaster to disaster and undermine its own national security and credibility you know philip i'm glad that graham brought that up because they know of course i look at the mainstream media covering this story the last thirty six hours and you know i don't hear mention of resolution for seven eight in one eight one they're ve

methods of a visit to the jury his middle east tour and announces the withdrawal of russian troops from syria. so these really prime ministers in europe seeking support for donald trump's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital but the e.u. foreign policy chief makes it clear that brussels will not follow suit. you good evening to you my name's neil harvey this is r.t. to. heal.

visits turkey during his middle east horn announces the withdrawal of russian troops from syria. and the israeli prime minister is in europe seeking support for donald trump's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital but the eve foreign policy chief makes it clear brussels will not follow suit. you want you all to international live from our moscow studio with me. welcome to the program new york has narrowly avoided a deadly terrorist attack police have detained wants us.

decided that they are going to open embassies for palestine here in east jerusalem that comes off the back of that extraordinary meeting that was held in istanbul just a few days ago where it was announced by the organization of islamic cooperation that they would recognize east jerusalem as being the official capital of palestine in direct contradiction from what the usa did more than a week ago by recognizing jerusalem as being the capital of israel therefore the tensions still remain and it seems though it's not just a tension here between israelis and palestinians but this is a tension that's so expanding to many other countries in the world and this video shot on the israeli gaza border you can see a severely disabled man taking part in a protest it's believed he lost both his legs several years ago during israeli airstrikes he was hit by israeli gunfire on friday and died while other protesters tried to carry him to safety according to local officials israeli soldiers suspected the man was wearing a bomb belt. protests in solidarity with palestine are being held across the middl

capital of israel saudi arabia joined to the muslim world of course of condemnation saying east jerusalem should be recognized as the palestinian capital i thought backed by its arch rivals in tehran the us decision to loosen them because of its great buyers the historical and permanent are going to suit them kind of. jerusalem yet as i have many other off every possible step must be taken sick prevent the implementation of this illegal action by the us administration however there is one question that sticks out here which is what's factors and never once made it impossible for the us presidents to bear to take such an outrageous i always thought arabia got cozy with israel and balanced ties with regional muslim allies turkey jumped in with present aired on gathering muslim nations and it's time to condemn trans colander islam and it was there that saudi arabia reversed back to being on the same side with the rams and against israel. with the majority of arabs states actually. heading towards establishing a certain alliance between them and is that in the pretext of facing the iranian threat ho

states president to has said they would move the embassy to jerusalem i do not think it's helpful in bringing about a lasting peace in the middle east i don't think it assists towards the two state solution which still remains the declared objective of international policy so i regret very much that he made that decision last week even though of course some ballast syrian activists on the ground perhaps secretly welcoming it as it has united the palestinian resistance movement finally who've for a long time not believed the british government or the american government when it comes to a two state solution or on any assessment or judgment it is an unhelpful decision in securing a lost in peace in the middle east does british policy yemen make britain safer. well i think you have to disaggregate the two points you made earlier one is about the arms sales so we can deal with that and the other is about the humanitarian crisis that has developed in yemen the saudi led blockade of which britain as us is loosely a part although our prime minister has spoken out against the blockade but th

from tel aviv to jerusalem connections between national security and nato nations middle east policy are often drawn in britain but not in the context of years of nato nations support for islam is to militants in syria to take down the government of president bashar assad no one appears to ask how wise it is to use u.k. taxpayer money to fund militants who can do us harm here in britain but when it comes to british military support for the persian gulf war talk receives like bahrain and of course saudi arabia it is national security that is often actually invoked take this prime ministerial response to a question about u.k. arms sales to saudi the security of the gulf is important to us and i would simply also remind the right on with gentleman that actually saudi intelligence the counterterrorism links we have with saudi arabia the intelligence we get from saudi arabia has saved potentially hundreds of lives yes minority government u.k. leader to resume now in defiance of a european parliament arms embargo resolution continues to allow the export of lethal weaponry to saudi a

recognize east jerusalem as the capital of the occupied state of palestine adding to that the u.s. no should withdraw from the peace process altogether. in other news international says e.u. countries bear much of the blame for the cruel treatment enjoyed by migrants in libya. we believe they are known to the police state tactics to stem the tide of you say torture of the refugees and my dad said he would be the actual. viewer.

by the palestinian people is central to the crisis in the middle east george gallery thank you pleasure. well now would be to go through on the week's papers isn't it oh big broadcaster a former liberal democratic member of parliament house of lords today discussing syria not jerusalem lots of violence there was this one the guardian lots of stories coming out of syria as well often the guardian reports how syria's white elements became victims of an online propaganda machine they're blaming you they're not blaming just me well not just you but your but but actually. and others because they're saying that the white helmets have been maligned as being in some way north arius way involved in some skullduggery the guardian has uncovered and i'm quoting now how this counter-narrative is propagated online by a network of anti imperialist activists conspiracy theory to say the worst what we want of more imperialists is most more cold cold with the support of the russian government that could be you obviously the guardian snopes channel four news similar stories a journalist and as a

decided that they are going to open embassies for palestine here in east jerusalem that comes off the back of that extraordinary meeting that was held in istanbul just a few days ago where it was announced by the organization of islamic cooperation that they would recognize east jerusalem as being the official capital of palestine in direct contradiction from what the usa did more than a week ago by recognizing to reach them as being the capital of israel therefore the tensions still remain and it seems though it's not just a tension here between israelis and palestinians but this is a tension that so expanding to many other countries in the world. protests in solidarity with palestine are being held across the middle east in jordan of capital crowds demonstrated outside the u.s. embassy after friday prayers while in beirut in lebanon hundreds of people gathered outside the u.n. building waving palestinian flags. protests have been raging in gaza as well one march was. largely peaceful but saw protesters burn u.s. and israeli flags elsewhere in gaza things quickly spiraled out of cont

with east jerusalem as its capital lebanon's foreign minister suggested sanctions should be imposed on the united states 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. was. the kingdom of jordan refuses the recognition by the states or jerusalem as the capital of israel and we condemn it that's what violates international law. the decision by the united states in its context gives legitimacy and recognition for occupation and the allowance of the de facto status using force. 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 that meeting of the fifteen members fourteen we united against just one united states. ok we regret the u.s. president's decision to moscow met washington's decision with serious concern these decisions are helpful to the prospects for peace in the region our actions reflected an honest assessment of reality it is fuelling tensions and increasing instabilit

think that decision will have on israel. but on israel and on the entire middle east is going to have a colossal impact we're already seeing a groundswell of resistance against that decision from countries that haven't really even played much for a role in the entire issue of jerusalem or the palestinian single state so i think um i think we can safely say that trump didn't really look at look into this quite deeply enough i think he took too much advice from his son in law i think you listen to the israelis to. didn't actually engage in other big players in the region like saudi arabia like jordan egypt or all so this was a really bad mistake he says is clearly bitten off more on the contrary we're just having some problems now with riot police are telling us to actually pack up and move all right you can see me now but you can still hear me we're being told we have to move back because they're clearly planning a second push a second to none in fact what we're seeing is young palestinian use of force who are now to my car being arrested out of camera and a police officer harassi

to officially recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. and we can hear the margin so i mean what impact do you think terms decision will have on israel and the wider middle east. it's starting to have quite a considerable impact i mean these demonstrations are beginning to roll out now and where i think we're at the beginning of something quite big you know just in two thousand and eleven just six years ago or so we saw what sparks the arab spring then and now that i'm sure a lot of governments love the leaks in the region and i think many of those same elites in the middle east will be wondering is this going to escalate and does this really but pose a threat and itself to the stability of those of many of these countries inspiration. or translate it was also condemned by a number of arab countries which have similarly seen anti turn demonstrations themselves i mean let's then have a listen to what has been said let's have a listen 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 the

determined that it is time to officially recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. and we can hear it there martin so i mean what impact do you think terms decision will have on israel and the wider middle east it's starting to have quite a considerable impact i mean these demonstrations are beginning to roll out now i think we're at the beginning of something quite big you know just a two thousand level just six years ago or so we saw what sparks the arab spring then and how that shook a lot of governments a lot of the leaks in the region and i think many of those same elites in the middle east will be wondering is this going to escalate and does this really pose a threat in itself to. the stability of those of many of these countries in this region i think it will have a certain amount of impact on nothing it very much depends on whether countries like lebanon who are suggested imposing some sort of a sanction against america and other countries pick up the same initiative and run with it i mean i don't think on a full one level those these countries can do much against amer

jerusalem legally is that neither west not east jerusalem belongs to or should be under israeli sovereignty because jerusalem occupied west jerusalem in one thousand forty eight and it occupied east jerusalem and one hundred sixty seven if you want to follow the logic of might is right then yes you follow the occupiers law and you violate international law as he's done now but this is extremely dangerous and to try to tell us well you can go later once we have this side the faith and we have given it away to israel you can go and negotiate with your occupiers the status of a city which we gave away to them as their capital this certainly does not make sense but not much makes sense when it comes to policies and we'll leave it there dr hanan ashrawi the p.l.o. executive committee member thank you very much for your thoughts thank you. now on tuesday the russian team was banned from competing at the twenty eighteen winter olympics international olympic committee chiefs reached their decision based on the findings of an independent investigation into alleged state sponsored doping

just several hours while donald trump's jerusalem move really continues to send shock waves across the entire middle east and as abdel fattah sisi and vladimir putin were addressing the journalists here at the presidential palace in cairo we heard more condemnation of that love as a sea of we were discussing the palestinian issue and especially the situation after the usa decided to recognize jerusalem as the israeli capital and to move the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to there this reckless and provocative decision will have consequences that will influence the resolution of the conflict and the stability of the situation in egypt and russia support israel and palestine resuming talks over all disputed issues they have including the status of jerusalem the solid agreement that takes into account the interests of both sides should be reached we consider any action that anticipates the outcome of peace talks between israel and palestine counterproductive again this was being said in cairo the egyptian capital where it looks like the arab league is ready to convene and come up with a unite

currently on a middle east taught today so in visit three countries syria egypt and finally turkey their story is now and earlier on he addressed the media about donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. i would like to say that both russia and turkey believe that. the decision of the us administration to recognize jerusalem as a capital reserves and to relocate its embassy to that city is not helping to resolve the problem. in the middle east and this could be on the contrary destabilizes a very complicated situation. in fact it can. swipe of all the positive developments on that track. earlier in the day the russian president made a stop in cairo where he met with this egyptian counterpart with details of that visit his artie's trying to. like one of lattimer putin suddenly showed up in syria a little earlier his cairo trip was planned in advance but what kind of timing this is to squeeze in talks with both the president of egypt and turkey in cairo and ankara and here we're talking about a timeframe of just several hours while donald trump's jerusa

the water in the middle east. meanwhile tensions around jerusalem are mounting israel has attacked the mass positions in the gaza strip that's after the palestinian militants reportedly fired at least one rocket targeting i.d.f. positions the latest violence in the wake of donald trump's announcement that the u.s. would recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel the move sparked a wave of anger in gaza on monday. and yesterday hundreds of demonstrators also rallied near the u.s. embassy in beirut have any security forces reportedly fired tear gas and water cannon into the crowd. around the same time the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. reacted to the wave of criticism by doubling down insisting that america's view simply reflects the way the world is when you recognize the truth when both parties recognize reality peace comes we are living in the reality that jerusalem is the capital of israel. where this reality appears to be different to what the rest of the world sees the u.n. assembly overwhelmingly voted to disavow israeli ties to jerusalem with the organization secretary general

east. tensions around jerusalem amounting israel is attacked a mass positions in the gaza strip that's after the palestinian militants reportedly fired at least one rocket targeting i.d.f. positions so it is fire that in the wake of donald trump's announcement that the u.s. would recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel may have sparked a wave of anger in gaza on monday. the. five. and on sunday hundreds of anti to. demonstrators rallied in need the u.s. embassy in beirut lebanese security forces fired tear gas and water cannon into the crowd we discussed the recent wave of protests with missteps above guzzi from the palestinian national initiative and you're a retired israeli ambassador. stalling the american decision to relocate the embassy to jerusalem for the last twenty two years since congress passed the law of the relocation of the embassy to jerusalem that stalling did not bring peace closer it only intensified the palestinian hate education exacerbated palestinian terrorism what sort of good do is absolute nonsense he doesn't make sense he's just repeating of again.

in place quite a long time ago but one might think now that putin arriving in the middle east well his timing is very pertinent of course what will be the main subject of discussion that of donald trump's recent a recognition of jerusalem the israeli capital a move condemned by many european and arab leaders as well earlier today president putin made an unexpected visit to russia's military base on the northwest coast of syria it's where he ordered the start of the withdrawal of russian forces from the country he was met by the syrian president bashar al assad. defense minister and the head of the russian military in syria the first withdrawal was ordered back in march for sixteen hours a part of the air force remained to continue the fight against the islamic state last week russia proclaimed the country's liberation from the terrorist group. will continue training syrian forces and supplying military equipment one senior lawmaker has claimed that the withdrawal is likely to be completed within just several weeks. thanks so much for joining us here on this monday on international.

station injuring three people. brought to me visits turkey during his middle east announces the withdrawal of russian troops from syria. and the israeli prime minister is in europe seeking support for donald trump's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital but the e.u. foreign policy chief makes it clear brussels will not follow suit. he watching out international live from almost has to do with me in a day or two to welcome to the program new york has an hourly avoided a deadly terrorist attack police have detained one suspect who along with three other people sustained non-life threatening injuries in an explosion at the city's main bus terminal the state governor says the man was influenced by extremist groups including islamic state. i would say influenced by i don't like the connotation of the word inspired but influenced by these groups. ok you can see once believed to be the moment of the explosion we can verify the authenticity of the thing to say a flash followed by a cloud of white smoke and people fleeing as the smoke clears one person is seen lying on the ground.

middle east jerusalem being. what it does do you have followed his trip. four countries in one day is no mean feat imagine it wake up and russia breakfast in syria. vladimir putin's surprise trip to syria was as much a statement as anything else why say you've won when you can show it it was his first trip to the war torn country which he obviously believes is now stable and safe enough to visit syria syria has been saved as a soul for an independent state refugees are returning home and the conditions have been created for a political settlement under the auspices of the united nations. i sells caliph that is done jihad ists a food now contained next then lunch in egypt. just coming here with so much going on the timing of this visit was also rather interesting because it had been planned well in advance but the themes weren't there's no planning for things like this. hour that. trumps decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel has set the muslim world on fire america betrayed us they say q putin should we believe it is counterproductive to take any steps which can pray

u.s. administration's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and move the american embassy there doesn't help the progress in the middle east process on the country it destabilizes the difficult situation in the region in fact it could ruin the peace process altogether. the american decision to relocate the israeli capital led to a huge wave of criticism for protesters against these decisions were killed by israeli soldiers nearly two thousand were injured three. it's using this wave of protests to oppress palestinians trump has all but sacrificed goodwill with the muslim world now is russia to take the reins and if the day is anything to go by this is an opportunity that putin simply will not miss more i gather. from ankara turkey. new york has suffered an attempted terrorist attack police have detained one suspect who along with three other people sustained non-life threatening injuries in the next promotion close to times square and the state governor says the man was influenced by extremist groups including islamic state now surveillance cameras captured the mom

recognize east jerusalem as the capital of the occupied state of palestine adding to that the u.s. no should withdraw from the peace process altogether. in other news international says e.u. countries bear much of the blame for the cruel treatment enjoyed by migrants in libya. we believe they know we see the system or have you say all the refugees and my dad said. the u.s. is set for u. turn on north korea as america's top diplomat says washington is ready to enter talks with pyongyang without any preconditions. let's just me. and let's talk about whether you want to talk about whether it's going to be a square table or around the table that's what you're shot at about. six pm wednesday the thirteenth of december my name is kevin i mean this is r.t. international a very warm welcome to think that you're jewish and we started the big news in from turkey this then there the organization for islamic cooperation has called on the international community this afternoon to recognize jerusalem as the capital of palestine has been following the emergency session for us what was said of the su