fighting broke out again palestine. three days later bernadotte accompanied by his wife estelle flew into la guardia airport in new york. but he wanted to impress on the security council the urgent need for firm and decisive action. that united nations. would have. back in the middle east and with a second fragile truce in place bernadotte began a new round of negotiations. but securing that peace seemed impossible. like an shandor escheat and that but often he didn't have anything definite convinced either the arabs or the israelis that he had read authority or power so there was a lot of resistance from both sides to his proposal for their give up about. in mid august and exhausted bernadotte flew to sweden. he was to chair the international red cross conference. and it was a chance to see his family. he took me out for a whole day we went to museum or winters or football and things like that and i remember afterwards to having my father for myself a whole day was a day and a fantastic thing to happen. once. before re

palestine in which arabs and jews would share government . it limited jewish immigration to seventy five thousand for five years and said that the arab majority should determine future immigration levels. it's also said that balfour had not meant to create a jewish state at the expense of the arabs any more than the mcmahon his tame correspondent twenty four years before had promised an arab state to shareef hossain of mecca. but the white paper met opposition and was dropped. the british government equate to see a major problem but there's no way that they can back away from support for zionism because this becomes the basis for their justification for being in the holy land their commitment to supporting the movement in the balfour declaration which becomes in shrines in international law in the terms of the mandate for palestine so the british are stuck with zionism they didn't believe that scientists wanted independent jewish state. and after the it became very clear that actually the vast majority of scientists didn't only want statehood

seven half of palestine so it's not as if that was never on offer it wasn't offered it was an offer from the international community and it was rejected on that occasion thirty seven forty seven and then again and again when it was offered do you not know why do you really not understand why the indigenous population the native population of palestine which had been subjected to the influx of foreigners into its land foreigners with a sense of. who what went around behaving is the place where their own these indigenous people off to all this and off to british repression brutally of any kind of demonstration or protest. but against these foreigners coming into that country after all that you really think that the indigenous people would have said that's fine please give half my land to the invaders that's fine as long as i can have half it solves my problem of course that's not what people do that's not how they feel and it's one thing to look back with the wisdom of hindsight and say ah maybe that would have been better than what's happened today that's one thing but we're talking

in palestine, it's not settled. as benny morris said, we just didn't kill enough palestinians when we had the opportunity. it's not a settled frontier, and that's why this remains controversial. the worst thing we can do, the worst thing we can do, is to already capitulate that israel is a normalized state and is a legitimate state. when in fact, it is a settler colony. if jews want to remain there, they remain there. but not as masters. not as colonial masters. not as a privileged supremacist class by virtue of law. they remain there as humans. we find a way to create a better world. we have the opportunity to create a model that the rest of the world has not created. we have already learned from everyone else's mistakes. if we're condemning myanmar's genocide, why would be endorse it in our context, and why not have someone said funon, he was the first to critique if we wanted to re-create a european model of the state, why not let europe do that in our countries as colonial masters? the whole point of decolonizat

weeks passed and soon i heard nothing in reply to her message to palestine. then a man knocked at the door saying he was delivering a message from her family. when she opened the letter it was from the jewish agency asking her to help hide a jewish man named vandar the beirut started my heart about where they are which means that either. where you are that as the thought of what i did the love of the street be had in. the one thousand nine hundred forty six to nine hundred forty eight where the times where israeli intelligence. planted the seeds. for its network in arab countries like lebanon and syria insure cohen the connection the relations the establishment relation between israeli intelligence where established at the time soon as first mission went well and established her credentials in assisting the secret passage of jews to lebanon into palestine. she was then contacted by a man from the south called lutheran hope the love that was to become a key figure in her spy network. he told her that israeli security wanted to meet her in a small town on the l

he told her that israeli security wanted to meet her in a small town on the lebanon palestine border it was the first time sure had crossed the border since her marriage in her memoirs she later roads. i travelled by jeep from beirut to the area i stayed in new says house until late at night his men were monitoring border patrols to secure my journey. and. just. such a second had. had the them high idea. mara be his neck wow it must feel are gonna this nigga muscles that are gonna yet lope be momentarily that here. we are at. a law millennia and a thought man you that are that are that the nurse had let alone many of them are done more homely. let's go back to the fifty's what horse is really thinking about is the people who are coming to the border the people are coming to make some sabotage that i can think of that was important to the israeli intelligence but the most important thing was that she was there. that was them that was the big success the big success they did not the information that she was she gave but that she was there and the people from here from the army could co

with favor the establishment in palestine of a national home for the jewish people and will use their best endeavors to facilitate the achievement of these objects the statement continued it being clearly understood that nothing should be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing northern jewish communities in palestine or the rights but it will state is enjoyed by jews in any other country in nineteen twenty two the league of nations mandated britain to run palestine and to establish a jewish homeland the first of the declaration was given clear precedence over the second person used force to crush an uprising by palestinian arabs allowed to syria's body phillips is in westminster where the event of britain's broken promise is being held and we can join him live now so what the people bobbie at this event want to achieve. i think felicity the clue is there isn't it in the title britain's broken promise so you were referring to the first part of the declaration the pledge to create a jewish homeland well that happened israel was born in one nine hundred forty

let's have a look at the sort of the bigger picture in that sense and the arguments over palestine's membership i mean that was approved by a majority of states which so is that not international consensus and therefore not bias. yes. dnd it wasn't a general consensus because israel managed to get several states along its own position but yes the majority did not support israel's position and palestine is also a member of interpol and de i.a.e.a. so do seems to be a moot question and on the very day when fatah and hamas and mount their reconsideration and there appears to be some pope. of the peace process it's unfortunate that the united states. decided to come out. and palestinian in a way because its broader israeli statement did i think we'll leave it at that i mean or and senior correspondent and congress behind it thank you very much indeed for your thoughts thank you. and let's move on to say we are now and as the battle against isolated areas or province continues r.t.d. has been traveling with the syrian army to get first hand experience from the front line isis is making it

no different this is going to hold and to stick because simply because the order of the day in palestine today is happiness optimism and relief and i think both parties mass and even across senior people and all other factions and organizations are happy about willing aren't willing to achieve reconciliation because you know that very strength is in their consideration and their national unity and then now we are fed up of this is split simply because the so-called because presupposes. has proved to be a fiasco and as i didn't give anything. anything to the policy in and their people and even is that i wouldn't recognize the two three state solution which is

go budget in twenty eleven after its elected palestine to be one of its members. and vital palestinian factions hamas and fatah appear to have reached a breakthrough in that bed to end a decade long believe it's after negotiations made by a mediator by egypt in the capital cairo details of the agreement to be released during a press conference later today. that's it your up to date more for you at the top of the hour in the meantime of course as always the web site it's. a good day.

but my interest is what is your agenda about palestine, syria? you talked about politics, talked about climate, talked about all of that stuff. i want to hear your views on what you are going to do for us back home because we work on human rights issues, and we need the congress support. thank you. >> so i'll go first. my opponent ed royce is the chair of the house foreign affairs committee. he's not helpful to our community at all. he's not very helpful in general to anyone. he's just there. so in one sense, with someone like ed royce, you know, he needs to be held accountable for pushing positions that are much more divisive in the region and not trying to solve problems. and just trying to attack, attack, attack, and not thinking through foreign affairs and some of the challenges. as i mentioned before, he's one of the architects of the iraq war. he was doing that without any thought to the consequence. what we have seen in the region is things are getting harder and harder and more difficult. when i look at number one, when i'm talking to peo

east jerusalem including those in lebanon in jordan in the refugee areas and source of course so the palestine liberation organization that represents all palestinians is not for the time being under scrutiny in terms of gaza the west bank preparation they want on the long term to reform the p.l.o. in order to include have mass in it but for the time being all the diplomatic agreements will continue to be honored by president abbas as the head of the p.l.o. so i think much of these arrangements do not infringe on that the provided process again the question is for the palestinian is whether they're getting anything at all out of the plebiscite. the united states and israel are pulling out of unesco the united nations cultural agency washington announced its decision first saying the body needs fundamental reform and also accused unesco of having an anti israel bias and a few hours later the israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu announced his country was also withdrawing when i was there in the past about a can join us live now from unesco's headquarters in paris so natasha any reaction fro

got fact that some delegations didn't even mention the word palestine is something that gives us concern at the same time as the us uses some un institutions to unilaterally advance its policy it threatens to withdraw funding from others we've cut off seven hundred million dollars of the peacekeeping budget at the un but we didn't cut helping people we made them smarter we made them better i think you're going to see the following problem if funding for the united nations is cut and you go and try to work on reform you're not going to be listened to because you don't have the leverage. under president trump this leverage is aimed at advancing the policy of america first a policy in which critics contend human rights takes second place to the advancement of u.s. isolationist interests there's no doubt that every country has a duty to protect its own people we believe though that it has to be consistent with human rights standards and principles and not at the expense of human rights standards and principles because ultimately if you follow this logic to its eventual conclusion state degra

palestine's rival factions have signed a deal on political reconciliation. have agreed for the palestinian authority to take full of minister to have control of gaza by december the first they've been meeting in the egyptian capital cairo to discuss the formation of a national unity government. brokered by egypt started on choose day palestinian president mahmoud abbas has welcomed the outcome of the cairo talks and has asked his government to implement the agreement. be completely agreed to the concept of supporting the government which will work normally according to law and of the systems to administer the authorities and ministries without exception and to supervise all the crossings whether with the israeli side or the egyptian side which is the rafah crossing. despite the fact that we have some different views of different political points we have different disputes but this will never change the fact that we are brothers we are brothers in religion we are brothers in nationality we are brothers in the national interest we suffer the same we have the s

unity government so there's lots and even once they finished all of that barbara not a single inch of palestine would have been liberated so all of that is just for them to run the sewerage all of that is for them to make sure there is electricity water and to make sure that people have you know a minimum not a certain normality under occupation i mean the administration and effectively of the territories i mean it's interesting obviously you talk about the you know the palestinian cause and if we think back to ten years ago i mean one of the main reasons for the split was that the international community didn't recognize hamas who had won an election which then takes me to the question where does this lead any potential possible peace process what's how is israel going going to see this as assuming that the the reconciliation actually moves forward. and to be honest i mean the palestinians twenty four years after the failed peace process the basically dead and buried especially in the presence of prime minister netanyahu and president from there's absolutely zero horizon for any diplomatic pro

it was supposed to be the quarterly security council discussion on israel and palestine we can't talk about stability in the middle east without talking about iran joining the us in disdainful defiance of today's agenda the israeli ambassador also made no mention look israel palestine i think. reign of terror penetrates entire continent the fact that some delegations didn't even mention the word palestine is something that gives us concern at the same time as the u.s. uses some u.n. institutions to unilaterally advance its policy it threatens to withdraw funding from others we've cut off seven hundred million dollars of the peacekeeping budget at the u.n. but we didn't cut helping people we made them smarter we made them better i think you're going to see the following problem if funding for the united nations is cut and you go and try to work on reform you're not going to be listened to because you don't have the leverage under president trump this liberate just aimed at advancing the policy of america first policy in which critics contend human rights takes second place to the advan

but for years kalandia our airport was the gateway to palestine. on the morning of the seventeenth of september one thousand nine hundred forty eight a white plane carrying un and red cross markings landed here. with the first arab israeli war already raging across palestine the un mediator count funk album a dog had come to jerusalem. that same afternoon. as it passed through the israeli controlled part of the city. his convoy was ambushed. by. the way and three guys with machine guns came out. to us i went up to the fourth quarter. third one went directly to the third. shot through the window. by five p.m. come bernadotte was the day. the assassination was carried out by and that stream missed zionist. lahey. fighters for the freedom of israel. i don't think anybody in israel should hear about the death of their little. turn to be an enemy of the state of israel and of the zionist dreams. yet only three years earlier bernadotte had made another jet. flying into nazi germany on the biggest humanitarian efforts of world war two. he would save more

areas where six years ago member states voted to accept the state of palestine into unesco a move that i think it israel and its u.s. ally. for on the story i'm now joined by our t. samir khan in washington there samir so what are the full reasons behind this decision what washington announced that the us is withdrawing from unesco the un's cultural body it found in one nine hundred forty five citing anti israel biased and the need for fundamental reform in the organization in the organization the us said that the move will take effect on december third thirty first excuse me the us code director general said that the move was a met matter of profound regret let's take a look. it is with deep regret that today i received a letter from the secretary of state the decision has been taken and it's just according to the cost of tuition the rules that they will formally leave you know screw the end for two thousand pay teen but he doesn't mean that we will stop partnering. will appeal once again for partnerships on this i think very important to make this we chart a common value which we sha

no different this is going to hold and to stick because simply because the order of the day in palestine today is happiness optimism and relief and i think both parties mass and even across senior people and all other factions and organizations are happy about willing aren't willing to achieve reconciliation because you know that very strength is in their consideration and their national unity and then now we are fed up of this is split simply because the so-called because presupposes. has proved to be a fiasco and as i didn't give anything. anything to the policy in and their people and even is that i wouldn't recognize the two three state solution which is accepted by the international community and parasite is suffering from specially gaza the gaza strip is suffering from. bad circumstances from titan sea and this is why both parties when to go. in order to reach this agreement i think the egyptians who brokered this considerations also are quite determined to see. palestinian reconciliation working and then variety direction and to end once and for all display and to bury this period

the organizations alleged israel bias was six years ago when the states voted to accept the state of palestine into unesco a move which angered israel and its u.s. ally. with about with more news at the top of the. always gives you know you always hear you're going to. never get into. well if you're. just to believe also on. the glad i. got. the timing number that i think it was in the u.k. come on. or got up out of the wind i'm. going to be important to you not a good strong room. somewhere . about your sudden passing i've only just learned you were yourself in taken your last wrong turn. you're out to you as we all knew it would i tell you i'm sorry if only i could so i write these last words in hopes to put to rest these things that i never got off my chest. i remember when we first met my life turned on each breath. but then my feeling started to change you talked about war like it was it gave still some are fond of you those that didn't like to question our arc and i secretly promised to never be like it said one does not leave a funeral in the same as one enters the mind gets consumed wi

editor at the voice of palestine joining us there from for your time. to kenya now where crisis talks are being held as the election commission decides on the future of the repeat presidential election which is due later this month several people were injured in protests on wednesday after parliament passed electoral reforms and a court ruling allowing all previous candidates to stand in the rerun on tuesday the main opposition candidate quit the race but the commission is yet to receive his official withdraw reports from nairobi. raila odinga supporters barely needed any prompting to return to the streets. they're demonstrating against kenya's electoral commission which they believe won't conduct a free and fair rerun election. but the supporters are divided on him dropping out of the race. which he lost was. the supreme court laid to rule they'd been irregularities in how the vote was counted and incumbent and should stand in new elections you got one election. i think that is the best option but we are not but. because of the pressure so yeah out tha

in east jerusalem including those in lebanon in jordan in the refugee areas and social force so the palestine liberation organization that represents all palestinians is not for the time being under scrutiny in terms of gaza the west bank preparation they want on the long term to reform the p.l.o. in order to include have mass in it but for the time being all the diplomatic agreements will continue to be honored by president abbas as the head of the p.l.o. so i think much of these arrangements do not infringe on that the provide the process again the question is for the put a scene here is whether they're getting anything at all out of the focus. i mean mars later on sunset she has called for a national unity or an address to the nation on the right hand to refugee crisis she is under increasing international pressure over her failure to condemn the army for alleged abuses against the ranch more than half a million rihanna have escaped to bangladesh since the crackdown began in late august so she says she's holding talks with bangladesh about returning it to me and mark. we are now negotiatin

go budget back in twenty eleven after the organization elected palestine as one of its members. found the u.s. announcement it comes hot on the heels after arrival of palestinian factions hamas and fatah her agreed to end a decade long risked all that's after negotiations mediated by egypt the deal could pave the way for feds to resume governing the gaza strip. the sex scandal involving hollywood producer harvey weinstein is taking on a political dimension hillary clinton has promised to donate to charity the money that weinstein contributed to her twenty six thousand u.s. presidential campaign while more and more women are now coming forward saying weinstein sexually assaulted them and allegations stretched back decades the academy that awards the annual oscars says meet to decide how to respond to the claims weinstein in the meantime has denied all charges. while many of the newest revelations that are piling up about disgraced a film producer harvey weinstein are happening online and we can now turn to our social media editor elizabeth show she of course is tracking all of th

there are too holy places we did not hear that palestine you will not know peas in america. also we did not hear that. and then stealing the wealth of the muslim world. he will only add one thing of what is happening in syria. but the voskhod regime and the russians to say you are supporting them. and he cannot not to mention in syria. to bring back that a recent -- regional message of osama bin on and. and look at those old videotapes from when he was a kid he told his father, when i was in jail i learned a lot. but now i am for urged by steel and ready to march under your command. and the ph.d. older than him and the wife was not just a wife. she was of a concierge bitterly. he wanted her and threatened i will myself that this guy lost his mind. but now you know, why. he wanted her to work on the statement on the anniversary of 9/11 and tell her what to say. and then was convinced and the anniversary is coming. and as the chief of staff for that tenth anniversary pushing him more and more in his father's footsteps like bill woman the father and a the sun. slowed today we s

a regime that continues to oppress the people of palestine, lebanon and others. you support that regime. t the force that despite the terrorism in the region and has , er invaded any country disrespectful world against this force. you forgot. you forgot that you shut down a passenger iranian airplane over the par shan world waters and gave pported and then them medals of honor to these criminals. the t that the wars in region have been created by you. you forgot how you treated the people of afghanistan and syria nd others. missile program is concerned. how come the arm that leads to the invaders in the region and you, your war planes and bombs col target the oppressed people of yemen with regard to those weapons and invasion, you are not protesting. the target of iran only in the petitioner gulf. u invaded the region con tinously. and our missiles are for defense. you have been determined to defend also. now today we are going to be much more determined to defend ourselves and will continue to produce the arms that we need. and we will double that effort today t

now german a present from palestine mine has begun an official visit to the russian capital moscow steinmeier has taken part in a wreath laying ceremony at the war memorial later he'll be meeting russian president vladimir putin and then human rights activists steinmeyer as the forest chairman head of state in seven years to visit the country the german president will also attend the handover of a famous moscow cathedral the russian government is officially giving it back to the evangelical lutheran church of russia. an air of celebration at a normal sunday service the last one before this evangelical lutheran congregation in moscow officially gets its church back. lutherans are religious minority here in russia most in the community have german roots their ancestors came to russia centuries ago on the invitation of the czars who promised land and religious freedom but later the soviet government persecuted lutherans and seized church property including this cathedral the community led by archbishop de takes power has been using it again since the fall of the soviet union but so far it has re

a regime that continues to oppress the people of palestine, lebanon and others. you support that regime. but the force that despite the terrorism in the region and has never invaded any country, your disrespectful words against this force you forgot. you forgot that you shut down a down an iranian passenger airplane over the gulf, and then supported and gave them medals of honor to these criminals. you forgot that the wars in the region have been created by you. you forgot how you treated the people of afghanistan, iraq, syria and others. you thought about iran's missile program and you are saying you are concerned. how come the arms that you give to the invaders in the region and use your warplanes and bombs to target the oppressed people of human, with regard to those weapons and invasion, you are not protesting. you target iran's oil rigs in the persian gulf. you invaded the region continuously. our missiles are for defense. we have always been too determined to defend ourselves. now today we are going to be much more determined to defend ourselves. we will co

situation has become a proxy for diplomacy middle east and particularly as it pertains to israel and palestine relations all right take a second error and i paris thank you. and we have a lot more in store for you here's what's still ahead. the lufthansa era berlin takeover deal is set for takeoff but the sea rivals in authority say they may have to challenge the move that's coming up next and all your business headlines with your heart alford's. and i'll be happy to see you again at the top of the hour. frank food. international gateway to the best connection self and road and rail. located in the heart of europe you are connected to the whole world. experience outstanding shopping and dining offers and trialling services. biala gassed at frankfurt. managed by for. make your store t.v. even smarter with a d w four small. what you want when you want it up to date extraordinary. to decide what's on find out more. dot com smart. it's only day one after the last take over and already rivals and authorities are taking aim to challenge the deal uncertainty prevails about the future of staff to the

and palestine. have realized that they cannot govern on their own that there has to be some sort of an agreement when both of them have to accommodate each other some way somehow and ultimately together with the rest of stylist in the instructions to actually. come in a political program with which they can. essentially operate. on a political program that they can successfully present to the international community all right so i mean abdel itself joining us on the wind tonight from gaza sunny thank you very much we appreciate your insights. well the european union's in chief breaks a negotiator michel barnier says he is disturbed by the lack of progress in talks with britain abed's after the latest round of negotiations over britain's withdrawal from the e.u. barney a says he will not be able to recommend the e.u. leaders that talks move on to issues like trade that's because britain still hasn't settled what its willing to pay to exit the e.u. . the new british one pound coin which officially rep

another kind, with the us announcing it's withdrawing from un cultural agency unesco, citing tension over palestine. israel followed suit overnight. the new york times is looking ahead to the 2022 world cup and whether host nation qatar will be up to the task of holding the tournament, as well as constructing a world—class team. and finally in the ft, aianb is stepping up the threat to traditional hotel operators and checking—in with property developers in the us to launch branded and purpose—built apartments in florida. so let's begin. with me is lawrence gosling, editor—in—chief of investment week. a pleasure to be here. this is an extraordinary story, josh boyle and caitlin coleman. he is canadian, she is american. they were taken five yea rs is american. they were taken five years ago and have a family while being held. —— had a family. years ago and have a family while being held. -- had a family. yes, their little girl was only born a few months ago, while in captivity. as the times reported, there was a comment from mr boyle's family, it isa comment from mr boyle's family, it i

situation has become a proxy for diplomacy middle east and particularly as it pertains to israel and palestine relations all right take a second there and i paris thank you. and we have a lot more in store for you his word still ahead. the lufthansa air berlin takeover deal is set for takeoff but the city rivals and authorities say they may have to challenge the move stats coming up next and all your business headlines with your heart alford's. and i'll be happy to see you again at the top of the hour.

situation has become a proxy for diplomacy middle east and particularly as it pertains to israel and palestine relations all right take a second error and paris thank you thank you well now we want to bring up to speed with some of the other stories making news around the world and vietnam at least fifty four people are now confirmed dead in severe floods and landslides affecting central and northern regions over thirty thousand homes have been submerged in rising water which has damaged key infrastructure crops and livestock. the turkish army has sent a military convoy across its border into syria as rebel held province it's part of a joint mission with russia and iran to establish a deescalation zone there broacha hottest and kurdish forces are in the area a senior rebel involved in the operation says the turkish deployment appears aimed at containing kurdish militia. u.s. president donald trump has signed an executive order aimed ad stripping back obamacare it's it will make it easier for americans to buy cheaper health care plans with fewer benefits critics say it could mean spiraling cost