belong to israel. it's not the same thing you know israel is a state and the palestinian authority is how should i put it. not a state you know. no no you know actually much palestine isn't an actual state. it wasn't always this way until june one nine hundred sixty seven the green line divided to actual states israel and jordan. it was a hard border and a hostile one which ran from galilei in the north to the judean desert in the south slicing through jerusalem. after the six day war everything changed with a clear memory do you hear there summoning to prayer a little akbar come to pray. there is no god but our law. or europe or thank you but what happened in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven the israeli army advanced in their armored tanks. i don't want to talk about who started it and who was responsible right now the fact is that the israeli army concords and janine and for exactly fifty years we've been occupying an area that belongs to another people for far too long. after the six day war is

lawyer now it looks like it's israel's real estate agent go ahead grant. this is the biggest disaster since one thousand nine hundred seventy three when gold in my ear convinced richard nixon not to advance the nuclear nonproliferation treaty when israel started building and trying to sell the apartheid south africa nuclear weapons five years later it's an unmitigated disaster it's making the us be dragged out of un security council resolution for seven eight by just saying we're no longer going 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 a

israel precision agriculture id cyber israel and now has received twenty percent of the global private investment in cyber security and we live without cyber security and you protect your bank accounts your electricity grids your civil aviation your cars in the future you need cyber security as well as a world part and therefore the partnership between israel and europe is vital in my opinion it's important not only for us clearly it is i wouldn't be here otherwise but i think it's important for europe and many many countries around the world understand that israel is the partner for innovation and innovation is the future so this is the second point we've also found gas by the way and we've just concluded enamel you with some of the european countries with cyprus greece and italy. the familiar to you we're actually exploring the length of a gas pipeline from our off shore gas fields of to italy this would be i think very important for a europe's economy in this way as well and ovation energy and every other way. we believe we are natural partners third is peace is what has extended it

israel isn't so what does that mean there's going to be no two state solution because israel isn't well let's just put it differently what if. you leave it to israelis and palestinians to decide the future of occupation what it is or does not want to do by palestine does the international community does the united states allow israel to remain occupying power over another people until the end of times so there is something dramatically new in what president trump told us this evening wrapped up in the language of peace and civility in fact this was a declaration of war against the palestinian people and their rights and against the international community and its commitment to international law and to a two state solution as we've been hearing it from not only various european and arab leaders but also from previous american president now again i just ask it one thing towards the end of the speech he mentioned the speech that he made in saudi arabia you know a few months ago which i was i made a lot of headlines when he specifically pointed the finger at iran from almost all the worlds

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

the state of israel. the mayor of jerusalem a couple of hours ago welcoming this decision by president trump on the wall behind me, the gate on the old -- around the city walls, the old city of jerusalem, there was projected the israeli and u.s. flag side by side together. so on for israelis this is a by and large a very welcome decision. but for palestinian negotiators shah wary talking earlier saying president trump is putting himself and the united states in an impossible position as a potential negotiator in between palestinians and israelis for the peace process going forward. that this daniels the united states credibility and the concern being here that if about the nuance and detail of what president trump says, the concern of course, from the palestinian side if president trump were to mention, we don't know that, but this is what people will be listening for, a united jerusalem as being the capital of israel, then that would send a very, very negative message to palestinian leaders, hamas have s

as israel's capital. the jewish state and thejewish people will be forever grateful. that was israel's prime minister describing this as a historic day. your thoughts on what the secretary general was saying and what the israeli prime minister was saying? the secretary general of the united nations spoke with a broad international community, against the backdrop of decades of un resolutions, decades of peacemaking, failed peacemaking that peacemaking nonetheless, wherejerusalem is one of the most, if not the most emotional issue in the final status issues that have to be resolved. prime minister netanyahu spoke as the leader of the state of israel, and expressed his profound gratitude for himself and from the people of israel. very grateful, he said. those are the two realities tonight. but there is more than one side. he's has to be made between two pupils. one side feels very aggrieved and angry tonight, another feels grateful. that's not fertile terrain to try to move forward. as a backdrop, thank you.

that israel. real.t is it is possible to stay in contact with those realities and still support the last nonviolent attempt to ensure that palestinians, that arabs are treated with tremendous dignity. eric: thank you, that is your time. [applause] dr. dershowitz: so we have a major point of agreement, that there are least 160 countries in the world with human right records far more worse than israel. the question arises, why would you support a moment, or a it -- or a tactic that singles out only a nationstate of the jewish all? a nationstate of people who have always been singled out for special persecution and attacks? whenmessage does it send you acknowledge there are 160 violators of human rights and you are going after only one country and that country happens to be the nationstate of the jewish people, which has offered the palestinian state on five different occasions. let me tell you a story. a story that i think cornell and i will agree with. harvard had a president named lowell. he did n

israel and what israel wants from america what does israel want from the european powers to agree to back out of it to scrap it briefly please what what they what they could do is try is to act against rein in attempts to enter lebanon we've seen this they're building military camps near the border they're trying to get a code off on it one to the mediterranean and hit europe can help france has influence in lebanon the europeans have influence there this can still be prevented and if i had to look for an immediate request from the appearances it's not in anybody's interest not in israel's on the out states the road paean to see a new radian military presence on the mediterranean and we're liable to see this very soon or it will have to leave it there come afraid we are out of time let's thank all of our guests here in the studio ali fadhil london jad robbie sable in jerusalem and james martin in cairo thank you too for watching you can see the show again any time by visiting our website al-jazeera dot com for further discussion head over to our facebook page that's facebook dot com

--kawai start with israel but why start with israel? >> and the supreme court of israel has challenged to that, and now any marriage that is valid anywhere in the world is now valid. >> i'm talking about within israel. i am not going to cyprus and poland. init made a terrible mistake 1948 by handing over to many of the personal functions. we who are secular jews are fighting hard against that. but frankly, that is nobody's business but the israelis and the jews. we are fighting our own battle there. it is much worse in the palestinian authority. you get killed if you marry somebody who is a non-muslim. in israel you just have to go to cyprus, come back, and your marriage is valid and it is a pain in the neck. but you don't get murdered. you don't get thrown off a roof. you become a general of the army, a member of the supreme court. gay rights in israel is completely validated, and yet we have this concept where people argue -- >> that's my question about the one state solution that was asked. we don't want to go on and on -- >> you wan

israel is a sovereign nation. with the right, like every other sovereign nation, to determine its own capital. acknowledging this as a fact is a necessary condition for achieving peace. america will also be moving its embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem — though that may actually take years to do. palestinian president mahmoud abbas responded to the decision a short time ago. these actions are destruction to all the actions to achieve peace. the decision is paramount to the us abdicating its role as a peace mediator. these measures will be looked upon favourably as by the extreme mixed groups that operate in oui’ extreme mixed groups that operate in our region. israel's prime minister though, has welcomed the news. we are profoundly grateful for the president, for his courageous and just decision. to recognise jerusalem as the capital of israel and to prepare for the opening of the us embassy here. this decision reflects the president's commitment to an ancient but enduring truth. to fulfilling his promises and

of its strip israel recognition. only when the palestinian authority does that, then we can talk about the possibility of rebuilding a national movement. meanwhile, we cannot take the pa seriously. president trump's son-in-law jared kushner is heading the trump administration's efforts to broker an israeli-palestinian peace plan. quietly, the kushner companies charitable foundation is continuing to fund a far right wing israeli settlement in the west bank that is considered illegal under international law. propublica reports the christian cup these charitable foundation made a donation of at least $18,000 at the master billows level -- builder's level. while the charity is given to the settlement in the past, propublica reports this appears to be the first time to have done so while kushner, whose title is senior advisor to the president, is the lead administration official brokering a peace plan. rebecca vilkomerson, you're the head ojewish voices for peace. could you comment on this, the fact the president's son-in

embassy in beirut in protest of donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital protests have also been seen in bethlehem and gaza. syria has been a proclaimed free of islamic state so pockets of jihad is remain. fresh from the twenty eighteen winter olympics over doping scandal that erupted two years ago last despite the i.o.c. saying there's no concrete evidence to support claims of state sponsored cheating. and blood tamir putin announces he will run for reelection in the twenty one thousand presidential race. it's the weekly here on r.t. international with me in india tutor broadcasting live from our moscow studio welcome to the program tensions are rising in lebanon where protesters have attempted to storm the u.s. embassy in the capital beirut the rally there is the latest in a string of protests decrying president trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. as you. look. right now we are witnessing a. just a few minutes ago there was a charge from at least i'd say fifty or sixty some of them will be in buttons others actually carrying m. sixteen s

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

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

to do things to show israel that we support israel. about this decision by president trump is not the right way to do that. the reason is that it has no practical, positive effect for the u.s. it doesn't even help israel's interest. it's symbolic only. let's take something that will be much better for the u.s. to do. that would prevent the u.s. from providing funding to palestine if palestine continues to provide payment to suicide bombers. that would be something that will be very positive -- must be one why can't you do both? >> that will be something that will be positive for israel and the u.s. and put a damper on terrorism. this decision is going to inflame our middle eastern allies, some of which are important like saudi arabia and jordan who support we need to achieve middle east peace process. and that's another problem with this decision today which is symbolic only in doesn't make any real impact. it also is going to make it harder for us to achieve the peace process. >> harris: i want to remind everybody what we just had, th

at the capital of israel and acceptable and not only hurting the feeling. on to other news now and catalans are voting in a crucial election that could mark a turning point for their region just two months after a failed secession bed triggered spain's worst political crisis in decades record turnout is expected with process session ists and unity candidates neck and neck in the polls paul brennan reports from barcelona. outside catalonia is largest polling station the queue to vote formed early and stretched out of the gates and down the street with polling day underway a mood of calm determination has replaced the bitter words and strident campaigning of recent weeks here that what we hope is that we return to democracy and that whatever the outcome is it is respected if in a million of them i hope we go back to normality it is not clear whether that will happen but that's what we want while we are inside the voting has been brisk turnout will be a crucial factor and the catalonians proportional representation system the prospect of an outright victory fo

israel very much unfortunately at the behest of a israel's a friends in europe which held they took they prejudged. the outcome to negotiations by trying to recognize or suggest that the palestinians should have a capital on the eastern side of the city that's a prejudgment of negotiations the state department saying no the negotiations have to come directly between the sides all the united states did was to fulfill the will of the american people and prime and presidents before donald trump that for you know small for political reasons decided to last minute to mobilize that six month waiver state department said no negotiations is what will determine the ultimate the ultimate status of israel's of the of the holy city i'll miss him mr dicus you can imagine i mean russia don't trade the words of the american president or even the american congress as the word of god so it's just a positional one country which by the way strongly opposed by pretty much everybody else in the international community accept israel at the same time there is a whole body of international agreements specifical

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

where you know where russia is playing a role a very substantial role in in syria and israel in israel is cooperating with russia there are some that would say the russia is occupied has become the major superpower occupier of of syria today me mr dyke are you know better than i did that russia is present in syria at the invitation of the un recognized sovereign government and. they all care patients of the. palestinian territories by by israel is not recognized by the international community there is an important distinction here but let me again bring you back to the issue of. establishing or at least fostering peace in the region because the recognition of the state of israel seventy years ago was based on the explicit condition that a jewish state would leave side by side with the palestinian state if that condition is not fulfilled and you concerned that the concept of a dedicated your state will lose its appeal but in the international community well first of all exxon i have to correct you your facts are wrong the partition plan of nov twenty ninth nine hundred forty seven call

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

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

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

as i did on my trip to israel earlier this year. jerusalem is not just israel earlier this year. jerusalem is notjust the heart of three great religions but it is now also the heart of one of the most successful democracies in the world. over the past seven decades the israeli people have built a country where jewish people, muslims and christians and people of all faiths are free to live and worship according to their conscience and according to their conscience and according to their beliefs. jerusalem is today and must remain a place where jewish jerusalem is today and must remain a place wherejewish people pray at the western wall, where christians walk the stations of the cross and where muslims worship at the mosque. however through all of these years presidents of representing the united states have declined to officially recognised jerusalem as the israeli capital. in fact we have declined to acknowledge any israeli capital at all. but today we finally acknowledge thatjerusalem is the israeli capital. this is nothing more or less than a recognition of reality. it is also

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

to as the zionist regime and they never refer to israel as israel. always call it the zionist regime and i think we'll see an uptick -- >> all right. we may have just lost, frozen, ali arouzi in time. he's a good guy. all right to freeze him in time. he'll be back. thanks to all of you. >>> let me go over here. the beginning of our current climate in the middle east goes back 100 years to the collapse of the ottoman every pempire ne end of the first world war. british too many over, british mandate of palestine and jerusalem. you know now run by ottomans now known at turkey. this map shows what the partition looked like at the tile. submitted to the united nations in 1947. under this map, the country was to be partitions into and arab state, which is the lighter beige color, and the jewish state. the blue color. under international administration because of the special nature of the holy sites jerusalem because it's holy to muslims, christians and jews was supposed to be internationally administered. the palestinian arabs rejected partition and after

top political and military advisors to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and announce plans to relocate the u.s. embassy to give you a sense of how unusual last his of all the countries that maintain full diplomatic relations with israel not one currently has an embassy in jerusalem and the few that have had embassies there in the past have been small countries with little connection to the middle east such as costa rica and el salvador. from harry forsett in occupied east jerusalem. this announcement had been trailed but days now it was up to donald trump to make the case that a wildly controversial move opposed by the palestinians arab states and most of the international community can advance the peace process it would be folly to assume that repeating the exact same formula would now produce a different or better result therefore i have determined that it is time to officially recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel trump said he was directing the state department to begin preparations to move the u.s. embassy to jerusalem from tel aviv talk of architects and engineers

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

i do not defend israel on everything it does. israel gets a b- on human rights. name a country faced with threats to have a better record. dr. west: i think one of the lowest moments in the history of this country was when over 500 palestinian babies were killed and not one major voice of spoke on theficial half of the suffering of those families. dr. dershowitz: i did. dr. west: i did not hear it, brother. i wasn't listening enough. i was talking about elected officials. i don't know what you have been elected to lately, but that is good. i wish you were stronger. my voice was strong too, i am not elected in that sense. dr. dershowitz: i complain not only about the is really complaints, but the use of the palestinians and using children as human shields. dr. west: but the thing is, israel has the sixth biggest military, it is a major military power with nuclear arms. dr. dershowitz: because it needs it. dr. west: we can argue if it needs it or not, the question is, it has that kind of status and power. to bring it to bear on those babies and we cannot muster a m

president donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu who welcomed trump's move is visiting brussels where he said he expected european governments to follow suit and move their embassies to jerusalem european union foreign ministers are expected to put pressure on him to revive the middle east peace process. let's listen to what he and the e.u. foreign policy chief had to say you know where the european union stands we believe . that the only realistic solution to the conflicts between israel and palestine is based on two states which are those as the capital of both the state of israel and the state of palestine along the sixty seven line this is a well considered position i believe that all or most of the rupee and countries will move their embassies to jerusalem record does crucial images rules a couple. robustly with us for security prosperity. and peace so i think more on this story with our correspondents on the ground maya schwager is in jerusalem and max hoffman is in brussels good to see you both max let's st

right when the state of israel was created it defined what would be the. situation of jerusalem as an international city under u.n. auspices that would be open to everyone but that of course went out the window when the the war or the fighting started between the israel. in the palestinians so basically we have a situation where the legal the legal issues are very clear and what i want to hand but in practice very confusing so it's something that this is a mess that trump did not have to step into and it will only have bad consequences and yet he did it and yet he did it knowing full well from some of his advisors like tillerson that this is a very very bad idea you know greg weigh in on the international law aspect of it i mean i mention the two resolutions four seven eight and one eight one i mean. from your understanding these are they still in in force because everybody in the else in the world seems to think they are go ahead and i would point you to first that back in one thousand nine hundred seven and then in may of forty eight israel accepted that

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

would be recognizing jerusalem as israel as the capital of israel and also relocating the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem he did point out that this has been u.s. foreign policy for more than twenty years it was ratified through the members of congress and a bipartisan level and was reaffirmed as recently as this summer at a bipartisan level so what is interesting is that from capitol hill there hasn't been a lot of protest with regard to what has happened but certainly that condemnation that has been coming has been very sharp in the form of a very top democratic senator kimberly in your piece that we just saw you pointed very much to this idea of having political coverage and this idea of you know following off what you said that you would do in trouble that promise that he would make this move so how much is this move about taking that ball. it's an awful lot about the president certainly is one to highlight what he sees a success and certainly when you talk about political courage donald trump believes that he in fact is doing just that when it is true that other presidents in t

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

not israel. jerusalem in a sovereign israel is more free and more open to people of all religions than at any other time in history. in jerusalem, all people practice their religions freely. these values are enshrined in our declaration of independence, the founding document of our state. we pledge, "to safeguard the holy places of all religions." we have always known that jerusalem is holy for others. from the moment of our founding, we pledge to create a state that would honor that holiness, a democracy that would respect and value the traditions of all people. that has never changed, that will never change, not this past week, not tomorrow, not ever. the announcement on wednesday revealed a sad truth about some people around the world. the people who threaten to ignite a wave of violence against israel and jews everywhere. the people who may claim they want peace, but whose actions speak louder than their words. that is why today, every member of this council must send a clear message -- there

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

i have to say that really across the political spectrum here israel.