the palestinian said theythwould go t icc over israeli settlements in the west bank, over seizure of israeli property, over whniat pales officials call israeli use of force inside of the west banu that'ser one. number two reason why the u.s. says that it is closing the plo office here is that the palestinians aren't going helpful when it comes to peace talks and peace efforts. jason greenblat and jared kushner, the two advisors to president trump who are creating a peace plan, the palestinians have rfused to met them since the u.s. moved the embassy from tel aviv to swrers lem a few months ago. and they have also been disparaging. o of of the work that the them have done even though that work isn't done. so what you heard bolton say today is tat one, the icc, the international criminal court, should not beti investi what he called israeli housing pojects, not settlements. >> and, two that the office here in washington had blocked efforts toward peace. >> t trump admistration will not keep the office open when e palestinians refuse to take steps to start direct and meaningful negotiat

provides an average of $400 million a year in economic aid to palestinians in the west bank and gaza. ethiopia has announced it's releasing political prisoners and closing a prison camp in the wake of anti-government protests. the prime minister's surprise announcement marked the first time the government admitted to holding political prisoners. a violent storm swept across western europe today, knocking out power, disrupting transportation and killing one person. wind gusts up to 100 miles an hour battered towns across france, britain, ireland and switzerland, uprooting trees and flooding coastlines. several hundred thousand homes have lost power. the storm also derailed trains, halted highway traffic in places and grounded thousands of flights. the u.s. deep south is still reeling from a rare winter storm that dumped snow and freezing rain along the coast today. it shut down interstates and airports, and dropped the first snow in tallahassee, florida in decades. as much as three inches of snow fell in charleston, south carolina and parts of coastal georgia. north carolina governor r

and, finally, we travel to the west bank to make our favorite palestinian chicken dish, which is musakhan, shredded chicken with onion, mac, spices, pine nuts, and tahini. so stay with us icas we do middle east clas, coming up next on milk street. - funding for this series was provided by the following.

in ramallah, on the west bank, young men threw stones and molotov cocktails at israeli troops. (gunfire)ed israelis fear gas. palestinians call today the naqba, or "catastrophe," the date 70 years ago when hundreds of thousands of palestinians were expelled or fled thanr stral homes, on the day israel was created. moustafa barghouti is a prominent palestinianan politi >> we are here to say that this raeli oppression will no break our will or our popular resistance. >> schifrin: meanwhile in jerusalem, the flags are flying above the new u.s. embassy. in jewish west jerusalem, residents splayed signs anking president trump. but from sou africa to turkey, protestors criticized what they called an israeli massacre of palestinians in gaza. turkey's prime minister called for muslim countries to unite against israel. >> ( translated ): im inviting all faith groups, all politicians to be a united heart against the tyranny. muslim countries should review their ties with israel. >> schifrin: today, turkey orexpelled israel's ambass, israel responded in kind, and israeli prime minister be

. >> it is possible to grow up on the west bank of the city, and not meet a protestant, or not have a protestant in the streett and y have been growing up in a house where people have spoken aut protestants or other faiths in a particular way, then they may have developed a perception of that commuty. that is where the shared education program comes into its own. >> reporter: michael allen, principal of protestant lisneal, admits he didn't always support shared education. >> there is a fear that culture, particularly within unionist and protestant culture that it's being diminished over a period of time. but i could see how the children worked with one another, how they interacted.me that thowed that they had no fear, so really we shouldn't have any fear of it ther. >> reporter: originally supported by an american foundation, this program is now being administered by the government, which plans to replicate it in more than half of northern ireland's schools by 2021. acing 7th graders are em the program and their new classmates. >> they have sisters, they have brothers, they have pets.

a palestinn shot and killed two israeli soldiers in the west bank today. two other people were wounded, and the israelis launched ali manhunt, s off roads into ramallah. later, the army said soldiersan killed aho tried to ram them with his car. on sunday, a premature israeli baby died after another attack, and troops killed the suspected gunman. china has confirmed it now has two canadians in custody, for allegedly endangering its national security. michael kovrig is a former diplomat who lives in hong kong. michael spavor runs tours of rth korea. their detention follows canada's arrest of meng wanzhou, a chinese tech executive. she faces possible extradition to the united states on charges of violating sanctions on iran. back in this country, the u.s. congress gave final approval to overhauling its handling of sexual harassment claims. the new rules hold lawmakers personally liable for settlements, and eliminate a "cooling off" period before victis can file suit. california democratic coidresswoman jackie speier it's high time for a change. >> time is fin

a, a jury found former trump campaign chairman paulfo manart guilty of tax and bank fraud.in nst twoutes later, hundreds of miles away in york, cohen pleaded guilty to charges of tax evasion and campaign finance violations. hours after the news broke, at a rally in west virginia, the hipresident did not mentio two former confidants. but he continued to attack the overall russia probe. >> fake news and thu russian witc.we ot a whole big combination. where is the collusion? >> alcindor: by early this morning, the president unleashed on twitter, writing: "ooif anyoe isng for a good lawyer, i would strongly suggest that you don't retain the services of michael cohen!" at that rally last night ahead of november's midterm ons, most of mr. trump's supporters remained firmly on his side. >> he had an affair that might have hurhis marriage. any man would be, would be ashamed of that, any man wld not want that to get out, any man who's a man like i believe donald trump is would not want his wife-would regret that. so he's a boss, so he's going to say, pay him off. >> alcin the russia probe altoget