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

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.

property, over what palestinian officials call israeli usef force nside of the west bank. that's number 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 refused to meet them nce the u.s. moved the embassy from tel aiv to swrers lem aw months ago. and they have also been disparaging. some of the work that the two of them have done even though that work isn't done. so what you heard bolton say today is that one, the icc, the international criminal court, should not be investigaang what he clled israeli housing pojects, not settlements. >> and twot thathe office here in washington had blocked efforts toward peace. >> the trump administration will not keep the office open when the palestinians refuse to take steps to start direct andul meaninegotiations with israeli-- israel. the united states supports a direct and roust peace proce

criminal counts.a, in virgini jury found former trump campaign chairman paul manafort guilty of tax and bank fraud. just two minutes later, hundreds of miles away in new york, cohen pleaded guilty to charges of tax evasion and campaign finance violations. hours after the newsroke, at a rally in west virginia, the president did not mention histw former confidants. but he continued to attack the overall russia probe. >> fake news and the r witch hunt. we got a whole big combination. where is the collusion? >> alcindor: by early this morning, the president unleashed a twitter, writing: "one is looking for a good lawyer, i would strongly suggest that you don't retain the services of michael cohen!" at that rally last night ahead n ember's midterm elections, most of mr. trump's supporters remained firmly on his side. >> he had an affair that might have hurt his marriage. any man would be, would ashamed of that, any man would nowant that to get out, an 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. o >> a

in ramallah, on the west bank, young men threw stones and molotov cocktails at israe troops. (gunfire) israelis fired tear ga palestinians call today the naqba, or "catastrophe," theye date 7s ago when hundreds of thousands of palestinians were expelled or fled theirme ancestral on the day israel was created. moustafa barghouti is a prominent palestinian politician. >> we are here to say that this israeli oppression will not break our will or our popular resistance. >> schifrin: meanwhile in jerusalem, the flags are flying above the new u.s. embassy. in jewh west jerusalem, residents displayed signs thanking president trump. but from south africa to turkey, prot criticized what they called an israeli massacre of palestinians in gaza. turkey's prime minister called for muslim countries to unite againsisrael. >> ( translated ): i am 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 expelled iael's ambassador, israel responded in kind, and israeli prime minister b

. >> 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.

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