today there was some rockets fired from gaza in both. the israeli had retaliated directly against. which means that sometimes you will find you know some smaller groups who could manage to just send our rockets to israel and that is not contained by the personal authority nor by hamas and it is really respond will be like that we are afraid that this israeli response will be sometimes. bigger than what we expected and that will trigger the whole area into a new war in. sight appreciate your insight never my guess a professor of political science is a university. in other news sprints prime minister treason may says all sides of the briggs in negotiations are now ready to move on to the next stage of talks but there are still many obstacles to the u.k. expected coming up parties on the situation explains. certainly in the bronx it's a deadline is looming time is ticking at what we've seen so far is that these negotiations have been anything but very simple especially maybe according to those who expect to things to move forward much quick

three people being killed in demonstrations in gaza and the west bank against u.s. president donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel medical groups say eighty four people have also been injured in gaza five seriously president trump and house at the u.s. embassy would be rededicated to jerusalem from tel aviv last week as well as in the occupied west bank city of bethlehem israeli soldiers fired live rounds rubber coated steel bullets and tear gas in response to rock throwing demonstrators palace in red crescent says at least two hundred sixty three people have been injured in the west bank. one fish has been watching protests in gaza and joins us now live so i mean do you get impression that there's any kind of sense of this dying down or is it if anything getting worse. well certainly what we saw was hamas calling at a rally on thursday for a day of rage on friday and that was delivered in seven points on gaza with the border with israel we saw widespread protests with thousands of people getting to the border and making sure that t

israeli forces have killed at least four palestinian protesters in shootings and airstrikes in gaza as the fallout continues from the u.s. president's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital more than seven hundred others were injured in demonstrations across the occupied territories an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council there was strong condemnation of the presidential move even from some of washington's closest allies as mike hanna. an animated discussion between the u.s. ambassador and the palestinian representative just one of the urgent conversations taking place around the room even before the session began the packed chamber testament to the depth of international concern and some argue the credibility of the security council itself is under attack if the council who does not. act accordingly toward its mind it east which is preserving peace and security then the council might become another occupied territory. speaking by video link from jerusalem the u.n. special coordinator condemned the unilateral u.s. action if the israeli palestinian conflict is not resolv

on friday the twenty nine year old most both legs during the war in gaza in two thousand and eight and became an unlikely figure of palestinian resistance and defiance he would often leave his wheelchair home unattended rallies and protests around gaza city just carrying his palestinian flag he was carrying that's why when he shot by the israelis on friday there were several key points of protest along the border between gaza and israel on friday faces one in four young palestinian men targeting israeli positions with stones the usually shoes live bullets and tear gas trying to force the crowds of thousands of we don't like the palestinian health authority to tell us that hundreds were injured two people were killed there will be another funeral in gaza on saturday ismail haniyeh the leader of hamas spoke at the funeral he said the death of ibrahim three i'm sure too that there were people who were willing to die for the idea of jerusalem being the capital of a palestinian state something he said the donald trump didn't understand and with other groups and factions here and gaza. calli

and retaliation our correspondent michael ware has more from gaza city. just a short while ago we heard and felt a series of very loud distant explosions in the israeli army short while after that said that three rockets have been fired from here in gaza into southern israel and they said that the iron dome missile defense system it intercepted two of them third one of landed in israel but there were no casualties reported in a short while after that residence in gaza living on the east of gaza over by the separation wall by the israeli border reported that the israeli army had we retaliated with tank fire and hit a watchtower belonging to one of the armed factions south africa's top court says parliament has failed to hold president jacob zuma to account of allegations of corruption the court ruling follows its conclusion last year that zuma violated the constitution when he is state money to upgrade his private hire him. aid agencies have now evacuated twenty nine critically ill people from eastern abysses rebel held area near syria's capital damascus t

the gaza crossing fully returned to the control of them. the process is faltering. despite repeated calls for the palestinian authority to alleviate the electricity crisis in gaza which was exacerbated by the decision earlier this year to reduce payments to israel, they still lived with four hours of electricity. day. 45% of drugs and medical supplies are at zero stock will basic services are only maintained through donor funded emergencies disrupted by the united nations. on december 7, an additional $2 million was released from the humanitarian fund to cover urgent security and food needs in gaza. on a positive note, talk between israeli and palestinian resume during the reporting period. on the 28th of november they transfer the lump sum amount of $63.8 million in collections and tax clearance. construction of the northern gaza sewage treatment plant is expected to be completed by the end of this month. they have informed the palestinian authority of its willingness to increase the energy supply to gaza by 6 megawatts for this plan. it's implemented and will help

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 we managed to push back. a number of. pale

we saw a massive rally in gaza house a call for a million man rally in one street the length of gaza north to south fifty five kilometers long and thousands and thousands of people attended out we saw them from hamas and fatah from a number of political groups and organizations. ismail haniya said that that prove the don't trump a united the palestinians over such a controversial decision to see that jerusalem was israel's capital we're expecting the clashes to go on for some time into the night as well and just now i can feel and taste the tear gas which is being fired that's why people are moving away you can actually taste the tear gas is beginning to by my side without i think we're going to move back as well. and they've been daily street protests in bethlehem in the occupied west bank al-jazeera has adopted i mean to has more. it's been another day of confrontation and clashes and many of the so-called friction points across the okee by had west bank here in bethlehem several several hours of clashes ongoing between the israeli army and palestinian news just in the street behin

a rocket fired from gaza triggers panic in southern israel the israelis respond by firing on hamas. and i one citizen this is al jazeera line from london also coming up. protests from palestine to pakistan against the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. nine people are killed in an attack on a coptic christian church in egypt and after a year dominated by donald trump to look at how next year's u.s. midterm elections could prove perilous for the president. the. israeli tanks and aircraft to fight on targets in gaza are in retaliation to rockets being fired into israel the israeli army says it's aerial defense system intercepted two rockets launched from the gaza strip it caused panic among civilians on the ground in israel a third rocket hit a building in the south causing damage but no casualties the unrest comes as hundreds of palestinians across gaza and the occupied west bank took part in protests for the fourth friday in a row they're angry at u.s. president omar chung's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel welcome wave has more from ga

because of the dire situation of people here in gaza but they don't want gaza to become a distraction this time because they want the palestinian i'm going to be focused on jerusalem and that is where they want people to concentrate their protest holy thank you very much for his mates in gaza city for is this not go to where this whole controversy began washington d.c. can be hulk it is at the white house for us to me it is now the morning after what has been one of the most important foreign policy decisions from the trumpet ministration one of the most controversial one also what is the reaction to all the negative reaction and controversy that this is in a spot. well the white house has been largely silent on the reaction to the negative protests that have been ongoing and continue to ask what i can tell you however that there are plans in place to send the vice president to the region mike pence in december mid december in fact to speak not only to the knesset but also to have bilateral meetings with both the israeli leader as well as mahmoud abbas the palestinian leader and then

so the protests will be contained here in gaza to this point to the gaza strip and is there a sense where you are bernard that despite international law despite the un resolutions that go back decades the trumpet ministration does not get the status of jerusalem and therefore the status of the palestinian territories. i think there's enormous frustration and sadness particularly sadness amongst palestinians over how this has gone for them in the last twenty five years since the start of the oslo talks people feel that they've been let down people feel they haven't gotten anywhere in terms of the policy is getting anywhere closer to the idea of an effective functioning state so there's enormous frustration yes whatever the nuances might have introduced into his speech this gesture in that he wasn't saying where the borders of jerusalem would be for example that is really doesn't matter that just the mere fact of recognizing through some of the capital of israel is enough to make people think well where do we go from here the peace talks failed us the palestinian authority also coming

strip its army has now shelled parts of gaza let's join. garza we'll talk about what's going on behind you in a moment let's just bring ourselves up to speed on this apparent missile launch of the retaliation back from israel. that was just a couple of hours ago and we could hear and feel distant explosions where we were at the time in gaza city and sure after that the israeli military said that they three rockets had been fired from gaza into southern israel and instead intercepted two of them with the iron dome missile defense system and one of the missiles had hit some buildings in southern israel but there were no casualties reported we heard a few more explosions shortly after that we heard from local residents living along here along the border area that. some tank fire had been fired from the israeli side at some positions belonging to. us. the israelis claim that they'd hit two watchtowers. belonging to us well let's just talk about what is going on behind you we're seeing pictures now of close up pictures of an ambulance and lots o

along the gaza border protest demonstrating against the u.s. decision to recognize israel's capital. the former president of the region has urged the central government in spain to accept the results of this month's elections and . call is push them on has been in brussels since being forced out and threatened with arrest by madrid. the spanish government has a new opportunity to be here because the european democracy it clear to be and therefore recognize the results of the election that took place on december twenty first and in this way to start a political negotiation with the legitimate government of catalonia but. that's why as president of catalonia i demand that the spanish government and the ones who back them rectify those things that no longer work restore the damage caused and replace everything they have removed without the legal permission of the cattle and people the ballot boxes have spoken democracy has spoken everyone has been able to express themselves what is really waiting for in order to accept the results to accept the wi

rockets fired from gaza calls panic in southern israel and prone to retaliatory strikes against hamas this says dozens of palestinians are injured in clashes with israeli troops and made the ongoing protests over jerusalem. barbara sorry you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program a gunman opens fire on worshipers at a coptic church in cairo killing nine people a new legal setback for jacob zuma as a ruling by south africa's top court fuels opposition calls for his impeachment and a storm of derision after the u.s. president says the bitterly cold east coast could use some good old global warming . thank you for joining us israeli tanks and their craft have fired at hamas targets in gaza in retaliation for several rockets being fired into israel the israeli army says it's aerial defense system intercepted two crockett's launched from the gaza strip they caused panic among severely. on the ground in israel but no injuries a third rocket hit a building in the south causing damage but no casualties however at least fifty six palestinians were injured in clas

people have been killed in demonstrations in gaza and the west bank against u.s. president donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. breaks in negotiations with britain cannot move on to trade after sufficient progress was made on citizens' rights the irish border and how much the u.k. has to pay to leave. her is congress has moved to impeach the president over alleged links to a major corruption scandal involving the brazilian construction firm older bricked politicians across the divide supported the motion to impeach pedal power kaczynski for moral incapacity documents sent to congress to show that a company owned by kaczynski received hundreds of thousands of dollars of payments from older bricks about a decade ago the president of congress says he could see it within a week kaczynski has denied any wrongdoing. yes president own trump is giving a speech at the f b i national economy in for ginia he addressed hundreds of law enforcement personnel who just completed their training earlier on friday the white house revealed what it

three people have been killed in demonstrations in gaza and the west bank against u.s. president donald trump decision to recognize to root as the capital of israel and the e.u. leaders say breaks in negotiations with britain can now move on to trade after sufficient progress was made on citizens' rights the irish border and how much bigger u.k. has to pay to leave the. us president was given a speech at the f.b.i. national academy in virginia earlier on friday the white house review what it described as extreme bias against from amongst the senior leaders of the f.b.i. committee how could has more now from washington d.c. . after months of disparaging america's top law enforcement agency donald trump told an audience of newly graduated f.b.i. agents with me as your president. america's police will have a true friend and loyal champion in the white house but two weeks earlier on social media the u.s. president criticized the f.b.i. saying its reputation is in tatters his criticism is largely fueled by his belief the f.b.i. did not charge his twenty sixteen presidential

fairness made in gaza bernard thank you. and as we heard from byrne at another's there's been international condemnation of the planned u.s. move the turkish president tried to pay better had warned that it will make the region less secure. protecting the current status of jerusalem is very important and it is important that the islamic world unites and acts as one if any attempt to change the legal status of jerusalem should be avoided no one has the right to play with the fate of millions of people such a move would only help to promote the ill and tensions of the terrorist organizations. well the turkish president made those comments at a press conference with jordan's king abdullah who spoke of jerusalem as being too middle east stability jordan has also called for an emergency meeting of the arab league there is no alternative to the stupid state solution and jerusalem is key to any peace agreement and it is key to the stability of the entire region i did reemphasized to the us president yesterday our concerns on the de

all what's the atmosphere like in gaza are not of recent events. where outside gaza's only catholic church and christmas mass is just beginning i'm not allowed to talk during the service which is going on inside our camera man is going to go in so we can have a look at what's going on i'll tell you a little bit about the community here and what they've told to us gaza's community of christians is very small mostly orthodox with a small number of catholics not who we're looking at today although those two communities are fairly integrated through intermarriage and other things that are both orthodox christians and catholic christians attending this mass all of the families we've spoken to say that it very much a concern for them. is the status of jerusalem which they see undisputedly as the capital of palestine they very much identify as palestine palestinian arabs first and foremostly and then courses kristie and. this mass is normally followed by a celebration it's normally held at this time because of general security concerns in gaza but normall

within gaza, but the west bank as well. you cannot immediately give a palestinian state an air force, a navy, total control overtakes time. when the united states defeated the germans on the japanese at the end of world war ii, the germans and japanese were not allowed to have an army. there were allowed at the end of first world war, that was a great lesson. after the versailles treaty. france and england allowed germany to rearm. by 1935 germany was the most powerful nation in the history of the world up to that point. we saw what they did with that power. so, compromises are necessary. if there were to be a peaceful resolution, and i work hard with abbas, to try to bring about that peaceful resolution, if there were to be a peaceful resolution there would be agreements. there would be land swaps so that israel would maintain control of cities which are right on the outskirts of jerusalem. in exchange for that, they would give acre for acre land in what is called the triangle, which is predominately arab in population. th

has more from gaza. the west bank i was i don't see it was any god. to be on the friday when i write that. leads up to the time that went off to die saturday morning the families injuries the ministry of health says it's a sixty five thousand to die in the on the rest in the file and it's the same for six december the when u.s. president trump said america would recognize to resell them as the capital of israel but i would judge. it's a very bad decision for the palestinian people the americans are supporting israel in our own land we are people in our homeland and have given a martyr for palestine and for jerusalem it's normal for the political factions and the armed groups in gaza whose leaders for the young men to go to the border protest to fund the sheen rules and those are being killed this was funded by the supported by the armed wing of fatah leaders every friday for the last month for. protesters to go to the border the separation wall and right guys out in about five or six different places that clashed with israeli soldiers. got some live b

more from gaza. the edge of gaza city is just a couple of hundred meters over there and this is the border with israel the separation friends wall surrounds gather all step aside to the camera can zoom in a bit for the fourth friday in a row people gathered at rallies in the city after friday prayers coming from the mosques and then some people from those rallies came here to the border to demonstrate it's been like this for the last month ever since president trump announced that the u.s. would recognize to use them as the capital of israel and demonstrators are trying to get as close to the fence as they can to throw stones and plant palestinian flags. start fires as well those plumes of black smoke you can see here from fires and burning tires and the israeli army's response with tear gas and some gunfire we've heard that more than ten people have been injured in the violence today in the unrest here and in four of the places along the border. thousands of people in the pakistani city of rawalpind

the very ugly realities in gaza and west bank. are we to forget the second-class citizenship of palestinians inside the state of israel, and are we to forget almost half man refugees. israel,bor outside of and outside of those occupied territories. it is very difficult in the united states to have a candid, robust, honest conversation about our relation to israel, and about the complexity of our precious jewish brothers and sisters in israel and our precious palestinian brothers and sisters under those occupied territories. it is a new day. one of the great developments taking place is especially among the young jewish brothers and sisters in the united states who have been critical of their elders. us the you have not told truth about 1948. you did not tell us about the 750,000 who were pushed out. you did not tell us about the killing of the villages. you did not tell us about rabbi abraham who shed tears at the jewish seminary when he heard onut the attack on error -- innocent arab people, women and children. wecome from a peop

after an israeli airstrike hits two targets in gaza. overnight in the early hours of the month of this morning some more rockets have been launched towards israel from the gaza strip by smaller groups not by hamas but hamas has influence over all of the groups here in gaza but two smaller groups launching those rockets hamas hamas leadership has called for another uprising a third intifada and while there have been protests in gaza as another one coming my way shortly there have been huge they have been intensive but they do echo of frustration and anger. and a sadness felt really by many palestinians here over what is happening in jerusalem . ok burning to the moment you keep us posted i'm sure in the meantime thanks very much. donald trump's to clear the worst wildfires in california history to be a federal emergency of the u.s. president and his order will not allow additional government resources to help rebuild homes which have been raised six wildfires continue to sweep across the southern part of california two hundred thousand p

we've seen today and yesterday in the occupied west bank and in the gaza strip the protests have been noisy they've been loud they've been largely peaceful have been occasionally palestinian flags unfurled or other banners unfurled at which point police security forces would move in and separate out some of those that they wanted to target this was the most kind of general clash where pretty much everyone who was on the steps protesting became involved objects were thrown and so on so it does show that even with what we've been reporting so far that a student. has been relatively peaceful in the two days since this announcement from donald trump emotions are very high here and it doesn't take much to kick things off all right harry many thanks did hire a force there live in occupied east jerusalem a second now to work because al-jazeera has been at smith is there scuffles earlier . but after we were talking a couple of hours ago and it was relatively quiet at that point what's happened since. well you know i mean the difference from where i am mr peabody jerusalem is that here there's

well the leader of hamas on thursday called for a million man march in gaza this is solid team st it stretches forty five kilometers from the north to the south that is essentially the spine of the gaza strip and their call was for everyone in their towns and villages just to gather on saladin street to assure their anger at the decision of the united states to declare jerusalem the capital of israel and they believe that once it was looked at its entirety it would sure that the people of gaza were very much opposed to what the united states was doing now here in gaza what we're seeing is factions political parties movements which for years have been divided on some key issues are all together here in the crowd and not only that on the stage behind me the leaders of those parties factions in movements have linked arms and are standing together to show solidarity on this mean issue there's no one in this crowd here believes that by coming out onto the streets donald trump if he sees it on t.v. will suddenly decide to reverse is the session this is aimed outside the borders this is abo

barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program palestinians in gaza mourn the man shot by israeli soldiers during a protest over u.s. too gruesome policy zimbabwe look ahead to elections in two thousand the and a teen after a turbulent year that saw a long time leader robert mugabe forced from power and the record breaking cold snap in the u.s. that is so bad that sharks are freezing today. thank you for joining us let's begin in iran where the government is calling on people not to take part in what it says are illegal gatherings as protests driven by anger over the color may gain momentum on saturday student demonstrators turned their anger towards iran's foreign policy meanwhile i knew a pro-government rallies have been taking place across the country peter sharp has the latest. third day in a row they were out on the streets to government protesters most of them students fighting with riot police outside terror and university but what began as a protest about rising food prices and welfare benefit cuts turned political on saturday they chanted not

even your money in gaza but you can have your life. adding to the strife is the u.s. recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel. here in this community center christians are holding a vigil in solidarity for jerusalem as palestine's capital the feeling among christian communities very much the same as it is among the muslim majority everyone we've spoken to see here is it off position to the u.s. move and they say it only adds to the frustrations of life here. there are many muslims here too the communities carry exist. it's a somber runs the center he says they do everything they can to try and provide support for young people. to do what they need to do what they must do in their lives as the younger you can do what your can see a lot of them who want to leave and i know that you believe this is more secure more comfortable for them to come for sure many young people here say they like gaza just that on the seat there are no opportunities here almost anyone who can leave and so this small christian community is getting smaller

in some stone throwing in israeli forces around the perimeter fence that runs around gaza also in gaza we've had hamas a senior political leader. speaking and he spoke yesterday condemning the expectation that trump was going to say recognize israel jerusalem as the capital of israel he's been responding to that and today he's criticized on the palestinian authority for playing along with the what he says playing along with the oslo peace process he says it's now effectively dead after almost twenty five years of on off talks between the israelis and the palestinians he says the israelis should now stop says the palestinians should now stop security cooperation with the israelis they should stop sharing security information with the israelis is call for a third uprising a third intifada doesn't necessarily mean a violent uprising but it means a policy to an uprising against israel's occupation of the west bank and it's an circumvents of the gaza strip and he said. he says yes this is effectively an end to the also agreement days of what he had to say earlier on today. who acted on yom

burma smith who's in gaza but of course this comes at a time of renewed tensions. yeah tens of thousands of people here in exile are bracing this i'm a senior leadership of been appearing on a stage just in front of a giant poster with a picture of jerusalem and underneath it says all codes is the capital of palestine because all this week in the week that donald trump said in a week since dawn from recognized as the capital of israel hamas his leadership has been reminding palestinians that he was always opposed to the all slow accords those accords between the palestinian liberation organization and israel that led to the setting up of the palestinian authority has been remember reminding people it was against them and it's it has been critical of backing that abbas the palestinian president and the p.a. leadership. blaming them for allowing the situation to get this far also it's worth pointing out that this is the only place in the palestinian territories where hamas is able to hold a rally of this side of this size overnight in the occupied west bank there wer

malcolm webb al-jazeera in gaza. and we're doing a special program on the tensions over the status of jerusalem this christmas eve watch the holy land at twenty one thirty hours g.m.t. sunday here on al-jazeera. plus more still to come for you here on this challenge living among them bob we've got the new president we speak to people about their hopes and fears for the future. hello and welcome back across more northern parts of europe we're seeing a return to milder weather conditions temperatures double figures are getting close to as far as the might some temperatures are concerned but still some snow across more eastern areas now much of central and southern europe is sitting under a big area of high pressure so weather conditions are likely to remain quite fine for the most part and a lot of relatively mild weather continues in a snow as well across more eastern areas during the course of monday as we come south as well looking fine across italy down into greece with highs of fifteen expected in athens on the ot

one dead, and many wounded, across gaza and the west bank. that's the land palestinians want for a state, with a capital in east jerusalem. this is our land. palestinian, all palestinian is our land. mr trump, you are wrong. most israelis are delighted president trump has accepted their reality. he said, "we are steadfast here, eternally here since ancient times. "this city was given tojews 3000 years ago. "we are the continuation and the us has recognised that". but the golden dome behind him is part of the third holiest place in the world for muslims. and a few hundred yards away, several thousand palestinians were going home after the noon prayer. the reality of this city is that many palestinians live here. life can be hard for them. saleh‘s home has been demolished twice this year by the israeli authorities. they give palestinians very few building permits, while constructing thousands of homes for the jews. i born in this land, and my father and my grandfather. and i will die in this place. i will not leave it, not for israel, not for

and twenty five others were exiled to gaza and here he state. i will never forget five months ago when my mother died and her dream was to see my little kid my wife and daughter she didn't have the opportunity to see them my father my cousins my clan are all eager to see me but they can't get pictures through social media but that isn't enough while we're talking is joined by two others who were sent to live in gaza with no prospect of return. i still remember when we were kids in bethlehem we would go and join our christian friends and wish them a merry christmas we'd go to manger square and see the christmas tree and with all its decorations and lights. khalid's daughter doll is fourteen she was born in gaza she goes to school here but she thinks of bethlehem as home. and. then for me is my hometown the home of my father my family and of civilizations as well as. khaled salaam has spent time in israeli jails they call him a militant a criminal but he still believes one day he will return home. one of my cousins was given a double life sentence

iraq at five from gaza trinkets panic in southern israel the israelis respond i found a ring on hamas posts. hello i'm sue chance and this is al jazeera live from london also coming up nine people are killed in an attack on a coptic christian change in egypt a president under pressure supreme court ruling spells more bad news for south africa's jacob zuma and apple issues a rare apology for slowing down old i phones as the number of lawsuits. israeli tanks and aircraft have fired on targets in gaza in retaliation to rockets being fired into israel the israeli army says its aerial defense system intercepted two rockets launched from the gaza strip it caused panic among civilians on the ground in israel a third rocket hit a building in the south causing damage but no casualties the unrest comes as hundreds of palestinians across the occupied west bank took part in protests for the fourth friday in a row there are great u.s. president donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel malcolm webb has more from gaza. the edge of gaza city is just a couple of hundred

reporter: in just two years, according to the united nations, the gaza strip will be unlivable. among many daily hardships, palestinians here are facing an unprecedented electricity crisis. to keep its business running, one shop owner has no choice but to spend the equivalent of an average monthly salary. >> i pay the electricity company, our neighbor's generator, and our generation. since the morning, i came here and i have not earned enough to eat. a unity deal announced in cairo last month was supposed to end a decade of divisions between the rival palestinian factions. family is split. he is a member of fatah. who is withother, hamas, had high hopes for reconciliation before the handover of power was delayed. >> we were surprised by the cowardly statement of the government. the depression started to set in, and it was as if the optimism we had disappeared completely. the decade-long israeli blockade means residents are often trapped in gaza, even in urgent medical cases. one is suffering from a rare neuromuscular disorder. as is the case for around half of all palestinians,

israel's armed forces target gaza in response to several rockets launched against. the. two calls to them hundreds of injured as a day of rage is declared in the region. plus a major breakthrough is reached in the break that talks as both sides agree to move to the next stage though senior officials warn that things will only get tougher. broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our to international thomas certainly glad to have you with us we start with breaking news this hour israeli jets have hit palestinian militant targets in the gaza strip in response to rocket attacks that's according to the israeli defense forces palestinian medics report at least twenty five injured i twenty four news correspondent shy ben ari is in gaza for us. we have witnessed that idea of response hitting targets inside the gaza strip just behind me here on the horizon we could see very large explosions this in response to earlier projectile fired towards israel with one rocket actually being intercepted by israel's missile defense battery i would go over the city of stare at tha

life is very difficult in gaza we live under siege and we cannot move anywhere gaza has become a big prison we've witnessed many was during the bombing we had to sleep in the church for safety the the story of rosettes family is typical among has a small community of christians because they're in just three churches congregations are shrinking. their populations just over a thousand it was more than double that ten years ago when the blockade by israel in egypt began they suffer the same daily struggles as the muslim majority sociologists a christian families tend to have more means to get out of family. usually . are you. look lovely. and i think the more the human being has options and the more has money and you look to the to the to the life and good life and this is good life is not available in gaza even your money in gaza but you can have a life. and adding to the strife is the u.s. recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel. here in this community center christians are holding a vigil in solidarity for jerusalem as palestine's capital the feeling among christian communi

strip and the being these rallies across the gaza strip after friday prayers now the mood is much as it's been over the last couple of days it is one of anger but it's also one of sadness and deep frustration at the fact that the palestinians have not gotten anywhere in almost twenty five years of peace talks with the israelis we had a senior hamas official speaking here and in the last few minutes he did call for an on to confrontation across the palestinian territories so that sums up movement of hamas which remains was handed over control politically of gaza to the palestinian authority it remains a very powerful and dominant force here and so those hamas officials trying to build on that deep frustration is felt here it's hard for palestinians here to protest directly against israelis if you like the opportunities for direct confrontation. with israeli security forces are less than they would be in the occupied west bank but nevertheless i might see this afternoon as we saw yesterday some palestinians trying to approach border fences between gaza and israel there was stone throwi

even your money in gaza but you can have your life. adding to the strife is the u.s. recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel. here in this community center christians are holding a vigil in solidarity for jerusalem as palestine's capital the feeling among christian communities very much the same as it is among the muslim majority everyone we've spoken to see here is it off position to the u.s. move and they say it only adds to the frustrations of life here. there are many muslims here too the communities carry exist. it's a somber runs the center he says they do everything they can to try and provide support for young people. doing what they need to do what they must do in their lives as young and do what you can see a lot of them who want to leave and i know that you believe this is more secure more comfortable for them to come for sure many young people here say they like gaza just that on the seat there are no opportunities here. almost anyone who can leave and so this small christian community is getting smaller well for

earlier in the day they chanted not gaza not lebanon my life whereon i hear. you don't be afraid we're standing strong together. expression of anger about claims that government is focusing more on regional issues the economic problems at home. people ringing in t.v. showed a display of strength by crowds of pro-government supporters in cities nationwide tens of thousands of people on the streets chanting death to america down with israel in support iran's supreme leader ali khamenei at or that people have protested against inflation other problems but that does not show that our people have turned on each other or are against the ruling system and their leadership. the pro-government rallies were pre-planned to mark the anniversary of the end of the unrest that shook the country in two thousand and nine unrest in iran prompted several tweets from the u.s. president on saturday warning oppressive regimes to offer evidence in all but many reports of peaceful protests bahraini and citizens fed up with the regime's corruption and squandering of the nation's wealt

well as you said the rain started with a couple of street rallies in gaza city the edge of the cities just a couple hundred meters over there and after those valleys many demonstrators came here to the border i'm going to stand aside and get the cameraman to zoom in a bit so we can see what's going on just now there's been a few hundred people at this spot on the border it's one of five spots where people have been demonstrating today trying to get as close to the fence that surrounds gaza the fence in the room that surrounds go to try to get as close as possible to plant flags and throw stones and light fires setting fire to tires and so on and the israeli army as it has done for the last month responded with tear gas and some shooting the ministry of health says forty people have been injured and taken to hospital. there's a steady flow of ambulances all day long there's still a couple of ambulances here now. ago there was a fairly heavy volley of tear gas came quite close to where we're standing. looks like now that it's getting dark the israeli military wants to clear the remainin

deadly clashes in gaza as palestine's president warns that the united states can no longer be relied upon as an honest mediator. oh i maryam namazie you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up the main powers backing syria's warring sides push for another round of talks to end six years of civil war. the united nations imposes tough new sanctions on north korea in response to its latest ballistic missile test. the warring parties in south sudan signed a cease fire deal allowing humanitarian access to civilians. welcome to the program out top story this hour palestine's president says he will no longer accept the united states as mediator in the middle east peace process saying it cannot be relied upon to play an honest role mahmoud abbas made the comments during a meeting with the french president emanuel in paris in which he called for europe to take the initiative in peace efforts it comes a day after the united nations adopted a resolution rejecting u.s. president donald trump's decision do you actually recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel as the reports fro

gaza and clashes with the police in the city of bethlehem well let's go live now to gaza and local journalist who do they follow their hand so how tense is it where you are. well palestinians in the in gaza strip and the west bank complete protesting for the first fourth day after trumps decision on recognizing jerusalem as the state of israel i'm not i'm not here as east borders and there are clashes happening between protesters and the israelis we can see here dear got us bombs and live bullets and so far there is one injury by tearing gossip bombs and there is another i would like to add that there is a russian correspondent that was injured and effected by god's bombs from read the ham and earlier today there were a lot of protests and demonstrations from students in universities against wrong decisions and they were chanting slogans refusing trumps decision on recognizing jerusalem as a state of israel palestinians in gaza and the west bank are very angry i think that things are actually escalating now you can see behind me a lot of protestors and there are lot of protesters. confrontati