Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240714

Has begun to restore Internet Access to mobile phones allowing people to finally see what happened during that military crackdown last month services were caught after more than 100. 00 people were killed by Government Forces during a peaceful sit in. National assembly went into lockdown on tuesday after shots were fired during fighting between police and a group of shia muslim protesters demonstrators say 2 people were shot by police when they tried to enter the Assembly Building the Islamic Movement of nigeria has protested regularly outside parliament are calling for the release of their leader whos been in detention since 2015. And its been 2 years since i saw fighters were pushed out from mosul more than a rot that is born but construction remains slow as the countrys allies u. S. And iran and gauging their own battle of sanctions. Reconstruction could take up and up to a decade rather as osama bench of a reports. This is the old city of mosul but due years after isis defeat iraqs victory has not still meant the restoration of life as it was before the war much of the city remains in ruins more than 300000 people are still displaced a mix of sectarian division unemployment and security concerns linger on. The main threat and danger remains the neglect of reconstruction in mosul the displaced are still living in limbo all these issues have not been given serious enough attention by the Iraqi Government. The Iraqi Government says its doing all it can and asking International Partners to help rebuild the city agencies estimate it could take tens of millions of dollars in 10 years just to remove mines and explosives. The capital of isis self declared caliphate in iraq and its leader. Only public appearance from the city. It was a tough fight in an urban terrain and posed a challenge to the iraqi army which had earlier to treat it from mosul but iraqs Security Forces had 2 important allies a u. S. Led coalition and iran backed shia militias and back then the United States acknowledged their efforts right now there they had a great role in liberating iraq what is their next role i dont know without thats a decision for the government of iraq it was an uneasy convergence with so on enemies fighting on the same side against a common target when we should can more and it is obvious that iran and the us are enemies by iraq managed to bring them closer in the fight against eisold there was a marriage of convenience between iran and the us back then given the fact there was no direct contact between the 2 sides in the battle of mosul and the current escalation between the 2 countries i think it is quite difficult for both sides to cooperate or have their entrusts crossed paths. Since then the us and iran have designated each other as militarys as terrorists escalating tensions has come. The region on edge including iraq which has offered to find Common Ground between washington and tehran the government in baghdad and the people of mosul need help to rebuild what was destroyed in the war and many here see that cannot happen unless all parties who had a role in inflicting the damage take responsibility for the reconstruction most people in mosul are living one day at a time with a lack of basic services and jobs a bleak future prospects analysts believe that winning the war against isis was probably the easy part the real challenge is maintaining the peace in the long run solomon. Back that qatar and United States have agreed on multibillion dollar deals including a new Missile Defense system cargo aircraft jet engines an investment in a u. S. Petro Chemical Plant announcement was made as donald trump welcome the america tart to the white house donald trump had warm words for shake it off like a couple years ago diplomatic editor james space has more from washington d. C. Raytheon what a difference 2 years makes in front of the emyr of catarrh and President Trump trade and defense agreements between the 2 countries was signed said to total billions of dollars but these long term allies didnt look so friendly and 2017 just weeks after President Trump made his 1st foreign trip to saudi arabia that country the United Arab Emirates egypt and bahrain launched a land and sea blockade of cast the suspicion was that some around President Trump had given this the green light the president himself was talking tough stop funding stop teaching hate and stop the killing for guitar we want you back among. The unity of responsible nations today its all very different like its a great honor to be with the emir of qatar a highly respected man a real leader in a large part of the world in a very important part of the world as you mentioned we enjoy a very great relationship between qatar and the benefit of america were doing a lot together so whats changed the Energy Aviation and defense they all signed here at the white house a part of it President Trump sees every relationship between the u. S. And other countries in transactional terms what is the profit and loss on the Balance Sheet but its also about the missteps that are being made by the countries that continue to blockade catarrh. Saudi in the u. A. E. Or bogged down in a war in yemen and their military operations there continue to cause the death of civilians the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi is believed by many human rights experts including a un special rapporteur to have been a planned execution conducted by the saudi state and the reputation of egypts president sisi continues to be tarnished by his countrys repression and human rights abuses the u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei o is well aware as tensions rise with iran that cattle has a pivotal role hosting the biggest u. S. Airbase in the region doha is also the venue where american diplomats and the taliban are talking no breakthrough yet but it is the Diplomatic Initiative thats made the most progress towards ending the longest war in u. S. History james pays out 0 washington. The United States is calling on turkey to stop drilling for oil and gas around cyprus. The state Department Says the turks are being provocative by sending 2 ships to explore off the coast of the politically Divided Island the u. S. Says Energy Resources should be equally shared between turkey which controls the northern part of cyprus and the great secret administration in the south this president has ramped up his twitter attacks on the British Ambassador as well as outgoing Prime Minister theresa may on tuesday trump called mays handling of bricks it foolish and said the british envoy kim derek is a very stupid guy but the case foreign secretary a setback calling trumps comments disrespectful alan fischer reports. President friends it was a high profile jennifer qatars amir she brought together political and Business Leaders as well as washingtons top diplomats press missing the uki ambassador disinvited by the white house after the publication of leaked memos sharply critical of President Donald Trump a career diplomat has been the u. K. s man in washington says 2016 part of his job is to follow reports back to london its been revealed he described the Trump White House as uniquely dysfunctional clumsy and inept he described u. S. Policy on iran as incoherent chaotic and his summary we dont really believe this administration is going to become substantially more normal less dysfunctional less unpredictable i work for the state department for many years and we were always encouraged to be direct and frank with what our superiors here in washington about our interactions with government officials with whom leaked out so technically he did not do anything wrong but politically it probably would have been wise to be extremely cautious donald trump has said he will no longer deal with the ambassador and then a series of tweets on tuesday said the wacky ambassador that the u. K. Forced it upon the United States is not someone we are thrilled with a very stupid guy i dont know the ambassador but have been told he is a pompous fool came down and could have expected to move on from his position in the near future and its unlikely hes the only foreign diplomat sending back stock assessments of the u. S. Administration but if a new u. K. Prime minister was to decide he had to go because of Donald Trumps anger theres a what that would create a dangerous precedent of foreign leaders being able to veto countries ambassadors theres a lot of history here theres a lot of shared interests and values. This this is a relationship that can withstand you know an awkward period of time. Over these cables. Just last month donald trump enjoyed a state visit to the u. T. And talked of the historic and deep links between the 2 countries this diplomatic spat has undoubtedly damage to his links alan fischer washington. Taking a flight from france is about to become more expensive starting next year the government will impose a tax on tickets to combat aircraft pollution revenue raises to be spent on more environmentally friendly transport such as electric trains or talk about where has more from paris. Flying out of france will become more expensive for air passengers from next year the new eco tax is part of the french governments environment policy ended fighting Climate Change now. France is committed toward europe is putting forward on taxing air travel there is increasing awareness and things are beginning to move but this is urgent like other countries we have decided to put in place an acre tax on air transport on all flights departing from france the tax will only apply to Outgoing Flights not to those flying into france or transiting fares will increase by 2. 00 for an Economy Class ticket within the European Union Business Class flights outside the you could cost an extra 20. 00 the paris is all the airport the response to the tax was mixed posable depreciation is good in principle i suppose but how can we be sure where the money will go a lot its really thick and on to take for granted nice to you but specific goodness of biofuel its always the ordinary people that pay and companies should take more responsibility for the state of the promise climate campaigners say that the Aviation Industry is responsible for nearly 5 percent of Global Carbon emissions the french government says a venue eco tax will raise grow 200000000. 00 a year money they say that they will spend on less polluting modes of transport such as rail the eco tax has already proved unpopular with some investors shares in air france fell after the announcement last year french president demand or mark or scrapped plans for a similar eco tax on diesel fuel that sparked months of yellow face protests but some activists welcomed the move by france governments historically have seen aviation as a bit of a no go area intensive taxation or other measures that could help tackle emissions lets hope that at the moment theres that theres a bit more consumer readiness to accept that if we go. To tackle the climate of marriage and say were going to have to make changes in our lives and passenger numbers are expected to double in the next 2 decades the french government says the situation is urgent and that other even ations should do more to crack down on an industry which is one of the worlds biggest polluters natasha aljazeera paris going as well as president has met with the European Union representatives efforts to end the countrys political crisis ramp up the u. S. Hoping that it special envoy can help commence Nicolas Maduro to allow a free and Fair Election president maduro an Opposition Leader who has declared himself acting president have been engaged in a bitter power struggle sense january both sides have already agreed to resume crisis talks. Russian president Vladimir Putin says he will not impose sanctions on georgia despite calls from politicians he made the statement in a televised address after the Russian Parliament recommended tightening economic pressure on its neighbor its in response to a georgian journalist and sultan putin and his family on air. As for sanctions i would rather not do he has respect for the georgian people for the sake of the story. Or anything that complicated every day. Because billionaire and 2 time president ial candidate h. Ross perot has died he was 89 years old made his fortune in Computer Services and the 1990 s. He became the most successful 3rd Party Candidate sense Theodore Roosevelt in 1912 pro died after a 5 month battle with leukemia. Im Michele Carey these are the headlines right now on aljazeera the u. S. Says it wants to form a military coalition to protect the crucial shipping routes off the coast of iran and Yemen Administration blames tehran for recent attacks on oil tankers and the gulf ron has welcomed french efforts to save the 2015 nuclear deal a top diplomat is meeting with the rani and officials and later on wednesday the International Atomic Energy Agency will hold an emergency session and vienna pari has more from tehran weve heard from the Foreign Ministry spokesperson up us mousavi who says that this visit is of course the welcome one day welcome frances role in trying to save this nuclear deal but that iran has not seen any tangible commitments by the european signatories of the 2015 deal we know that the iranian president Hassan Rouhani spoke with his french counterpart on saturday evening before iran announced on sunday that it was scaling back its commitment further and they gave the European Countries another 60 days to show their commitment to the steel sudan has begun to restore Internet Access to mobile phones allowing people to finally see what happened during that military crackdown last month services were cut after more than 100. 00 people were killed by Government Forces during a peaceful sit in. The United States is calling on turkey to stop drilling for oil and gas around cyprus the state Department Says the turks are being provocative by sending 2 ships to explore off the coast of the politically Divided Island the u. S. Says Energy Resources should be shared equally between turkey which controls the northern part of cyprus and the Greek Cypriot administration in the south. President onil trump has once again used twitter to attack the u. K. s ambassador in washington and the british Prime Minister it comes days after diplomatic cables were leaked critical of trumps administration. And israels president has met with the European Union representative as efforts to and the countrys political crisis ramp up the u. S. Hoping that it special envoy can help convince Nicolas Maduro to allow a free and Fair Election president maduro an Opposition Leader was who has declared himself acting president had been engaged in a bitter power struggle since january both sides have already agreed to resume talks well keep you posted on that as are the headlines keep it here on aljazeera have another bulletin at the top of the hour in the meantime inside story is that next. To al jazeera. Problems besides the instability is corruption we listen. Who are pushing the United States and President Trump into conflict we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter which is iraq. It was declared illegal 15 years ago but israel separation wall still stands and continues to affect the lives of palestinians in the occupied west bank israel argues its protecting its security but at what cost to peace this is insight story. Hello and welcome to the program im hala my hed seen 15 years ago the International Court of justice ruled against israels separation wall it said the state cannot use the right of selfdefense to build and maintain the barrier for palestinians its a symbol of military occupation and an attempt by israel to grab more land once completed the ball will stretch through the occupied west bank and East Jerusalem as a length of over 700 kilometers its affected the lives of hundreds of thousands of palestinians and the number over illegal israeli settlements has gone up in the meantime were bringing our guests in just a moment but 1st need to abraham sets up our discussion from. The town of be in a bell and northeast of jerusalem has been living in the shadow for 15 years. Its economy was booming in the 1990 s. When the town didnt jerusalem too many cities in the occupied west bank. It looks more like a ghost town now. Says the Israeli Government ordered the building of the separation 12002 the wall has blocked the towns main road limiting access to people and products hundreds of shops have closed their doors and thousands of townspeople have left. Carpenter is one of a few who decided to keep his business open but its very different to when he entered the workshop in the year 2009. No the only carpenters there are him and his partner like the towns economy their business has been cut back. This is one of the most vivid areas and were a few meters away from an israeli Industrial Area this area was bustling with businesses and people going back and now we rely on a few customers the contrast between the 2 sides of the wall can be seen vividly here and also heard on the israeli side there is the loud noise of Construction Works on the palestinian side. As palestinians are being pushed out on their side of the wall because of land confiscation more israelis are taking advantage such as. In the north of the occupied west bank. And is really military order confiscated. Building the wall israelis build a stable on it. Palestinian fears have increased since israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced plans to annex parts of the west bank if you dont who will head the main goal in the israeli agenda is to grab more lands push more people out especially those living in East Jerusalem the wall helps israel build more settlements extending existing ones and consolidate them in the palestinian territory our own 65 percent of the israeli separation wall is complete their rest is under construction and when its finished is expected to take up to 10 percent of all land in the occupied west bank many palestinians say the main purpose of israels policy is to make life so unbearable they have no option but to leave me deborah he. The occupied west bank. Or lets bring in our panel in ramallah we have. Assistant minister for Multilateral Affairs at the palestinian Foreign Ministry in west jerusalem we have a senior fellow at pico hellat policy forum and a professor of law at bar Iran University and in beirut were joined by the professor president rather of the sensor for defending civil rights and liberties and a former reach officer for the arab region at the International Criminal court said like 6 and a welcome to all 3 of you to start this discussion this comes of course on the 15th anniversary of that just judgment from the i. C. J. If i could start with you what has changed effectively since that judgment was passed. More violations of course of International Law and International Humanitarian law has been committed in the palestinian territories by the Israeli Governments more persistence of the veto holders on a backing in these violations by blocking any efforts to issue sanctions against israel for violating over 13 years old you sharon of condemnation and criticism for its policies within the Palestinian Terrorists its clear that International Justice will not be achieved by simply establishing International Justice is the dishes systems and entities political will is a necessity in the veto system ok if i could come see you are out of the bow of what would you say this has changed in the 15 years is that judgment or unfortunately very little i think that the what the judgment was was an opportunity for the court to reject political interpretations of International Law and give a professional legal opinion particularly on the illegality of palestinian terrorism instead what the court did was it gave a free pass to Palestinian Terrorists and announced that israel had no legal right to defend its citizens from being murdered which is a prosperous conclusion unfortunately were still seeing an i. C. J. That is politicized and Palestinian Terrorist comes continue to enjoy impunity from International Law. As they would you agree with thoughts i guess you would. Certainly would on. Terrorism is certainly what we see on daily bases in our streets by the settlers illegal settlers and Colonial Army that occupies us and has been denying us our rights for so long this is the real terrorism that our people live in and out every day but in relation to earlier question in relation to the International Court we think that the legal most prestigious and important legal body in the war has defied all the law is that israel has been spreading for the International Community about security and about its right to defend itself and came forth and said that what israel is doing is basically a land grab and more land theft from the palestinians and it has to bring an end this this kind of practice yes the wall of pinon has not formulated yet in a position whereby israel is being held accountable for its violations but it will come the time where this very important advisory opinion will be implemented palestine has moved in so many fronts and legally in relation to that opinion but still the International World is absent and Holding Israel accountable at so many violations that it has been committing against our people is still a long path to walk but we will be walking that path and we will see all busy criminals before International Course being held accountable for fully very soon if i could if i could comment on that point the where there seems to be a disconnect really between whether this is a judgment that is a political judgment or a legal judgment and if there is so much faith being placed in the legal system where its uphold and he would implement this. Yes i mean the court was very clear when it came to this judgment the court has put the answers on the occupying power of the colonial Israeli Regime to implement its duties by ending the building of the war by compensating and repr it in making reparation for the palestinians for the. Damages that has been resulted from the building of this wall and to end all its illegal practices in the occupied palestinian territory the court also said and reminded the world including Israeli Occupation that the palestinians right to selfdetermination is a go on this right in which all states vested interest in implementing the court further called upon the International Community not to recognize israels illegal practices and ask them and this actually happened nobody recognizes and illegitimacy of any land grab or and its attempt to annex any Palestinian Land by israel including its illegal colonial settlement regime in the war or you can request im sorry to that you know sir and the General Assembly i margins and im sorry to cut you off but you know these these judgments are lost and these reservations are passed but they are not being implemented so my my blunt question again is what is the points of relying on these judgments if there is if there is no one to if there is no one to enforce these judgments. I mean it depends on what kind of 4 do you wish or we wish to live in these judgments have exactly the from now ca sion of what the law delineates in terms of rights and obligations and it doesnt mean the absence of application on the ground which we see now because of the sense of any kind of accountability top pocket buying power is not being implemented that does not mean that this gives israeli and the ounce of pride in the occupied palestinian that at the at the same level it does not deny the palestinians that right now when it comes to application requires as has been said by your 1st guest it requires international and i think the international will is being built towards that and with the exception of for of course the Current Us Administration but we are seeing so many movements around the world ready in which which is Holding Israel accountable at so many levels and the basis upon which this is really a. Colonial regime is being held accountable is the. Binion International Law and the basis of International Human rights and International Humanitarian law ok ill let you give you a chance to respond to that. Well very briefly theres a gap here but its not between israeli behavior and International Law its between the rhetoric of International Law and the reality of it the reality is this that the palestinians can say up is down and down is up and the General Assembly will vote yes and the i. C. J. Will say yes and there are a large group of International Institutions that dont matter what bizarre claim the palestinians make such as that they are allowed to murder israeli civilians with impunity and that a high invasion on a land is simply fair of people that is most certainly a claim that is being made that is a claim that was just made right now and that when he said that there is no terrorism that is being carried out by the palestinians by the way just a day after a Jerusalem District court held the Palestinian Authority for terrorist attacks that murdered hundreds of israeli civilians in the years before that barrier was was created so as long as the palestinians keep trying to turn upside down International Law and disobey ng it theyre not going to get any results israel has the theres a very Strong Political current in israel to abate International Law but when there are International Institutions that use International Rhetoric International Law rhetoric in an upside down fashion which they pronounced down up and up down there is less and less respect not only in israel but around the world for these International Institutions theres less respect for International Law and theres certainly much less chance of reconciliation instead of telling themselves instead of palestinians tell it telling themselves that they have the right to do anything that they want to do that they can murder anyone that they want they can claim anything that they want and if instead they start actually listening to what International Law requires and start thinking that if these are really rules they have to apply universally then we might get somewhere but they insert national law as it stands says that you cannot it doesnt say you cannot build. Barrier but you cannot build a barrier on occupied lands which would you agree with thats no there is no such International Rule and there is a reason that the court deliberately avoided giving any of its statements in general rules that apply elsewhere so when it said for example that israel has no right to defend itself against palestinian terrorism it didnt claim that it could apply this rule universally and in fact there is no other place in the world since the pinion were anyone has used that judicial opinion to say oh a country does not have a general right to protect itself against terrorism nor have frankly has there been any case where a court has ruled that a country does not have a right to protect itself against terrorism by building a barrier none of these are universal rules all of them are rules the risp aciphex lee made up in distortion of International Law against israel and thats why you dont see them of being applied anywhere else the other show how the end beiruts why is it that israel cannot build a wall to defend itself under International Law the decision of the i. C. C. Was very clear clear on this matter they said that is they could not rely on the right of selfdefense whether against socalled terrorists and or any acts of aggression. To justify the barrier not only because the barrier is built on occupied territories but also because of the barrier violated the International Law when by violating the sense that any nation of the Palestinian People but weve just heard i know theres a predicate though im sorry weve just heard from avi bell but thats not the case there is there is no precedence according to a bell in west jerusalem for not being able to build on occupied land while the combat is not the. It is a precedent to build a barrier on occupied chariot as the president is in palestine in that ok by palestine when we compare this upper tide war with our other countries the main difference is that is being built on non suffering territorys of the state that has built its actually one of the it is very interesting. To come in they sense on how to exit q this decision was reflected by one of the pro a palestinian cause no menfolk and stein who called for the massive aliens and by this time to go and cheer down the walls by themselves because this woods only produce crimes against humanity if the Israeli Government was to block such an action we havent seen this unfortunately i i hope this would happen one day maybe in the next generation or care about you were trying to come in there to what was it you were trying to respond to or i was simply trying to give an example of barriers built in occupied territories nonsovereign territories morocco has has a barrier and Western Sahara which it has been illegally occupying since 1974 there are barriers in other disputed and occupied territories throughout the world including in cyprus and in armenia and elsewhere that the only way to sustain the claim that israel is violating International Law here is by pretending that there is no other law anywhere else in the world that everywhere else has an entirely different rule and theres one rule that applies to the jewish state and another rule that applies to everyone else in the world and that frankly is not law thats politics. Im on his own see what would you say its about that this isnt a legal issue this is a political one. Well if you take the same rhetoric that has been used by all war criminals and those who cannot violations of International Law its almost exactly the same what we heard just now from your guest from israel the reality is that the court has looked at the whole situation the context of the situation and what is really the occupying power the colonial occupying power in palestine has been doing all along and it found out that israel has had the appetite of annex in parts of the occupied palestinian territory including relating to is jerusalem and this is why the court has specifically said including in East Jerusalem the wall building is illegal and the court has found that the route of the wall is meant to in compas this appetite which is meant to annex and steal and put its hand or no more Palestinian Land so the colonial attent by israel to grapple the senior land is what has been very obvious busy before the court yes there has been cases where other wars as been built