Secretary of state, home pay or has visited the occupied Golan Heights disputed area, an expired israel in 1901, in a move not internationally recognized the area is to claim by syria. I also became the 1st american secretary of state to visit a jewish settlement in the occupied west bank. Germanys Public HealthInstitution Says the national right of corona virus infections is still too high. But case numbers have stabilized indicating that the latest restrictions introduced at the start of november. I have in a positive impact just bought is the head of the robert culp institute has warned that a situation remains serious. This is d w. News from berlin. You can follow us on twitter and instagram over is a t w dot com in one of his last acts as u. S. Secretary of state mike pump a. O. Today made history as he became the 1st secretary of state to visit and israeli Settlement Land palestinians say it was stolen from them, the symbolism was strong, but was there more in 2 months from peo and his boss, president , trump, will both belong to americas political past. And yet what we witnessed today could have been a rehearsal, but for who a future president ial candidate named mike pompei. Oh, or did we just see a repeat performance by a candidate named donald trump . Im pretty often berlin. This is the day for the proposition america stands with this road like never before. Thanks to president. And he was rushed to the world cup the sympathy to the deal, even if pumpin from mitch mcconnell, Lindsey Graham come here. This land will remain palestinian is a great piece of the ice where hes looking at the head of his blanket israel, the database. Well, we hope that this new administrator will but that bit of all the steps that they can. But the world also coming up at last month 8000 african migrants arrived on the shores of Spains Canary islands. They had made it to europe, but not the europe. Many had dreamed of it donna has got to get it. Im disappointed with spain and with europe, and this is shameful. A lot of politicians and representatives have come here recently, but we have no clue what the governments strategy is to deal with the migration crisis on the Canary Islands. And to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and to all of you around the world. Welcome, we begin the day with the u. S. Secretary of states in the middle east on a mission, but Whose Mission today might pump aoe did what . None of his predecessors dared or even wanted to do. He stepped foot on to an israeli Settlement Land the International Community considers illegally occupied land, palestinians say belongs to them. Like pump ayos boss, president trump. Todays visit was provocative and in your face moment for palestinians. Donald trump began his presidency by swearing allegiance to americas pro. Israel policy were precisely the policy of israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. Palestinians have never been included in any trump negotiations or decisions regarding the middle east. But donald Trump Leaves Office in january and that leaves little time for more than last minute legacy building. If that was indeed the purpose of pump a a visit, could todays embrace of israel be part of Donald Trumps planned 2024 political resurrection . Or could today have been a casting call for a future u. S. President ial candidate named mike its a 1st for israeli american relations. And a parting gift from americas outgoing top diplomat. Mike pump a was a visit to the Golan Heights, makes him the 1st u. S. Secretary of state to visit the disputed territory. Since israel sees the region in 1967, the United Nations may have projected the annexation. But for pump a 0 and the Trump Administration. This is israeli land you queue cant stand here and stare out at whats across the border. And tonight, the central thing, the president prep recognized that previous president s had refused to do. This is a part of israel, a central part of israel, in another, unprecedented move pump a 0. Made a stop to an israeli settlement in the west bank angering some palestinians who see legitimizes what they view as illegal israeli settlements. The secretary of state had no scheduled meetings with palestinian leaders. Some have called the trip a victory lap of sorts, a chance for the trumpet, ministration to highlight what it sees as its diplomatic success in the region. Including taking steps to legitimize israeli settlements. There for a long time, the state Department Took the wrong view of settlements. It took a view that didnt recognize the history of the special place. And instead now today in that States Department of state stand strongly to the recognition that settlements can be done in a way that are lawful and appropriate and proper a stance that puts the us at odds with Many International bodies. And that could prove to be a stumbling block for incoming president elect joe biden. And for more, im joined tonight by a respected voice in the geopolitics of the middle east trip parsis, an Award Winning author who has written several books on u. S. Foreign policy in the region. Hes also executive Vice President , the Quincy Institute for responsible state for it straight. Its good to have you back on the date. Lets look at what mr. Pompei, you did today. A visit to the occupied Golan Heights and then a visit to an israeli settlement in the occupied west bank. What was pumping trying to do today . Well, we can only speculate, and i think your reporting has all already suggested that this could very much be part of desire by on payola to boost his own bid for 2024 and maybe to be able to boost trumps 2nd bid. All of those things are valid speculations in my view, but we should not be forgetting though, is that regardless of their intent, this is going to have a real and frankly devastating consequences for the region as well as for u. S. Security because these are measures that is locking in the United States in a posture in the middle east that makes it increasingly stuck and increasingly complicit in the illegal activities of some of its allies. And this is alternately bad for the region and ultimately about for the United States as well. Regardless of the intent or the political motivation of it, which is take a listen to what the secretary of state said today about iran. Indeed, the commitment we made there in clear commitment weve made to the jewish state, will continue. It was come confident after our conversation this morning, we talked about how we can protect americans and israelis in the region from the regime in tehran. You talked about this, they remain, we should not take for granted. They remain the foremost they sponsor of terrorism in all world. And israels provided outstanding support to our pressure campaign, which we have no intention of relaxing. So try to help us pump a u. S. Message square with president elect joe bidens intention to try to revive the Iran Nuclear Deal. Well, tom pay was doing absolutely everything he can to make sure that by that his options are as limited as possible and that it does not lead to him being able to return to the way or in other any other measure. And i think this is really critical, this is also what he is trying to do when it comes to moving the embassy to jerusalem. Recognizing these settlements, making these visits because theyre counting on the idea that biden simply does not have enough political courage to reverse some of these policies. Policies that he himself deem to be devastating for u. S. National security, but that he doesnt have what it takes to make sure that theres a push back against that. Unfortunately by calculation may be proved true because when we take a look at whats been happening on the u. S. Israel front and the treatment of settlements, there has been a gradual acceptance of illegal settlements at something that the u. S. At 1st objected to later on. It as an obstacle to peace later on became more neutral towards to what we have right now. A complete embrace of illegal settlements and violation of International Law. And i think in some ways to go at and trump in the stray. She may have gone too far to me have pushed it so far that biden may have no choice to, but really push back, even though he will like you pay a political price for doing so. What would you think is possible that joe biden could stay the course when it comes to accept the israeli settlements, but really try to do a 180 with the policy on the Iran Nuclear Deal and try to revive that deal. Could. I mean, could he have both of these things happening at the same time . He could end up like you whats going to happen because the political cost of reversing the policies on israel are going to be hired and trying to go back into the nuclear deal. I mean, we should not forget that democratic platform explicitly says that a democratic president should be going back into the nuclear deal and beyond that also negotiate further having additionally, goshi actions with iraq. There is no such language in terms of settlements, for instance. So i think the political price will be lower on the iranian front. But i think whats really important to keep in mind here is that democratic president s, all too often have ended up accepting the limitations and the framework that previous republican president s have imposed on them. We saw that as well, many came to the Obama Administration that would a lot of the legacies of the bush administration. And the question is, is there enough political will to really actually have to do that. And biden, define his framework himself and define whatever limitations he has himself, instead of letting him be defined by a president , trump, or secretary of from fail. You know, apropos definition in defining pump a, you attempted to expand the definition of antisemitism today. Take a listen to what he said. Today, i want to make one announcement with respect to a decision by the state department that we will regard the global, any israel b. D. S. Campaign as anti semitic. And other, some simple to you, mr. Prime minister. Since it seems like a statement of fact, but i want, you know, that we will immediately take steps to identify organizations that engage in hateful b. D. S. Gondor can withdraw our u. S. Government support. Now today hes also talking about people who want to boycott israel. Not necessarily because their entire lives, but hes saying he wants to consider them as incisive minds. Is that going to have any legal leg to stand on in the United States . Its likely going to be challenged by a. C. L. U. And a lot of other were going to zation this because this is a freedom of speech issue. I mean, on the one hand pump you know, is imposing crippling sanctions on iran. They have been devastating for ordinary people, limited their access to medicine in the midst of a pandemic. And on the other hand, hes trying to say that even if individuals on their own voluntary basis decide that they dont want to buy oranges from israel, then that suddenly because it turns a mans antisemite. So theres going to be a massive legal challenges to this. Im confident of what i think more than anything this shows is that you are now at one an administration that is just an ingredient to whatever Bibi Netanyahu is telling them that they should be doing. Because this is just a wish list of everything. Bibi netanyahu has ever wanted and i think theres very few people anywhere. The truly believe that netanyahu is objective, has been peace. And if the United States then is aligning itself or whatever netanyahu wants, and its not wanting peace. While that creates a major problem for the United States and the region, its already been bad enough as it is, but its going to get even worse going forward. I suspect. What could this be a tramp that the pump a or the Trump Administration is laying for democrats that are about to take power because they can say then if youre boycotting israel the, youre an antisemite and thats going to play well with evangelical christians. For example, in the United States. Absolutely, i mean, part of the plan here is very much to try to make sure that republicans are seen as the pro israel party in the United States. And netanyahu has long given up on the idea that his close allies in the United States would be damn merican, jewish community. The American JewishCommunity Overwhelmingly votes for democrats. They are overwhelmingly opposed to dollar trump. Theyre overwhelmingly in support of the Iran Nuclear Deal, and theyre very, very skeptical if not opposed to settlements. So those are not his allies. His, allies are m. , angelical christians, who actually have a theological affinity with israel. One that is somewhat strange at the end of the day because they envision that israel needs to get strong in order for christ to return. But at that moment, anyone who is not a christian or does not converting to christianity will be killed. But that is actually a very strong motivating factor for people like him feel who is embedded jellicoe, and has been talking about these things quite a lot, at least prior to becoming secretary of state. So let me just says the more time, what do you think than weve so happening today was this early campaigning by pump a 0 for president in 2024 or was he doing Campaign Work for trumps flight to return to the white house in 2024 . I suspect this has more to do with himself than with trump. I think this has very much to do with the fact that he wants to be the contender for the republican nomination in 2024. He has always had an eye on it, and his main competitors are going to be people like nikki haley and others who also have a tendency of aligning themselves with netanyahu. So i think this is an effort by him to give himself a leg up to be that he doth competition that devastation for us master security. And the region as a whole is not even a 2nd concern. I dont think its a concern at all. Unfortunately, try to parse executive Vice President the Quincy Institute for responsible state craft for his always good talking with you. We appreciate your insights. Thank you. Well this week the Palestinian Authority said it will resume its Security Cooperation with israel and that cooperation ended 6 months ago. In protest against israels plans to annex large parts of the west Bank Palestinians say settlements would undermine any possibility of establishing a palestinian state. Israel claims historical and religious rights to the west bank as the ancestral land of the jewish people. Some say the palestinian decision to resume Security Cooperation with israel is in part a response to joe bidens election victory in the u. S. All right, let me pull in now. Baker. He is a palestinian analyst based here in berlin. He is a former Communications Advisor to the palestinian minister for Jerusalem Affairs are his good to see you again. Pump a met with no palestinians today. And he said israel has shown how israeli settlements can be done. Legally. Your take. I bet its nice to speak with you again, but stop acting like a secretary of state populace acting like a pompous jackass who staggered to fix tree, right . Wave of the republican party. Hes breaking every norm rule. Every regulation of International Law and meeting with it go into it is really sort of what this, matt is. All of these take it seriously is that he is dangerous, but his thoughts are so bridge are so off the cuff wrong, that no one in the mainstream will accept it. Let me ask you about what the palestinians are thinking, the decision to revive cooperation with israelis. Is that because they have high hopes in president joe biden, middle east policies and his israel policy. I mean, we have, we have to look at this from 2 things. 1st of all the Palestinian Authority of Mahmoud Abbas is a spent force does not have any religion in the city more, not among the palestinian people. The only power to have has to somehow pay salaries to the people the fastest joe biden was elected president of the United States to, for a reason deal by the progressive wing of the party. And id like to give a shout out to stacy abrams what she did in georgia. The interesting thing is that for the 1st time, these progressives are not afraid to work for u. S. National interests. And that means challenging the israel, the right to israel, so occupied palestine. And they have proven that this is not all the elect electoral suicide that they have won by being able to say we are no longer supporting the israeli occupation, we can set forth and then continue to get elected under fortunately, the Palestinian Authority is, as i suspect, force of the p. L. O. Or some joint think among the palestinian people. And thats why i think it needs to move towards a completely against the Security Cooperation. I find it useless to me. Is joe biden, who you should eat when he wants to talk with the palestinians . First of all, i mean what joe biden can do is theres quite a few things that joe biden could make very easy, very great changes, which he can do, which will strive towards, shall we say, to correcting all of the wrongs committed by the trumpet. But a straight news in the last 101st version. Well, of course hes going to call the whole the past because hes there. And this doesnt mean that this is going to happen. Im talking about the 1st 100 days. Of course we should call the hold off. But he needs to immediately, if he can re in tonight the public to honor what you have f. T. P. You have asked me anyway to support well carol, for the United States to come back to that, to reopen the p. L. O. Embassy. See, its not a Palestinian Authority ever see, its the p. L. O. Embassy in washington to ask for they have reviewed all of settlements to, to re state that these are illegal under International Law to declare witnesses that its illegal. These are simple things. These are simple words that he could pick which fit into u. S. National security interests and longstanding us. Oh, well we will see in about 2 months if that is indeed just undertaken. Baker, joining us tonight here in the really good talking with. We appreciate your time and your insights tonight. Thank you. Lets talk about your 2, right. Thank you. More than 8000 migrants arrived on Spains Canary islands by boat from africa last month hoping to reach europe. Human Rights Groups say theyre being held in dire conditions, while local officials admit to being simply overwhelmed. The journey across choppy waters to the Spanish Islands is treacherous. You wus john Philip Schultz has been to drunken aria to see whats waiting for the migrants. From here, journalists can go no further. Some 2000 african migrants are being housed in. This can been the part of more going on going on. 5 times as many as was expected to aid groups have spoken of squalid conditions, but its impossible for d. W. News to find out. J. My son tom, now works for the islands refugee council, and his colleagues have been inside the camp. But another minute everyone sleeps on the floor, some intensity and some knowledge in the openness of those who have been criticizing this from day one. We didnt think it would get this bad of the 2300 people in the camp and then numbers that are growing every day. In the only 2000 migrants arrived in the Canary Islands last weekend alone. The crossing is dangerous, but the coronavirus pandemic has cut off about migration routes. The government has started to housing new arrivals in hotels near the camp. Human rights activists say they are not getting a fair shot at the asylum system. These migrants from san diego fia that they will soon be deported. Not so long believe the fact that theyre out there all by journalists are not. Welcome here eva g. W. New assist told to leave in that conversation. May know is angry at the Spanish Government, but also feels abandoned by the European Union has got to get it. Im disappointed with spain and with europe. This is shameful. A lot of politicians and representatives have come here recently, but we have no clue what the governments strategy is to deal with the migration crisis on the Canary Islands. And let me get, i thought, yeah. Spains government refuses to relocate the migrants to the mainland. Critics say this has turned the island into a prison. For months, the trends of increasing migration numbers has been visible here on the Canary Islands. Never the less, everyone involved seems overwhelmed by the currents valuable preparation time has been lost. Instead, the island governments, the Central Government and the European Union, starting to shift responsibility for the situation to one another. The Spanish Government has now started to procure for of accommodation for the migrants. Many fear that this housing was filled up before long. A legal role of virus pandemic has claimed 1500000 lives around the world. Millions more are mourning the loss that so many were unprepared for one tattoo artist in argentina, he is dealing with the grief of losing his father and hes doing it by sharing his art. These are not easy times for tattoo artist Marco Stanfield in his father recently died of complications from cope at 19 mourning his loss mark was devised a new design, a mask apart. Is he going to shout . Its a way of paying tribute to my father and of showing other relatives of covert 9000 victims. That theyre not as alone as they might feel. In the sort of marcos name the tattoo. Im with you. Hes had it on his own arm and on a growing number of clients who discovered his design on social media by had with a well known to the campaign, im with you aims to build solidarity among relatives in the messages were sticking together in a thing you can buy their mama, sandra luna wants the mascot part tattooed on her skin forever. Her sister died suddenly of covert related causes. In a man, we both experienced evil and death. It was hard. I couldnt see my sister to say goodbye. We couldnt hold a wake. Its so sad to know that just days after one of the worlds longest quarantine periods, argentina is seeing a rapid rise in deaths. More and more people are succumbing to the virus. Hospitals can barely cope with the number of patients. We let it grow in many provinces, intensive care beds have hit capacity in the rosario quarter and other regions. And theres no sign of improvement with what argentinas government appears at a loss over how to respond a month long lockdown failed to contain the virus and dealt a crippling blow to the ailing economy. In the tattoo studio, carlos centaury on is next in line. He too lost his 80 year old father to the coronavirus this tattoo as a way of branding the victims. If i meet someone with the same tattoo, will both know what it means. For her, one on that of marcos, offering clients the special symbol free of charge. He hopes it can help foster solidarity during the pandemic and bring people together in mourning the tattoo artist dealing with the loss of his father. Well, the day is almost done, the conversation continues online. Youll find us on twitter either at u. W. , news or you can follow me at brant go off. T. V. , every member, whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day well see you did to the point of strong opinions, clear positions, international perspectives, researchers are reporting significant breakthroughs in efforts to develop a vaccine against covert 19. Could this be the beginning of the end for the coronavirus night massacre, and who will profit 1st find out to the point to the point the nature of god w. When they are under the scene or just above it, one who will be part of future living spaces, rising sea levels are threatening coastal areas and swimming cities, the touted as the solution. What sounds like Science Fiction has long been a reality. Waterworld in 45 minutes on t. W. We know that this is very time for us to coronaviruses, changing the world, changing our lives. So please take care of yourself. Keep your distance, wash your hands. If you can stay at how we do w. For here for you, we are working tirelessly to keep you informed on all over platforms. Were all in this together run together and when they can still use it, everybody stays, it is very safe. Stay safe. Please stay safe. Could it be that there is a shimmer of hope in the corona pandemic . Well, a number of researchers are reporting significant breakthroughs in efforts to develop a vaccine. At the same time though, infection rates continue to rise relentlessly in many countries, governments across europe and elsewhere have responded with drastic incursions into peoples freedoms. A vaccine could then to the nightmare, but when and who will profit onto the points we ask vaccine against coded 19 and demick under control