Television crews here. I am the executive director here at the Jerusalem Fund and the palestine center. It is a pleasure to welcome you all here today, including everyone watching online. It is also an honor to introduce and welcome our distinguished , whoer, the ambassador will be speaking about the latest developments and next steps for palestinians on the political and diplomatic front. Hisident trump announced decision to recognize jerusalem as the undivided capital of israel, along with plans to move at the u. S. Embassy into jerusalem. This move has severe implications for future peace negotiations, and for any u. S. Role in such talks. The Trump Administration also made the unprecedented step of withholding millions of dollars of humanitarian aid for political reasons. In light of these decisions, the ambassador will speak about the latest developments taking place and a new palestinian strategy for the future. And little bit about the servesdor, he currently as the head of the
Host good afternoon, everybody. Thank you all for joining us today. Of the way, if we could silence all cell phones, especially with the tv crews. Director hereive at the Jerusalem Fund and palestine center. On behalf of our board of directors and staff, its a pleasure to welcome you all here today, including everyone watching online on our livestream. Its also an honor to introduce and welcome our distinguished speaker, ambassador husam zomlot , who will be speaking about the latest developments and next steps for palestinians on the political and diplomatic fronts. As we all know President Trump recently announced a decision to recognize jerusalem as the undivided capital of israel. Along with plans to move the u. S. Embassy into jerusalem, this is a major change in u. S. Official policy, and with jerusalem being such a core issue for palestinians this move has severe implications for future peace negotiations and for any u. S. Role in such stocks. The Trump Administration also recen
Communicate expectations while to me and my peers, they have the ability to plant seeds for the future. You can watch this entire Program Online at cspan. Org. Type in Reagan National defense foreign in the search bar on the home page. We will go live now to hear from the general delegation of the plo to the United States talking about palestinians and u. S. Foreign policy. Live coverage on cspan2. I welcome you all here today including everyone watching on our live stream. Its also an honor to introduce and welcome our distinguished speaker, ambassador zomlot who will be speaking about the latest developments and steps for palestinians on the diplomatic and palate and inference. As we know, President Trump recently announced his decision to recognize jerusalem as the undivided capital of israel along with plans to move the u. S. Industry into jerusalem. This is a major change in official u. S. Policy and with jerusalem being such a core issue for palestinians, and this has severe impl
Good afternoon everybody. Thank you for joining us today. If we c all cell phones, especially with the tv crews here. Director heretive at the Jerusalem Fund and palestine center. On behalf of our board of directors and staff, it is a pleasure to welcome you all here today. Including everyone watching online on our livestream. It is an honor to introduce and welcome our distinguished the investor. He will be speaking about the latest developments and at next steps for palestinians on the political and diplomatic fronts. Trump recently announced his decision to recognize jerusalem as the undivided capital of israel. He also plans to move the u. S. Embassy into jerusalem. This is a major change in official u. S. Policy. With a jerusalem being such a core issue for palestinians, this move has severe implications for future peace negotiations and for any u. S. Role in such talks. The Trump Administration recently made the unprecedented step of withholding millions of dollars in humanitaria
Documents for the selfdefense unit. Now they reveal that the documents have surfaced in a department they hadnt checked before. Local government and Opposition Forces clashed fiercely in july, killing nearly 300 troops and civilians. Opposition lawmakers had grilled the Abe Administration over whether any fighting had taken place. That would have violated japans selfimposed restrictions which limit sdf operations to where a ceasefire is imposed. Leaders in tokyo have repeatedly rejected such concerns. Translator ive been briefed by the u. N. That security is relatively stable. Its the west and north of south sudan where security is deteriorating. But the newly disclosed documents describe shooting around the camp and attacks on u. N. Facilities. Japans top spokesperson says the ministry did not deliberately withhold information. Translator there was never any intention to conceal the documents but by failing to locate them, it seems that the officials didnt deal with the situation prop