in january after a man drove a car into a crowd in a nearby spot people it devastated that the city has been targeted yet again. the united nations general assembly has opened an emergency session prompted by u.s. president donald trump s decision to recognize to lose them as israel s capital yesterday trump threatened to cut funding to countries that backed the measure the one hundred ninety three member states will vote on a draft resolution reaffirming that to roussillon is an issue that must be resolved through negotiations now the status of the holy city is one of the most thorny issues of the israeli palestinian conflict with both sides claiming it as their capital. let s get more on this now we are joined by kilmer scieno he is a middle east expert for the german institute for international and security affairs welcome to the program and thanks for being there. a controversial vote the outcome is highly expected to be in favor of this vote we know what are the