Fawcett joins me now on the forward from jerusalem harry what more can you tell us. Well as we say the death now has been confirmed by the Israeli Police of this man is a thirty five year old israeli hes reported in the israeli media to be a father of five from the illegal outpost of how about gilad as you say just southwest of nablus an outpost established in two thousand and two there are now israeli reinforcements and Israeli Forces are in the area to villages sorry and tell village have been raided by those Israeli Military forces and there have been clashes in at least one of the villages tell their age and as you say there are also reports of the stones being thrown by Israeli Settlers in the direction of the palestinian cause there has been other of course such attacks in the past it is a while though since weve had a drive by shooting such as this on an israeli settler bypass road the last major shooting attack by palestinians against israeli targets was that which took place a
Accusations that he wrong is funneling weapons into the country for who she fights says the United Arab Emirates is also accused of running torture camps in the country our diplomatic editor james bays hussain the reports how small. This report which hasnt been made public but which i have read will be very tough reading for the fifteen members of the u. N. Security council is critical of all sides in the war in yemen critical of the Saudi Led Coalition for civilian casualties it says that some of those who planned and executed airstrikes which have ended up targeting civilians might be subject to sanctions that some of the Security Council will have to decide on it says that one of the countries involved in that coalition of the u. A. E. Has been responsible for torture in yemen it talks about beatings electrocution constrained suspension the use of what it calls the cage confinement in a cage in the sunlight and the denial of medical treatment criticism too though for the who theorie
Criticized by turkey and the Bashar Al Assad government the u. S. Says the thirty thousand strong force will help stabilize syria palestinian leaders have recommended that the Palestine Liberation Organization suspend its recognition of israel theyve been taking part in a meeting of the Central Council focusing on the american recognition of jerusalem as israels capital the council also declared that the us has lost its ability to mediate between israel and palestine. Foreign ministers from japan south korea and the United States are among senior officials from twenty nations heading to canada to discuss how to strengthen sanctions on north korea u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson will cohost the talks in vancouver on tuesday countries they will be seeking new ways to intercept vessels at sea that may be defying u. N. Sanctions by carrying Refined Oil Products to pyongyang but north koreas main trading partner china wont be at the Conference Donald Trump and choosing paying had a t
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Here and around the world. Im george howell. Im natalie allen. Newsroom starts right now. Israels election is just two days away, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looking for support at home and abroad, and hes getting it from President Trump who could be key. The white house has already recognized jerusalem as israels capital and israeli sovereignty over the golan heights. Now mr. Netanyahus going a step more. Hes pledging to Annex West Bank settlements if hes reelected. This comes as the Prime Minister faces his biggest political challenge in years. Polls show hes in a tight race with his former military chief of staff, benny gantz. President trump tried to paint democrats as antisemitic. Democrats have allowed antisemitism to take root in their party and in their country. They have allowed that. They have allowed that. House democrats recently blocked legislation to confront the Antisemitic Movement to boycott and sanction israel. Nobody could believe it, right . Nobody. You co