Questions or comments email speaker heritage. Org. Following the initial presentation, my colleague will lead our panel discussion. He is a foreignpolicy analyst and has worked for heritage since 1979 and offered papers on Foreign Policy issues and testified before congress on a wide variety of middle east issues. Hosting and introducing our special presenter is luke coffey who is director for center of Foreign Policy. He served in the United Kingdom ministry of defense to then secretary of state of defense. First ever nonu. K. National to be appointed by the Prime Minister. Prior to this, he worked in the house of commons as adviser on defense and Security Issues for the conservative party and he is a veteran of the United States army, having been stationed in italy and Southern Europe task force command. Please join me in welcoming luke. [applause] thank you and welcome everyone to the Heritage Foundation this afternoon, did to discuss a very important and timely matter about israeli
Is on the table that but its not going to that unless they shift out and go shoot the. U. S. President donald trump issues a stern warning to the palestinians to pursue peace with israel. Demands for the u. K. To withdraw its invitation to the Saudi Crown Prince over the countrys involvement in yemen egypt the new military front opened up by turkey in syria further complicates the un backed peace talks taking place in vienna. And a small step for man one giant leap for monkeys research as around the world held the cloning of the first primates in china. In sports a first time grand slam when it is guaranteed at the Australian Open simona halep setting up a final with caroline does not keep both parties for first major talks. We begin in davos where after much anticipation u. S. President donald trump has finally arrived at the World Economic forum and already hes making waves over his threats to withhold aid from the palestinians if they do not pursue peace with israel a diplomatic edi
Im Richelle Carey this is al jazeera life and also coming up. When the people of rose up against the crimes of their corrupt to traitor. I did not stay silent donald trump uses a state of the union speech to lash out at iran will bring you the iranian response. Some of these afghan refugees have lived in pakistan for generations but a deadline for them to leave is just hours away. And a military push that made americans question whether the vietnam war could be won a combat photographer remembers the tet offensive fifty years later. The European Union says its increasing its Financial Support to the palestinian territories following the u. S. Decision to withhold funding earlier this month at a u. S. Foreign policy chief fredricka murder any announced an extra fifty three Million Dollars in aid at a session of International Donors to palestine and brussels it follows warnings from the un the gazans economy is on the verge of collapse is live for us and brussels so the dont tell us more
A strike for now. Well we dont think that the statement was a fair one we think that the palestinian and the palestinian side as all is proved beyond any doubt its willingness to to not only to negotiate but to actually reach an agreement something that the israelis have never done and in terms of the talks and of deeds as well lets remember that theres a government went on on a campaign of settler colonialism causing all kinds of problems which which actually negate any possibilities for reaching a Peace Agreement so again the statement is not is not and we think its the israeli side to take the blame but also i mean can you discard it has made it mediation completely not just israel but many arab states in the region would do what the u. S. Tells them. This isnt we we dont we dont pick and choose who should be in the International Mechanism after all its their responsibility as over those parties themselves to decide and to coordinate and to come to come together. Within a framework
Putting together the basis for negotiations and for following up the negotiations and sponsor them. Donald trump has recently said that hes not sure both israel and palestine want to move forward peace towards peace at this point and he then said lets wait and see before things can move forward do you agree has to us let Peace Process stopped in its tracks for now. Well we dont think that the statement was a fair one we think that the palestinian and the palestinian side has always proved beyond any doubt its willingness to to not only to negotiate but to actually reach an agreement something that the israelis have never done and in terms of the talks and of deeds as well lets remember that theres a government went on on a campaign of settler colonialism causing all kinds of problems which which actually negate any possibilities for reaching a Peace Agreement so again the statement is not is not and we think its the israeli side to take the blame but also i mean can you discard it aske