The arrival of the greek patriarch for orthodox christmas celebrations accusing him of betrayal. If i werent involved they wouldnt be talking about olympics right now u. S. President donald trump credits himself for the upcoming talks between north and south korea. Also new arrests in the kingdom of saudi arabia eleven princes are detained after a rare protest at a palace in riyadh. Here. Plus millions of all the docs christians celebrate christmas across the globe. Good to have you with us on the news our protests against the Greek Orthodox patriarch of jerusalem have overshadowed all the docs christmas celebrations property sales well what sparked the tense scenes as mohammed june explains from bethlehem. The protests were unprecedented in a display of anger toward the Greek Orthodox patriarch of jerusalem demonstrators attacked the convoy of the office the third as it made its way to bethlehems manger square in the occupied west bank behind all this recent news reports alleging the
Werent involved they would be talking about. Us president. Himself for the upcoming talks between north and south korea surviving the war the cold wet winter a plea for help from serbia and totally displaced and looking to renew their Alliance German chancellor Angela Merkel to set a new round of Coalition Talks and a bed to form a government. Protests against the Greek Orthodox patriarch of jerusalem have overshadowed orthodox christmas celebrations they allege sale of church land to israeli spot the scene. And explains from bethlehem. The protests were unprecedented in a display of anger toward the Greek Orthodox patriarch of jerusalem demonstrators attacked the convoy of the office the third as it made its way to bethlehems manger square in the occupied west bank behind all this recent news reports alleging the patriarch has been involved in property sales to foreign tax havens and those properties may end up in the hands of israeli businesses. Protesters believe the allegations and
Attacked the convoy of the office the third as it made its way to bethlehems manger square in the occupied west bank behind all this recent news reports alleging the patriarch has been involved in property sales to foreign tax havens and those properties may end up in the hands of israeli businesses. Protesters believe the allegations and say it will make it harder for palestinians to establish their own state but the live now to mount a clear and simple we want the patriarch to resign we want to reform the patriarchate and assign a Legal Committee to evaluate the situation representatives of the Greek Orthodox church of jerusalem deny the allegations and nor the snow. We did not as they claim to sell our lands to the Israeli Occupation those are old deals the patriarch wants to rectify and clarify because all those old deals are detrimental to the rights of the patriarch eight and its congregation while this is not the first time the church has been accused of selling some of the nume
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And welcome to al jazeera live from my headquarters in doha be a problem also ahead. Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas denounced Donald Trumps recognition of jerusalem as a slap in the face. Seven years on from its revolution to show their discontent as they demand economic and social reforms. The right. Accused of using vulgar language to describe african nations the us President Donald Trump says hes not a racist. The u. S. Has confirmed its helping Syrian Kurdish fighters set up a border force containing thirty thousand personnel the troops will patrol the borders of territory carved out of Northern Syria by the Syrian Democratic forces which are mainly composed of kurdish fighters and thats agood nato member turkey which considers the group terrorists and has valid to retaliate charlotte ballasts reports. Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan on using a posse you dress to look staunch in the face of a u. S. Specs could his force on his southern border he promised to respond with his own