How full to peace the apathy it is true it is a one sided steps over the palestinians and the un at the pushed away peace for use with every enter israel revolution with every attack on my people the un has perfected its double standard. We are now sitting in an open session an emergency session of the General Assembly this session has been open since nineteen ninety seven we live in a ward that is full of conflict and wall but only when it comes to israel the one true democracy in the middle east that this assembly we maintain in a constant or penn station how many times ive even reached its hand in peace since one thousand nine hundred seven. How many times have we offered the palestinians to join us in dialogue how many times have these calls for peace have been rejected all of us all of us have lost count when Prime Minister barak offered the palestinians a state in two thousand we were met with suicide bombers or our buses and shootings in our streets in two thousand and five by mr sharon disengaged from gaza removed every single israeli home you will not find any settlement any occupation in gaza anymore since then we have been attacked again and again with the kurds and missiles aimed at our civilians yet this body was silent the United States simply stated a fact they are physically declared what ive always been through jerusalem has been and always will be the capital of the state of israel those who support todays with solution i like puppets you are puppets pulled by the strings or your palestinian puppet masters you are like a marionette forced to dance while the palestinian leadership looks on with glee you are blind to the lies i know way over the manipulation surrounding you just like a puppet this vote is nothing more than a performance of the luzhin the palestinians no peace with illusion in the flowed they know this with solution that absolutely nothing for the lives of the Palestinian People. They know it wont create jobs for their people they know it wont provide Better Health care for the people of or gaza no this revolution is nothing more than a distraction all it will do is tear the palestinians they can continue rejecting peace in if you vote for it you are sanctioning that view i think those brave countries that do not support this with illusion you have not fallen prey to the puppet show before us you are the defenders of real peace you are the leaders who prove that no un with pollution can rewrite history because when a Un Resolution designates even the various presence in part of jerusalem as evil legal in reality you designate the presence of the jewish people at their western wall as he legal mr president for thousands of us jews ive only paschal axis over even banned completely from the western world other nations kingdom than empires that occupied jerusalem over the centuries had no respect for freedom of religion but when evil was founded with stablished a strong democracy i would democracy is based on individual freedoms one of those freedoms is the freedom of religion in all of these e. U. Later i will democracy and our commitment to go through them and continue to survive we know. Joe the let me say cured to billions around the world is well respect all religions and encourages everyone to visit and pray in the holy city. Mr president there is a particular i wene with two days with solution countries that sponsor two days of aleutian accuse the United States and israel of violating International Law countries like yemen will terror groups like al qaida and isis find Fertile Ground there i will he continues in every other scenario this body which is human rights in peace but not when it comes to israel in fact you completely ignore all though if it acts of terror all that threaten the very citizens these past two weeks alone ive seen twenty three rocket attacks by hamas into israel we heard nothing from the un. Security Council Meeting no emergency session of the General Assembly nothing the p. A. Threaten violence and days of rage by the un i had no condemnation mr president let me be clear violence and terror must never be tolerated if this body were really or knighted for peace it would pass it with aleutian condemning palestinian violence this with aleutian only encourages more violence and instability it encourages the palestinian leadership to continue on this dangerous path. You permit them to pursue violence in the name of jerusalem this city of peace mr president even in an optimistic country we returned home after thousands of views in exile we made the desert bloom and defended our country from countless attacks forty two years ago this body you know the General Assembly this body adopted a different shameful revolution it equated zionism with racism it took sixteen long use for that hateful with illusion to be revoked i have no doubt that today with pollution will also end up in the trash bin of history i have no doubt that the day will come when the entire International Community will finally come to recognize jerusalem by the capital of the state of evil thank you i think to distinguish representative of israel i now give the floor to the distinguished representative of believers in the republic of venezuela on behalf of the non aligned movement. You have been listening to an emergency session of the. United nations General Assembly where they are debating lee resolution calling for the u. S. To withdraw its decision with regards to jerusalem being the capital of israel and the two sides could not be more divided the last speaker danny done on saying that it was shameful that he even had to give a speech on behalf of israel and the that they hold resolution was shameful and across on the other side the Palestinian Foreign minister maliki. Calling it really colonialism and said to anybody that supported what happened with the israeli capital was. A supporter was an enemy of the peace and then rounding off with nikki haley the u. S. Ambassador to the United Nations who talked about being the United States being the largest contributor to the United Nations well lets bring in mike hanna who is being knighted nations for the new york on this particular point nikki haley out of a letter she wrote saying everybody that was going to vote for this resolution would be noted really underlining the point again with the speech shes just given them on. Yes indeed and she also underlined her opinion that what was at stake is the very issue of us suffered as she put it saying that the u. S. Decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel is the sovereign right of the United States she also declared it as an insult once again that this vote is taking place just as she described the Security Council vote earlier this week fourteen to one prevented by the u. S. Veto as an insult she also reiterated her mantra that we shall remember that veiled threat that she has a primate in a letter to all members the three that President Trump made publicly saying that they would consider the u. S. Would consider financing their areas country should they vote in favor of this motion we heard from the Turkish Foreign minister there very very strong attack on what he called utterly shameful tactics by the United States in terms of trying to buy votes from members as he put it he said that to be strong is not to be right so as you mentioned the clear divide in the first few speakers in terms of the approach to this issue and if i may just add what the resolution is precisely it is very similar to the text of the Security Council resolution that the u. S. Vetoed on monday it does not mention the United States by name what it does say though is that it calls upon all states to refrain from the establishment of Diplomatic Missions in the holy city of jerusalem it once again is based on an affirmation office step lish the United Nations resolutions both General Assembly and Security Council on the position of jerusalem being a final status issue and that no state may take any luna lateral action to affect that status any such action should be real. Guarded as now and void like for example the u. S. Attempt to recognize jerusalem as israels capital city and just a comment so that the Palestinian Foreign ministerial very interesting just referring there mike to their name has been taken down by nikki haley where he said that well yes history records names as well it remembers names the names of those is done by what is right and those who speak false ones is there any sense youre getting there that the kind of comments coming out of the us a shaken people up and you think almost is gone the other way well i think that certainly many were privately outraged at the blatant attempt to manipulate the General Assembly vote by both the United States and israel going to the extent of putting letters and. From something of a deal on the seats of members this is unprecedented behavior within the General Assembly so certainly theres been a degree of outrage being privately expressed publicly all diplomats are unwilling to comment on the nature of the u. S. And israeli actions in terms of this particular vote but it has certainly disrupted to an extent the protocols by which the United Nations runs which is generally regarded as being one of Mutual Respect there may be differences but there is continual respect and nikki haleys argument is that by at. For these votes these resolutions in both the Security Council and the General Assembly the u. S. Itself is being insulted very much a reflection of the way in which the president of the United States takes things very personally in fact he was stated that has stated nikki haley said the president and the United States take this vote personally weve seen that thats the case. Thank you michael there for now no doubt will be back here as this debate carries on but speaking a short time ago israels ambassador to the u. N. Criticized the body for what he called its double standards. Of caution that the United States decision in the one sided and harmful to peace the opposite is true you the one sided steps of the palestinians and the un that have pushed away for use with every and there is a revolution with every attack on my people the un has preferred to its double standard and earlier israels Prime Minister rejected the Un Resolution calling the group house along. The attitude towards israel of many countries on all continents is changing outside the walls of the United Nations and that change will ultimately permeate into the us in the house of lies the state of israel totally rejects this vote even before the resolutions approved jerusalem is our capital and we will continue to build there and foreign embassies led by the United States will move to draw write down what i said because it will happen a hurry force that joins us live now from west jerusalem interesting really i think harry to hear. Netanyahu saying that its almost like he is expecting to lose this. Well you know i think thats pretty clear both from his comments and also from danny down on in the hall as well both men have a record of flinging some pretty. Extraordinary and inventive insults in the direction of the United Nations but this was a case of them both turning the volume up to eleven dunny down on in particular theyre not just accusing the members of hypocrisy of the u. N. Itself of hypocrisy in terms of what he called the double standards in the way that they treated the palestinians and the israelis also as has been the israeli line for out setting out this note this notion of jerusalem being the capital of israel is just plain fact which the United States remains the only nation in it israels terms brave enough to accept publicly talking about king david talking about the references to jerusalem in the bible but also i think a thing that stood out to me most in that in that speech was when he really accused anyone who wanted to vote for this of being a puppet of the palestinians that those this concept of the Palestinian Authority the palestinian leadership somehow secretly pulling the strings manipulating countries without their knowledge into acting in a hypocritical way that was a fairly extraordinary accusation given the fact that the United States i think many countries would see the most powerful nation in the world is the one that has been entirely on the side of the israelis and far from the palestinians being this incredibly powerful background force theyre the ones i think a lot of the voting today will see as having been really forced into a corner by the United States very fulsome support for israels position and its claim on jerusalem thank you very forth in west jerusalem for now a palestinians minister for Foreign Affairs tell the General Assembly that jerusalem remains the key to peace in the middle east. Lisa i read that in we meet today not because of any animosity towards the us but because of a decision which constitutes immigration on the genuine and natural right of the people of palestine and to all the muslims and christians of the world the american decision will not impact the status of jerusalem as the holy city rather it will impact the status of us as a mediator of peace. And the u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Nikki haley says america will go ahead with its Jerusalem Move regardless of the u. N. Vote america will put our embassy in jerusalem that is what the American People want us to do and it is the right thing to do. Know though in the United Nations will make any difference on that but this vote will make a difference on how americans look at the u. N. And on how we look at countries who disrespect us in the u. N. There is senior political analyst mo and bashar joins me now in the studio extraordinary really to be think being talking about blackmail the way that the u. S. Is behaving right now and the sort of the credibility of this international contrary is theres never going to sing the same again thats true and. Whats interesting all of this is over the last seventy years no you asperse thems. Took any such position despite countless resolutions that are not in this early friendly to israel or to the United States and the United States simply vetoed a whole number of un Security Council resolution look the General Assembly vote whatever the General Assembly votes and just goes on with its business why because the United Nations of other things is an american invention the United Nations was founded in San Francisco the United Nations is based in new york and one of the reasons the United States pay so much money for the United Nations because the United Nations spends so much money in the United States in new york so in so many ways the United Nations among other global institutions serve american interests even if sometimes in the case of israel they continue to criticize or to condemn israel simply because the United States continues to defend israel and reject and veto any criticism or condemnation of Israeli Occupation and violation of International Law so really this more than blackmail theres a certain. Type approach when the american president goes like this and says you will pay and we will make a lot of money off you thats not thats not the global system that america built i dont know how my naive thinking oh start rethinking that this goes ahead happens behind the scenes anyway its just an extraordinary thing for the president to say it publicly but there are just tuning in for in this diplomatic channels where people say make sure you vote the right way surely thats been happening for other yeah but i mean theres also something to be said about. Going public with intimidating leaders in front of their own people its because in the end of the day this kind of a vote really i mean to claim that the Palestinian People or that the palestinian leadership is proper to ring around china and russia and france and the u. K. And germany i mean seriously i mean no one takes such conversation serious so everyone knows that countries while they dont have values dont necessarily have even principles have interests i think a lot of people go like you know what i mean on a question like this violating International Law is so blatantly right i mean we should at least vote at you and General Assembly in favor of International Law because look once again this resolution does not name the u. S. By name does not name illegal settlements by name it simply tiptoes are on the issue and says jerusalem has a long legal status lets maintain the status quo in jerusalem otherwise were going to be inflaming religious wars were going to be escalating were going to lead with leading towards instability in the middle east whats the point and the one country many eyes will be on will be how therapy arabia whats your sense of well look i mean the fact that yemen. Proposed yemen at this point in time they are in leadership but this one time is really very much in the in the real of saudi power so i dont think yemen would make such a proposal and saudi arabia would be in a with against it or even abstain and i think its going to look very awkward for the so did the ship thats been accused of behind the scenes complicity with jared. President trumps sun and oh you know to to pressure the palestinians into accepting new american positions a new status quo in jerusalem for them to publicly is you know take the position with israel against the rest of the muslim world so i think and here i mean im going to tread carefully to say this is going to come up bad for a person from a nikki haley either way either theyre going to be seen as bullies if a good number of states abstain or vote no or theyre going to look utterly silly if a whole bunch of states vote in favor of the resolution what about the abstention likelihood how about feedin and it is that i way of people. Sort of just getting well back and going i dont want to be in the middle of this actually when i looked at the last vote of november thirtieth it was a very interesting situation the United States israel and canada why canada would vote against palestinian rights to force of the termination im sure the absolute majority of canadians and i think also israelis and americans are in favor of the so that the religion of the prison people what kind of the voted against the resolution along with the United States and is are now we know whose property for who but anyway and then there are three other countries. Paolo an hour i dont think i mean with respect to all the countries in the world but i think ten thousand people dont make for a big get a wait at the United Nations i think they have been dictated to. By the United States right and then we have Nine Countries abstaining i think in a sense we already have an overwhelming support for some basic respect to International Law and dignity in palestine and i think this time around if a whole bunch of countries abstain that means americans succeeded or President Trump succeeded in intimidating a bunch of countries that did not want to vote against the resolution and ended up abstaining because they dont want to vote for it dont go anywhere now and im sure youll be stuck with those for some time to come but for now thank you very much because of the mortician Difficult Mission by the United States. At the capital of israel and acceptable and not only hurting the feeling. On to other news now and catalans are voting in a crucial election that could mark a turning point for their region just two months after a failed secession bed triggered spains worst political crisis in decades record turnout is expected with process session ists and unity candidates neck and neck in the polls paul brennan reports from barcelona. Outside catalonia is largest polling station the queue to vote formed early and stretched out of the gates and down the street with polling day underway a mood of calm determination has replaced the bitter words and strident campaigning of recent weeks here that what we hope is that we return to democracy and that whatever the outcome is it is respected if in a million of them i hope we go back to normality it is not clear whether that will happen but thats what we want while we are inside the voting has been brisk turnout will be a crucial factor and the catalonians proportional representation system the prospect of an outright victory for either of the two main camps process session or pro unity its extremely unlikely its just too tight but a lot will depend on a socalled silent majority of up to a million undecided voters secessionist believe their course has been strengthened by madrid imposing direct rule and by the jailing of catalan leaders suspicious of madrids refusal to allow International Election observers activists are conducting their own shadow count the votes the Grassroots Movement has sort of organized so were going to do our double counting of the ballot boxes and of the ballots. And that the result is going to be checked by the Grassroots Movement in catalonia and we are bringing International Observers because we where we are not the we dont fear for impartial opinions opinion polls those suggest the most likely result is a Hung Parliament with pro secessionist parties forming the biggest block and that will do nothing to repair the deep fractures and recriminations that have emerged during spains worst political crisis since the return to democracy forty years ago. Aljazeera pass alone or. The u. N. Tribunal for the former yugoslavia is closing its doors a ceremony was held in the hague on thursday and was attended by the u. N. Secretary general and turn you to cherish and the dutch king will have our own closure marks the end of nearly twenty five years of investigation is an prosecutions related to the bloody break ups of yugoslavia in the one nine hundred ninety s. At least twenty nine people have died after a fire broke out a Fitness Center in the south korean city of gesture on official say most of the victims were found in the sauna its believed the fire started in a car on the first floor of the building and quickly spread to chinese popular with tourists who visit the areas mountains and lakes at least four people have died after a ferry with hundreds on board collapsed science rather off the philippines it was travelling from the town of in found the own province to apollo islands in rough seas and navy and coast guard managed to rescue two hundred forty people some of whom were injured seven people are still missing well jim ellis island reports from manila according to the Philippine Government the next few hours is going to be critical rescuing those who remain trapped and stranded out at sea is now being conducted by the Philippine Military there is the air force there is a need also working with the Philippine Coast guard but its not going to be easy because of the rough seas and because its already night time here in the philippines what we know is that around eleven am local time around two hundred fifty passengers was on the ferry on its way to poor Little Island when it capsized it comes at a very difficult time here in the philippines its Christmas Season the most important time of the year for filipinos as the goal at this time on their way home to their provinces to celebrate the holidays with their families so. Surprisingly though this kind of accident is nothing new in the philippines the philippines hold one of the worst records when it comes to maritime accidents still that has not been any we helped improve maritime standards here in the philippines the worst on record was around thirty years ago when the Passenger Ship collided with an oil tanker and left more than a thousand eight hundred people dead. The top stories on aljazeera the un is debating a draft resolution that rejects u. S. President Donald Trumps recognition of jerusalem as israels capital trump has already threatened to cut hanes to un members who vote against his actions while a science minister for Foreign Affairs told the General Assembly that jerusalem remains the key to peace in the middle east. We meet today not because of any animosity towards the us but because of a decision which constitutes an aggression on the genuine and natural right of the capital of palestine and to all the muslims and christians of the world the american decision or not an attack the status of jerusalem as the holy city rather it will impact the status of us as a mediator of peace the u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. The key haley says america will go ahead with its Jerusalem Move regardless of the u. N. Vote america will put our embassy in jerusalem that is what the American People want us to do and it is the right thing to do. No vote in the United Nations will make any difference on that but this vote will make a difference on how americans look at the un and on how we look at countries who disrespect us in the un and voting is underway in the catalan Regional Elections separatist parties are facing off against unionists who want to remain part of spain the Spanish Government called the snap vote after procession leaders held an independence referendum in october and overwhelming majority voted to secede sparking spains worst political crisis in decades at least twenty nine people have died after a fire broke out as a Fitness Center in the south korean city of charm Officials Say most of the victims were found in the sauna its believed the fire started in a car on the first floor of the building and quickly spread to at least four people have died after a ferry sank in the northeast philippines or than two hundred fifty people were on board when the boat went under after being battered by strong winds and massive waves at least two hundred forty were pulled alive from the water those are the headlines stay with us karen aljazeera though it next stop its rebel architecture. 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