A democratic norms, something both nations have been accused of u. S. , secretary of state, home pay or has visited the occupied Golan Heights disputed area, an expired israel in 1901, in a move not internationally recognized the area, is to claim by syria. I also became the 1st american secretary of state to visit a jewish settlement in the occupied west bank. Germanys Public HealthInstitution Says the national right of corona virus infections is still too high. But case numbers have stabilized indicating that the latest restrictions introduced at the start of november. I have in a positive impact just by this. The head of the robert cock institute has warned that the situation remains serious. This is d w. News from berlin. You can follow us on twitter and instagram is a t, w dot com in, one of his last acts as u. S. , secretary of state mike pompei 0. Today, made history as he became the 1st secretary of state to visit an israeli settlement. Land palestinians say was stolen from the symbolism was strong, but was there more in 2 months from peo and his boss, president , trump, will both belong to americas political past. And yet what we witnessed today could have been a rehearsal, but for a future president ial candidate named mike on peo. Or did we just see a repeat performance by a candidate named donald trump . Im bringing off in berlin. This is the day for the trump business creation america stands with this role like never before time to put up with them drunk and was working i was doing through the group rules company and its embassy here until even if pump elites from mitch mcconnell, Lindsey Graham come here, this land will remain palestinian. These days raking leaves we are explaining. This is the land of israel to state of israel. We hold up as you are going to slip into the but to work through good of all the steps that they can. But the world also coming up at last month, 8000 african migrants arrived on the shores of Spains Canary islands. They had made it to europe, but not the europe. Many had dreamed of it. Gonna get it. Im disappointed with spain and with europe. And this is shameful. And a lot of politicians and representatives have come here recently, but we have no clue what the governments strategy is to deal with the migration crisis on the canary islands. And to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States. And to all of you around the world, welcome, we begin the day with the u. S. Secretary of states in the middle east on a mission, but Whose Mission today might pump aoe did what none of his predecessors dared or even wanted to do. He stepped foot on to an israeli settlement land. The International Community considers illegally occupied land, palestinians say belongs to them. White pump ayos boss, president , trump. Todays visit was provocative and in your face moment for palestinians. Donald trump began his presidency by swearing allegiance to americas pro. Israel policy were precisely the policy of israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. Palestinians have never been included in any trump negotiations or decisions regarding the middle east. But donald Trump Leaves Office in january, and that leaves little time for more than last minute legacy building. If that was indeed the purpose of pump a is visit, could todays embrace of israel be part of Donald Trumps planned 2024 political resurrection . Or could today have been a casting call for a future u. S. President ial candidate named mike its a 1st for israeli american relations. And a parting gift from americas outgoing top diplomat, mike pump a was a visit to the Golan Heights, makes him the 1st u. S. Secretary of state to visit the disputed territory. Since israel sees the region in 1967, the United Nations may have projected the annexation. But for pump a 0 and the trump administration. This is israeli land. You keep, you cant stand here and stare out at whats across the border and deny the central thing the president has that previous president s had refused to do. This is a part of israel, a central part of israel, in another, unprecedented move pump a 0. Made a stop to an israeli settlement in the west bank angering some palestinians who see legitimizes what they view as illegal israeli settlements. The secretary of state had no scheduled meetings with palestinian leaders. Some have called the trip a victory lap of sorts, a chance for the trumpet, ministration to highlight what it sees as its diplomatic success in the region. Including taking steps to legitimize israeli settlements. There for a long time, the state Department Took the wrong view of settlements. It took a few that didnt recognize the history of the special place. And instead, now today the United States department of state stand strongly to the recognition that settlements can be done in a way that are lawful and appropriate and proper a stance that puts the u. S. At odds with Many International bodies. And that could prove to be a stumbling block for incoming president elect joe biden. And for more, im joined tonight by a respected voice in the geopolitics of the middle east trip parsi is an Award Winning author who has written several books on u. S. Foreign policy in the region. Hes also executive Vice President , the quinsy institute for responsible state for it straight. Its good to have you back on the date. Lets look at what mr. Pompei you did today. A visit to the occupied Golan Heights, and then a visit to an israeli settlement in the occupied west bank. What was pompei trying to do today . Well, we can only speculate, and i think your reporting has all already suggested that this could very much be part of desire by some payola to boost his own bid for 2024 and maybe to be able to boost trumps 2nd bid. All of those things are valid speculations in my view of what we should not be forgetting though, is that weve got as of their intent. This is going to have a real and frankly devastating consequences for the region as well. Thats for u. S. Security because these are measures that is locking in the United States in a posture in the middle east that makes it increasingly stuck and increasingly complicit in the illegal activities of some of its allies. And this is alternately bad for the region and ultimately about for the United States as well, regardless of the intent or the political motivation of what you say, listen to what the secretary of state said today about iran. Indeed, the commitment we made there in clear commitment weve made to the jewish state, will continue. It was cause im confident after our conversation this morning. We talked about how we can protect americans and israelis in the region from the regime in tehran. You talked about this, they remain, we should not take for granted. They remain the foremost that sponsor terrorism in all the world. And israels provided us standing support to our pressure campaign, which we have no intention of relaxing. So trying to help us pump a u. S. Message square with president elect joe bidens intention to try to revive the Iran Nuclear Deal. Well, tom pay was doing absolutely everything he can to make sure that by then his options are as limited as possible and that it does not lead to him being able to return to the way or in other any other measure. And i think this is really critical, this is also what he is trying to do when it comes to moving the embassy to jerusalem. Recognizing these settlements, making these visits because theyre counting on the idea that by then simply does not have enough political courage to reverse some of these policies. Policies that he himself deemed to be devastating for u. S. National security, but that he doesnt have what it takes to make sure that theres a push back against that. Unfortunately by calculation may be proved true because when we take a look at whats been happening on the u. S. Israel front and the treatment of settlements, there has been a gradual acceptance of illegal settlements at something that the u. S. At 1st objected to later on. Viewed as an obstacle to peace later on became more neutral towards to what we have right now. A complete embrace of illegal settlements and violation of International Law. And i think in some ways, from peo, it and jump in the straight may have gone too far to me have pushed it so far that biden may have no choice to but really push back even though he will like you pay a political price for doing so what would you think its possible that joe biden could stay the course when it comes to accept the israeli settlements, but really tried to do a 180 with the policy on the Iran Nuclear Deal and tried to revive that deal. Could. I mean, could he have both of these things happening at the same time . He could end up like you whats going to happen because the political cost of reversing the policies on israel are going to be hired and trying to go back inside a nuclear deal. I mean, we should not forget that democratic platform explicitly says that a democratic president should be going back into the nuclear deal and beyond that also negotiate further having additionally, goshi actions with iraq. There is no such language in terms of settlements, for instance. So i think the political price will be lower on the iranian front. But i think whats really important to keep in mind here is that democratic president s, all too often have ended up accepting the limitations and the framework that previous republican president s have imposed on them. We saw that as well, many came to the Obama Administration that would a lot of the legacies of the bush administration. And the question is, is there enough political will to really actually have to do that on biden, define his framework himself and define whatever limitations he has himself instead of letting him be defined by a president , trump, or secretary from fail definition in defining pump a you attempted to expand the definition of antisemitism today, take a listen to what he said. Today i want to make one announcement with respect to a decision by the state department that we will regard the global and israel b. D. S. Campaign is anti sematic and other, some simple to you, mr. Prime minister. Since it seems like a statement of fact, but i want, you know, that we will immediately take steps to identify organizations that engage in hateful b. D. S. Gonda can withdraw our Us Government support. Now today, hes also talking about people who want to boycott israel. He goes there in thai semites, but hes saying he wants to consider them as incisive minds. Is that going to have any legal leg to stand on in the United States . Its likely going to be challenged by a. C. L. U. And a lot of other were going to zation this because this is a freedom of speech issue. I mean, on the one hand pump you know, is imposing crippling sanctions on iran. They have been devastating for ordinary people, limited their access to medicine in the midst of a pandemic. And on the other hand, hes trying to say that even if individuals on their own voluntary basis decide that they dont want to buy oranges from israel and that suddenly because it turns the mans antisemite. So theres going to be massive legal challenges to this. Im confident what i think more than anything this shows is that you are now at an administration that is just increasing to whatever Bibi Netanyahu is telling them that they should be doing. Because this is just a wish list of everything Bibi Netanyahu has ever wanted. And i think theres very few people anywhere. The truly believe that netanyahu is objective, has been peace. And if the United States then is aligning itself or whatever netanyahu wants, and its not wanting peace. Well, that creates a major problem for the United States and the region. Its already been bad enough as it is, but its going to get even worse going forward. I suspect. What could this be a tramp that the pump . Aylward, the trump administration, is laying for democrats that are about to take power because they can say then if youre boycotting israel, then youre in entice him might. And thats going to play well with evangelical christians, for example, in the United States. Absolutely, i mean, part of the plan here is very much to try to make sure that republicans are seen as the pro israel party in the United States. Netanyahu has long given up on the idea that his closest allies in the United States would be the American Jewish community. American Jewish Community overwhelmingly votes for democrats. They are overwhelmingly opposed to dollar trump. Theyre overwhelmingly in support of the Iran Nuclear Deal. And theyre very, very skeptical if not opposed to settlements. So those are not his allies. His, allies are m. , angelical christians, who actually have a theological affinity with israel. One that is somewhat strange at the end of the day because they envision that israel needs to get strong in order for christ to return. But at that moment, anyone who is not a christian or does not converting to christianity will be killed. But that is actually a very strong motivating factor for people like him feel who is embedded jellicoe, and has been talking about these things quite a lot, at least prior to becoming secretary of state. So let me just says give more time. What do you think then weve saw happening today . Was this early campaigning by a pump, a 0 for president in 2024 or was he doing Campaign Work for trumps flight to return to the white house in 2024 . I suspect this has more to do with himself than with trump. I think this has very much to do with the fact that he wants to be the contender for the republican nomination in 2024. He has always had an eye on it, and his main competitors are going to be people like nikki haley and others who also have a tendency of aligning themselves with netanyahu. So i think this is an effort by him to give himself a leg up to be that he doth competition that devastation for us master security. And the region as a whole is not even a 2nd concern. I dont think its a concern at all. Unfortunately, try to parse executive Vice President the Quincy Institute for responsible state craft for his always good talking with you. We appreciate your insights. Thank you. Well this week the Palestinian Authority said it will resume its Security Cooperation with israel and that cooperation ended 6 months ago. In protest against israels plans to end its large parts of the west Bank Palestinians say settlements would undermine any possibility of establishing a palestinian state. Israel claims historical and religious rights to the west bank as the ancestral land of the jewish people. Some say the palestinian decision to resume Security Cooperation with israel is in part a response to joe bidens election victory in the u. S. All right, let me pull in now. Baker. He is a palestinian analyst based here in berlin. He is a former Communications Advisor to the palestinian minister for jerusalem. Affairs are his good to see you again. Pump a met with no palestinians today. And he said israel has shown how israeli settlements can be done. Legally. Your take i brooks nice to speak with you again. Stop acting like a secretary of state populace acting like a pompous jackass who staggered to fix tree, right . Wave of the republican party. Hes breaking every norm rule. Every regulation of International Law and meeting with it go into it is really sort of what this madison, all of these taken seriously is that is dangerous, but his thoughts are so are so off the cuff and wrong that no one in the mainstream will accept it let me ask you about what the palestinians are thinking, the decision to revive cooperation with israelis. Is that because they have high hopes in president joe biden, middle east policies and his israel policy . Look, i mean we have, we have to look at this from 2 things. 1st of all the Palestinian Authority of mahmoud up ouse is a spent force. Does not have any religion of a city more, not among the Palestinian People, the only power it has has to somehow pay salaries to, to the people. The fact is that job i did was elected president of the United States for a great reason for the deal by the progressive wing of the party. And id like to give a shout out to Stacey Abrams what she did in georgia. And the interesting thing is that for the 1st time, these progressives are not afraid to work for u. S. National interests. And that means challenging the is right, the right to israel to occupy palestine. And they have proven that this is not only a left, not the electoral suicide, that they have won it by to be able to say we are no longer supporting the israeli occupation. We can set forth. I think if you get a life that unfortunately the Palestinian Authority is, as i said, a spent force. How would the p. L. O. Or some joint think among the Palestinian People is not. And thats why i think it needs to move toward. I do completely against the Security Cooperation. I find it useless, but when its joe biden, then he should be talked to when he wants to talk with the palestinians. First of all, i mean, well, joe biden can do it. Theres quite a few things that joe biden could make very easy, very great changes, which he can do, which will strive towards, or we say, to correcting all of the rogues committed by the truck administration. Host web version. When of course, hes going to carve a quote up past because hes there, but this doesnt mean that this is going to happen. Im talking about the 1st 100 days of clashes are called the hold up. But he needs to immediately, if he can, re, not in the public to utter what you have f. T. P. You have asked me anyway to support. Well kyra, radicals for the United States to come back to that, to reopen the p. L. O. Embassy. See, its not a Palestinian Authority epicene, its the p. L. O. Embassy in washington to ask for they have reviewed all of settlements to re state that these are illegal under International Law to declare witnesses that its illegal. These are simple things. These are simple words that he could pick which put into Us National Security interests and longstanding us. Oh, well, we will see in about 2 months if that is indeed undertaken. Joining us tonight here in good talking with, we appreciate your time and your insights tonight. Thank you. Lets talk of you to right. Thank you. More than 8000 migrants arrived on Spains Canary islands by boat from africa last month hoping to reach europe. Human Rights Groups say theyre being held in dire conditions, while local officials admit to being simply overwhelmed. The journey across choppy waters to the Spanish Islands is treacherous. You know, Philip Schultz has been to ground canara to see whats waiting for the migrants. From here, journalists can go no further. Some 2000 african migrants are being housed in this can been the part of morganton going to 5 times as many as was expected to aid groups have spoken of squalid conditions, but its impossible for the w. News to find out. Jay, my son tom, now works for the islands refugee council, and his colleagues have been inside the camp and put another minutes when everyone sleeps on the floor, some intensity and some knowledge in the openness of those who have been criticizing this from day one that we didnt think it would get this bad image of the middle. The 2300 people in the camp and their numbers are growing that every day in the only 2000 migrants arrived in the canary islands. Last weekend alone, the crossing is dangerous, but the coronavirus pandemic has cut off about migration routes. The government has started housing new arrivals in hotels near the camp. Human rights activists say they are not getting a fair shot at the asylum system. These migrants from san diego fia, that they will soon be deported. He could not settle for that, but i dont know why journalists are not welcome here. Either. D. W. New assist, told to leave in that conversation. May know is angry at the Spanish Government, but also feels abandoned by the european union. It donna has that get it. Im disappointed with spain and with europe, and this is shameful. And a lot of phillips issues and representatives have come here recently, but we have no clue what the governments strategy is to deal with the migration crisis on the canary islands. Thank you, but im going on buying it. And he got me good at the idea. Spains government refuses to relocate the migrants to the mainland. Critics say this has turned the island into a prison. For months, the trends of increasing migration numbers has been visible here on the canary islands. Never the less. Everyone involved seems about went by the current situation, valuable preparation time has been lost. Instead, the islands government, the Central Government and the european union, starting to shift responsibility for the situation to one another. The Spanish Government has now started to procure for of accommodation for the migrants. Many fear that this housing will fill up before long. Well, the coronavirus pandemic has claimed 1500000 lives around the world. Millions more are mourning the loss that so many were unprepared for one tattoo artist in argentina, he is dealing with the grief of losing his father, and hes doing it by sharing his art. These are not easy times for tattoo artist marcus delfi audience. His father, recently died of complications from cope at 19 mourning his loss. Marcus devised a new design, a mask, the part in the owner. Its a way of paying tribute to my father and of showing other relatives of covert 1000 victims that theyre not as alone as they might feel. In this sort of marcos name the tattoo. Im with you. Hes had in fact on his own arm and on a growing number of clients who discovered his design on social media by married with their own knowledge of the campaign, im with you aims to build solidarity among relatives. The messages were sticking together with. My dear mama, sandra luna, wants the mask part tattooed on her skin forever. Her sister died suddenly of covert related causes to both in amman, we both experienced evil and death. It was hard. I couldnt see my sister to say goodbye. We couldnt hold a wake. Its so sad to know that just days after one of the worlds longest quarantine periods, argentina is seeing a rapid rise in deaths. More and more people are succumbing to the virus. Hospitals can barely cope with the number of patients. We let it grow in many provinces, intensive care beds have hit capacity in rosario cordoba and other regions. And theres no sign of improvement with what argentinas government appears at a loss over how to respond a month long lockdown failed to contain the virus and dealt a crippling blow to the ailing economy. In the tattoo studio, carlos sent to leon is next in line. He too lost his 80 year old father to the coronavirus this tattoo as a way of branding the victims. If i meet someone with the same tattoo, will both know what it means. For her. One on that of marcos, offering clients the special symbol free of charge. He hopes it can help foster solidarity during the pandemic and bring people together in mourning for the tattoo artist dealing with the loss of his father. Well, the day is almost done. The conversation continues online, youll find us on twitter either at u. W. , news or you can follow me at brant go off. T. 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