As president has signed 2 bills into law that back hong kongs prodemocracy movement american sanctions can now be imposed on chinese and hong kong officials deemed responsible for human rights abuses and all kong special trade status will be reviewed every year the territories leaders say it will damage relations with the u. S. While china expressed extreme carette over the move saying it will respond with foreign countermeasures political heinous from following developments from washington. This could be a powerful tool if the president chose to use it its not at all clear hes going to not only does it a lot to him saying people in hong kong and china but if that special trade status that could be so critical if the secretary of state was to come back and say no china is not going along with the policy hong kong doesnt have enough independence they could basically take that status away that would have a huge impact on trade but bigger than that it could send a signal to a Financial Ma
In the red sea also food and fuel run short in bolivian cities as supporters of former president evo morales cut off supplies. The u. S. Has abandoned its 4 decade old position on israeli settlements in the occupied west bank declaring that it no longer considers them illegal secretary of state mike from pale made the announcement saying u. S. Statements on the issue over the past years had been inconsistent says theyll leave the ultimate status of the west bank to israelis and palestinians to negotiate calling the establish of civilian settlements inconsistent with International Law hasnt worked as an invents the cause of peace. Hard truth is there will never be a judicial resolution to the conflict in arguments about who is right and wrong as a matter of International Law will not bring peace this is a complex political problem that can only be solved by negotiations between the israelis and the palestinians all the announcement has drawn expected praise from israel is the people of
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A complex political problem that can only be solved by negotiations between the israelis and the palestinians pump ailes announcement is the latest in a string of Controversial White House moves designed to support israel recognizing jerusalem as israels official capital moving the u. S. Embassy there from tel aviv in 2018 and forcing the palestinians to close their office in washington leaving them no diplomatic presence in the u. S. Apart from at the United Nations pomp aoe said the policy change had nothing to do with benny gantz as efforts to form a new Israeli Government so the timing of this was not tied to anything that had to do with domestic politics anywhere in israel or otherwise this was about we were done we finished we conducted our review and this was the appropriate time to move forward the current Israeli Government was thrilled. This is a historic day and another great achievement after President Trump recognized jerusalem as the capital of recognize all sovereignty o
Rebels in the red sea a very as. And as west africas largest mosque opens in senegal find out about the powerful religious group behind it. That the u. S. Is a band and its decades old position on israeli settlements in the occupied west bank saying it will no longer consider them illegal this latest pro israel move puts the u. S. At olds with most of the International Community and the u. N. Security Council Resolution reports from washington. For 41 years the u. S. Has called israeli settlements built in the occupied west bank illegal under International Law that u. S. Policy changed on monday calling the establish of civilian settlements inconsistent with International Law hasnt worked it hasnt invents the cause of peace this is a complex political problem that can only be solved by negotiations between the israelis and the palestinians pump ales announcement is the latest in a string of controversial fight house moves designed to support israel recognizing jerusalem as israels offi