You know i Maryam Namazie in london youre watching aljazeera also coming up two thirds of leaders are absent as the g. C. C. Summit finishes without concrete progress on the gulf crisis. Who thiessen a break in yemens capital as the funeral of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh is perspire and. The u. S. Holocaust museums latest exhibition dedicated to remembering the victims of syrias civil war. Top story this hour u. S. President has called the leaders of palestine jordan egypt and saudi arabia to inform them of his intention to move the u. S. Embassy in israel from tel aviv to jerusalem Donald Trumps plan has been met with criticism across the board with the palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas saying it will have dangerous consequences and the saudi king warning it will inflame the feelings of muslims President Trump will announce his decision on wednesday after a six month away but to delay the move expired israel claims that all of jerusalem is its United Capital while East Jerusalem is seen by palestinians as the capital of their future state well the White House Press secretary says the president has made up his mind already on the embassy move im not going to get ahead of the president s remarks that hell make tomorrow he did speak with a number of leaders this morning and hes going to continue to have conversations with relevant stakeholders but ultimately hell make what he feels is the best decision for the United States the president i would say is pretty solid in his thinking at this point. Passing president spokesman has reacted saying that trumps decision will be wholeheartedly rejected. Our position the position of president problem this is very clear and if. The American Embassy is going to be moved to jerusalem this is against the. This is this would be unacceptable for our son. If this happens it would complicate things. With an obstacle to the Peace Process maybe it will be the end of the Peace Process. Back to from this. Well the European Union has also condemned these u. S. Plans saying the status of jerusalem should be decided by israel and palestine through a Peace Process like hanna sent this update from the United Nations. The most recent u. N. Resolution about to rue slim came only last month the General Assembly said that any israeli actions in East Jerusalem must be regarded as null and void illegal because israel is an occupying power that resolution was passed by one hundred fifty one votes to six one of which was the United States with Nine Countries abstaining the secretary general is unwilling to comment on any possible plans for jerusalem the Trump Administration may have but his spokesman outlined what has been the un position on jerusalem for decades as a matter of principle the secretary general has said that he has consistently warned against any unilateral action that would have the potential to undermine the two state solution and weve always regarded jerusalem as a final status issue then or spirits of through direct negotiations between the two parties to be strong in Security Council resolutions many would argue there are two crucial un resolutions concerning israel and East Jerusalem in particular the first resolution one eight one passed by the General Assembly in one thousand nine hundred forty seven it eg knowledged the partition of palestine and recommended the creation of a jewish state alongside an arab state the second vitally important resolution passed by the Security Council in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven that was after the arab israeli war it called for the immediate withdrawal of all Israeli Forces from occupied territory during the obama years there were numerous resolutions once again all but one were vetoed that one back in december twenty sixth he said that the building of israeli settlements in occupied territory was illegal that was the only time the. The Obama Administration withheld a veto but with trump coming to power the veto is back again but to restate the un position very clear the Israeli Occupation of East Jerusalem is illegal both in terms of un position and because it is a broaching of the geneva conventions its illegal in international law. So she have a chance he joins us live now from washington d. C. And she have been all eyes on what the president will announce tomorrow what do we know about his upcoming declaration. We have very little formal information about the upcoming declaration both the state Department Spokesperson and the white house spokesperson repeated that line we had little earlier actually played that the white house spokesperson saying im not going to get ahead of the president s president s speech and thats what both they said at the state and the white house and they continue to say right now we are expecting a background briefing in the next half an hour so perhaps well get more details as to what to expect but i did lead to another question that was asked both that state and White House Well we do know the president has spoken to several World Leaders has any world leader except for the israelis given any support for this proposed declaration on wednesday the state to put the state Department Spokesperson said there had been a Frank Exchange of ideas with some of the leaders the President Trumpet spoken to the white house spokesperson said. Hes only spoken to five leaders thats hardly the world so you cant make any conclusions about International Opinion on this decision but what we do know as far as the white house is concerned this is a Campaign Promise told that made this promise not just to immensely wealthy financial donors to his Campaign Like the last vegas casino magnate Sheldon Adelson but also to his kuharich stream right wing evangelical christian base they have always pushed for this move because they believe that when the the with of jesus were derived he would come back to earth unless jerusalem is under the complete control of a jewish authorities obviously when jesus does arrive jesus is going to make them convert to christianity and descend jews to eternal damnation which makes some more liberal evangelicals on easy but this is a cool belief of his fundamental base christian right wing evangelicals and he needs his base more than ever right now right so that explains what president has to gain from doing this right now what about what about people in washington who disagree with that base how much opposition is that it is set recognizing jerusalem as israels capital. Well lets begin with his administration weve had so much background briefing which has gone to the New York Times and elsewhere that voices within the state department have counseled against this we have now already got the travel warnings that have been issued by embassies around the world not least in around the occupied territories americans shouldnt go into the occupied territories but also embassies around the world about the possibility of some sort of backlash clearly seasoned middle eastern experts in washington say oh well this is a terrible red line it shows that the u. S. Is not an honest peace broker i mean arguably you could say well maybe this is refreshing honesty when was when was the last time the u. S. Was a and honest peace broker president obamas mike hanna just. Dating never never really crack down on the israelis in the u. S. In the u. N. For their their occupation of palestinian territories not least they say he supported all of the incursions into gaza which led to so much devastation and killing so maybe its refreshing the allness but it certainly has shaken up that status quo in washington that well the u. S. Is the honest broker and we shouldnt be doing this sort of thing but again the administration this is the most interesting of arguments ive heard from the administration well but this is really good for the Peace Process because it takes away the store the issue every six months the reason why the u. S. Certifies this every six months is now in one thousand nine hundred five Congress Passed an act which said the embassy would be moved to jerusalem but every six months away but was allowed to not to prevent that from happening so that troubled ministration or some people say well look this takes away the store nation we can get on with the Peace Process but over the weekend this is my last point we did hear that the parameters of a peace deal being worked out by jared cushion of the middle east envoy and the saudis the saudis is not to give the palestinians any of jerusalem in a final peace deal so this does seem to chime with that and i thank you very much a habitat in washington. Now quite as Foreign Ministers tell g. C. C. It is that the bloc remains crucial to regional stability but catherine. Nations which sent heads of state to the summit in kuwait city were represented by ministers a deputy Prime Minister as the meeting and resolve the gulf crisis following the saudi weight falling saudi arabia bahrain and the u. A. E. Cutting ties with cattle. Reports from clay city. While the announcement that this years Gulf Cooperation Council summit would go ahead as planned in kuwait came as a surprise to many it also brought renewed hope for a diplomatic breakthrough that might in the gulf crisis upon his arrival in kuwait on tuesday but that is a mere shift i mean been hammered acehnese issued a statement expressing sincere gratitude toward kuwaits emir. And his wishes for the success of the current summit stressing that the Current Situation in the region required the Councils Members to band together against all odds and challenges but even before the summit officially kicked off the divisions were very much on display. First the United Arab Emirates announced it had formed a new economic and military partnership with saudi arabia that would be separate from the g. C. C. Then saudi arabia the u. A. E. And decided not to send their respective leaders to kuwait it could be that it is embarrassing for some of the leadership of the country is the quartet work i think anthony has. To turn up. And therefore they sent a lower level but it could be that theyre just wanted to have this. Just to show that they actually still exist and this summit is going to take place but nothing else is going to have an which is a really disappointing in that case. In the end a summit that is usually slated for two days ended after only a few hours kuwaits emir said his country will continue mediating in the dispute or just so were going to should be your recent months of seeing a lot of troubles but the wisdom of my brothers of the leaders of the gulf countries managed to calm things down and now meeting today will lead us to continue playing the role that will live up to the aspirations of our people in order to have certain mechanisms to sort out disputes with guarantees that will allow everyone to abide by these rules. Added that the gulf has faced painful and negative developments over the past six months due to the rift. Six months to the day says the beginning of the blockade against top of some here in kuwait say the fact the representatives of all member countries actually showed up means that this summit should ultimately be considered a success others however say that todays developments call into question the g. C. C. An institution which at its core is meant to highlight regional unity will be able to survive much longer and how much improvement does it oh wait. The funeral of ousted yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh and son has been perspire and meanwhile his former hoofy allies who killed him on monday been holding a celebratory rally in the capital the u. N. Is calm as it tries to arrange more aid deliveries for beleaguered civilians as n. P. R. s tab explains. The killing of. Has plunged yemen into even more uncertainty the ousted president would be in a dominant Political Force for over three decades was killed in an attack led by hooty fighters on monday had been in an alliance with the iranian backed rebels for more than two years and his death sparked intense fighting on the streets of the capital sanaa. The clashes were ongoing the entire night until the morning if someone stepped out into the street or fled they would have a bullet hit the mean the head chest or body. On tuesday thousands of who the supporters filled the streets of sanaa celebrating what they called the end of the crisis but yemens challenges are far from over the Saudi Led Coalition which supports the internationally recognized government led by up to rubble months or heidi has said it will still strike rebel targets and how to use urging yemenis to rise against the who these ladies. And i call upon all of you with an open heart and a strong will to turn the new page and to get rid of such a nightmare lets put our hands together to end the control of these criminal gangs and to build a new united yemen. And the who pushed out how these government in january two thousand and fifteen and set up their own administration prompting the saudi led campaign against them since then the country has been split between the who the rebels in the north adis administration in the south and forces loyal to saleh. His death could mark a turning point and the conflict getting worse a conflict which has already killed nearly ten thousand people yemen to the brink of mass starvation and triggered what the United Nations has called the worlds worst humanitarian crisis were mired all parties to the conflict that deliberate attacks against civilians and against civilian and medical infrastructure or clear violations of International Humanitarian law and may constitute war crimes. A former military officer became president of north yemen in one thousand nine hundred Seventy Eight after a coup and in one nine hundred ninety when the north and south reunited he was elected as the first president of the newly unified country he was ousted in two thousand and twelve during the arab spring uprising that managed to stay in the country and wielded considerable power behind the scenes solid ones like in his involvement in yemeni politics is dancing on the head of snakes and while its not yet clear who will succeed him or what his death will mean for the fighting on the ground or the future of yemen one thing appears certain is nearly three year war is unlikely to come to an end anytime soon n. P. R. s time aljazeera. Which want to tell you about the program. Hariri withdraws his resignation drawing a line under a month long political crisis. And we look at the decades long military rivalry between india and pakistan in the latest in our series on ballots. 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