The u. S. Decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital. Hello there im jim mcdonald this is al jazeera live from london also coming up turkish president becomes the first head of state to visit greece in decades bods historic disputes still loom large two years after russia entered the war in syria moscow declares its military operation has driven i saw for all of its territory and wildfires in california force hundreds of thousands of people to flee their home. Their warm welcome to the program at least one hundred eight palestinians have been injured in violent protests across the occupied territories after u. S. President donald trump formally recognized a risk. Its israels capital where. Demonstrators in several palestinian territories have clashed with israeli troops in ramallah in the occupied west Bank Thousands heeded the call from palestinian leaders to mobilize for three days of rage what abdelhamid has more from ramallah in the occupied west bank. Anger and disappointment and a sense of betrayal some of the feelings among palestinians now still they remain defiant saying that regardless they do consider jerusalem the capital of a future palestinian state now this march is a show a few new usually you would see the many flags of the palestinian factions this time only the palestinian flag is raised. For jerusalem thats the only thing we can do this trump declinations a slap for us here to wake up and realize the Peace Process was just an illusion its the biggest insult to arabs even before palestinians saudi kuwait emirates jordan all of them venture here in palestine we defend it but we cant do without support but if those were peaceful protests there were also clashes across the occupied bus bank usually a distant call friction point thats when Palestinian Youth come face to face with the israeli army now the military had announced that it has deployed several extra battalion to the occupied west bank because it was preparing for the eventuality of unrest now friday is another day of rage and more of this kind of violence scenes are expected well a general strike is also in place closing shops businesses and schools are a false reports now from occupied East Jerusalem. The day after the u. S. President recognized jerusalem. Israels capital palestinian residents of its occupied eastern half protested outside the old citys damascus gate the unfurling of the palestinian flag prompted the first of several interventions by Israeli Security forces its less than five months since people here took to the streets in their tens of thousands to protest against the placing of israeli metal detectors at the entrances to the al aqsa mosque compound one activist says these protests could swell around friday prayers. We jerusalem residents we will stand up against his decision every way we can exactly as we stood up against the closure of today theres a general strike and protests tomorrow be the big way. A short distance from the mosque escape inside the old city its clear that most of the businesses here are observing a general strike thats been called in protest of Donald Trumps decision its a pretty big sacrifice for them its a sign of how deeply this is being felt. Bakeries are among the businesses exempt from the strike i had bush who was born here and what palestinians views their capital he says trump has jeopardized its future status can homework and the can address drusilla as a sacred place for three religions he cant just give them something that is just for them it was islam judaism and christianity all here this is a city of peace. Donald trump did speak of the need to preserve the rights of all three faiths in this holy city emphasizing that he wasnt taking a position on any final status issues including contested borders but his decision to recognize what he called the reality of its status as israels capital is also emphasized another reality for palestinians life and occupation with a Peace Process stalled for two decades and now thrown into ever greater jeopardy are a force that aljazeera occupied East Jerusalem well palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas says hes rallying International Opposition to president. Described as quote an unacceptable crime. Against them though. This is a scene being repeated across the palestinian territories we are like a Palestinian People we will not accept this. State to fight and fight and fight to get your is all i am capital of palestine. But beyond protesting palestinian leaders are now trying to come up with a unified action plan to respond to Donald Trumps recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel most say the oslo accord is dead its been the basis of twenty five years of u. S. Mediated off negotiations between the palestinians and the israelis. And telling my brothers in the Palestinian Authority that the situation should be clear we will go out of the darkness this decision has killed and. The p. A. s Prime Minister was in gaza on a prearranged visit as hamas hands back control of the territory well before trams announcement polls showed two thirds of palestinians wanted handlers boss president Mahmoud Abbas to resign because theyre no nearer a deal on statehood now theres even more pressure on the p. A. To come up with a new strategy. Saying we will confront this decision by having our own National Unity the justice of our case we will establish on sixty seven borders. This is a demonstration of our cards as well my house is on the right now from. Florida and i just found a demonstration because political leaders here are realizing. They want the focus of palestinian on not to be on the situation in gaza but to be on whats happening to jerusalem but its pretty obvious there are gaza well our White House Correspondent kimberly how has been speaking exclusively to raj shah the Deputy Assistant to the u. S. President so kindly youve had a chance to talk to the white house directly about what the president s reaction is to what hes seeing right the presence of avid watcher of Television News and so given the fact that there has been violent protests in response to his announcement we asked the Deputy Assistant to the president russia what the president was thinking they say that in fact they feel that it went as they expected and in fact could have been worse they also asked about the president s position when it comes to making this announcement given the fact that its a view of the International Community that this violates International Law and un resolutions death cleric jerusalem as the capital of israel he says that this and heres to american law and thats what matters to the president further asked him what it would mean the status of jerusalem as part of an american sponsored Peace Process. When the president mentioned jerusalem he didnt say and recognize it as an undivided city does it mean that in a Peace Process it sponsored by the United States does it mean then that jerusalem could be on the negotiating table as part of a Peace Process look borders sovereignty these are the types of issues that might be part of final status negotiations were all the parties are going to have a role and have to negotiate a final settlement so thats that the decision yesterday has nothing to do with that and were going to allow the parties to work out the details so was the language very specific that in terms of the selection of the president using the phrasing that he did of course it was in this is this was about a recognition of reality and not about you know putting our finger on the scale in the Peace Process we are an honest broker and we want the first word of being an honest broker is being honest and recognizing reality that israels capital is risky. Now as part of continuing to get that message across the white house is sending the Vice President mike pence to the region december seventeenth hell be speaking in front of the knesset as well as having bilateral meetings with the israeli and palestinian leaders now in terms of what this means following on the heels of Donald Trumps visit and that riyadh speech where he met with the fifty plus Muslim Leaders and how this has put them in an uncomfortable position following this announcement this is something that was really shrugged off by ra shaad fact is that this really should have no impact on the relationship or any efforts combined efforts of the coalition to fight extremist groups and also denied that in any way this has emboldened iran in the region kitty hawk up there joining me live from the white house kimberly thank you well for more on this im joined by aljazeera senior political analyst marwan bashar who joins me now in the studio amar when you have been writing on our website front and center about this sentiment from washington having this idea that the International Community that everybody must accept this new reality never mind that it is an illegal disputed reality but nonetheless everybody has to learn to accept it i think thats why thats one of the reasons why the french president mccrone called the american decision of violation of International Law. Even though this was originally borne out of a decision by congress where it still violates International Law. The idea that you accept the reality is if there are created on the ground as has been exactly that in terms of israeli strategy of occupation and creating illegal settlements in East Jerusalem and the rest of the west bank so if the American Administration saying we must recognize jerusalem as the capital israel because thats the reality the israelis conclude and thats exactly what president about us warned against. That whatever settlements they have already as a reality as a new facts on the ground in the west bank will be recognized as israeli if you do that and if you look at the map of of what is today occupied palestine you will see its almost like swiss cheese its actually swiss cheese so does that mean men marwan if the trumpet ministration was corrected its assertion that it is the only honest broker and that it is only say what the reality is on the ground the actual reality is there is no palestinian state and of currently what because also the reality is that the United States has lost yesterday whatever credibility it had left with the palestinians with the arabs with the International Community as a sponsor of these peace talks already americas three other partners in the International Quartet for the Peace Process meaning the e. U. Russia and the United Nations have come out already against the american step on jerusalem in fact only a few moments after the trump speech the secretary general of the United Nations came out briefly and said look there is no other game in town there is no plan b. A two state solution with jerusalem the capital of two states is the way forward right so really the entire International Community and by the way i mean ive looked even americas closest allies like saudi arabia egypt and all the other dictators in the region and outside the region there isnt a single leader in the world today any one relevant anywhere that i can find in any paper that has come out in support of this american step with one exception the Prime Minister of israel and why because trump was repeating after him. Netanyahu says this has to be the eternal capital of the jewish people and i think what weve heard from trump yesterday was exactly that so weve seen some cancer arguments they were in the press yesterday and again we weve seen them today so briefly but this idea that two things i think are circulating to two ideas anyway that trump was right to depart from the old way of doing business because frankly we havent benefited anyone and the other thought being you know palestinian politicians need a kick up the butt and that this was one way of giving it to them im not saying that we agree with either of those viewpoints but they are i was there on the first aspect of it clearly the United States have made many mistakes the problem is to think that if you make a new policy things will get better when every sign says things will get worse so yes past policies fail this one is going to be even a greater failure the second thing is the palestinians have a class now try to unite together that is sponsored by and the by the palestinians to the Trump Initiative is to say we can need to unite all of the factions and come up with a strategy that goes beyond the United States because we the Palestinian People they say no longer trust the United States as a broker now in the shower thank you articles online just write me of the title i think its called trump on jerusalem the quintessential netanyahu fantastic thank you thank you still to come on aljazeera by a judge in argentina has ordered the arrest of former president Cristina Kirshner vote counting begins in the polls election as the country needs towards a fully fledged democracy. Hell i was the storm blows out of the highlands of scotland and into scandinavia and its yes thats not massive white cloud there so the is about to change completely itll happen overnight it will be felt the moment you get up so fridays forecast thirty four starts off as rain coming through france and the British Isles followed by snow and that cold air is clearly is a difference makes quite a lot of penetration six degrees as max in london and back the same in zurich snow on the ground and on the alps but its the breeze that will make you feel really cold there is comparable temperature wise with the rest of europe as its been sitting in the last few days but with a significant wind snow fall in norway in probably sweden but really its going to get as far south as the balkans and a line still takes you through the Baltic States single figures for most still twelve in a row and sent in athens about twelve in madrid but look at zero six max cold air has been penetrating and sticking hasnt yet got much further south weve already had a drop in temperature to give you teens all the way along the north coast of africa indeed even in the middle of libya as to whats in the sky passing shower maybe but probably not sunshine twenty in cairo and eighteen in robot. If you were in beijing looking out the Pacific Ocean youd see American Warships one mess was that somehow time is aiming to replace america and anger around the world but the chinese are not that stupid things guys want to dominate a huge chunk of the planet this seems like a preparation for our first president George Washington said if you want peace prepare for war the coming war on china at this time on a just see it. Our mind off the top stories here on aljazeera at least one hundred eight palestinians have been injured in violent protests across the combined territories after u. S. President donald trump formally recognized jerusalem as israels. Leader of hamas which dominates the gaza strip has called for a day of rage in response to. Turkeys president is on a historic two day visit to greece the first by a turkish head of state for sixty five years tension between the two countries over territorial disputes in the end has reached a new high but there are also broader issues at stake most important a deal between turkey and the prevent large numbers of refugees from reaching europe through greece. Honoring the greek war dead turkish president. On a historic visit that goes off to a difficult start in an interview broadcast the night before his visit at durham spoke of revising the treaty which set the border between greece and turkey in one thousand nine hundred three official statements from the two sides reflected territorial tensions particularly over two failed because asians to reunify cyprus divided since one thousand nine hundred seventy four turkish invasion. In davos the Greek Cypriots promised us that we would reach a solution to the cyprus issue and that did not happen recently we had another meeting in switzerland again over cyprus and who work their way there again it was the Greek Cypriots. Im forty three years old and this issue has been ongoing for forty three years theres always a discussion about whos to blame we mustnt forget that this issue remains open because three years ago it was an illegal invasion and occupation of the northern section of cyprus. Greece invited partly because its concerned over three thousand space violations by turkish Fighter Aircraft over the aegean sea this year marking a five year peak and greece says territorial water violations number sixteen hundred this year a ten year high thats an uncomfortable parallel with the recent quadrupling of refugee ar