Vests nonetheless says this economic plan of his is an opportunity of the century thats what he calls it for palestinians and the 1st step towards a political solution to the Israeli Palestinian conflict saudi arabia and the u. A. E. They both say that they will back the proposal by direct message to the Palestinian People is that despite with those who have let you down in the past tell you President Trump and america have not given up on you this workshop is for you the vision we developed and released if executed correctly will lead to a Better Future for the Palestinian People a future of dignity prosperity and opportunity you can change your course for the positive if we are willing to try new things and think outside of the traditional box. All right lets go live to gaza now our correspondent there is rob matheson and rob the people of. The occupied west bank as well but the people of gaza in particular seem to be enraged by this proposal of their 50000000000. 00 investment plan. Thats absolutely right monsignor i mean this is the 2nd day of protests weve seen in gaza when people have been voicing their opposition to the baccarin conference we had a general strike on tuesday in the early part of why this is you mentioned there was a large scale protest to the center of gaza city right now just. About a kilometer or so from the Israeli Border and weve got another meeting this one entitled to confronting the deal of the century but then my message is pretty much the same we had a hamas official who was speaking to listening to the crowd earlier saying that the militants were able to undermine the conspiracy and it had the strength of resistance to be able to deal with this you know hama security has been tightened to keep people away from the border busy as theyve been drifting down hamas does not want to have a confrontation with israel at this time but people very concerned as you do saying that this u. S. Economic deal is basically an attempt to distract them from their demands of a right to return to the ground that they believe belongs to them and also the removal of restrictions and controls that have been put in place predominantly by israel now the conference in bahrain is due to end on what the palestinians are making a very clear that their anger with this situation is likely to continue all right. All right lets remind ourselves and what the palestinians actually want 1st they are demanding an independent state as part of a 2 state solution that was agreed in the 1993 oslo accords that deal also calls for contentiousness used to be negotiated and result within 5 years of the signing of the agreement. And these include the status of jerusalem how the Syrian Refugees illegal israeli settlements future borders as well as security arrangements where theyve been most of all efforts to bring peace to the region over the years but mistrust between israelis and palestinians have stored the Peace Process and during this time the building of illegal settlements has continued and u. S. President donald trump has declared jerusalem israels capital that was just last year much to the anger of palestinians and much of the International Community lets say to Phyllis Bennis is a fellow at the institute of policy studies shes also of understanding the palestinian israeli conflict a primer shes joining us via skype from washington d. C. Thanks for talking to us again phyllis many people are pouring cold water in fact scorn and derision upon this plan thats been outlined by jared hes called it the opportunity of the century for the palestinians why do you stand on this. Well certainly this is probably not ever going to happen the notion that there is going to be 50000000000. 00 invested over 10 years in an area of land that is under the complete control of a different government that is still occupied where israel controls everything about the borders about bringing in equipment about permits controls the land controls the settlement these really military is the force that is in control of all of the of the occupied palestinian territory under those circumstances there is no way that there is going to be 50000000000. 00 worth of investment in new companies that are going to hire a 1000000 people which is the claim right so on one hand its simply not going to happen the broader problem is that this is not designed for palestinian rights this is designed to divert away from palestinian rights to buy after the palestinians to urge them to essentially surrender the demand for rates and it goes far beyond the 2 state solution which many. Listin ians believe in many outside observers believe as well is no longer a possibility whether it was a good or bad idea years ago there is no land left that is not already under israeli control and where the us has not already said it would support i was really to let me ask you this do you think that tactically the palestinians have taken the right course when they are a refusing to engage with this manami investment meeting workshop i think its being called so theyre not engaging that be theyre not engaging with the broader administration apparently wanting to sit out donald trump and theres always a danger of course they could be reelected in 2020. There is a danger bad danger i think that one of the things we have to recognize is that the palestinians who make their own judgment this isnt for me to do to judge their tactics i think that whats key is that there has been a recognition that this administration has proven whatever its rhetoric whatever. Questioner or 3 men or any of the others say about we stand with the Palestinian People they stand against palestinian rights through their actions when the u. S. Essentially gives jerusalem to israel and says you have full control when it says that the illegally occupied Golan Heights belongs to israel as President Trump did and then said to a group of wealthy jewish republicans i have i spoke with your Prime Minister as if he was assuming that these Jewish Americans were somehow israelis that netanyahu was their Prime Minister in an extraordinarily antisemitic remark we might say this recognize this is a way of recognizing where this Administration Stands on the question of palestinian rights there is no concern for palestinian rights in this administration and by attending i think they would have given credibility to this meeting which is designed far more for u. S. Interests. In the region particularly the interests that have to do with bringing israel saudi arabia the u. A. E. Together in this anti Iran Coalition this cant be separated from what we see underway in the region right now where the u. S. Is going to Great Lengths to ratchet up the pressure on iran in a very dangerous way and not do so in collaboration with this grouping i wish we could talk for longer sadly time is against us Phyllis Bennis thank you so much thank you weve got a lot more to come on this aljazeera news hour including the image of a father and his daughter thats putting migration in the u. S. Sharply in focus. And in sport it is most solemn under too much pressure to perform peter will be here with the latest from the africa cup of nations. That harrowing photographs of a father and his daughter who drowned in a river on the Us Mexico Border the rio grande day is highlighting the dangers that migrants face as they try to reach the u. S. Last year more than 200 people were killed are trying to make the often deadly crossing the torah gave him the reports now and a warning some viewers may find the images in her report disturbing. Martinez and his 23 month old daughter valerie a died last weekend crossing from mexico to the United States a journalist who works for a mexican newspaper found their bodies on monday she hopes the photographs she took will focus International Attention on migration to the u. S. Where you can make one more your in extent in more or it was something that moved me deeply because it showed that up until her last breath she was joined to him not only by their shirts but also in that embrace and which they passed together and today. 25 year old martinez was from el salvador he was crossing the rio grande with valerie on his back tucked inside his t. Shirt when they were swept away by strong currents his wife was waiting on the mexican side of the shoreline and survived. Them something bad like this happen before you see the river and it appears very calm i think thats why the father thought he could cross but the rio grande has a lot of deep powerful currents downstream. Earlier this month mexico agreed to tighten its southern border with bottom on a after President Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs on mexican goods critics say the new measures have led to migrants taking even more dangerous and isolated routes. Page aggressive martinez and his daughter a reminiscent of another tragedy that made headlines 4 years ago the image of alan codys body washed up on a turkish beach sparked global outrage he was a 3 year old syrian refugee the images of martinez and his daughter may have a similar impact serving to highlight the plight of those fleeing war and poverty in Central AmericaVictoria Gate and be aljazeera. Live now to washington and our correspondent there wasnt jordan and roles that pictures going around the world and people of quite horrifying well sort of impact is it having in the United States itself. Well the reaction is following along partisan political lines here in the Us Democratic representatives in the u. S. Congress have said that this shows just how destructive the trumpet ministrations migration policy is and that people are risking their very lives to try to come to the United States for a better way of life their republican counterparts are saying that this proves that people are taking an unnecessary risk that the more effort should be put into trying to help the migrants home countries improve the security and Economic Situation in their country so that people dont feel compelled to try to reach the United States of course all of this is happening as both the u. S. House and the u. S. Senate are debating similar bills on providing about 4 to have 1000000000. 00 in humanitarian aid to deal with the growing numbers of migrants who are along the Us Mexico Border but its not clear that this legislation will actually be reconciled and then signed by the president because the Democratic House wants more restrictions on how that money can be used then does the Senate Version of the legislation but certainly there is a lot of Public Awareness martain of this incident involving martinez and his little girl on the rio grande day in the last couple of days all right thank you for that reason and correspondent in washington thank you right now we can speak to chris a boy and he is a spacemans full of the u. N. High commission for refugees hes joining us live from washington as well thanks for talking to us now you advocate on the positive of refugees all Scott Martinez and he still said we dont know what they are refugees it will they migrants and does it matter. Well i think there is no person that i know of that cant look at that photograph. Not be absolutely heartbroken that photograph really captures something essential about the fragility the preciousness of every human life and what we know is that there are people on the move in this hemisphere from Central America now for a wide variety of reasons but what that photograph really does capture is a failure by all of the countries of the region to really address some of the things that are happening in parts of Central America that are that are causing people to flee when we many of them are in need of real protection absolutely i mean we know that there is extraordinary levels of violence and pull the tea as well which is driving so many of these people out of the homes in Central America but the responsibility is falling upon the United States what should they be doing with regard to people who are trying to cross illegally because these are the people that the Top Administration seem to be aiming at ghent and the people who are not crossing officially. Well you know 1st of all the situation as it is evolving in this part of the world at the moment is one that no one country can or should be asked to address alone that is why my organization u. N. H. C. R. Has recently called for an urgent meeting of states throughout the region to begin to really map out some Operational Solutions its clear to everybody that there are some very serious and very real operational challenges on the border between mexico and the United States at the moment but it is incumbent on all countries of the region to Work Together in a coordinated way to address those challenges in ways that are humane that are secure and that are efficient and there really is not another option for that so thats what we support while it may be incumbent upon these countries to take a certain amount of risk responsibility but if they dont there are no there are no punitive measures that you can take against them that mean the americans are basically doing their own thing theyve cooked a. Some kind of deal with the mexicans for now but i mean you cant compel countries to step up and deal with refugees and migrants in a responsible and humane way can you. Well the United Nations in any given u. N. Agencies such as ours is not in any position to compel any country to do anything we serve at the pleasure of the Member States of the United Nations and what our job is is to bring to bear our experience from around the world with our 16000. 00 staff and 130. 00 countries over many decades and offer that guidance and that expertise to countries in this region at the moment in order to support them and to help them do what they have said they want to do in the 1st place that is our job we cant compel anybody to do anything else chris thank you very much indeed for talking to us live from washington chris represents the Refugee Agency of the u. N. Thank you. Thank you still to come here on the news hour why are dozens of crew miners in south africa refusing to come out from underground. And in sports painting the town orange trends take a very at the womens world cup. No sign of any right in the forecast across much of the middle east we have got some wet weather just around the caucasus and between the black sea and the caspian sea a little low cloud it just slipping a little further south was on me in the azerbaijan georgia seeing some of that cloud and rain but the most obvious elsewhere already 4748 celsius the kuwait city and for baghdad pleasant sunshine across the eastern side of the med will get up to around 2829. 00 celsius for beirut and jerusalem over the next couple of days is that right still continuing across the far north east of turkey pushing across towards the caspian sea elsewhere hot sunshine 32 celsius for kabul we get up to 34 in karachi houses still across the right in peninsula here in doha 43 celsius and rising friday will see however around 46 degrees possibility of some spots of right now which was the western part of saudi arabia but essentially hot and dry does sum it up not so much right in the forecast across Southern Africa laws clear skies a little bit of cloud just getting through the southern cape you might just catch want to coastal showers i think the majority of any coastal showers will be reserved for that eastern side of madagascar elsewhere this warm sunshine all the way back with a high of 70. In the shared new immigration laws and projects funded by european governments have seen a rapid decline in the migrant transport 3 people in power travels to agadez to explore the realities faced by the drivers left out of pocket and the migrants who are choosing to return home who would like to go back to the country where they are from you know to be getting more easy going back to the one who might not want to leave yet. Europe migration on a. Examining decade dining scientists are telling us that we have just 12 years to make one person any changes. Unflinchingly journalism to. Be sharing personal stories with a global audience we see people making sacrifices this is what i want to see explore in abundance of world class programming. The world is watching on aljazeera. Targets take a look at the top stories here in the aljazeera news hour a u. N. Special investigators called for a criminal inquiry into saudi arabias crown Prince Mohammed bin sound and one of his main advisers over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi the saudi envoy to the Un Human Rights Council in geneva accused agnes of being prejudiced Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside the kingdoms consulate in istanbul last october. Palestinians have rejected the u. S. Administrations 50000000000. 00 economic proposal thousands