Siege in a Hong Kong University surrender to the police. Palestinians are condemning the u. S. Move to reverse its decades old policy toward settlements washington as announced it will no longer consider them illegal and mocks the latest shift by the Trump Administration and its policy towards israel rosen jordan reports now from washington d. C. 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 establishing 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 ailes announcement is the latest in a string of culture. Herschel 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 pompei o. 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 to see this is a historic day and another great achievement after President Trump recognized jerusalem as the capital of recognize all sovereignty over Golan Heights and now put an end to the lie that settlements are illegal condemnation from jordan and from hamas we warned against dangerous consequences of the us change of position a continuation of u. S. Policy to support occupation from the palestinian leadership not just anger but also a call to action thats prole is that i was a compassion war crimes and this is constituent a major threat to International Peace and security and this is. International community from the orders of International Law that all wars of solving conflicts by facebook means into the horrors of the jungle the European Union and many other countries say the settlements violate u. N. Security Council Resolutions and undermine the chances of a 2 state solution but even with what the u. S. Says are the hopes of renewed peace talks the embassy has issued a security warning knowing some could target american interests in israel and the occupied territories in protest rosalyn jordan aljazeera washington. Aljazeera senior political analyst mark on bashara joins us live now from london one has this declaration by the u. S. Come as a surprise and why is president from doing this now do we think it doesnt come like a surprise at all of course because everyone whos been following the Trump Administration nor all too well that the various positions that were supposed to come through the socalled did of the century have already come through just last week daryn at the United NationsGeneral Assembly 170 countries against 2 voted to renew the United Nations relief and works agency for the palestinians through 2023 and who are the 2 countries against a 170. 00 israel and while the United States so the Obama Administration has been taking the positions. On jerusalem as a capital of israel on the refugees as they have no rights and on the settlements as they are legal apparently under International Law basically the United States or rather the trump in this tradition has decided to back Prime Minister netanyahu the extremists Coalition Government in israel in every possible way even though israel is him selves have doubt about mr nothing now as you say marwan this is the latest in a series of pro israel moves by President Trump all right so what can the palestinians do and can they leverage any help from the International Community there that you were talking about. Look International Law and International Community are 2 phrases there are 2 key magical phrases that really are important for every week party or for every oppressed that oppressed and impoverished Party Anywhere in the world a weak mans best phrase is International LawInternational Community because thats what people expect from International CommunityInternational Law is to protect the unprotected and occupied people meaning the palestinians need protection need International LawInternational Community unfortunately the International Community is not forthcoming and International Law has been shaped and applied selectively according to the logic of the powerful and in this case the United States of america so the Trump Administration has applied international as it saw fit meaning oil is for america and syria its ok to pardon war criminals even though the pentagon even say they should and now the palestinian needs to conclude that no help is coming from the United States the United States is not an honest broker in the Peace Process and that they need to devise a strategy domestically one that to unite them over a vision for a free palestine marwan just a brief final thought from you so where does this leave any chance of peace then whether its the 2 state solution or trump socalled deal of the century what happens next. The 2 state solution is dead it was dying it is dead with this american position and with the expansion of the israeli settlements its going to be practically impossible to separate palestinians from israelis the one state the reality is upon us except the netanyahu government is deluding itself that apart it is still possible it is not eventually with the one state is going to have to be the solution for israelis and palestinians to live in peace together in the holiday modern bashar senior political analyst there in london marwan thank you. Protesters in lebanon have forced the postponement of parliament by blocking m. P. s from getting in because were near the Parliament Building in beirut more than half the m. P. s had already chosen to boycott what would have been parliaments 1st sitting since antigovernment demonstrations began a month ago in another Development Bank some reopened after a week long strike by stop nationwide senator joins us live now from the lebanese capital the protesters have succeeded in blocking this plan session of parliament tell us whats been happening there. Well yes protestors are declaring victory what they did is since the early hours of the morning they gathered in different locations around Parliament Building this was one of those locations basically blocking the roads leading to parliament preventing m. Fees from from reaching the building what we understand is a 5. 00 m. P. Is managed to reach parliament and you will need a quorum of 50 plus one which is a total of 65. 00 and peace in order for that session to go ahead so it has now been canceled and no date has been set so people here protesters are declaring victory theyre celebrating they have paralyzed parliament they believe the legislature is illegitimate and they believe that they were going to pass laws which benefit politicians and not the people so this movement which is now in its 2nd months really people are Still Standing ground even though they have it and. People here are chanting is. A liar is what they want is the ruling elites to resign and they want to governments of independent experts who do not have any affiliation to any Political Party to enact Economic Reforms and to prepare a new electoral law and hold early elections this is the demand from the street but the politicians remain defiant just a short while. Ago the president of the country said that any future cabinet will yes include independents and experts but Political Parties will be represented so it doesnt look like the politicians or the people are ready to make any concessions but what was really significant today is the fact that almost half of the 128 member of parliament youre talking 63 mpg is they boycotted the session these are opposition parties like the Lebanese Forces the Progressive Socialist Party and of the candidates they boycotted the session theyre riding the wave of popular anger are people here will say no they do not represent those they do not support us we want them to leave office just as much as we want the governing alliance to leave office but the opposition has thrown its weight behind the test. And the people remain very much they have an eye out there chanting revolution revolution theyre promising to remain in the streets for as long as it takes so people are celebrating what happened today with the political crisis is still there is far from over the government is a caretaker government no decisions can be taken to deal with the dire Economic Situation in the country. They know how to there live for us from the lebanese capital beirut say no thank you iranian media says protesters have stomped to death 3 members of the Security Forces days of nationwide demonstrations against petrol price rises have killed at least 11 people the cost of fuel soared when the Government Cut subsidies and amounts rationing irans leaders say they will stand by their decision on denouncing rioters as bandits and hooligans dosage bar has the latest from tehran. The number of deaths has gone up since the protestors began on friday according to official figures. 11 people have been killed 5 of those belong to the Security Forces 6 civilians that make up the arrests now these figures are coming to us from official state channels and officially weve heard the numbers to be much higher but we cannot verify that these demonstrations are being met with all the Security Forces inside the country since the Supreme Leader announced on sunday morning his views that he supported the governments decision to increase fuel prices the Intelligence Ministry the revolutionary guards have all issued statements saying that they will prevent any kind of gathering from taking place across the country and as a result of that over the past 24 hours there have been very few protests reported and weve seen a heavy security presence across the country now this is happening because president Hassan Rouhani said they have no choice but to increase the price of fuel to try and provide subsidies to nearly 60000000 iranians who are living close to the poverty line and thats because of economic sanctions that have been imposed on iran they are not able to sell their oil on the International Market since the United States withdrew from the nuclear deal last year this is something the iranian president said that they were not it was not an easy decision for them but it was necessary to try and help people deal with the economic crisis thats ongoing in the country. Our time for short break here now just iraq when we come back an admission by chiles president that Security Forces have gone too far. And Pacific Islanders dying from measles the latest in the state of emergency and some more more on that stay with us. Were in c were spell of its really cold weather across northeastern parts of china saving province has had major problems widespread travel disruption quite a bit of snowfall in that cold wave extends this way down into the beijing as well as we go on through the next couple of days the the wind she weather will start to pull out of the way but were still talking in some very cold air behind this area of low pressure and normally winds here so for sapporo for example temperatures will struggle to get anywhere near freezing to celsius a top temperature here still a chance of some snow but of all stuck to attempt to hear what is 4 degrees cold crisp sunshine as we go on into the next couple of days a sloshy try for a japan as you can see laci try to just around the yellow sea basing around 8 degrees celsius but a fair amount of cloud around here central southern parts of china actually thats because the main weather action is affecting the philippines more than parts of the philippines we have a typhoon sliding in across lose almost got to temperatures of hong kong around 27. 00 degrees celsius as that wetter whether she can see just making its way across northern parts of the philippines is a rush of showers across malaysia but its largely fine dry and sunny for get a bit in the. Story 1400 years in the making. A school. Oreos succession. Tells the story line of. The kind of result 3. Welcome back to the top stories here on the aljazeera the u. S. Has abandoned its longstanding position on israeli settlements in the occupied west bank saying it will no longer consider them illegal. President has condemned the move but has been welcomed by israels Prime Minister who says it writes an historic wrong protest as in lebanon have been attacking cars in the Parliament Building forcing n. P. s to postpone that planned session more than half of the politicians had already chosen to boycott what would have been parliaments 1st sitting since antigovernment demonstrations began a month ago. And 3 members of irans state Security Forces have been stabbed to death by protesters military run according to media least 11 people are now for to died during a nationwide demonstrations against fuel prices most didnt protest as in hong kong last surrendering to police have surrounded a university now for 4 days on khans leader has condemned students who threw petrol bombs and fired arrows at the police they responded with tear gas and water cannon the police are appealing to all students of the polytechnic to leave peacefully. Or east have been searching for peaceful resolution using force has always been the last resort in response to violence of the fighters. Over the past few days repeat it to the future divides is just a vendor there and if the campus however some. Warning and he feels pretty. Reports from hong kong. This is the aftermath of monday night street protests roads blocked with burnt out cars tables and chairs strewn across major briards in Hong Kong Central callen district at Polytechnic University protesters started to emerge from the campus after a not a violent confrontations with police the choice to surrender we just want to leave. Them out why did you personally. Call because i have a lot of political will also afraid of water police say on the air and because we dont know what will happen next some people have. A Common Knowledge because they are. Also enjoying some moves in the anti say or Something Like police set up a checkpoint to the campus for questioning those charged with brushing face up to 10 years in jail some students managed to escape on monday they were met by Police Firing tear gas and rubber bullets on tuesday university professes school teaches and principals negotiated a deal allowing students to leave the campus peacefully with those under age and they police agreed not to arrest them to be talking here. I detail the photos in the media but do things. Which rich the police would need based on the arresting them be flabby sure they are they dealt with people you. Meet these protesters have emerged voluntarily for the still hard core group of protesters holed up inside the campus despite attempts by police to negotiate their exit theyre facing to leave. Hong kongs chief executive kerry lam condemned the protests she says 600. 00 have been arrested 200. 00 of them are under the idea of biting she appealed to the remaining group to give themselves up we will use whatever means to continue to persuade and arrange for the. Remaining protesters to leave the campus as soon as possible so that this whole operation could be able to end in a peaceful manner and laid a basis for the subsequent work by the police to stop violence in hong