Politicians from holding their 1st parliamentary session in a month. In sports there is in a recurring returns as manager of spain the former barcelona boss returning to the job 5 months after the death of his baby daughter. The United Nations says israeli settlements in occupied palestinian territory. A breach of International Law thats after a u. S. Decision to not longer consider israeli settlements and legal well russia has also reaffirmed at stars that the settlements are illegal while palestinians have been condemning the decision israels Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu went to the west bank he celebrated the announcement as a quote huge achievement that fixed a wrong rosalyn jordan reports 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 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 a. 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. 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 nation from jordan and from hamas we warn 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 patient. War crimes and this is constituent a major threat to International Peace and security and this is. International community from the rules of International Law that all wars of solving conflicts by free support means and to the horrors of the. The European Union and many other countries say the settlements violate Un 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. Well lets bring in neda abraham our correspondent is live for us and ramallah in the occupied west bank as a nother blow for palestinians one of the but is this some comfort in the United Nations and russia saying their stance hasnt changed. The International Community has made it clear in several occasions the u. N. And the e. U. By saying that these settlements are against International Law however on the ground they have been under Construction Since 1967 if course it goes on abs and flows sometimes we see an acceleration of building for example in the time since donald trump was elected as the us president the israeli plans to build more settlements has doubled in comparison with the 3 years before that so its an issue that palestinians have been fighting against and talking about over the years they feel that the israelis are trying to kind of impose facts on the ground and then building these settlements which are against International Law but then asking everybody to accept them as kind of like this is the scene are you that were living with right now for palestinians this is one of the main issues of the conflict its something that they deal with on a daily basis there are more than 250. 00 illegal israeli settlements and outposts in different areas in the occupied west bank into including East Jerusalem and some would tell you that they have rendered the west bank into a piece of swiss cheese whereby the settlements are connected with a network of roads infrastructure checkpoints and what have you and they are also taking up palestinian resources and all of that person is would tell you is killing any opportunity for a contiguous future palestinian state its neither thank you for that announce that neither abraham live in ramallah lets bring in our senior political analyst madam on bashar he is joining us from our Broadcast Center in london. As weve been hearing on the u. N. Russia you know saying that they havent changed their stance and once again we have the u. S. Diverging with international norms. Well certainly the United Nations or russia have no weight in what goes on in israel palestine because since a number of decades certainly since 991 it was the United States that dictated the diplomatic and the non diplomatic reality on the ground in israel palestine so really everyone else just talks its the United States that has these to teach equate and the leverage with israel and it used to be with palestine in order to make things or break things and just to nuance a bit our report about the u. S. Policy on the question of settlements let me just summarize it or in few seconds yes since 97 to 8 the United States did consider the settlements illegal in the 10 years prior to that after 67. 00 there were seen as in egypt emits in the eyes of various american administrations but they did nothing or little about it the Reagan Administration did not exactly see the settlements as illegal although they pushed for freezing the settlements the Clinton Administration was more than happy to ask after the 1st after the 1st Bush Administration for a freeze of the settlements but the israelis never responded positively for that now thats or a number that was all poseurs illegal in 1998 after the Carter Administration was advancing a Peace Agreement between israel and egypt. Bush jr did not really look seriously about the freezing of the settlements and we ended up with obama basically turning his back on his own promise in cairo for israel to freeze the settlements and now we have the thump in this tradition that sees a major weakness in the arab political order that sees real division and weakness among the palestinians themselves taken advantage of all of that with his eventually call an extreme zionist base in order to see this settlements as illegal the refugees have no right to return and jerusalem as capital of israel so really the Trump Administration is reshaping the american policy towards israel palestine and sidelining the International Community in favor of the extreme netanyahu government and further alienating if that was possible the palestinians madman whose byan israelis the International Community needs if any said notion to the conflict is ever possible. Absolutely and you could have you couldve thought that they couldnt in it the palestinians anymore but yes they are but unlike what the palestinian spokesman or leaders of etiquette said earlier it didnt really turn from the law of International Law to the law of jungle they basically are trying to turn it from the International Law to israeli law basically giving way to israel to impose its own laws in the occupied territories and that would be fine if then we will all recognize that there is one sovereignty between the river and the mediterranean and that is a palestinian israeli sovereignty edge own sovereignty if you will and hence impose local loads on customs the problem with imposing israeli law on occupied territories is that if 1st of all it is illegal 2nd of all it does defy the International Committee and 3rd of all that it will create even more hostility among the palestinians because thats is in short a new form of a part tate. What should the palestinians do they should stop being angry and start being smart 1st of all no longer for look for saviors from washington brussels or even cairo and start looking for solutions domestically but 1st and foremost unite how could the palestinians expect anyone to come to their help how could they ever expect to succeed if they themselves are divided they need to not unite and but unite on what unite on a Clear Strategy on a clear vision because if they dont or another elections that is totally divisive under the occupation no democracy or no sovereignty or not dependence that would only need to further divisions among the palestinians they need to sideline this whole point of the elections unite on a program and i think that program form and then the electrical point of view could no longer be a 2 state solution because the 2 state solution is dead buried and and now they need to think about how theyre going to approach the one state to reality how theyre going to be living with israelis on the one sovereign independent state where Jews Christians and muslims but a citizen israelis live equally under the law that ron thank you as always for your ira and science that is our senior political analyst madame understand live and learn to thank you. Public impeachment hearings against the u. S. President is set to resume shortly in what could be an explosive 2nd week of testimony from 9 witnesses donald trump is accused of pressure in ukraine into digging up dirt on his political rival joe biden but its take a look at the fall officials who testify on tuesday Jennifer Williams is a Foreign Service a Vice President mike pence she has listened to President Trumps ukraine phone call and has said it struck her as inappropriate shell be testifying alongside left and kowtow alexander vend been who also heard the phone call at the center of the inquiry now a little later in the day the committees will hear from could volcker the former u. S. Special envoy for ukraine where hes denied participating in any effort to dig up dirt on joe biden and the national Security Councils former official in charge of overseeing russia and europe policy will also give evidence tomorrow said it had told investigators that he had concerns over trump allegedly withholding u. S. Aid to ukraine to get an investigation into joe biden we will speak to a White House CorrespondentKelly Holcomb shortly but 1st lets go to heidi show koster shes joining us live from capitol hill and the democrats will be hoping that this quartet of witnesses heidi will be able to flesh out various parts of the narrative here. Thats right elizabeth and if we look at the mornings witnesses 1st these are both National Security experts on ukraine who were listening to that phone call on which the american President Donald Trump asked the president of ukraine to open investigations into trumps political opponents in the u. S. And these 2 witnesses used very similar language to describe what they thought of the call alexander vended who is on the national as a staffer on the national Security Council within the white house he said that he was concerned and he immediately alerted white House Attorneys to what he thought may have been something improper and Jennifer Williams the 2nd witness this morning she works for the Vice President s office and she described that call as inappropriate and view joie and those descriptions from both these witnesses have earned them the ire of the president theyve been both attacked as never a trump arrest by the president on twitter theres no evidence to suggest that either of these 2 have ever said anything or thought anything are have been on the record been opposed to President Trump and particularly for alexander venom and the attacks have been problematic because the republicans have come to his defense pointing out that he is a wounded veteran from the raw war and that he as a young child fled the soviet union with his family fleeing persecution of jews and so these 2 may be sympathetic witnesses to the American Public however elizabeth as we know this this case for impeaching the president rest more than just on sympathy alone and democrats are facing the challenge of trying to prove that there was intent on the president s side she withhold u. S. Security aide to ukraine as leverage to get them best occasions into his opponents and to to make that point the the witnesses this morning dont have. That much information to share the lower level officials but thats why this afternoon those other 2 witnesses heard volcker the former envoy to the ukraine and to Jim Jim Morrison who is a higher level official on ukraine at the white house they may be able to shed more light but its notable that republicans are also hopeful that those 2 witnesses may defend the president morrison was one who was also on the call he said that there was nothing improper from what he heard and kurt volker has said that he did not connect the withhold the withholding of the aid to this request for investigations of the question is whether his testimony might evolve or whether he will continue to be the defender of trump that republicans are hoping to count on heidi thank you that is heidi show cost over the natives live in washington d. C. Lets bring in kimberly housecoat shes also joining us live from washington and is that an interesting day not just on capitol hill but even at the White House Committee given that given so many officials are testifying. Yeah and so far the president has been largely quiet on social media he often tweets about this time injecting himself in Important News days trying to control the narrative weve not seen that yet but we certainly remember watching for very carefully in these upcoming proceedings whether or not the president will do something he did last week and that was treat during witness testimony now this is certainly something that even his supporters have said may have been ill advised because what it did was it opened him up to not only looking like use trying to control the news narrative but accusations of witness tampering even witness intimidation so thats one of the things well be watching for very carefully the other thing the president tweeted about a monday and looking for more information about is whether or not the president himself will testify in these proceedings what we heard repeatedly last week was a lot of these witnesses did not have firsthand knowledge this was hearsay thats when the president or rather one of the democrats on the committee that is asking questions of witnesses said well we can have the president testify that would be 1st hand information president now suggesting in a tweet that he is considering it but has said nothing more so what are we watching for today we know the president has a Cabinet Meeting that will be happening in a few hours time its very likely that the president may because this is going to be happening during the same time that these witnesses are speaking on capitol hill that he may be reacting to what hes heard so far and even countering back to some of the claims that have been made. Kelly thank you for that for now that is kimberly held at live in washington d. C. Now to some breaking news coming into us from the swedish capital stockholm were hearing that the Swedish Prosecution Authority says they will not proceed with the investigation into the rape allegations against wiki leaks founder Julian Assange again the Swedish Prosecution Authority saying theyre not going to proceed with the rape allegations against wiki leaks founder Julian Assange we will have more on that as it becomes available to us. So lets move on to other news for now in the United Nations has raised deep concern at Iranian Security forces use of live ammunition to Disperse Protesters the