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While protests have already been held in gaza and across the occupied west bank against that deal palestinians have described the move as a stab in the back correspondent need to him is in the west bank and well get reaction from the in just a few minutes but 1st lets go to our White House Correspondent can be how it can be any minute now to Foreign Ministers and a Prime Minister is supposed to be putting pen to paper. Right certainly there it appears that this is a little bit behind schedule in terms of the formal ceremony but all of the players now here at the white house for what is known as the Abraham Accords this is what this Administration Says is the beginning of. Peace agreements the formalisation of relations between israel and some of its arab neighbors namely rain also the u. A. E. But notable in the absence of any sort of framework for some sort of agreement between israel and the palestinians in fact i spoke to jason green blatt one of the chief negotiators an advisor to the president working on that issue he has blamed palestinian leadership for that saying that they had the opportunity to sit down and to talk but they dismissed the plan that was unveiled earlier this year now certainly when it comes to the palestinians they have a different point of view but that is sort of a glaring omission that is being noticed also here in washington even by members on the in the u. S. Congress now we should also point out that one of the other concerns in all of this is that there was never a state of war between israel and the United Arab Emirates or bahrain so the question becomes what is this Peace Agreement they say that in many ways this may not be a Peace Agreement instead of military apparatus in other words one that will allow for future weapons sales and that is certainly brought up concerns by many members of congress that this could lead to spur a new arms race so a lot of controversy surrounding this notable some of the guests that are here are in fact from the u. S. Congress but absent are a lot of the prominent democrats that you would expect to see as something that is historic and that just shows that there are concerns what the top democrat the u. S. House of representatives nancy pelosi has said is that this is just a distraction the president looking for a Foreign Policy when it events of the u. S. Election trying to detract from some of the negative headlines over his handling of the current virus crisis in the United States why did want to ask you about committee because the timing of this 49 days to the election president trying really needed a window we are also seeing protesters outside the white house. That. Right because this is a controversy old deal but in many ways the president looking for a Foreign Policy win one that could be fodder for Campaign Commercials as he tries to win reelection and of course this is a bit of a hammer and point for his rival joe biden the democratic president ial nominee they are continuing to criticize the president for his handling of covert 19 the Unemployment Rate in this country with the loss of jobs and the kind of me that is struggling so this is a president looking for a win but we should point out that so is the israeli Prime Minister who is also president having his own criticism of protest over his handling of proto virus not to mention his criminal charge so there 6 are some reasons for both leaders to look for some sort of photo op and distraction but what is notable in all of this is the fact that u. A. E. And buffering do not have the top leadership here again this is something i asked of jason green what he dismissed it as given the fact that theres a pandemic that that is not something but certainly when optics are so important in the middle east it is a glaring omission of president s can be how compare for us at the white house were staying across all of that for you here on out there thanks so much candy well lets now cross to me to abraham she joins us live from the occupied west bank as i can see the numbers of protesters that do appear to have been growing over the last few hours and i know their needs calls for a day of rage what have you been hearing from demonstrations. A lot of anger a lot of disappointment and betrayal is the word that many of them are using to describe these deals and according to a poll of an opinion poll that was released today there is a vast majority of palestinians that says that the palestinian leadership has lost its arab allies that this is a failure of the palestinian diplomacy and they feel that this has been a stab in the back so there are a lot of protests in the occupied west bank weve met some protesters here and. A lot and the message is clear they dont want anyone to speak on the palestinians behalf and they are very disappointed because they say they knew that some are states are having some sort of a relationship with the israelis behind closed doors but they didnt expect them to be normalizing publicly officially and declaring it specially at this time this is a time when the u. S. Administration has been trying to push forward the u. S. Mideast peace plan a plan that palestinians so d as as one that this regards all of their National Aspirations for a palestinian state so they see that the signing of these agreements with israel today as kind of an endorsement of the trump deal and they want the world to know that they are against it and they dont want any you want to be signing deals with israel on their behalf and they want they wanted us to know that this deal only serves israeli interests need or what have we been hearing from the palestinian leadership it does feel like this issue has brought a number of factions much closer together. Absolutely weve seen meetings between the palestinian leadership that included temasek and Islamic Jihad this these meetings we havent seen Something Like that for a while even. This sort of a unity feeling has brought. Many of the how mass the there are to the palestinian t. V. For an interview this is unprecedented and palestinians are saying that unity is the only way forward in light of. Losing the regional and the arab support but according to the poll that i was just talking about that was published today a vast majority more than 60 percent of palestinians do not believe that the unity is going to be the way forward for palestinians a lot of our seniors are trying to say that there is a lot of injustice that is happening and they want the world to stand on their side when it comes to it but they feel that they were left alone by the arab world theyre turning to their leadership for d unity but theyre not expecting much at this point neither one of the big concessions or the main concession that israel managed to get there was to delay potentially or suspend or cancel an expansion plans is there a sense in where youre standing that they feel that israel is going to keep their word. Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu has said that the us their plans were only put on hold and not to act to begin with but for many palestinians they would tell you that the israeli measures on the ground amount to an exaggeration but even if they dont announce it officially like the israeli measures of an air of confiscating lands of demolishing homes and all of the all of these measures that have been happening over the past years are continuing so for them even if israel doesnt and next areas of the occupied west Bank Officially a publicly they are moving forward with their plaids and with trying to push locals out to using different maneuvers different measures so really for them and excision was just putting thats kind of situation on the ground on a piece of paper meeting abraham for us in ramallah in the occupied west bank thanks so much neda. Well lets now go to heidi is. Standing outside the white house where they have been even more protests i do weve been seeing those numbers grow as well not everyone as clearly happy with this deal what have you been hearing from demonstrators there. Thats right and toss it a little bit hard for me to hear you because were here at a sort of a clash historic between my being rival ringrose the protesters palestinian american all right 50 of them from across the country to protest the signing of the steel which they called the trail and spoke with one of the protesters the man who drove from chicago and its nearly a 3rd of the steel beams signed he sent his quote brothers from the way he can crow about great work to train palestinians and then you have another protesters here who are going room israeli protesters and i also spoke with many who are pro trump calling him the greatest president of the u. S. As far as negotiating peace deals and as you see the tensions flaring between these 2 groups theres a lot of chanting theres no violence but there are Police Officers secret service trying to calm the temperature certainly this is not the mass protests of the thousands weve seen in the u. S. In weeks past but these are certainly bold call those who are close the deal chanting shame across the fence to the white house and the signing of the deal that is being undertaken at this moment heidi spoke about the deep sense of betrayal that palestinians there around you a feeling how do they feel about president all trumps role in office. Right now and the palestinian American Family that i spoke with said they supported the president s effort to negotiate. The peace deal they said they still have codes that palestinians may be included in what finally may be this socalled deal of the century but certainly up to this point they feel very discounted they feel that they are an afterthought certainly in solidarity with the mass protests that weve seen in the middle east over the steel as far as president of course the signing of this deal today not less than 2 months before the president ial election as my colleague Kimberly Halkett was saying is certainly no coincidence at the moment here spying as a win in the campaigning of President Trump the question though is how much the average American Voter even cares about what is happening here you can see the passion of course of these protesters behind me but if you look at the headlines on the u. S. Newspapers today this story about the signing of the steel its not even on the front page other on the website so certainly that is a bit telling about how much attention the average american is paying to all of this. Castro there with protesters outside the white House Keeping an eye on those clashes for us thanks so much heidi well lets now speak to the director of golf studies at the university and he joins us now on skype here. I want to ask you about the Practical Implications of all of this because bahrain already had ties to israel pretty open about them and the u. A. E. Also had links one of the the real implications of todays deal what will actually change. Nothing will be tamed simply you know what is the importance of having this relational time theres no benefit to the palestinians the israeli context is coming because of the palestinian cause any other countries want to have a relation with israel should be based on basically. Finding a solution to the palestinian across them so if that if this is not the outcome its obvious that you know its a sort of move toward coalition. It is more you know its about survival of this mess political mess around in the region where at least you know that of america was part of it and so i think it comes in a context where they are losing a lot of buttons there but themselves and especially in yemen in libya and they are trying to find basically victory and this applies on the yahoo supplies on. Donald trump all of those parties they are looking for short term victory and the real victim is the palestinian cause the palestinian rights much of how might all of this change dynamics in the cafes and especially ramya show her around. I think. Not to say that theres very literally to have a basis official basis to surround iran is the same scenario they did with janet previously where other big johnno back who were sent to. Quote unquote spy on iran and use that as a center to basically to get that information i think its all seem to be. Careful and when it comes to that because theyre already trying to build ties with iran and they try to have a balance they try to say that we can have an iraqi balance of the our Foreign Policy where we can have a relation with iran and so by what israel i think israel is the main reality to them is that on security i dont think so they are they have any concern about what they might use what i think they are worried about iran and they will try to capitalize on this kind of relations politically and security as well and much iran actually watching live pictures right now and israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu saying but the president trying to pass they just had a bilateral ahead of the signing what when the u. A. E. Said that they were going to normalize relations with israel there was plenty of speculation about who might be next and bahrain has jumped on who is next and on saudi arabia. To be honest i think its hard to say which comes it will be next i think well if the ladies id already got. To much it was not expected to have all of this in a matter of 29. 00 days you know they said the negotiation with a monarch is docked when you know the half would behind 29. 00 days so god knows the next country will be maybe 2 weeks so its obvious that you know there there was something already going on between some of the countries including you know a man we know that was in and must but i think other countries there would be more careful more cautious about whats happening there will be looking at what is the outcome now of this you know these kind of. Agreements between packs between medics and. I think there would be more sure monitoring the situation rather than jumping to the ship now. There is a consequence there is that a medication especially internally where most of the arab public are not happy with this and this shows them security challenge on nontariff show we could also have a very definite ministration of a task on january 20th do you see this as potentially an insurance policy for the various secretaries here to try to sail some deals before things potentially change. Actually with somebody doing actually putting the next administration if it is biden one in the real. I would say because of her situation because he cannot criticize these kind of agreements because the United States the stablish and american politics in favor of israel has peace with a neighboring country even without a country that is their own goal to see is a more secure and safe so even if they say now they are against it but reality its biden basically won the elections he has no choice but to support these agreements and to build on those agreements maybe he will change some of the i would say. Tactical changes but he will not be able to stop that kind of process i think some administration there were so smart of putting displeasure on the democrats if they won the elections if he won of course it will be another he will be have more victories in his list now this was supposed to be part of that deal of the century and we were hearing from our correspondents and even him and from the occupied west bank that that real true deep sense of betrayal on the palestinian side in your mind where does this now leave the Peace Process moving forward. To be honest i think i would say that these kind of agreements is. A death certificate of the century of the deal of the century because if the israelis was able to convince and maintain or build any kind of peace with the palestinians there were nuts rushed to the 2nd event with country life behind them but its the failure. When it comes to the deal of the century the failure to convince the palestinians the failure of you know of bringing any change under daily life but history has actually pushed them to that option because such e. G. Was was a clear he wanted. To make sure that palestinians are engaged that is the 1st step but a sinner rejected so the next step all the option b. Was to go direct to the arab countries who are born of an already this in mind the u. S. In 1992 when there was. A wait the arab political order was was weakened at the time United States jumped and pushed all arab countries to go to battle to. Spain and they have the peace conference at that time which basically was was the important chapter of the peace of resolute israel this is the same thing out of the spring was an ethic which the other political arab system our order is failing its falling apart that is that is gelati on most of the arab countries and that is the moment where the United States and israelis wanted basically to capitalism and to get as much as they can if the arab political order was better than you know it was im sure this would be not the situation you have egypt week you have so the idea that knows whats happening there you have iraq look at what happened in iraq you have syria all of those arab countries where they considered at the center of the. Because our borders they are basically falling apart but that is the momen