Weapons down. Put the weapons down. We begin with a ceasefire in gaza that appears to hold. In israel Binyamin Netanyahu addressed the nation and included a warning for hamas. Translation i take the opportunity to say if if resumes fire, we will not tolerate a strippi spring lipping of shooting. Sprinkling of shooting. In ramallah, Mahmoud Abbas reported a new initiative bypassing negotiations. It would call for a Courtney Upshaw resolution orring u. N. Resolution or conference to end the Israeli Occupation of palestinian territory. Joining us centre jericho in the west bank is the chief Palestinian Netter for the palestinian negotiator for the Palestinian Organization. Good to have you back with us. Lets begin with the ceasefire. The costs were huge. More than a third of gazas 1. 7 million citizens displaced. How is what was agreed to yesterday different to what was offered different to the first week of conflict, why all the bloodshed or something we could have had in the first week. No, i think the question is wrong. Why did israel wage the war. We did not start the war. It began on june the 12th. The Israeli Government decided to begin the bombardment, and the war from day one had political objectives. This was israels response. This was an israeli response to the fact that we began a reconciliation process, to get on track. So the intention of the Israeli Government was to destroy the National Consensus government. To destroy the consensus, because the Israeli Government knows that therell be no palestinian state in gaza, and no state without gaza, and from day one, we began urging the International Community to stop the war, pd the conflict, stop palestinian blood being shed, and every time was finding pretexts and executions to continue the bombardment. We call on the International Community to make sure that israel suspects and understands the ceasefire. We need to sustain and be going to but 450,000 people without homes, without roofs, we need hundreds of thousands of boys and girls to begin the school year. We urge the International Community to begin immediately helping us in transferring the needs, the food, the medical, ut fuel needs, the electricity needs for 1. 7 million in gaza that has been totally devastated in a war. Let me ask you this dash gsh in announcing the ceasefire Mahmoud Abbas asked what is next. That was the english translation, pointing out that gaza has waged three wars. How long can it last. There has been much talk. Much talk about a new initiative that you guys are proposing, bypassing american brokered negotiations and calling for an International Conference or resolution demanding a deadline for the Israeli Occupation. What detail can you give me about that. There was an important crucial meeting for the palestinian leadership, the joint leaders of the pl ox committee, heads of palestinian facts, and last week Mahmoud Abbas, in the preps of his excellence presence of his excellency the major of qatar spoke to the head of the Political Bureau on the situation a day after, and all i can say at this statement is a decision was voted upon. That business as usual no more. Status quo. We dont want to busy ours. We call on the International Community, we met with the u. N. , we spoke to the regions, the japanese, the arabs, to begin immediately. At the same time, the day after concerning our situation in the wank and in the west bank, and gaza, we will not allow the status quo to continue. I cannot elaborate on what was decided, but we need to see the occupation end. It is almost 46 years old. This occupation must end for the 7 years old. It must end and we want to see that the International Community do what it takes to end this occupation. We are a slow people, we cannot afford 12,000 People Killed or wounding every two years. Can you give assurances that you are in charge. That when Mahmoud Abbas says something, that is the word of the palestinians. As you mentioned, theres many factions, you are one of the 26 there. Are you speaking for the Palestinian People and for gaza. There has seemed to have been some confusion in the last several weeks during the conflict as to weather hamas is acting on its own, and other factions are acting on their own. Are you able to work out your side of things. I am. We can recall on 24 april this year, theres no more hamas government. No splitting gaza. We, with the consultation and consensus, that all the political parties, we formed a National Consensus government. This is the address for gaza, the west bank, and east jerusalem, Mahmoud Abbas is the president of all palestinians, this is our agrees for gaza, west bank and jerusalem. All the reconstruction goes through this government. The day after, politically, everywhere is on bored, and Mahmoud Abbas, when on board, and Mahmoud Abbas, when he announced the next step, changing the status quo, he palestinians. Let me ask you this. He said he cant give you more detail, but there was a meeting and a plan saying no more status quo. Some are saying Mahmoud Abbas may go to the International Criminal court. War crime allegations against israel. You have been negotiating. The head negotiator. Your name is probably more wellknown to the world than Mahmoud Abbases. We have seen you for more than two decades. What do you think comes of that. The United States will never back the idea, that israel gets tried for war crimes. What are you aiming to get out of that. It is a worry, of course, and those that worry about the criminal courts should stop committing crimes. We are not fond of going to court. But when you look at gaza, 12,000 People Killed and wounded, mostly women and children. When you look at a third, when you look at the targetting of electricity and water, deliberately. Putting gaza back 500 years. It was a collective punishment, a war. This is a war. Israel is the occupying power. The safety of the people, in jerusalem it is israels responsibility. When this occupying power violates all of this, its a full right. We are finalising it now, we are pursuing it and we will defend people at every human level possibly in accordance with international law. Is your goal to force israel back to the negotiating table why you say you must start with a map, you must discuss territories, not just hearing the words we support, a 2state solution, you want to see what the map looks leek. Is the goal to get israel back to the table. We have seen for more than two decade, four decades, that this has not worked. Ali, our goal is to make sure that our people are not being slaughtered any more. That we dont lose 12,000 of our boys and girls every two years, we dont see the devastation we have seen in gaza, we dont see the infants put in icecream refrigerators, for lack of things, this is horrible situation, human being treated in 2014 in this fashion. We have seen an army with 3,000 tanks, 2,000 f 16s, facing gaza, 1. 7 million, no army, navy, air force, and you have seen the devastation. The day after will not be done in accordance with the old broken record. Come back to the negotiations, help us help you. No, this time we have a plan, and this plan is not its a yes or no, does israel recognise the state of israel. They havent done it so far. They havent done it so far they continue settlement activize. The legal status in the United Nations, since 2012, in accordance with the rules is we are a state under occupation. We are like korea, philippines, belgium, holland, norway, france, and the world war ii, under the japanese and german occupations. Israel has a choice, the choice is settlements or peace. They cant have both. Occupation or peace. They cannot have both. Theyll be full responsibility, authority, and they allow the Palestinian Authority to take the Palestinian People from occupation within a specified time frame. Settlements or peace, you cant have both. What if israel says, as Binyamin Netanyahu as said. We are not leaving the settlement. We will not do that. Okay. Hes occupying power, and will show his responsibility, and i cannot elaborate further. The status quo no more. Business as usual, no more. Im not in any position it threaten anyone. All i want to do, all we want to do as palestinians, as the palestinian leadership is make sure that the people are not slaughtered every two years. The boys and girls deserve to go to school and open every year. The boys and girls deserve to sleep. They deserve to have homs and parents, not to be orphans, this we will do. Its our full right to protect our people once again, those that worry should not commit crime. The chief negotiator for the Palestinian Organization association. Thank you for joining us. On wednesday, mark regev addressed his countrys position on avoiding conflict. Theres a concern in israel and the International Community that well have to revisit this in six months, and the way to avoid what is to work seriously on protecting hamas from rearm of course, and to do what the palestinians have committed to do, which is to have gaza disarmed. Thats a palestinian commitment a signed commitment, its time it was implemented. Thats the sure way to prevent another war. While is ram pages across syria and iraq. Questions are raised about the saudis role to sponsor islam. One provide the religious idea ollie for groups like the islamic state. Im joined from london by edhussain, senior fellow for middle east studies at the council on foreign relations. He published a piece in New York Times entitled, saudis must stop exporting extremism. Saudi arabia donated 100 million to fund an antiterror of the agency. Thank you for having me. Several points. Saudi arabia giving 100 million to the u. N. This year doesnt account for the 10 billion estimated by the u. S. State department that the saudi arabia government and many of its princes and others spent supporting a severe form. Yes, saudi arabias contribution should be welcome, but we should bear in mind that the saudi arabia governments extreme arm, inhouse. The more extreme clerics inside the country. Those havent been reined in. They run in the holy places. They have control of the system, and a public place, and have a Global Presence through many embassies. Saudi arabias record on this is mixed. And i think the copying and his advisors can go further, domestically to kush extremism and winning curb extremism and rwinning the battle at home. To allows those to go away from the country request a better puristic form of islam, rather than the current confrontational form of islam in the countries. What would the saudis say, they say that it is conservative, its a conservative interpretation of islam by a country that sees itself as a custodian of islam. That its interpreted as a form of violence or a calling to do problem. I wish i couldnt agree with the analysis, i agree with it to the extent that suicide bombings and violence are condemned. They have done that. Its important that the mindset promising the hear after. Kill them where you mind them, versus the koran, it is endorsed and facilitated. Its a literalist form of islam, devoid of history, metaphors rgs scholarship, fillosify. Thats a problem. Secondly, many of the crimes that we are shocked at under taken by inside iraq. Instruction of ageold muslim tunes, all of that started in the modern king dom of 1932 onward. Saudi arabia has not been vocal enough in changing syllabuses and not being accepting enough of the shia, and the mood music that it sets at home inside the country with an intolerance towards minorities, its sexism towards women, and encourage others to say we can outdo the others. 1,400 years of history no longer exists in the form of tombs and shrines. Thats bulldozed by the encouragement of the establishment. Unless saudi arabia takes an active stance in reversing extremism, its making too much of a demand for many of its own students and citizens that go and pick up arms for another form of literalist islam, that outis lambs, if you like, the out is lambs the saudi form. You say the former islam practised in saudi arabia is something that the prophet mu whom youed would not emphasis. 1400 years ago there was a liberalist form, its a strain that managed to stay alive. You say saudi arabia is not following islam, are they worried if they loosen the grip on the ultra conservative strap, theyll weaken their legitimacy at home, as they see rebellions around the arab world. Thats the concern our friends would highlight. The road to reform can lead to upheaval. Removing the house of power. At the same time the people that make the argument over and again, that they believe in evolution and revolution. My concern it where is that evolutionful for example, if you go to washington d c, you she see the hollow calls museum. Al qaeda and i. S. I. S. And other extremists killed more muslims across the world. Jordan, iraq, elsewhere, and they have killed nonmuslims. That is yet to go up, making the highlights of extremism and intolerance of a variety that led to the killings of muslims, highlighting the fact that the prophet mohammed wouldnt recognise it, the profit would in the endorse women wearing black and men wearing white, enforcing the dress code. Two, the moral police that they have is not something that the prophet encouraged among his generation of people, going around judging beliefs, enforcing a moral code. We know from literature, at the time of the profit, whether thats right slave or other women, they were bare breasted. It is the norm. And islam aim along and encouraged modesty. In saudi arabia, they have gone to such a degree, that no form of relaxation is allowed for women in the public domain, leading to intolerance, bigotry and other problems. Its a conveyor belt. And all im calling is a greater form of openness. When you see saudi arabias coming here to the u. K. , destination for holiday pump purposes, you see the saudis doing away. If they do it here, hopefully they are more than mature, doing country. Let me ask you this. You tweeted this comment from the council it qatar trying to have it both ways like saudi arabia. In some ways it is. If we take the suicide bombingjustifying cleric given vip treatment inside qatar, thats one thing. Qatar says they stand for modesty plur assy, openness, but being home in an extreme cleric in terms of justifying suicide bombing, and most saudi cleric would not go that far. Theres a problem with qatar trying to have it both ways. Yes, being modern, wanting great openness, and trying to be a home to taliban, hamas. That gives out mixed messages, and qatar ritely wants to be embraced by the International Community and deserves the embrace, and has to shed the baggage of trying to bank roll extreme forms of islamist voices out there. Thank you for joining us. Consider this will be right back. Al jazeeras Investigative Unit has tonights exclusive report. Stories that have impact. That make a difference. That open your world. This is what we do. America tonight only on Al Jazeera America stimulus programs from the federal government and the reserve gets credit for a lot of fiscal recession. Austerity spending cuts and higher taxes their economy suffers weak growth. That may change. During a central bankers meeting, tap european bankers sutted european banks could turn from austerity to stimulus, saying the risks of doing too little outweighed those of doing too much. That is excessive upward wage and price pressures. Perhaps not in france, after the economy ministerry argued that austerity had gone too far, and hurt the french economy, suffering 6 months of zero growth. A new government was made, a former banker and Economic Advisor to the president as the new economy minister. Back in the United States, the s p set a record high. Im joined by the chief Economic Advisor to firm allianz and chair of the president s Global Development council. Good to have you here, thank you for being with us. The french government dissolved after the countrys economic minister resigned, insisting that austerity had gone too far. Nonunexpected for a leftloning government, which didnt implement it. What did it tell us about austerity policies, did it have stay power or run their course. France or europe is searching desperately for a growth model. In the absence of a growth model the resistance has increased. Basically whether its france, whether its the president of the European Central bank, europe needs a new approach to unemployment. The problem across europe is slowing economies. Im worried how worried we should be about the economies. Theres developments in germany. The economic powerhouse is weakening. Where does the growth in europe come from. We should worry, and as you point out germany slowed, and the locomotive slowed. Not only has europe as a whole stalled, but the three largest economies showed significant weakness. We should worry. Where does it come from three sources. First, structure reform to improve competitiveness. Secondly, more action by the