Greeks Attempt to Reach Last Minute Debt Deal with Creditors.
LU STOUT: Now some Palestinians in Jerusalem have a new grievance against Israel. They say a new highway project has literally split their village in half. It is now part of the evidence that Palestinians will turn over to the International Criminal Court accusing Israel of war crimes. Now CNN's Oren Liebermann caught up with one long-time resident whose heart is broken over what's happening.</s>OREN LIEBERMANN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: In the Palestinian village of Beit Safafa, Abu Ali (ph) has built a life. Now the city of Jerusalem builds a road You feel it in your heart? "It hurts in the heart," he says, "in the blood." Now 86 years old, Abu Ali (ph) stares out upon a place he no longer recognizes. He says construction of the Begin highway extension split his village in half without helping anyone in Beit Safafa. "It was more beautiful than Tel Aviv, the most beautiful on Earth," Abu Ali (ph) says. "They destroyed it. They want to separate us because they don't want Arabs." Israel says the highway extension has been planned for years, and that it'll cut down on traffic jams and commute times around Jerusalem. Construction of the road here in Beit Safafa was approved by the Israeli supreme court last year over the objections of the village. That's exactly the point here, Palestinians say they're not treated fairly in the Israeli court system. As they see it, their only option is to go to the ICC. Beit Safafa is part of the evidence that Palestinian leadership will turn over to the ICC, the International Criminal Court, which is looking into what's happening in East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza. The evidence covers settlements, treatment of prisoners and the Israeli military.</s>MUSTAFA BARGHOUTI, PLO CENTRAL COUNCIL: Our goal is to hold those responsible for war crimes accountable and not to let them get away with their crimes. Our goal is to guarantee that war crimes will not be repeated.</s>LIEBERMANN: Israel has objected to the Palestinian Authority joining the ICC, so has the United States, saying the process could disrupt potential peace talks. Israeli foreign ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon says the decision of the Palestinians to join the ICC as an attempt to move processes against Israel is political, cynical and hypocritical. The government of the PA that is unison with the murderous Hamas organization that carries our war crimes like those carried by ISIS is the last one that can threaten to present a case to the ICC in The Hague. The first Palestinian ICC case seems worlds away to Abu Ali (ph) who worries less about what will happen in court and more about what's happening now in his hometown. "They didn't leave us anything -- the school, the cemetery, the mosque. How will the kids go to school afterwards? There will be no street," Abu Ali says. "They divided the village." ICC court cases can take years at which point Abu Ali says there may not be a village here to worry about. Oren Liebermann, CNN, Beit Safafa.</s>LU STOUT: Now the stakes couldn't be higher for Greece. Wednesday's stalemate a clear illustration of pushback from its EuroZone lenders after last night's talks failed to deliver a deal, Greece accused its creditors of blackmail. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras took to Twitter to voice his frustration saying, quote, "the repeated rejection of equivalent measures by certain institutions never occurred before neither in Ireland nor Portugal. Now this odd stance seems to indicate that either there was no interest in an agreement, or that special interests are being backed." Let's get the view on these 11th Hour negotiations from the Greece capital. Journalist Elinda Labropoulou is monitoring talks from Athens. And she joins us now. And Elinda, the Greek debt crisis, it is building up to a showdown. Where does it stand right now?</s>ELINDA LABROUPOULOU, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, at the moment from what understand at the Eurogroup there are two separate proposals, one from the Greek side and one from the creditor's side. But both of these documents have been leaked to the press, so there doesn't seem to be as much of a difference in the two. And yet enough of a difference for the two to submit separate proposals. This, of course, again throws everything up in the air, because quite sure what can be agreed today ahead of an EU summit later today, which was the a time that we were expecting we would have probably a final agreement on this, because as we all know, time is running out. Greece's bailout ends at the end of the month, and Greece has no access to the markets or any other form of funding. And at the same time, it has to make a payment to the IMF. So, just this morning you have to understand in Athens it's been a very tense time with all kinds of conflicting reports coming in, the stock market jumping up and down, all European markets especially being affected every time that we had anything coming out of the meetings. And of course all this is putting the Greek prime minister in a very difficult, some say impossible position, because if there is some kind of an agreement where Greece does not seem to be one of the main partners, one of the main people behind it. And then he brings this back to Greece in order for this to be ratified in parliament before anything else can go ahead. It will be very difficult to see it voted in. So, between now and the end of the month, what we have is a lot of very fast developments and what the very serious developments for Greece and Europe. You know, fast developments, but also just so many uncertainties. Uncertainties over the pace of talks in Brussels, uncertainty of if there is a deal if it can be sold to the Greek parliament. And also, Elinda, assuming that everyone is on board -- the creditors, Greece, Greek parliament, if there is a new deal, how long would it last? And when would Greece need a new funding plan?</s>LABROPOULOU: Well, one of the key issues that Greece, with the support of the IMF, has been pushing for is for the issue of debt sustainability, and debt relief in particular, to be addressed. This is something that for the Europeans being considerably less willing to discuss at this point. But this is really the key issue. It's been the key issue for months, because unless there's a long-term plan, and there's a plan for growth, it will be very difficult not to end up in the same position very soon again.</s>LU STOUT: The issue of debt relief very, very critical for Greece. And if a deal between Greece and the EU can not be worked out in the next few days, what will happen?</s>LABROPOULOU: Well, then, we're looking at a possible default at least to the IMF from the Greek side. There have been all kinds of fears that this could lead to a potential Grexit. So an exit for Greece from the EuroZone. Some take this even a step further saying that this could even lead to Greece leaving the European Union. But, after looking at something that's unprecedented -- no, this is not -- there's no provision for this in any of the EuroZone agreements. It was always going to be a union where somebody cannot leave. We're looking at a new territory and it will all depend on even if we have a Greek default, what this default would entail, what the technical details would be to see where that would lead next. But, really, this is very new territory. So it's not quite clear what the repercussions would be.</s>LU STOUT: Yeah, to avoid a messy default and its repercussions it is indeed crunch time for Greece and the EU. Elinda Labroupoulou reporting live for us from Athens. Thank you for that. Now, former dictator from Panama Manuel Noriega is apologizing from prison. Now in a televised statement, he asked for forgiveness for the country's past military rule. Noriega has been in prison for 26 years. He still faces several charges of human rights abuses stemming from his six year rule. The 81-year-old Noriega said that he wanted to bring closure to the military era.</s>MANUEL NORIEGA, FRM. DICTATOR OF PANAMA (through translator): I'm asking for forgiveness from everyone who feels offended, affected, wronged or humiliated by my actions or those of my superiors in compliance with orders, or those of my subordinates in the same state, and in the time of the responsibility of my government, civil, and military.</s>ANDERSON: Now, after the U.S. invasion of Panama in 1989, Noriega was convicted of drug trafficking charges in the U.S. He served time there and in France before being jailed in Panama. And that is News Stream. I'm Kristie Lu Stout, but don't go anywhere, World Sport with Amanda Davies is next. END