lookdo not want israel to bad and they are invested in a bipartisan consensus around israel. they are losing that and losing the democrats for losing the democratats at the base and now starting to lose thehe democrats who are elected. i think this is a move for self-preservation or than anything else. amy: where going to go to break and come back to this discussion with rebecca vilkomerson, head of jewish voice for peace, and dr. mustafa bargrghouti, a membr of the palestinian parliament. back in a moment. ♪ [music break] amy: "can i go on" by sleater kinney. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. israel has announced it will conditionally allow congress woman to lead to visit family in the west bank a day after it barred both rashida tlaib and sister congresswoman ilhan omar from entering israel to travel to occupied palestine. israel is still refusing entry to omar. israel initially blocked entry to both lawmakers after president trump took the unprecedented step up publicly urging israel to bar entry to the women. the first

show that it's not just hollow rhetoric and mean when israel says that iran cannot threaten israel from syria that it must not intrench there that israel is watching and when iranian forces iranian proxies are staging drones or rockets especially very close to israel's ceasefire lines then they may face some sort of action from israel and i think that's clear and israel has been doing that over the last several years right and this is saying with yousef i mean this is clearly mr security trying to burnish his credentials of course he's got an election in just a few weeks in september how does this play with the israeli public do they feel that this increased rebuffs ness if you like using airstrikes makes them safer. i don't think this is playing deeply to the elections i mean israel has admitted that it carried out more than a 1000 air strikes in the last several years so i think that you know netanyahu is the well known in israel and last 10 years he's managed the conflict very well i think for most people's perspective most israelis know him if they object to certain aspects of netan

in the land of israel. the jews connection to the land is so strong that the thousands of years, wherever jews lived, they have played for rain, not where they reside but in the land of israel. this essential component of jewish identity is now under attack. those who did nine jews the right to self-determination, thinner have the right to a jewish state in any order, the criticism is anti-semitic even if it is cloaked in human rights terminology. if you do not believe the jewish state of israel has a right to exist, you are criticism of israel is not intended to inform the policies of the government of israel. it is intended to destroy the jewish state. to accurately identify anti-semitism masquerading as anti-zionism, we must learn to do his thing was between xina folks, those who opposed the homeland for the jewish people and seek to destroy the jewish state on the one hand and those who genuinely seek coexistence between jew and arab on the other. groups like students for justice in palestine and jewish

israel denying u.s. progressive democrats congresswomen, no further rhetoric we will have a fall out, and i'm not moved by israel. epstein committed suicide. washington post reporting the autopsy found multiple neck bones fractures. we'l

and has told israel to keep them out is that having an influence on israel's decision. yeah that's certainly one reading of the situation could have us quite an on president to set off the events because once you have to know that a month ago the israeli ambassador to the united states one demo had actually said that the visit would go ahead and might not like the opinions of those 2 congresswomen but they would be allowed entry out of respect for congress and that israel would not bar any member of congress to to enter. and then this tweet came and then some reading it is well that this has influenced that decision of prime minister netanyahu was a very strong word just tweet that israel would look weak if they would let those 2 congress women enter and of course you don't have to forget i mean we are also in the middle of an election campaign is that would cater probably also to prime ministers netanyahu is a right wing bloc but there has been also a lot of criticism well this decision means for the bipartisan nature off this relationship between the 2 allies israel a

of israel. israeli ambassador reiterating their position under the country's laws. >> we respect -- we do not respect people who -- we welcome all americans. if you don't recognize is really a to boycott israel, make anti-semitic results you are not welcome. >> in an emotional tlaib who was granted humanitarian visa to visit her aging grandmother but rejected it had this to say. >> i watched as my mother had to go through the humanizing checkpoints even though she was a united states citizen and proud american. >> the white house is defending his relapse decision, the spokesman issuing this, they have a well documented history of anti-semitic comments, and anti-semitic relationships. israel has the right to prevent people who want to destroy it from entering the country. rashida tlaib and omar are calling on members of congress to visit israel because they feel they cannot. omar even suggesting the us should reconsider how much aid it gives to the country. >> we will talk much more about this la

israel passed a law allowing it to ban entry to those who support a boycott against israel. this has certainly been the most high profile use of that law. when did israel make its decision? well, we know when it was announced. shortly after president trump tweeted israel will be showing great weakness by letting them in and that left israel very little wiggle room, especially prime minister netanyahu. netanyahu has never publicly disagreed with trump and he wasn't going to start now. it wasn't until shortly after that netanyahu said the two will be decided. we're waiting to see if congresswoman tlaib is permitted entry to visit her family. >> how much of this, oren, was netanyahu feeling the pressure to cave with an election right around the corner? >> reporter: both israel and the u.s., the administrations, have insisted this was an israeli decision but there was hints that trump was involved in this. trump sent the tweet telling israel how to carry out the foreign policy. there are no doubt political decisions here as well. netanyahu has a tough battle for his sixth term i

into israel. if my two colleagues have seen what they've seen over the years i believe they would have come away with valuable new perspectives. now that they won't have that opportunity it's a real shame. joining our discussion now opinion writer for "the washington post", both msnbc contributors. i want to start with your reaction to what we saw today, something we have never seen before. >> it was horrendous. it was horrendous from many perspectives. it was horrendous the president of the united states was telling any foreign government, ally or foe not to admit members of the united states congress. it's apparent that benjamin netanyahu is putting his own re-election hopes which dependent upon him currying curr favor with the far right in israel above the u.s.-israel relationship. and no one who's a friend to israel would ever do this. and the reason is the survival of the relationship depends upon it being bipartisan, and that is why apac came out and to the exception of what the president sa

into israel. they were expected to arrive this weekend and spend five days meeting with israeli and palestinian groups. earlier this way, president trump urged israel not to let them visit. he tweeted this. "it would show great weakness if israel allowed these representatives to visit. they hate israel and all jewish people, and there is nothing that can be said or done to change their minds." minnesota and michigan will have a hard time putting them back in office. they are a disgrace!" and of tweets. and reaction , as you might imagine, is going in. presidential candidate senator bernie sanders tweeted this. "banning congresswomen omar and tlaib from entering israel and palestine is a sign of enormous disrespect to those elected leaders to the united states, congress, and to the principles of democracy. the israeli government should reverse this decision and allow them in." the senator mentioned palestine, but while there are palestinians there is no actual state of palestine. moments ago, a mem

israel bans two u.s. congresswomen from entering the country after presiden trump objects.mu thim lawmakers respond, calling it an affront to democratic values. india's prime minister defends changing the status of kashmir, saying he is working to restore the region's past glory. plus, going on a dinosaur dig. in wyoming, going back to the -- the have unearthed a graveyard dating back to the jurassic period. >> for the first time in my career, we are loostng at an inal-scale investigation. i've never been involved in such a vast dinosaur dig inwhole career. laura: for those watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome to orld news america." israel has barred two u.s. lawmakers from entering the country after being urged to do so by president trump r ilhan omar ahida tlaib are the first muslim women elected to congress. they are vocal supporters of the palestinians. they are also outspoken critics of president trump, who has targeted them in speeches a t even suggesty go back to where they came from. toda

in some ways he is attacking israel for doing this, but israel wouldn't have done this without trump. >> what i think is important here is putting together all of the messages that you've been talking about. not only has he taken extraordinary measures to make a foreign ally of the u.s. do exactly what he wants, but he's taking extraordinary measures to punish his own political opponents and foes here by getting his foreign alles what he wants because he is defining the democratic party by women of color who are already vulnerable and already easilivillified. what's a better re-election strategy for the president of the united states who thrives on culture wars than to define the democratic party and go to these extreme lengths by women of color, which is an inherent way that his base, which is mostly white, views this election, as an us versus them situation. >> howard, in a few minutes i am going to interview the former israeli ambassador of the united states. because this feels like a long-term mistake for them. israel wants to be a democracy. democracies don't do this. but i want

i think that they should be allowed to enter israel and tour israel. i just came back last week from israel. we visited not just jerusalem but we spoke with prime minister netanyahu and we spoke with the leader of the opposition. we went to the gaza border, we visited lebanon borders and syria border. we spoke with palestinians and israelis. we saw israel in many of its facets. and i think it's important to go to any situation and see as much of the picture as possible. but i also think it's important, and this is just my style, is to try to build bridges. long before i got to congress, the effort to try to bring peace between israelis and palestinians to work toward ultimately the possibility of a two-state solution. the reason bds i believe is anti-semitic is because it denies the jewish aspiration for a home of their own, but the palestinians have their own aspiration. the path is between negotiations between the two parties and the role the united states should be playing is to help create the forum for those parties to come together and the streng

, what happened, the two people, congresswoman tlaib and omar, israel blocked the propalestinian for making a victim, the world jewish congress also took aim at the pair support for the movement saying, serious questions need to be asked about tlaib's motivation which is allied with terrorists and not shy about ultimate aim of destroying israel, but they are also now facing criticism from liberal comedian bill mahr, take a look at this on his take during the show. >> by people who want to appear but actually slept law history class as if the occupation came right out of the blue that this completely people are occupied. >> tlaib fighting back, maybe folks should boycott his show, she goes onto say i'm tired discrediting form of speech of quality and freedom, this is exactly how they tried to discredit against appar -- apartheid in south africa, it didn't work then and it won't work now, they plan to talk a whole lot more about israel blocking their trip, heather. heather: we will talk more about it as well. >> good to be with you. >> democrats move to defend the controversial congres

and israel. i thought it was wrong of israel to deny them entrance. i think the best thing that could happen now is people reach out to each other. just like i, very pro-israel, very much in disagreement with these two members of congress, none of the less, supported them in their desire to visit israel. i hope that they'll use this press conference today as an opportunity to tone down the rhetoric, not to change their positions, but to build some bridges, and at least at a minimum say they are not anti-semitic, as some accused them of being. and they don't want to see the extinction of the state of israel. frankly, i think in the same way, the idea of a resolution, condemning the israeli ambassadors and the american ambassador of israel is just harmful and divisive. the american ambassador to israel serves at the pleasure of the president of united states. the same is true of the israeli ambassador. the one ambassador to the united states. we have at least a dozen democratic officials, some senior ranking, saying that they have a deep lack of israel'

israel has barred 2 u.s. democratic congresswoman from entering the country after president donald trump tweeted that they should be fair and congresswoman omar of minnesota emigrated to the u.s. with her family from somalia when she was a child and representative. of michigan was born in america to palestinian parents both have criticized israel's treatment of the palestinians and called for a boycott of israeli products. some have already noted the irony a month after u.s. president trump said congresswoman reseated to leave should quote go back to where her family came from she can't believe took to twitter to protest israel's decision to bar her and fellow congresswoman omar from visiting the west bank. she posted a photo of her palestinian grandmother who lives there calling the decision a sign of weakness on the part of israel. by the 2 freshman lawmakers the 1st muslim women in congress are outspoken critics of benjamin netanyahu is right wing government. they support sanctions and an international boy

lawmakers to come to israel. but beyond that there was a pretty powerful statement from a package issued after the decision to deny entry to a congresswoman to leave and omar they criticized the decision they said every member of congress should be able to visit and experience our democratic ally israel 1st hand that is pretty significant wouldn't you say. absolutely and that shows that a park is more balanced that our real gold is letting people believe i've i've been at the receiving end and i've hosted many many missions to jerusalem and apac missions or come to jerusalem or eastern slim and they meet with activists in east jerusalem they go to ramallah they meet with politicians in ramallah they go to the west bank they meet nonprofit organizations but i'll tell you what the differences the difference is that the people that apec meet are bridge builders the people who want to solve the conflict now the people who were receiving the 2 congress women and not bridge builders they have 0 interest in solving the

this is after israel had banned her from going. the catch, though, is that she had promised not to discuss a boycott of israel while she was there. she says her grandmother this morning would rather she not visit under those conditions. and again, this is after israel denied permission for her and her fellow congresswoman ihlan omar to visit israel, both of who support the boycott of that under. oren lieberman joins me this morning with more. >> israel under the 2017 law is allowed to do this. they can bar people who support the boycott from coming into the country and they chose to do that with the encouragement of president trump. >> president donald trump certainly instigated and support the decision saying it would be showing great weakness if they allowed them to enter. benjamin netanyahu has never publicly disagreed with trump and wasn't going to start now. this is the most high profile use of the law. there was an opening that congresswoman tlaib initially took that she would be allowed to enter or at least make a request if

about israel come in. they have become the face of the democrats. the democrats don't want to do anything to condemn them. if they were -- if this were 10 years ago or a different time or different people, or whatever, they would be condemned for the things they've said. they've said some of the worst things i've ever heard said about israel. how can israel say, "welcome?" i don't think it would be a good thing for israel. reporter: do you think that steve king needs to resign? pres. trump: i don't know the situation with steve king. thatd a statement supposedly he made. i haven't been briefed on it. it wasn't a very good statement. reporter: i think you are going to meet with boris johnson. are you going to have some sort of declaration of intent for a deal? are you going to have some sort of declaration about the intent to steal a trade deal with britain? pres. trump: we are dealing with the u.k. we will have a great deal made. i am dealing with boris johnson. i spoke to him yesterday. i will speak to hi

oh mark she remains banned from traveling to israel so how is congress reacting to israel's treatment israel of course those big big ally of the united states now is congress reacting to israel treating one of their own in this way. well phil this is a known priesthood and move let's not forget that in fact there's been bipartisan support in congress since which is sort of like the the backbone of the relationship between the u.s. and israel since the foundation of the israeli state and there's been a particularly from the democratic party a lot of criticism geared towards israel and president donald trump over this decision in fact the house majority leader stanley hoyer said on thursday that it was a grave mistake that undermines the bipartisan pro israel consensus nancy pelosi a big supporter of israel also came out saying that it was a big mistake on the part of israel and interestingly the crow israel group apac which is being very critical of omar on telly in the past had actually said that it was also a mistake on the part of israel and that they should nonetheless at the spike

defending israel's decision. congressman tlaib and ilhan omar have a well documented history of anti-semitic comments and anti-semiticsome posts and anti-semitic relationships. israel has a right to prevent people from' wanting to destroy the country entering the country. shall pete, ainsley, brian? brian: thanks, griff. one of the things blown up already is the story that president trump pushed benjamin netanyahu to do this, the israeli ambassador to the united nations said no the decision was made before the tweet went out. they basically as lee zeldin said on the couch yesterday. there is a law in israel. it's on the books. it says if you have anti-israel goals are aspirations or display that type of conduct they have a right not to let you in, especially when you look to an international quest to divest all investment in that country. ainsley: that's what the white house is saying. they were their support. they wanted to support a boycott. they did support a boycott against israel. so israel has the right to

something or why israel is provoking this situation at the end of the day israel needs to understand that iran has said this time and time again that look you're playing with fire you don't do this don't be silly behave yourself iran has been a real interest in starting a war and iran will not stop the war it's a long and i have said it categorically. what iran will do is attacked or its allies within the resistance axis are directly attacked they will retaliate and rightly so because in this case the aggressor the one who's instigating problems who's lying and making up fairy stories because it's control and influence within the mainstream media is israel and everyone knows israel is a ropes that it's a country that is close to $400.00 nuclear weapons targeted at multiple countries and yet no n.p.t. and no questioning no no discussion about to get iran which has a nuclear program of energy program it constantly gets accused of making nuclear weapons and all this stuff which is slightly from the supreme leader's own discreet discourse is forbidden. the french president has hailed it

>> israel is our greatest friend in the middle east. our national security goals are fundamentally aligned. they are a thriving democracy and we are friends. i think you should be able to have frank conversations with your friends when they're wrong and i think banning two members of congress from visiting thur country is so short-sighted and harmful and for president trump to egg on prime minister netanyahu is shocking. our president should not be suggesting that women who are serving in congress today should be denied the right to go to israel and then when permission is given, restrict their speech. i think it is very harmful. >> i have ten seconds and it is really ten seconds but you want to hold israel accountable. would there be a sanction for that decision under the president gillibrand administration? >> i think you would start by having a serious conversation that if israel expects our support, which they are given readily to make sure they have military edge which i lead in the u.s. senate to fund their programs, to protect ag

-israel relationship and support for israel in america. the house speaker, nancy pelosi, said it was beneath the dignity of the great state of israel. nancy pelosi has always been a big supporter of israel and, quite notably, we are hearing from the pro-israel group, aipac, who has recently been very critical of both omar and tlaib, and they actually said that denyiying the entntry to te congresswomen into israel is a mistake and should nonetheless be allowed to travel to israel, referring to both of them. we've actually also heard from representative ill had omar -- ilhan omar. she said israel's decision to block her entry to the country was an insult to democratic values. let's not forget donald trump, the president of the united states tweeted after israel had made that decision. he said they hate israel, the two representatives, and that both of them are the face of the democratic party. he will be speaking later on at a rally in new hampshire. it will be interesting to see what he says there later on. >> we have to watch that space cl

on israel. this is what the interior minister decided regarding these two congresswomen, and i agree with him. for donald trump, this isn't about who goes in and out of israel. it's about the next election, and he wants to personify the democratic party as these two women. he has vilified them as being anti—semitic, left—wing extremists, anti—american, and the more that democrats get behind them, the more he likes it. but what israel stands to get out of this is harder to fathom. the us president and israeli prime minister are tight, but this decision hasn't only alienated democrats. many republicans are critical too, and even aipac, the pro—israel lobbying group, has said it is wrong. john sopel, bbc news, washington. let's take a look at some of the day's other news: police in malaysia say 15—year—old nora quoirin probably died from internal bleeding caused by hunger and stress. the teenager from london was found dead ten days after she disappeared while on holiday. howard johnson

but israel, if you've ever been to israel, they have a loud, vibrant democracy. two more voices making a stink in israel is not going to change a lot actually and it should be viewed as a good thing. if you have issued with israel, go make them there and prime minister netanyahu sit down with them and say here's why we disagree with you. so you've had a lot of friends of israel, former senator joseph lieberman who was al gore's vice presidential running mate says believes netanyahu made a big mistake here. >> this is a loss all around. i'm afraid it's really most threatening to israel's standing in the united states. this decision probably helps the boycott of israel movement more than the two congresswomen ever could themselves. >> it's an interesting perspective in the sense that the boycott movement, their views are getting a lot more attention because of this dust-up than if they had been allowed to go and israeli officials said sit down at the table, we disagree with you. >> we heard from joseph lieberman but we've also heard fairly unanimous consensus among

of israel now nancy pelosi has always been a big supporter of israel and quite notably actually we're hearing from the pro israel group who has recently been very critical of both omar and they actually said that denying the entry to the congresswoman into israel. is a mistake and should nonetheless be allowed to travel to israel referring to as you to both of them there and we've actually also heard from representative in omar she said that israel's decision to block her visit to the country was an insult to democratic values and finally let's not forget of course donald trump the president of the united states tweeted after israel has made that decision he said. they hate israel the 2 representatives and both of them are the face of the democratic party he'll be speaking of course later on at a rally in new hampshire so it'll be interesting to see what he says there we've got to watch that space very closely pablo tiny want to go to you in jerusalem now this move by the israeli authorities came shortly after president trump tweeted that israel would be showing great weakness if it a

israel has barred 2 u.s. democratic congresswoman from visiting the country prime minister benjamin netanyahu is office issued a statement claiming. their visit was meant to quote negate the legitimacy of israel now this includes representatives rush to lani who is a palestinian heritage and ohana omar they have both been highly critical of israel's treatment of palestinians and have held for a boycott of his really products the entry ban comes after president donald trump tweeted that the 2 congresswoman hate israel and all jewish people. expect the sound we're joined by tanya kramer in jerusalem and public fully las in washington welcome to you both and i'd like to begin with you tanya why has israel decided to bar entry to these 2 congresswoman. this planned visit has been discussed in israel for several weeks now but it also this latest decision is a turnaround of a government decision now the congresswoman here are seen by israeli government officials as being vocal critics of israeli policies against pa

not allow into israel, people who call for the boycott of israel and work to delegitimize the jewish state. >> his comments followed two tweets from president trump against the democratic lawmakers. the president tweeted this afternoon representatives omar and rashida to leave our the face -- this woman here deserves to live in peace and with human dignity. i am who i am because of her. the decision by israel to bar her granddaughter a u.s. congresswoman is a sign of weakness because the truth of what is happening to palestinians is frightening. congresswoman omar who has been accused of anti-semitism today accused benjamin netanyahu of implementing his muslim band. house speaker nancy pelosi added the decision was beneath the dignity of the great state of israel. the congresswoman were expected to visit the palestinian territories during the trip. palestinian leadership called it an unjust, racist decision. prime minister netanyahu is trying to show voters he's a close ally of president trump. the decision to ban lawmakers could be a misstep for future relations. >> josh: stock car

with iran however iran has decided to attack israel to build forces and to strangle israel but we're not going to wait with defense systems you don't win by playing defense you have to preempt and that's what we will do at any place that we need and i doubt one more thing the west should be very open eyed i with his eyes open about all of this i mean 80 years ago almost to the day there were the bad people and the good people and some of the west did not take sides early enough this time we expect all of europe all of the free world to stand behind israel in thwarting this evil empires effort how are you going to get people on board if israel is the one that's making the 1st incursion into other people's aspace that. were not long ago iran has made incursions into israel and again you're not going to wait for the moment that they will attack if iran is building forces around israel which is a 1000 kilometers to the west of iran what is their business to be fighting with us what is their business to be building forces around us so just as america would not wait to fight anyone who wou

of israel. the statements are a sign of ignorance and beneath the dignity of the office of the president. what's your reaction. >> ifs if there's one person that benefits in the short term, not the long term, is president trump. israel and netanyahu don't benefit. he was pressured a few weeks ago, the israelis begrudgingly said they would allow the congresswomen in for precisely the reasons that have been discussed. the justification is their support of government ds, boycott, divest and sanction. that is something that these congresswomen supported last month when they were allowed entry as well. that doesn't even make sense as to why they would change their mind right now. remember netanyahu las an election next month as well, but out of all countries, they do not like to be called weak. given the relationships they have built up with conditions and leaders that have posed a far greatest threat to israel than these two congresswomen, they have met with other leaders. why they view these two wo

they don't want to fund israel. they want to take away foreign aid to israel. they want to do a lot of bad things israel. in my opinion, you vote for democrats, you're being very disloyal to jewish people and you are being very disloyal to israel. and only weak people would say anything other than that. >> reporter: your critics have said -- how do you respond to that? >> president trump: i haven't heard anybody say that. just the opposite. i think if you vote for a democrat you are very disloyal to israel, and the jewish peopl people. >> reporter: what do you say to republicans who want to primary you? >> president trump: i've got 94% in the republican party. the highest in history. the highest of any republican. so i think they'd have a hard time. >> reporter: you said russia was kicked out of the g-7 because they outsmarted obama. in fact, it was because the annexed crimea. that -- >> president trump: that was outsmarting obama. russia outsmarted president obama. they took over during his term, not during mine. crimea. they took over crimea. if you would sto

her rocker a very warm welcome to all of you we start in israel israel where that country has part 2 u.s. democratic congress women from visiting the country prime minister benjamin netanyahu the office issued a statement claiming their visit was meant to quote negate the legitimacy of israel representative were she to tell it is born and bred american and omar also american emigrated with her family from somalia when she was a child 1st are highly critical of israel's treatment of palestinians and both have been calling for a boycott of israeli products and the entry ban comes after president donald trump tweeted that the 2 congress women hate israel and all jewish people. all right let's unpack here i'm joined now by tanya kramer our drew some correspondent and pablo foley ileus who is in washington for us as well tanya want to begin with you of course this is where this story is taking place has this ever happened before. what has been described even here as unprecedented vessel of policy with a lot of pressure from the white house so the president himself to ban those 2 elected c

this is actually helping the anti-israel bds movement because it is calling into question israel's standing as a democracy where people of all different viewpoints are welcome. it is also undermining the bipartisan basis of american support for israel. this is unprecedented to not allow these two members of congress who have to vote on the annual appropriations, $3.3 billion of u.s. aid to israel. they're supposed to vote on that money but are not allowed to see how it's spent? that's something that is very contrary to the long-term interests of israel and the u.s./israel alliance. >> so when you hear kevin mccarthy making this argument, he says he's basically saying they should come and inform themselves, but if you read between the lines, he's saying they aren't. he's saying they didn't come with the congressional delegation. they didn't come with democrats. you had dozens of democrats who were visiting israel. he's saying they didn't come, they didn't visit, they didn't have plans to visit with israeli leaders. i mean what do you make of him making that distinction then? >> i think this

of israel we are not willing to admit into israel those who call for the boycott of the state of israel and act to delegitimize the state of the jews trump successful effort to pressure israel is the latest salvo in his battle with the squad for democratic women of color in congress. omar fired back saying it is an affront that israeli prime minister netanyahu under pressure from president trump would deny entry to representatives of the u.s. government trumps muslim band is what israel is implementing this time against 2 duly elected members of congress there's a long standing tradition and you. yes politics that however contentious things are at home u.s. presidents do not enlist allies abroad to target political opponents but trump has never been bound by convention or politics. the president has said the 4 members of the squad should go back to their countries even though 3 of them were born here in the u.s. that hasn't stopped crowds at his rallies from chanting send her back. the unprecedented ban on to members of the u.s. congress was widely condemned by democrats and republicans

and israel for their assessments of where the situation stands. iran is trying to envelope israel from all of the sides through hezbollah which is effectively iran through syria through iraq and even through gaza it's like a big octopus sending its arms in order to strangle israel the problem you have is israel is like this oil brat of the world and because no one no one calls it to account it's allowed to get away with essentially minute. talking to hit 3 separate sobering countries in the past few days israel has no issue with iran if iran would focus inward on on its own people and stop trying to destroy israel as it explicitly says it will do and if amending terror around the world we would have no issue with iran however iran has decided to attack israel to build forces and to strangle israel but we're not going to wait with defense systems you don't win by playing defense you have to preempt and that's what we will do i see no one questioning why israelis doing something why israel is provoking the situation at the end of the day israel need

as being enemies of israel. this is all about 2020 election. he hasn't thought this through at all. this man has no idea of what it means to be pro-israel if you want an israel that is jewish and democratic, which is what founders wanted, not a by national state and suppressing a minority of arabs that may one day be a majority. that to me is not proisrael. that's a fraud. >> there was something else that the president said today basically a threat and adding much attention but basically threatened or did threaten to release thousands of isis fighters into europe into france, into germany, which is where he says they came from basically as punishment to them for not doing what he thinks they should be doing in terms of doing more for nato and paying attention in afghanistan. do you think he also basically claimed credit for personally destroying the caliphate? he said he's the one who ended it. i'm not sure troops in the field see it that way. do you think the president realizes or i mean, well, i know he doesn'

and israel did not object. there is news this morning on this story, the associated press reporting the interior minister has received and granted a request by rashida tlaib to enter the west bank on humanitarian grounds. the minister -- she will not be allowed to enter into israel. your reaction to this story this morning. john in south carolina, republican. you are up first. good morning. i have got to punch the number. you are on now. caller: thank you. i did not know whether i was in early onset or what. call.you for taking my this is an example of israel emphasizing this power. when it comes to president trump making a statement like that, he has free speech rights. this happens to be the first president that has gone to twitter or other avenues and expressed his opinion, which i am sure is the opinion of a lot of americans. after all, he is elected president. when it comes to israelis, they are always going to air on the on the caution -- err side of caution and i think they are trying to extend an olive

israel or at least hurt israel with about half the population eof th united states, including those who support the role of congress, its oversight and ct gathering responsibilities. so trump claimsieo be a nd of israel, i call him a ozionist. >> nawaz: there is a law on the books in israel from 2017 that ahours them to banntry to anyone who is seen as a supporter of this bds movement. they have barred from entry other people before. is it different somehow now because it's two members of congress? >> israel has welcomed muslim leaders, muslim officials from all over the wdild, inc those who are nominally in support of the arab boycott of israel.e isrolled out the red carpet for president sadat when he came to jerusalemt a time when his country was at war with israel technically ander isly -- and certainly supported the boycott of israel. the israelis made the right decisiot which was to y two colleagues in. they were forced out of that in way that is harmf to israel by the coercive pressure of the presint. but let's also put in context, and i think danny did this well, this is not

gives to israel. if they're going to start putting restrictions on who can travel to the country, which lawmakers can travel to the country, maybe it's time to look at the aid package again. i want to get your sense as you look at that relationship from where you sit in the congress of how much re-evaluation is taking place, how much evaluation is likely to take place as a result of this? >> i know that voters on the ground are talking about it. i did a town hall in iowa last night and i was asked about the u.s./israel relationship. so the fact that the president is essentially succeeding in trying to make it more partisan, is dangerous. it's dangerous for us, it's dangerous for israel. israel remains one of our oldest and closest allies in the middle east. our one democratic ally in the middle east. that's a relationship we need to maintain. will it be more of a fight in congress? i'm sure that it will be. it's yet another way in which donald trump is failing in his fundamental duty as commander-in-c

democratic congressman blasting donald trump over israel's decision to ban them from entering israel, one claiming the president wants to pit motions in jewish people against each other. jillian: his relapse response. >> reporter: israel defending his decision about ilhan omar and rashida tlaib who spoke for the first time since being denied entry. accusing primus or benjamin netanyahu of suppressing their freedom and calling on congressional colleagues to make the trip. >> we cannot let trump and benjamin netanyahu succeed in hiding the cruel reality of the occupation from us. i call on all of you to go. >> reporter: both are critics of israel. the support for a boycott of the country, is really ambassador to the un reiterating their position. >> we don't expect people who come here -- we welcome all americans. if you call to boycott israel, anti-semitic remarks we are not welcoming you. >> reporter: an emotional rashida tlaib who was denied a visa to visit her aging grandmother had this to say. >> i watched as my mother had to go to dehumanizing checkpoints even though she was a uni

of israel and we are not willing to admit into israel those who call for the boy. of the state of israel and act to be legitimized the state of the jews trump successful effort to pressure israel is the latest salvo in his battle with the squad for democratic women of color in congress. omar fired back saying it is an affront that israeli prime minister netanyahu under pressure from president trump would deny entry to representatives of the u.s. government trumps muslim band is what israel is implementing this time against 2 duly elected members of congress there's a long standing tradition in u.s. politics that however contentious things are at home u.s. presidents do not enlist allies abroad to target political opponents but trump has never been bound by conventional politics. the president has said the 4 members of the squad should go back to their countries even though 3 of them were born here in the u.s. that hasn't stopped crowds at his rallies from chanting send her back. the unprecedented ban on to members of the u.s. congress was widely condemned by democr

israel has barred two u.s. lawmakers from entering the country after being urged to do so by presidentn trump. ilar and rashida tlaib are the first muslim women elected to congress. they are vocal supporters of the palestinians. they are also outspokenderitics of pre trump, who has targeted them in speeches and even suggested they go back to where they came from. sagree with who the lawmakers came to their defense. jon sopel reports. jon: have two newly elected members of congress ever created the stir that ilhan omar and rashida tlaib have? they were the first two muslim women to be elected to the bhouse. they ah on the left of the democratic party. neither is a fan of the israeli government. both are outspoken. and donald trump relishes going after them. pres. trump: omar has a history of launchi vicious anti-semitic screeds. >> send her back! pres. trump: her colleague, representative rashida tlaib -- [boos] pres. trump: agreed with omar's characterization of 9/11 and said that members of congress who suppor

he has honored israel. that's what we want out of an american an american president and you come on the heels of barack obama who was doing everything they could to weaken israel, i think the president actually has a good point that people when they look at this, if you are pro-israel and you care about israel, then you obviously are going to support donald trump and his policy positions. >> shannon: here's what the president said today about the so-called squad. he is referring to them as aoc plus three. >> if you look at what they say, they are so bad for israel. they are so bad for jewish people. anybody that votes for a democrat, they are voting for that. that's the face of your party and it's very bad for israel. >> shannon: dennis, does this create a conundrum for democrats? these members are popular, local, enormous social media followings. when the president says they have taken positions american voters are going to have to decide about. what do you make of that? >> i see it more as a political ass