israel is an island in a stormy sea. we have to make our island safe and we wish that the sea will become tranquil. we converted our dessert into a garden. it was achieved by our people and the potential of science. what we have done, mr. president, can be done all over the middle east, as we have rightly said tonight. israel is described as a start-up nation. the middle east can become a start-up region. dear president, you noted in your address today that peace is the greatest hope. i share your vision. your call to reopen may open the way for the implementation of the two-state solution agreed by all of us. as you said, a jewish state, israel, an arab state, palestine. if i am not wrong, next to you sits our prime minister. he was reelected. he open his address in knesset by rewriting his commitment to the two-state solution. dear friends, i have sin in my life. i have the right to believe that peace is attainable. as you felt today, this is the deep conviction of our people. with our resolve and your support, dear ba

do visit israel. barack obama actually first went to israel in 2006 when he was still an illinois senator. he went again in 2008 when he was running for president. you'll know chris christie is serious about running for president when he schedules a trip to israel. mitt romney went to israel last year in a desperate attempt to exploit a republican lie, that there was some kind of difference between president obama and it's really prime minister benjamin netanyahu about what the borders of israel should be. romney was aided and abetted in that lie by netanyahu, who is an old friend of romney's. they worked together 30 years ago at a boston consulting firm. as we reviewed last night, netanyahu left no room for doubt, he wanted mitt romney to be the next president of the united states. and romney delivered a speech in israel that echoed netanyahu's talking points at that time on iran. >> we should employ any and all measures to dissuade the iranian regime from its nuclear course, and it is our fervent ho

sent to israel by the truck load. now israel won't allow it. the price of hate, he says. but he says hamas shares the blame. 150 workers here before hamas came to power in gaza. just 20 now. a border once busy with trade now a no man's land under the watchful gaze of israeli surveillance balloons. of the 100 factories and warehouses near the border, all but five locked and shuttered. it's the price of hate, mistrust, and violence. wolf, it is like going back in time. i cannot tell you how depressing it is. you see these wonderful, beautiful palestinian children in gaza, hope in their eyes, then you walk the streets and see the devastation. the gentleman at the furniture factory perhaps a minority but not alone. when we were there several people after looking around a little nervously said, yes. they blame it most on israel but many also said as long as hamas will not acknowledge israel's right to exist they see no hope for peace and that means no hope for jobs. >> let's hope the president's visit can revive that peace

tonight on the eve of president obama's trip to israel, a conferring with the former u.s. ambassador to that country martin indyk. the stakes are high. the question on the table can the president restart the middle east peace effort that eludes the region. conversation with martin indyk coming up right now. >> there's a saying that dr. king had, he said it's always the right time to do the right thing. i try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we're only halfway to completely eliminate hunger and we have a lot of work to do. wal-mart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and my contribution to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: when president obama touches down in israel on wednesday, he'll bring with him a full agenda. first, there is the expectation that meaningful peace talks between the israelis and palestinians can be restarted. with the new secretary of state john kerry along on this trip, some in the administration hope a new spirit of collaboration can

but today israel is at a crossroads. it can be tempting to put aside the frustrations and sacrifices that come with the pursuit of peace, particularly when iron dome repels rockets, barriers keep out suicide bombers, there are so many other pressing issues that demand your attention, and i know that only israelis can make the fundamental decisions about your country's future. [applause] >> i recognize that. i also know by the way that not everyone in this hall will agree with what i have to say about peace. i recognize that there are those who are not simply skeptical about peace but question its underlying premise. have a different vision for israel's future, and that is part of a democracy, that is part of the discourse between our two countries, i recognize that. but i also believe it's important to be open and honest especially with your friends. i also believe that. [applause] >> you know politically given the strong bipartisan support for israel in america, the easiest thing for me to do would be to push this issue

a priority america's commitment and my commitment to israel and israel's security is unshakeable. it isn't checkable. but his pronounced allegiance to israel is not just a commitment of the past commitment to the future as well take a look at vice president biden had to say at the conference just this morning. this one from the moment the president took office he has acted swiftly and decisively to make clear to the whole world and to our israel that even if circumstances have changed one thing has not our deep commitment to the security of the state of this . that has not changed that will change as long as i see our president and vice president. excuse our kids. found. however despite the administration's open display of affection an outright promise to stand by the country through thick and thin a shocking new poll reveals that voters think obama isn't doing enough yes thirty nine percent of voters that obama is not supporting israel enough only thirteen percent face policies quote to support it so what to talk about this unwavering bonamy influence that really has over politic

israel is a just cause. israel has the moral ground. israel should be in the same values that we all believe in the path that israel represents and there is no more a war. it is not a war with airplanes, it's not a war with tanks, it's a war with speeches, with the wrong narrative work a lot of lies and these people should fight it as we are doing it. we don't have -- let's say we should create this structure to fight this war in the same structure that fights the kinetic war but this war of words is really important. so see what israel is all about, meet the young generation. this is an amazing generation. as chief of intelligence i used to tell them, guys, i have a problem. i don't know what to do about it. do you have an idea? and these people, 25 years old, 26 years old, young person, they went for a month, went for three months and came back with the most innovative idea that one day there will be books about it. come and see them. they love them, love them, together we can do it. >> and lastly, final word goes to senator john mcca

to make a visit to israel. the israelis felt kind of sidelined by the cairo speech which he opened his first term with, and they did not necessarily like the tone of that speech. they were waiting for some sign that he also had a concern with the israeli public. he resisted his entire first term and decided to make this his first trip of his second term, as a way, maybe, of making up for not going in his first four years. >> let me ask you -- will this visit helped to start to restart or bring about a revival of the peace process? >> well, i think the chances seem unlikely at this moment, that we will see any major breakthrough in the coming weeks or months, but you never know. it is possible. i do not think that is the primary goal of his mission, but i think the fact that his new secretary of state, john kerry, is very interested in doing exactly that at least leave that possibility open, and i think what will be much more interesting is not what happens while he is there on the ground but what happens after

. >> the united states of america stands with the state of israel. >> obama in israel for the first time as president. >> joking with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu that it was good to get from congress. >> you only tease the ones you love. >> i see this visit as an opportunity. >> this trip is heavy on symbolism. >> what is he taking away. >> he and netanyahu had their differences. >> we know he was sort of a supporter of romney. >> netanyahu preferred romney over obama. >> trying to influence an american election. >> there's a lot of water under the bridge. >> i think it is absolutely outrageous. >> you only tease the ones you love. >> some republicans coil at the party plans for the future. >> i know what our principles are. >> the chairman is in the hot seat. >> i am looking to get into communities in the hundreds. >> show up any time. >> i know what our principles are. >> it is what you say and do when you get there matters most to people. >> our party believes marriage is between one man and one woman. >> they haven't changed their policies. >> house republicans tomorrow

the west bank and gaza from israeli control and israel's rule is. israel is resisting tooth and nail withdrawing from approximately twenty two percent of historic palestine what's the basis for the assumption that israel will relinquish relinquish complete control over the eighty percent of palestine it's had sovereigns sovereign sovereign control over since one thousand nine hundred forty nine that's just sheer silliness the only reason these. speculations now rise of one state it's because nothing is happening if nothing is happening on the ground and of course people will speculate about all sorts of things that are totally disconnected from politics if you take for example the first intifada the first into father was significant on to. number one it was a mass all right. we don't have enough time in your government my friend we have run out of time many thanks to my guest today in new york and in amman and thanks to our viewers for watching us here at r.t. see you next time and remember cross titles. they say. when their own country can draw for

definitely most of the blame is for -- because israel is israel and america is america, but i think some mistakes were made on the side of the president as well. i think basically the president looks at mr. netanyahu as an israeli eric cantor, as a conservative rep who is presently hostile. he rejects his world, deeply rejects it. mr. netanyahu sees president obama as suspect envelope -- as an appeaser, who does not see the real world as it is, so projects weakness to a hostile and dangerous middle east. this has been a strained relationship. there were some ups, but mostly downs. here is the potential to really change that relationship. now that president obama comes to israel as victorious, as with the mag nimity and generosity of a victorious president who won the elections, does not have netanyahu threatening him, he can reach out and try to prove to them that he is a real friend and this demonization of him was totally wrong. >> now, according to the polls, and you know better than i whether the polls are accurate reflection, is israelis are suspicious of this president, despite the

israel alliance. please thank him for going to israel in a few weeks. [applause] this trip sends an important message to the people of israel and the world about america's commitment to the jewish state. ladies and gentlemen, i am honored to introduce and welcome a friend who stands with us now and always, a supporter of the u.s.-israel relationship, the vice president of the united states, joe biden. [applause] >> thank you, mr.president. it's great to be here. it's great to be here. ladies and gentlemen, oh, what a difference 4 years make. i look out there and see an old friend, annette lantos. annette how are you? her husband tom lantos, a survivor, was my assistant, was my foreign policy adviser for years. and tom used to say all the time, joe -- he talked that hungarian accent -- joe, we must do another fundraiser for aipac. i did more fundraisers for aipac in the 1970s and early 1980s than -- just about as many as anybody. thank god you weren't putting on shows like this. we would have never made it. we would have never made it. my lord, it's so g

obama just wrapped up his first presidential trip to israel and palestine during his three day visit he spent ninety nine percent of his time in israel meeting with officials making symbolic gestures and touring the country and yet in palestine he spent nearly hours briefly meeting with the palestinian authority and visiting a church what do you fail to see in the short time he was there was hundreds of palestinians protesting his visit and in signs of messages like this one obama stop supporting israeli war crimes or secure the release of forty eight hundred palestinian prisoners or america as the head of terrorism one protest many were don and martin luther king masks in an attempt to invoke the spirit of the civil rights movement in south african apartheid was a far cry from the imagery of obama in israel you know ward the medal of distinction by the israeli government a first of its kind for any american president so here to talk about the significance of this trip and the prospects for peace between the two countries i'm joined now by phyllis bennis director of the new internati

right of existence of the state of israel there was there was a lot of recognition i am recognizing israel as a state i am a member of its parliament. and i cannot. accept a different. putting me in an inferior status both legally and publicly. to the jewish mother at any cost but in the past you have said that you believe in the nation's right to self to finish and so are you not contradicting yourself here no i recognize that the finish and the jews in israel but in israel there are all saw and mainly indigenous people who were here and did not come for writers or buy a plane or buy a ship i cannot. live. peacefully with the idea that is available in the still of the jewish people every june in every war every place in the world can i drive you and be immediately citizen when my uncle and my died in full color in jordan after being expelled in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight without even having is that right to be buried in tire in my town or in jaffa from where there where respect it is in justice pure and justice you are a member of the parliament since one thousand nine hundred

and his products not too long ago were sent to israel by the truckloads and now israel won't allow it. the price of hate he says. hamas shares the blame. 150 workers here before hamas came to power in gaza. just 20 now. a border once busy with trade now a no-man's land. under the watchful gaze of israeli surveillance balloons. of the 100 factories and warehouses near the border, all but five locked and shuttered. the price of hate, mistrust and violence. and that is one of the huge questions you hear the president trying to lift both the palestinians and the israelis. the political leaders and the citizens, to look at north star if you will, to look at the possibility and promise that would come from a two-state solution, but fred and michael, already so many questions. can he get the israelis to stop bitd u building settlements? can he get to figure out own internal struggle and hamas to give the palestinian president some room and peace negotiations to have that room hamas would have to acknowledge israel's right to exist. >> hope for more optimism in the future. there isn't much at

israel on the issue now. as a matter of fact president obama has been very clear on the fact that the united states will never accept a nuclear iran and president obama is aware like anybody else. it was a clear view of reality that all the attend. to try and convince iran to stop its nuclear program through negotiations through economic pressures have failed so i think that the united states itself seems to have come to realize that both economic sanctions and negotiations with iran have failed and therefore if the united states is serious about stopping iran from getting a nuclear bomb when he says that all options only are on the table it means that the military option is also on the table and i think that president obama has been very clear about this i would have wanted to ask you more on that but i just want to ask you one more before i let you go why do you think president obama decided to visit israel this time around he didn't he didn't bother to do so it during his first term which was rather critic

now in his second term he's coming to israel. it is surrounded by hostile nations and surrounded by chaos. a country that's walling itself off. to have the president here expressing support for the prime minister, for the state of israel right now is something israel feels is very important and a bit long time coming. >> in fact, one of the first stops the president made before leaving the airport, before leaving the tarmac was to inspect the iron dome missile defense system. both leaders have entered the room. let's listen in. >> mr. president, it's a great pleasure for me to host you here in jerusalem. you have graciously hosted me many times here in washington so i'm pleased to have this opportunity to reciprocate. i hope that the good will and warmth of the people of israel has already made you feel at home. >> very much so. >> we had an opportunity to begin discussing the wide range of issues that are critical to both our countries. and foremost among these is iran's relentless pursuit of nuclear weapons. mr. president, you

for israel's hero. it looked like prime minister was touched by that, gratuitous reference but rather kind one. the one thing that the prime minister wanted to emphasize is the clip you showed. he saying you have a right to defend yourself alone if you have to. he kept repeating that to say the president of the united states has given me the green light to attack if i think i have to. and time is running out. for israeli that is precious. >> bret: another moment in which the talking about the threat from iran. take a listen. >> we agree that a nuclear armed iran would be a threat to region, threat to world. and potential threat to israel. >> we have different vulnerabilities, different capabilities. we take that in to account. what we do maintain and the president i think is the first to do so is that israel has a right to independently defend itself against any threat, including the iranian threat. >> again, repeating that. >> he has gone out of his way to say there is no daylight between us. he is say

relationship with israel strained in the first term? >> oh, absolutely. i think that there were -- there was idence that the president was giving short shrift to israel, many occasions where he wasn't talking to netanyahu when he should have been in person. more importantly, i think about the speech, he was talking about the israelis but he was talking beyond them about generally the need for peace in the area. it wasn't just a pro-israel speech. he didn't say the settlements were a great thing. he said they don't promote peace. he didn't say you have to get out he said they're not helping. i think he was talking not just to the israelis. i don't think it was just a total pro-israel trip. >> was anybody offended by his remarks? >> i'm sure that some of the palestinians were offended because they liked the atmosphere in which they would have perceived tension between the united states and israel. the real question is now will there a dialogue going between the israelis and the palestinians on the usual issues, and the palestinians, they refused, and i can

this is the story of israel. this is the work that has brought the dreams of so many generations to life and every step of the way israel has built unbreakable bonds of friendship with my country, the united states of america. [applause] those ties began only 11 minutes after israel independence when the united states was the first nation to recognize the state of israel. [applause] as president truman said in explaining his decision to recognize israel, he said, i believe it has a glorious future before it, not just as another sovereign nation but as an embodiment of the great ideals of our civilization. since then we built a friendship that advances our shared interests. together we share a commitment to security four citizens and the stabe ability of the middle east and north africa. together we share a focus on convincing growth around the global and strengthening the middle class within our own countries. together, we share a stake in the success of democracy. but the source of our friendship extends beyond

some of the young people that he was addressing inside israel were in fact palestinian citizens of israel he made no acknowledgement of that but of course this was not symbolism aimed at the palestinians he did make in his speech some very important remarks about justice his speech was quite powerful in terms of the rights of palestinians to justice the problem was his actions his actions were very clear we're going to continue doing what we're doing we're not going to hold israel accountable we're not going to condition our aid etc so even at the level of symbolism if he had gone to the grave of yasser arafat for instance and said whatever i may think of some of the things our fed has done he was seen as the father of modern palestinian nationalism. and in that way i recognize his his importance to his people that's all he would have had to say he chose not to do that the real factor here was far more about iran where there was a great deal of pressure being put on the israeli government by the us to say stop pushing us towards war and in fact that's the one thing that netanyahu the isra

israel. police are saying hamas militants in gaza fired two rockets into that country slamming a border town. as president obama meets with palestinian leaders today in the west bank. conor powell is live in the town of sirot, israel, southern part of the country where police say one of those rockets landed. conor. hello. >> reporter: well, bill, israeli officials actually upped the number to four rockets that have been fired from gaza into southern israel earlier today. while much of the physical damage is fairly minor, bill, it was damage to a patio. there is the emotional damage. this is the second time this house here in sderot has been damaged in the last four or five months. there is the symbolic damage. fragile ceasefire agreed to in thanksgiving has been broken. no doubt this volley of rockets that came from gaza was tied to president obama's trip to israel and the west bank earlier today. bill: you wonder what has been said even out of gaza or hamas. what are they trying it say to th

to say we have israel's back. the president is going to see the iron dome you know system, the israeli defense system. one of the first things he's going to see. that was largely paid for by the united states. so there is that, that we have israel's back. >> what about the timelines regarding iran? in covering the pentagon and foreign policy. elizabeth, you know we have a different u.s. officials have a different notion of when we reach that danger point. the testimony last week was that the ayatollah has still not made the political decision to proceed with nuclear weapons. there's not that same sense at all in israel. >> i feel like i've been talking about this for years. the different timelines. but yes, there's still a different timeline that the u.s., i think the last thing the president said was about a year, israel thinks it's sooner than that. the reality is that israel is going to be in a very difficult position to do a strike itself. we've been through that many times it doesn't have the same capabilitie

rant segregation in the middle east only democracy as israel introduces palestinians only buses on a route connecting the country with the west bank find out why on our website called. multi-billion dollar cars have kicked in in the u.s. after the white house failed to find common ground with the republicans on how to cut america's massive debt it's estimated this so-called sequester will cost america over seven hundred thousand jobs but even as they've made the blame game grows with both counts desperate to offload responsibility economist richard wolfe says the u.s. kind of cut its way out of the current crisis. republicans and democrats alike are committed to an austerity policy as we do in see it in europe their only disagreement is exactly who gets cut whose axes get raisins and i'm very pessimistic as are most observers in washington that we are about to do what britain italy greece have done with the same dire consequences looming in our future if you cut government spending as we're about to do if you raise taxes on average people which we did on january first with the rise i

seems to be having israel we don't want to talk about but we got a bomb. and so this is the to a certain extent almost as i said in discussions with tony on the cover. why is it then you're prepared to tolerate india pakistan have a bomb. why is everybody has to plead with china to go to north korea and ask them to drop. it you're arguing bumblings power influence the know that russia is i mean we told our affections ten years on from the war in iraq i think fifty we're told from afghanistan next year and we've got obviously the talk of going in syria on the table the thing this government is going to make the same mistake. that the previous governments mate i think there's a danger of doing that because it's motivated almost by the same things good people stick together i'm afraid when you get through the countries are not necessarily good their might well be bad be interested just to mention afghanistan that was the un agreement i saw a role the intelligence forces show whether the bombers of the terrorist were operating from and that was right. they des

. >> a nice moment a short while ago in israel. should moan perez gave the president's medal to our president, barack obama. edthe medal was given to mr. oba for his unique contribution to israel security. mr. perez received the u.s. president's medal of freeman dom last year. thanks for watching. "studio b" starts now. >> have a great afternoon. today the president made a direct appeal to the israeli people, to make peace with the palestines and try to look at things from their perspective. that appeal came hours after militants fired rockets into israel. >>> it's the jurors in the jodi arias trial are now questioning the psychologist who said she suffered from ptsd. your cable bill could start shrinking, thanks to the growing number of people who watch tv on the go. >> first, a suicide bomber reportedly blew himself up in a mosque in the syrian capital of damascus and killed several people, including a top proregime cleric. we have no way to confirm. and according accord rot -- reus it came from an expose. the united nations repo

retaliation against israel. when obama talks about all military options on the ground, of course he doesn't want to repeat an iraq scenario of taking over the country, although one thing may lead to another. i think the assumption is if the united states reaches a position, in which all diplomacy has been exhausted and there is no other choice but to launch some kind of a strike against iran, then united states will be able to take care of whatever launchers iran has that could threaten israel and provide some kind of assistance and missile defense to protect the israelis. it won't be 100% in fool proof protection but it can go a long way in assuring israelis. >> all right. thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. >>> up next, biden and bloomberg together and taking on gun violence today. what meaningful reform are we actually going to get? the assault weapons ban is out. the fate of background checks is uncertain. the bill headed to the senate floor. a far cry of ambitions. we're talking guns. >> i get i

israel is very powerful. israel is a fortress. but all of us would like to see the jewish community fully integrated into that part of the world by reaching a settlement based on security and peace and reconciliation. this is the way to go. and abbas, anyone else. the reality, i'm choosing my words very carefully. the israelis will never find a better partner than mahmoud abbas who has fully accepted a settlement based on a two-state solution. full security for israel and dignity for the palestinians and a viable state on the, what we call the 23% of what used to be historic palestine. >> abbas has called israel a land of jesus and mohamed. so i'm not sure he is interested in any israeli sovereignty. >> professor, thank you very much. >>> up next, chris christie gets a grilling from kindergartners? i hope this went better than what we just watched with the teacher. "the cycle" rolls on. [ male announcer ] what?! investors could lose tens of thousands of dollars in hidden fees on their 401(k)s?! go to e-trade and roll over your old

, not anti-israel. [applause] >> senator gillibrand i mentioned jordan and you spent time looking at jordan. if you go in east there there is concern they some electoral developments isolated and about the increasing sense that the monarchy there is wobbling. how should we and israel think about this important ally to the united states and one of two countries in the region that has a peace agreement with israel? >> you are quite right we need allies in the region and jordan is being destabilized. not only is the muslim brotherhood rising and political power but as the fighters come across we have the risk of militancy within jordan that will create challenges. we also have the syrian refugee population of 400,000 now in jordan which is a huge financial strain on an art he wavering economy. jordan doesn't have a lot of natural resources. most of their economist written by government and the u.s. being able to provide aid to jordan and allow them to get resources from the imf is essential. our world with

given a warm red carpet welcome from israel's president and prime minister. >> the people of israel welcome you with open heart. we deeply appreciate your friendship and we share your hope that the middle east will enjoy a future of freedom, prosperity and peace. >> i'm confident in declaring that our alliance is forever. >> day one has already brought a packed agenda for president obama in israel. again, at this hour, he's holding closed bilateral talks there in jerusalem. president obama will hold another closed door discussion, this time with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. now, despite a tense and somewhat tenuous relationship, the two leaders may need one another now more than ever. they are both confronting a changing and dangerous middle east. iran potentially getting closer to israel's nuclear red line. egypt suffering economic and political upheaval. and then of the new questions about whether syria's government is using chemical weapons in its bloody civil war. >> in an unstable and uncertain middle east, the need for our alliance is greater than ever. it's the key to t

there's a link to israel irrespective because a lot of americans care about israel. but we have been able the united states have been able to completely take for warranted our countries widow not have democratic governance, where the views of the people count for nothing. i think the difference with turkey or difference with israel americans can't push an israeli government around the same way they can push a dictator around because an israeli government will fall or if the public doesn't support it and that doesn't happen in most of the arab countries. all of them are dictatorships. >> i want to get your response to that after we take a quick break. >> okay. [ coughs ] [ angry gibberish ] i took something for my sinuses, but i still have this cough. [ male announcer ] a lot of sinus products don't treat cough. they don't? [ male announcer ] nope, but alka seltzer plus severe sinus does it treats your worst sinus symptoms, plus that annoying cough. [ breathes deeply ] ♪ oh, what a relief it is [ angry gibberish ] [ sneezing ] she may be muddling through allergies.

we begin this morning in israel. rockets fly, a cease-fire wobbles and president obama's visit highlights the enormous challenges of trying to broker a peace deal. president obama wrapped up the meeting with mahmoud abbas, president of the palestinian authority. and the palestinians blamed for the latest tension. two rockets fired from gaza scratch into southern israel. no injuries, but still dealing a below to obama's push for israeli, palestinian peace talks. sara sidener in ramallah where this morning's meeting was held. tell us more about it, sara. >> reporter: let's be clear, when you say palestinians are responsible for the latest break, we are talking about gaza as opposed to the west bank. we need to be very clear about that. the palestinian authority is in control here, in the west bank. hamas in control in gaza. and that is where those rockets came from. no one has claimed responsibility, although we're hearing from officials it is likely an outside group. not hamas that fired those rockets, but a fringe gr

of course the president was in israel to show that he was a friend to israel. checking out the dead sea scrolls and navigating the avant-garde red carpets of the west bank but of course danger lurked everywhere. oh, my god, mr. president! the robots. oh, my god! oh, they're jewish robots. they're bringing him some food. i'm going to stop you right there, mr. president. good matza? that's what's known in the business as a goy tell because unless it was slathered in fluffer nutter or jammed inside a chip-wich, it tastes like the box it came in. matza sucks so bad they had to have a robot bring it to him. i understand you're a guest in israel, you want to be polite but you're allowed to say matza sucks, trust me. that's what netanyahu was thinking. you give matza to a jew, here's what they think. how many nights do we have to eat this [bleep]? anyway, got to take more than just pretending to like matza to win over this skeptical crowd >> so long as there is a united states of america (speaking hebrew), you are not alone. sniem is that what that means? touche or as

and explicit warnings of military action against iran coming in hot and heavy at the american israel public affairs committee conference in washington israel's most ardent supporters pushing for greater u.s. backing but the meeting drawing fire with some protesters staging a somewhat colorful demonstration among their concerns aggressive settlement expansion in occupied palestinian land and war mongering talk by netanyahu artie's . reports on aims and aspirations of the conference. apac is pushing for a congressional resolution that would say should israel decide to strike iran the u.s. would give all the support including military or oceanus mosque to humane on this day. far. we have stated this time in the game and we expect those who say to me this kind of a congressional green light for preemptive strike although non-binding is seen by some as a way to put more pressure on the obama administration which so far has been reluctant to see the us dragged into another war in the middle east the us will never abandon their nuclear efforts unless they genuinely believe that america is s

into israel. statement at the airport there -- the basic three principles of what makes this relation to the very special to deal with iran and others. the common values, and the idea from a very specific pro-is raley, pro-american approach, but, democrats get -- , democratic and universal values, and, 3,, theological values. this is, as mike said, the historic home of the jewish people. despite differences in their size -- cities on hills. in a way, this sort of defining of relations would make it more possible for obama to put some pressure is on the day-to-day issues that preoccupy israel in the middle east. >> interesting stuff. thank you very much. southother news -- korea's army has raised its alert level after a suspected cyber attack by north korea. the hacking paralyzed computer networks to three major television stations and two banks. the latest from seoul. >> south korea's government says it was an attack, a silent simultaneous targeting of five institutions. a journalist as -- at a ne

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there are some very good signs from israel. it looks like the president and the prime minister of israel are on the same page now. both agree we can't let iran get nuclear weapons and both agree iran hasn't decided yet whether to build one and will take another year once the government in iran decides to go ainu direction. i have good hope in a number of grounds. one, the two countries are in agreement, and two, the mullahs in iran will see the united states ready to strike should they decide to build a nuclear bomb. why? there was no reason for the trip to israel unless the united states was ready for this to pound out this agreement between the united states and israel. the best result in this fight is over the other side, over in tehran. they get to see how serious we are. they see if they build a weapon, we come at them. if they know that now, it could change everything. that's "hardball" for now, thanks for joining us. the ed show starts right now. >>> good evening. welcome to the ed show. i'm michael in for ed. tonight, j

but it is their tool not the goal and its tool to achieve peace meanwhile israel is trying to rearrange the occupation not to in the completion arab parties have won the same number of seats as before but what we have noticed is a decrease in the number of arab voters turning out to cast their ballot of this time we it increased by three percent compared to two thousand and nine still it is very low half of the arab voters are not participating why are you not able to get more people to vote we succeeded in stopping the decline and the decline was able to bring us to forty eight forty five but we are arrived to fifty six this is good this is a given to the direction of increases but a good percentage will be seventy or more as a minority a national minority we should vote more than the majority but we are doing the opposite and it's a mistake in the selection extreme right wing israeli parties united why are the arab parties not able to unite as well because we are not extreme but we should have one or a beautified list we tried our best to compose and to create it before the elections

use only to try to preserve israel's security. syria's apparently never ending civil standoff became the key issue of u.s. diplomacy this week after bargaining and mixed messages syria's a key opposition group managed to get more concessions from washington and its pro-rebel allies the u.s. has agreed to provide direct non lethal support to opposition fighters battling the assad army on the ground it has also promised an additional sixty million dollars to help them secure the territories they've already seized but washington's been reluctant to send arms to the rebels citing fears it could fall into islamist hands dr yunus a middle east scholar at columbia university says the conflict will not end as long as rebels have the support needed to fight on. this is just so called free of politic we know this from centuries ago international politics is the way. things happen it's not about the people so and if he really wanted to help the syrian people they should have. sought a political settlement from the beginning now we're actuall

israel sees the world just beyond its borders collapsing. the war in syria, the renewed war in iraq. hamas in charge in gaza with new rockets that can reach tel aviv. the muslim brotherhood running egypt. israel hasn't ever been popular in this neighborhood. now its enemies are at the gate and angry. the arab spring uprising has become a threat to israel. it is sealing off its borders. in the sinai mountains, 150-mile fence is going up along the border with egypt. 20 feet high, thermal cameras, razor wire. when it's finished it will run all along israel's border with egypt. israel is quite physically walling itself off from a neighbor it's had a peace deal with for three decades. israel still has a peace treaty with egypt, its biggest arab neighbor, but it is not taking any chances. >> this is the fence itself. >> reporter: made of what? steel? >> exactly. you can see way above it's like knives. >> reporter: very hard to climb. you couldn't grip on it. in northern israel another fence is going up along the syrian border. it's not far from th

rise up to your government and said, we want a new israel, different israel. don, we could talk an hour about the obstacles of peace, but nudge your side to move forward, hopefully young palestinians will nudge their side. might say the president trying a new grassroots approach here in israel. >> i want you to listen to this, john, again. he spoke of a meeting he had with palestinian youth. >> talking to them, they weren't that different from my daughters. they weren't that different from your daughters. or sons. i honestly believe that if any israeli parent sat down with those kids, they'd say, i want these kids to succeed. i want them to prosper. i want them to have opportunities. >> john king, that's all well and good, lovely words, but let's talk about actions, specifically this. iraq has fired at israel today during the president's visit. fired, in fact, from gaza, whose palestinian leaders refuse to accept israel's right to exist. despite the applause the president got, his new offensive, as you said, new approach is use offensive. a lot of israelis wil

least the international community could then have cornered israel i. live. the arab brothers are saying that israel is being stubborn and they can't do anything about it and of course. that's true these rallies of very stubborn but you can challenge them over it's and there's only one way to do it to use the arab peace initiative for that the whole world is urging israel to withdraw from the occupied arab territories right all arabs and all muslims are ready to have peace with israel arabs are not going to attack israel after it withdraws from the occupied territories we have to make sure that israel and its supporters do not have any reason to continue with the current situation right now israel's president and prime minister have opposing approaches the president says yes we have palestinian partners in the peace process and it is possible to reach a two state solution but the prime minister is against this approach so there are people who we could have a dialogue with that we could try to convince them. but there are also those who force us to exhibit a d

what if an american president doesn't give israel a green light and pressures that don't strike but israel does anyway. i think it's only two or five-day strike but you have to consider the blowback. iran will blow back with thousands -- and hezbollah and possibly syria too and hamas on israel. there is a risk that iran could attack us. i think in my countdown scenario they don't try to draw us in. they would like to fight straight on with israel. the question is whether the presidential in real life, shift back to real life -- did the president behind closed doors give netanyahu a green light? i'm divided. a few of us are divided on that. publicly what the president said israel needs the right to defend itself by itself. so if netanyahu now has to go into the next few weeks or months. i think he has a soundbite that says you gave me clearance. >> sean: i don't like the fact that israel has had a to ask obama -- i want to ask you -- i want to get everyone else in. do you believe that the bunker buster bombs, we keep reading over and over again these facilities are in obscure places they ar

president obama arrives in the west bank against the backdrop of protests and rocket strikes from gaza into israel where he earlier reaffirmed washington's i'm grateful bonds would tell of eve. a bull in a china shop russia's prime minister. handling of the cypriot economic crisis in a cool welcome the brussels officials arrived in moscow attempting to calm the financial stall. and the syrian government in opposition both demand and international grobin to an alleged deadly chemical attack but both sides of blame on each other. it's two pm here in the russian capital you live with us on our team with me tom would say four rockets have reportedly been fired from gaza into israel where u.s. president barack obama has been on his first foreign visit since relaxation the strikes they didn't prevent of the american leader from arriving in the west bank an hour ago where he's now meeting with the palestinian leadership all correspondent policia is there and brings a small on what preceded the visit. there were four rockets that were fired from the northern gaza and town of beit hanoun as israel two land