security of israel. time that wey asked the american people to support another country, with money or diplomatic support or anything it might be, weapons, we should justify. we should never take it for granted why it is that it is important that we should support the other country. in the case of israel, support for israel at a time when very few things enjoy bipartisan support, support for israel has ine bipartisan support here congress and across the country, and rightfully so. our support of the state of israel is found in both on morality and on our national interests. the state of israel is very unique. it was founded for a very specific purpose. in the aftermath of the holocaust, in which millions of jew's lost their lives, it was that a that never again with the jewish people lack a place for peace and security, and the state of israel is set to be that land for the jewish people. so it was given first by an international organization. unique in the world by that regard. the second reason we should support israel is because it is in our national interests. israel is everything

time acknowledge that israel supplied militants in syria with weapons something that has long been denied let's go to our middle east correspondent paula sleep more on this good afternoon to you paula what else then has been revealed. well this is the first time ever that any israeli military official has acknowledged that israel has been providing aid to rebels fighting against the syrian president bashar al assad and what we're hearing from eyes in khartoum essentially is spilling the beans of what has been until now a badly kept secret he says that israel has been supplying red the rebels with light weapons for so-called self defense at the same time he also says that israel has been fighting forces inside syria and he revealed some details of those operations. in january twenty seventh in would begin attacking the infrastructure of the iranians through a building in syria the group to go mouse was from twenty seventeen would begin attacking systematically number of times each week without making any statements beneath the radar. now that's comes as the israeli prime minister be

with the literary aid to israel. most of today's debate is focused on the government shutdown in the president's demand for a wall with us, next the border. live coverage of the u.s. senate here on the fan too. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the consideration of s. res. 12 submitted earlier ga. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 12 to constitute the majority party's membership on certain committees for the 115th congress or until their successors are chosen. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the consideration of s. res. 13 submitted earlier today. the presiding offic

involved in the killing of. a canadian data analytics has accused the us media of having a pro israel bias a new study published by four one six labs says u.s. outlets routinely depict israel in a much more favorable light than palestine. killam often looks at how this alleged bias might be making life a bit difficult for u.s. politicians if you want to be a mainstream politician being pro palestinian or anti israel is not your best option congresswoman tulsi gabbert was attacked after she announced that she was running for president in two thousand and twenty because she had criticized israel's use of live ammunition against gaza protestors among other things we wanted. to support for israel and i consider her a friend and good woman but she is dead wrong on assad and criticism of israel and gaza was a mass terrorist israel attacked and it's not enough to just support israel but you have to want those who don't support israel to be punished senator marco rubio is going after a newly elected congresswoman simply because he had voted against a law that would penalize those who boycott israe

israeli economy is doing quite well. pm netanyahu: if you're not investing in israel, anyone here not investing in israel? invest in israel. >> would you fix your tie, please? >> people wouldn't recognize me if my tie was fixed but ok. just leave it this way. all right. ♪ david: i don't consider myself a journalist. and nobody else would consider myself a journalist. i began to take on the life of being an interviewer even though i have a day job running of running a private equity firm. how do you define leadership? what is it that makes somebody tick? ♪ david: thank you very much for coming, mr. prime minister. i know you have a busy schedule and you're flying to new york afterwards. the weather is not good. when you have problems with weather, do you ever communicate directly with god about the weather or how do you deal with that? [laughter] pm netanyahu: all the time. [laughter] pm netanyahu: and we used to say it's a local call but the internet changed all that. [laughter] david: all right. no doubt. ok. so the israeli economy is doing quite well by almost any standards. why

israeli economy is doing quite well. pm netanyahu: if you're not investing in israel, anyone here not investing in israel? invest in israel. >> would you fix your tie, please? >> people wouldn't recognize me if my tie was fixed but ok. just leave it this way. all right. ♪ david: i don't consider myself a journalist. and nobody else would consider myself a journalist. i began to take on the life of being an interviewer even though i have a day job running of running a private equity firm. how do you define leadership? what is it that makes somebody tick? ♪ david: thank you very much for coming, mr. prime minister. i know you have a busy schedule and you're flying to new york afterwards. the weather is not good. when you have problems with weather, do you ever communicate directly with god about the weather or how do you deal with that? [laughter] pm netanyahu: all the time. [laughter] pm netanyahu: and we used to say it's a local call but the internet changed all that. [laughter] david: all right. no doubt. ok. so the israeli economy is doing quite well by almost any standards. why

security assistance for israel. this is about 10 minutes. suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. rubio: mr. president, i come up to talk to the bill before us, senate bill 1. we've had multiple attempts to get on to this bill, and i'm hopeful that today will be that day. i wanted to briefly for just a moment divert to a different topic on venezuela, which has been in the news. just about an hour and a half ago, the administration announced additional measures. and it's been covered in the press largely as sanctions on the regime of president maduro, head of the criminal syndicate that controls security agency in that country. while it most certainly going to hurt him, i think it is important to say that venezuela sends about 5@billion barrels of crude -- 500 billion barrels of crude oil to the use per day. that belongs to the venezuelan people. u.s. refineries pay for t it is about three-quarters of the cash generated by the state-run oil company. and then maduro and his cronies steal that money, not to build roads or feed people, they use it to keep people loyal t

existence of their nationstate, israel." do you feel that israel has now become front and centre in ways in which people who have anti—semitic intent are now using the israel issue to get at the jewish people? not everyone who criticises israel is an anti—semite. however, if you go and you delegitimise israel, let's say another form of pds. that is the divestments. the boycott divestment movement, and you say that every people in the world have a right for a nationstate besides thejews, so that's also another form of political anti—semitism, which. .. is it? it's anti—israel and its government and its policies in occupied territory, but is it anti—semitism? i think that... legitimate criticism of israel you can find in thejewish community as well, but there is a red line, which, when it is passed, i think that it is another form of anti—semitism. when you observe in britain the fallout between the jewish community and the leader of the main opposition party in the united kingdom, jeremy corbyn, leader of the labour party, with clear, overt allegations from the jewish establis

israel says it's iranian. syria says most of the missiles were intercepted by a. somali he says is planning a major offensive against the us a strike is killed fifty two of the groups fighting. pitched battles in greece's capital as tens of thousands of people protest against a name change deal with macedonia. and licensing. taiwan's aging traditional medicine industry. so that the israeli military says it's carrying out strikes on iranian targets in syria video posted to social media purports to show the missiles intercepted near damascus on sunday israel said it threatens iraq and its side intercepted a rocket fired the gun and heights from syria harry falls are reports now from a lot in southern israel. well in a highly unusual move the israeli military is confirming that strikes have been taking place against targets inside syria as the operation has been going on these removed she is saying that it's striking iranian quds forces targets inside syrian territory and it is warning the syrian armed forces against striking against israeli military targets or against israeli territo

missile attacks and guided bomb attacks etc from israel over. overnight and in the attack that took place at the end of the week and there is as you say diplomacy going on as well we have gear peterson who is the new u.n. envoy to syria arriving in moscow sitting down and having a meeting with sergey lavrov the russian foreign minister this is pedersen's first trip to moscow in this capacity and i think this is really a chance for these people to get to know each other so lavrov in the meeting was trying to impress on get a certain that russia has made numerous achievements as lavrov put a chief ment's in the territory that russia and syria have taken back from the terrorists as he put it achievements in laying the groundwork for the return of refugees and better than present himself was trying to basically show that he is hitting the ground running that in the last couple of weeks or two weeks that he's been doing this job he has been to damascus already he's been to riyadh to see the opposition now he's in moscow he hopes that he can reboot this process and make progress in the u.

and on the border of jordan and israel. hezbollah and other iranian proxies and iran it self -- itself in a general who is a maven of murder in that area. they can do whatever they want. most freedom of movement and the tract threat it poses to israel and jordan. and iraqiurks come in troops come in, when isis is we constituted and start killing people again, you are going to have new refugee flows. maybe it will be mostly kurds or folks from the syrian defense horses who are far alongside us for a while and their families, aware of the refugees going to go? potentially some will wind up in jordan, further destabilizing or testing that countries ability to deal with all this. both the kurds and syrian defense forces have in excess of 700 isis fighters in custody. are they going to let them all go? because without us there supporting them, i don't know how they hold them. none of the countries they came from want them back. you could save hundreds of isis fighters being released overnight. these are all of the consequences and more. what are we going to do if isis decides to t

says munitions facilities and intelligence sites you know which is a rare departure from israel's normally ambiguous statements concerning its activities in syria the strikes were in response to a rocket fired by iranian forces towards israel on sunday this in turn was a response to israel's earlier air raid near damascus international airport. explosions in the skies over damascus on monday morning the syrian observatory for human rights says some syrians have been killed israel's military has confirmed that it targeted at radian and syrian positions including arsenals and training camps as seen in this footage. during a visit to chad yesterday israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu called it an early warning of a long term military strategy. is one of the newly prominently pursue a policy of attacking iranian positions in syria and everyone who tries to harm. the policy was developed after a drone attack on israel from an iranian position in syria in february last year in the months that followed israel bombarded hundreds of military bases arsenals and radar stations across s

acknowledged that israel has been supplying militants in syria with weapons something that's long been denied a middle east correspondent paula slayer investigates he also said that israel has been supplying weapons to syrian forces fighting against the syrian president bashar assad and that these weapons have been for the frame. was the idea of the past three years and a century these comments from her school the beans on what until now has been a poorly guarded secret he also said that israel began attacking the re-union construct a back injury. at the west systematic and that was happening beneath the radar in january twentieth seventeen would begin attacking the infrastructure they run into a building in syria the critical mass was from when to seventeen would begin attacking systematically a number of times each week without making any statements beneath the radar this is not the first time this role has been taking so nail that israel has been supporting rebel fighters against a side that can support the last jurgens waiting to cleanse forces of course the jerusalem post newspaper to take

own inp, several weeks abroad israel with other travels around the region. table,the foreign of the i'm thrilled to be able to welcome for her first policy forum visitation here of the washington institute, my newest colleague. dana joined the institute after service on capitol hill where she was the senior professional staff member on the senate foreign relations committee on the democratic side, previously she had service in the pentagon. so she knows both ends of the executive and legislative branches and i'm thrilled that she is with us and i'm offering special insight not just on traditional policy matters that are staff focuses on, but also making sure that we fully understand and appreciate the complexity is a capitol hill. with that, i'm going to turn the floor over to barbara. >> good afternoon, everyone. well, i might take issue with one of the things that you asked us to think about, but i will wait until the end of my eight to nine minutes to do so. agome back a week or so from 10 days in saudi arabia, and i wanted to give you just a sense of the atmospheric conversation

thirty cruise missiles and guided bombs on sunday israel said it in the sense that a rocket fired at the golan heights from syria israel's president said the strikes were retaliation against iran. very. close to the an acceptable we should follow formats yes runyan forces from syrian territory this is. clearly begins the new influences in syria and it creates the region. we will not allow to happen to the international community massing the. forces in the middle east who would lead the region into a skill aish polls have now closed in the southern philippines region of mindanao and a historic vote on autonomy the new proposal would mean greater local control and less dependence on the national government. stray shell fire in libya has killed the news camera man who works for al-jazeera and other leading media organizations thirty five year old mohammed bin khalifa died on saturday while on assignment with a libyan militia. but as the headlines the news continues here now in search of who to russia stay with us. children's lives none of. us wish that they did watch a sudden much to mi

dollars for the wall if no agreement is reached in the next three weeks. israel and iran exchanged. for his crew that it could lead to a wider regional war with global consequences. and with the potential to get a. relationship with the north. pole. hello we've had a couple of fine days not just in iraq but throughout live and so it's time to bring another storm system in there is it's one that's been really quite active in the eastern med particular across turkey it'll swing in and it's just this line here but ahead of it is inducing yet more rain this green that runs out of egypt through northern saudi in jordan that is just developing in situ more or less produce some fairly heavy downpours and last a day or two does not attempt very much with eighteen degrees in baghdad but the dark darkness in the green suggests some pretty heavy rain in eastern iraq running up to the north coast it will be snow to get to the high ground in turkey in northern syria and tolerate on well briefed and showers all systems rain comes back to lebanon this is during monday because the tail of green wh

next sixty minutes. u.s. national security advisor john bolton visits israel saying american troops won't leave syria until i sold is defeated first. place in sudan fire tear gas and stun grenades as protests against president omar al bashir continue driven by anger over rises in food prices and government corruption. is the russian orthodox church celebrates christmas it bases its biggest splits in nearly four centuries as the ukrainian church to claire's independence. a disappearance out of the desert is given a lifeline thanks to the internet. donald trump's national security adviser says u.s. troops will not leave syria until i saw as defeated in the region john bolton was speaking in israel where there's been concern over president donald trump's a but abrupt announcement rather in december that american forces are to pull out bolton says there is no timetable for the withdrawal which was initially expected to take weeks at a press conference with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu he also said that he doesn't want turkey to take military action against kurdish fighters

direct connection to our national security as was that of our allies like israel. with the administration recent announcement that use will begin withdrawing troops from syria, this debate and these votes could not be more timely. while i'm comforted by the national security advisers john brings region statement that the withdrawal from syria the conditions based, precise details of how and when it will be executed remain to be seen. one thing, however, iss perfecty clear. we cannot allow the creation of a power vacuum in the middle east to bolster our adversaries influence in the region. and that's precisely what this legislation addresses. the strengthening american security in the east act to incorporate four bipartisan noncontroversial bills that were newly enacted last year, but the clock on the 115th congress ran out on december 31. as we begin what hope will be another productive year in the senate, i'm glad we will have a chance to vote on this legislation. our national interests demand that we fully support and interest the security of israel, our closest ally in t

announcement comes two days after israel approved the donation of the guards or but i must says it won't accept the money because of conditions imposed by israel describing it as blackmail the money were set to fund the civil service and support the garzon people. not be harder to come us after we were informed by the leadership of hamas that they would not accept the ground as an attempt to alleviate pressures on them it was decided to channel the money to other humanitarian projects in cooperation with the un and their systems to poor families or the improvement of electricity and sewage facilities trial struck for joins me now from gaza let's just begin with this money and this controversy is the issue of blackmail what are the what is how much talking about. what is talking about is the fact that there is an election in israel scheduled for april the ninth so has the cutter embroil ahmadi that describing it as being political brought by by the israelis we understand that the netanyahu government has been under a lot of pressure regarding this money that was being donated by ful

another isolette attack against u.s. and kurdish forces in syria was off to israel fired missiles as a rainy and targets near damascus. hello i'm the star and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up dozens are killed in a taliban attack in afghanistan ahead of another round of direct u.s. negotiations with the group. to resume a present another version of head breaks that plan but it's not terribly different from an old ready rejected proposal. and the family of a sudanese doctor killed while treating injured protest his says be assured he was killed by the government. well u.s. troops based in syria have become the targets of i still fight says for the second time in less than a week a bomber rammed his car into a checkpoint in syria's kaddish controlled northeast just as a joint convoy of u.s. and coalition forces passed by at least five people were killed no u.s. troops were among the casualties the incident comes just weeks after the u.s. president announced a pullout of troops from syria monday's incident happened in a province where residents say there's been a surg

from israel's prime minister to anyone who threatens that off through a launch as strikes in syria. your case prime minister threes of maggots ready to reveal how planned being for braggs it. open for business one of the oldest streets in baghdad gets a new lease of life. allies . has claimed responsibility for an attack on the u.s. in kurdish forces in northern syria is yet another escalation in the turbulent twenty four hours in the ongoing conflict the kurdish y.p. g.e. said a suicide car bomb exploded near the entrance of the city of the the bomb went off as the u.s. patrol passed by but there were no u.s. casualties but this comes as israel's prime minister binyamin netanyahu warns iran little face consequences for threatening to destroy israel remarks came just hours after israeli jets launched nighttime air strikes against what it described as a rainy and weapons depos in damascus russia says thirty israeli cruise missiles and guided bombs were shot down by its advanced added fence. another reminder of the challenge facing newly appointed united nations special envoy to syri

are lots of potential ramifications for all sides has more israel has repeatedly struck targets inside syria for years but rarely admits doing so now it is confirming the attacks and providing information saying it's targeting the elite couldst force unit of the iranian revolutionary guards israel has lifted the veil and its message is that it has no intention of stopping the strikes. we have a permanent poles you to strike if you're a need entrenchment in syria and her whoever tries to hurt us israel operates in syria with russia's approval moscow turns a blind eye when the strikes don't weaken the syrian government and when the israeli military gives the russian military prior notice the russian defense ministry doesn't usually comment on the operations but this time they didn't just provide details about syrian army casualties but that syrian air defenses destroyed israeli missiles russia will send. some messages to israel. course it will. continue providing. missile. there are reports that russia wants israel to stop targeting in and around the damascus airport it's a diffic

until i saw is defeated in the region john bolton is in israel where there's been concern about trump's abrupt announcement in december to withdraw forces bolton says there's no timetable for the pullout which was initially expected to take weeks he also said he doesn't want to take any military action against kurdish fighters in syria who've been backed by u.s. forces were going to be discussing the president's decision to withdraw the to do so from northeast syria in a way that make sure that isis is defeated it is not able to. revive itself and become a threat again and to make sure that the. defense of israel and our other friends in the region is absolutely assured stephanie decker has more on this from west jerusalem. not much concrete came out of that press conference of course the two countries reiterating the incredible support for each other john bolton saying that the troop withdrawal would happen but not without ensuring that israel's offensive israel security was maintained this is of course going to be top of the agenda israel's main concerns inside syria is the presence o

the state of israel and the creation of human rights. next on american history tv, james loeffler talks about his book "rooted cosmopolitans: jews and human rights in the 20th century." loeff talk professor ler profiles two jewish boys who assisted with the war crimes of nazi war criminals and founded -- the human rights. every university and the american jewish community of atlanta hosted this event. it is about an hour and 20 minutes. >> it's now my pleasure to introduce tonight speaker. a couple of years ago now i got in the mail from james loeffler at the university of virginia saying he was writing a book on jews and human rights and we had abram papers that emory. he wanted to do some research andher and was there a graduate student or someone who could help him do some of that research remotely? and so, one of our graduate students worked with him a little bit, and hopefully got him some good source material. so, when we were talking about doing something to commemorate morris abram, my mind went back to jim. i thought, his book was coming out. and that what could be better

davis's "recent outspoken support of the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign against israel, which is very troubling as it targets the jewish people excessively." it went on to state -- "we do not suggest that israel should be immune from criticism but bds ignores gross human rights transgressions by other countries around the world and focuses solely on israel, the world's only jewish state." others in the birmingham area criticized davis for her support for the black panthers and communist party. the institute's decision to rescind the award has sparked outrage in birmingham and around the country. birmingham mayor randall woodfin said he was dismayed by the institute's decision, which he said came after "protests from our local jewish community and some of its allies." the birmingham city council voted unanimously to express support for dr. davis, as did the birmingham school board. in addition, more than 350 academics have signed on to a letter supporting davis that was organized by jewish voice for peace. the letter states in part -- "the decision seems to stem from a m

defeated there john bolton is in israel where there's concern about president brought decision in december to withdraw forces bolton says there is no timetable for the pullout which was initially expected to take a few weeks he also said he doesn't want turkey to take military action against kurdish fighters in syria who've been backed by u.s. forces. we're going to be discussing the president's decision to withdraw the to do so from northeast syria in a way that make sure that isis is defeated and is not able to. rip revive itself and become a threat again and to make sure that the. defense of israel and their friends in the region is absolutely assured john h. johnson is a u.s. foreign policy expert and a form a senior congressional advisor he says baldness trying to reassure allies concerned by trump's foreign policy the number one problem is the trump policy of carrying out foreign policy be your tweet has real world consequences and be impulsive decision to pull troops out of syria as startled our allies in the region and even led to the resignation of a u.s. defense secretar

. it's. where ever you. israel takes aim at iranian military targets in syria killing at least four syrian soldiers. down in jordan this is al jazeera law. also coming up the u.s. and turkey discuss the withdrawal of american troops from syria with ankara ready to take over security in the kurdish town. seeking peace voters in the southern philippines cast their ballots in a referendum aimed at ending a decades long conflict. our licensing laws in the death knell for taiwan's traditional medicine industry. for syrian soldiers have been killed in israeli airstrikes on iranian targets in syria the video posted to social media appears to show missiles intercepted near damascus russia says during those strikes early on monday syrian air defenses destroyed more than thirty cruise missiles and guided bombs on sunday israel said it intercepted a rocket fired at the golan heights from syria but a solid binge of aid is live for us now in gaziantep that's on the turkey syria border the russians there saying that syrian air defenses shot down more than thirty israeli cruise missiles what more

went off a z. u.s. patrol passed by but there are no u.s. casualties israel's prime minister binyamin netanyahu is warning iran it will face consequences for threatening to destroy his country the remarks came just hours after israeli jets launched nighttime air strikes against what he described as iranian weapons depos in damascus. afghan taliban fighters have killed at least forty three members of the security forces at the military base and what of that province not far from the capital fighters stormed the base after a suicide bomber detonated a car bomb inside. the head of the main trade union confederation in zimbabwe has been arrested just said moya was detained as robert mugabe international airport is currently in a police station in the capital harare the union was behind the general strike that took place last week over a price hike in fuel in response hundreds of arrests were made and at least five people were killed in the protests the names of the five candidates who want to be the next president of senegal have been announced but missing from the list of two main opposi

, israel and jordan, and to impose the gross gainst human rights abuses of the bashar assad regime in syria. ally in the ronger middle east than the state of israel. israel has proven itself to be a resilient beacon of democratic facing threats daily since its founding in 1948. ur two nations have worked closely to stop terrorism, to spread of terrorism and chemical weapons proliferation regimes like syria and iran. the legislation today will support for strong israel including $3.3 billion securityin annual u.s. assistance. that's consistent with the understanding which was signed by, in 2016, president obama. and the 115th congress, 72 senators, 72 senators, democrats, and co-sponsored this legislation. t passed in the senate unanimously on august 1 of 2018. there is no reason why my the aisle across should not support this legislation today. o reason, in order to show our strong bipartisan support to our at a and ally, israel, time of great need. this package also includes rovision supporting state governmentes that have taken action against the anti-israel nd anti-semitic movement

europe migration. trumps national security adviser says the u.s. will ensure israel and the kurds are protected before it pulls out of syria. hello i'm maryam namazie and london you're with al-jazeera also coming up on the program the release of the d r c's election results and fueling suspicions the ruling party is trying to cling to power. through don security forces used tear gas and stun grenades to stop thousands of protesters marching on the president's palace also. the spiritual leader of the world over the docks questions presents a decree to the ukrainian church giving it independence from russia. l.o.l. top story president trumps national security advisers says he does not want turkey to take military action in syria unless it's fully coordinated with the us john bolton is currently on a trip to israel where the u.s. withdrawing its troops from syria is top of the agenda only he said this still no timetable for the pullout but it is conditional on turkey assuring the safety of washington's kurdish allies the u.s. also wants to ensure the last remnants of ice that defeate

where every new. explosions over the syrian capital as israel says it's hit iranian targets near damascus syria says most of the missiles were intercepted by its air defenses. but i won't discuss this syria troop withdrawal with donald trump says turkey is ready to take over security in the kurdish town of man beach. florida. i'm sick of this is i just did a live from doha also coming up somalia says it's planning a major attack against al shabaab after a u.s. air strikes killed fifty two of the group's fighters. pitch battles in greece's capital as tens of thousands of people protest and name change deal with macedonia . the israeli military says it is carrying out strikes on iranian targets in syria video posted to social media purports to show missiles intercepted near damascus on sunday israel said it intercepted a rocket fired at the golan heights from syria harry foresaid reports from in southern israel. well in a highly unusual move the israeli military is confirming that strikes have been taking place against targets inside syria as the operation has been going on these r

senate from taking up other urgent matters like the pending bill concerning israel and the the senate hasn't been shut down. so that's what we ought to be doing and actually at the same time to negotiate with the president on border security because nothing else will get a solution. therefore i object. . >> objection is heard. >> madden president just very briefly i'm extremely disappointed i can assure you that majority leader this is not a show boat yit with 800,000 federal workers denied there paycheck. the last time i checked the constitution we are a coequal branch of government and we should act as a coequal branch and pass legislation overwhelmingly supportive by this body.: smith and colleagues on the democratic side of the aisle, apparently the pledge to oppose proceedings of other important bills during the government shutdown even though there is no precedent all but for yesterday voted against the motion to proceed to s1 and i am assuming it will happen again this afternoon. the bill that prevents us has wide bipartisan support it is a critical step to support the allies o

permanent representative to the u.n. is the shooter warning to israel saying the patience of damascus is wearing thin it follows a series of airstrikes on syrian territory carried out by the israeli air force. isn't it hard time put the u.n. security council to put a stop to israel so repeated aggressions against syria but is the only way to drag the attention of the blue drones and this council to exercise our would dry to defend ourselves by responding to the israeli attack in damascus international civil court with one on told that. the syrian diplomat there was apparently referring to the israeli air strikes on various targets in syria on monday israel said it had struck facilities belonging to the reigning forces stationed in the country and claimed the attack was in response to a missile being fired into israeli territory syria in turn said it had managed to shoot down most of the israeli missiles however reports suggest the air raid claimed the lives of eleven syrian military personnel israel has been carrying out air strikes against targets in syria on a regular basis

we're doing really well we moved our embassy to jerusalem in israel. one of the broken records that wasn't mentioned was the decision by the united states and israel to leave the un's cultural heritage organization of the year is a bit of wrangling washington announced its intention to leave unesco in october accusing the agency of anti israel bias now the move has come into force. on the twelfth of october two thousand and seventeen the department of state notified unesco directed general it mean a bulk of the u.s. decision to withdraw from their goodness nation and to seek to establish a permanent observer mission to unesco this decision was not taken lightly and reflects his concerns with the mountaineer be in the need for fundamental reform and they're going to zation and continuing anti israel license unesco now at this point that we can review that in twenty seventeen there was outcry from the united states and israel when unesco designated a hebron the city in the west bank designated as a world historical site now there is a contested area in the center of that city to musli