of israel, but before i go, mr. president, it me so kind of you to invite to come can here and was so important for me to come here to the white house and to thank you. mr. president, over the years israel has been blessed to have many friends who sat in the oval office. but israel has never had a better friend than you. you show this time and again. you show this when you withdrew from the disastrous nuclear deal with iran. i remember in one of our first meetings, you said this is a horrible deal. i will leave it. you said it. you did it. you showed it when you restored sanctions against a genocidal regime that seeks to destroy the one and only jewish state. you said i will restore those sanctions. you said it and you did it. you showed that when you recognized jerusalem as israel's capital and moved the american embassy there and gave us a tremendous ambassador. you said it, you did it. and you showed it once again today, mr. president, with your official proclamation recognizing israel's sovereignty over the gola

we stand with israel today for the same reasons the american people have always stood with israel. israel because her causes our cause, her values are our values, and her fight is our fight. we stand with israel because we believe in right over wrong, and good over evil, and liberty over tyranny. we stand with israel today, tomorrow, and we always well. -- we always will. [applause] just talk.ot president trump from mr. israel would have the resources and tools to defend itself by itself. and today in the wake of the rocket attack near tel aviv, i am proud to report that american support for the security and the state of israel has never been stronger. and the military of the state of israel is stronger than ever before. [applause] pence: president trump also officed to shutdown the in washington if the palestinian authority refused to take steps to stop funding terrorists who murder innocent civilians with american tax dollars. .o. refused, president trump shut their office down. [applause] and today, thanks to so many of you, the taelor forest act is the law of the land. and when

president, just as israel as it all in 1967 just stood tall in 1973, israel stands tall today. we hold the high ground and we shall never give it up. mr. president, we have a saying in israel, ail say it 234 hebrew fran fran, meaning -- [speaking a foreign language] that means the people who live in golan. thanks to you there are now two people who is stand with the golan. the people of israel and the people of america. so on behalf of all the people of israel thank you president trump, thank you for your leadership, thank you for your presentedship, and thank you for all you have done to make the alliance between america and israel stronger and greater than ever. thank you, mr. president. [applause] president trump: thank you very much. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] president trump: this is a long time in the making, should have aken place many decades ago. maybe you can can give this to the people of israel. prime

we stand with israel for the same reasons the american people have always stood with israel. we stand with israel because her cause is our cause. her values are our values and her fight is our fight. we stand with israel because we believe and right over wrong and good over evil and liberty over tyranny. we stand with israel today, tomorrow and we always will. [applause] vice pres. pence: it has not just been talk. president trump calmest israel would have the resources and tools to defend itself by itself of theay in the wake rocket attack near tel aviv i'm proud to report that american support for the security of the state of israel has never been stronger and the military of the state of israel is stronger than ever before. president trump also promised to if thewn the plo office palestinian authority refused to take immediate steps to stop murder --rrorists who and when the plo refused president trump shut their office down. [applause] vice pres. pence: and today, thanks to so many of you to tailor force act is the law of the land. and when president trump promised to cut

israel. [applause] and we made a little news. i have been to israel many times but it was the first time i got to visit our embassy in jerusalem. [applause] thank you. it was incredibly moving to be there. i also became the first american secretary of state to visit the firstn wall, and the high-ranking american official to do that with an israeli prime minister. [applause] sec. pompeo: i then traveled to beirut to speak to the leadership about a big problem, the threat of hezbollah to lebanon and israel. and we minced no words. wasof course, of course it a great honor to be on is really soil and to celebrate with prime minister netanyahu at the very moment president trump recognized the golan heights for what it is, a part of israel. [applause] sec. pompeo: as most of you would have seen by now, just a short while ago, president trump alongside prime minister , aanyahu signed the decree decree affirming israel's sovereignty over the golan heights. great two days for two great nations. [appla

for 20 years after israel's in syria -- with his this massive artillery held israel hostage. this region changed hands only after israel won a war forced upon it. years later when enemies attack israel on the holiest day of the jewish year thousands of patriots stepped up to defend their homeland including a young tank commander who single- handedly kept a fleet of enemy tanks at bay the great seco green gold. it is an amazing story, late one night all alone as enemy tanks rolled into israel a miracle happened. the captain moved his tank back and forth in the darkness firing in different directions to delay far larger enemy force. his actions not only turned the tide of the battle in israel's favor they secured the heights from enemy control and with it saved the state of israel from the brink of disaster. for generations leaders have recognized are critical to the strategic security of the state of israel. when president trump took action today for the first time in 52 years with prime minister benjamin netanyahu at his side the president of the united states will formally r

lobby or israel. ta lib talked about her grandmother. he stated that this conversation isn't about human rights for everyone. emphasizing this conversation is not centered around hate. it's actually centered around love. omar agreed adding i want to talk about the political influence in this country that says it's okay for people to push for allegiance to a foreign country and i want to ask why is it okay for me to talk about the influence of the nra, fossil fuel industries and not talk about a powerful lobby that is influencing policy. i left that town hall meeting so inspired, i hope that finally we're -- we've elected leaders who will debate the influence of money in politics and the harm all lobbies, especially israel's lobby, causes to our political system. so i was stunned when the press and legislators went nuts confusing omar of using anti-semitism tropes. it's a red herring and its overuse dilutes the very real danger of true anti-semitism. [ applause ] >> but it's the charge the lobby always

who is supporting israel. the u.k. brought zionism to palestine and the error of the british mandate. we will eventually end this occupation power will not last forever humanity and always prevails over a fake power still inside me a little out of so it would help. but netanyahu says it is israel that is unfairly targeted with balloons fireworks and rockets. as i said israel is an occupying entity and the international law is guaranteed all occupied countries the right to resist by the way. israel has no right to kill any innocent child or anyone in gaza even if one thousand rockets were launched from gaza. gaza rockets are a normal reaction for the israeli presence we are talking about the seeds country that suffers from severe poverty. with refugees who are not able to return to their lands which were occupied by israel. this is that right and it is a normal reaction to the israeli presence on their lands you know a lot of. you have been targeted as a child in the west bank the un says thirty two children were killed

in their charter which should israel recognize that yes this is the charter of the us all israel said as i'm sure the charter as if they are so has respect international no as if they you us have good try changing the charter the national budget them as it. ok looks like we're not using it as a result as euro graham and definitely no agreement between the two sides from israel and gaza but definitely great to have this discussion it's much needed good to have you all on this program really do appreciate your time i want to thank all our guests. mitchell barak and salehi jazzy and thank you too for watching you can see this program again any time i visiting our website and you'll find that at al-jazeera dot com and for any further discussion you can always go to our facebook page you'll find that at facebook dot com forward slash a.j. inside story of forget you can always join the conversation on twitter our handle is at a.j. inside story from the pollen and the whole team it's goodbye for now. they said what do you think of waterboarding i said i think we absolutely need it wishes to

the second half is about israel and how he covered israel and the pressure on foreign reporters from the israelis. i recommend it, it is still available online. of hopefound some signs at the new york times. here is the article many of you would have seen above the paramedic was killed in which they israeli -- the "times" actually did an investigation and even though it took them until about the fourth or fifth paragraph, they pointed out that when she was killed, it may have actually been a war crime, that she was shot by an israeli sniper. as i say here, we found this article inconceivable. this came out on the last day of 2018. we found that the "times" would have never done this article as recently as six months or a year before that. one example was that there was a young palestinian woman shot dead at a check point near have hebron, about three years ago. talk wise, we were able to to her family, they talked to the press about what happened. new york times and not bother to go and find her. so this is a step in the right direction. luckily do? first of all, but times usually do

of those gathered here who cherish israel and the people of israel, may the lord bless you and keep you. may has kinda shine upon you and be gracious unto you and may all of your ways be passed in peace with the unwavering support of all of you and all of those who call these two great nations home. with the leadership of president donald trump and with god's help i know the best days for israel and the united states of america are yet to come. thank you. god bless. god bless israel and god bless the united states . >>> good morning everyone. i want to say something straightforward, no honest person can deny the dangers the jewish people face all over this world we woke this morning to news of this horrifying rocket attack on civilians in israel and my heart goes out our heart goes out to the families and our prayers are with them but we have an obligation to tell our fellow americans to help them understand what it must be like out of nowhere to hear that siren go off and to know your family is in danger. innocent civilians we have to help people understand that. there are threats all

israel depends on it. so whenever i lead a piece of even when legislation democrats at the vast majority. those were the days. i always included a republican lead sponsor because the foundation of our relationship must remain bipartisan as it has for decades. those who seek to use israel as a means to scoring political to botho a disservice israel and the united states. our politics may be more polarized than ever but it is incumbent on all of us who care about u.s. israel relationship keep it bipartisan. we must pledge to one another that we will keep the awayization of washington from poisoning the bipartisan support that israel has always enjoyed. my friends, we also must continue to stand firm against the bds movement. i have long opposed the bds movement publicly, privately and continuously. toouse its founders and many of its supporters do not believe the jewish people have a right to any state in their homeland. whatever its size and boundaries. we must be clear eyed about the history of this bds mo

if you come to israel and go light a candle and say how much you love israel, then the israeli prime minister is prepared to give you a certificate of good conduct. israel is a force today of anti-semitism, white supremacy and extremism that is destabilizing the world. thank you. >> thank you so much. [ applause ] >> now we're going to have our morning break and ideas fair. ali will sign his books in there. we thank him very much for being here again this year. >> i'm going to start. hello, everyone. i hope you will find your seats. you are in for a real treat now. i'm going to introduce our keynote speaker. okay. i'm just going to start talking. i hope you listen. susan abulaza is a palestinian a author who has written best sellers. when we announced that she would give this keynote address, phillip farha said his wife's reading group agreed it's the best they ever read. [ applause ] he said, i really put her up there with charles dickens. her debut novel was translated into 28 languages. her second novel "the blue between sky and water" has been translated into 26 languages. her fi

in their charter which should israel recognize that yes this is the charter of the us all israel said as i'm sure the charter as if they are us has respect international no as if they you us have good try changing the charter the national budget deficit. ok looks like we're not raising any three hundred thousand as euro graham and definitely no agreement between the two sides from israel and gaza but definitely great to have this discussion it's much needed good to have you all on this program really do appreciate your time i want to thank all our guests. mitchell barak and salehi jazzy and thank you too for watching you can see this program again any time i visiting our website and you'll find that at al-jazeera dot com and for any further discussion you can always go to our facebook page you'll find that at facebook dot com forward slash a.j. inside story of forget you can always join the conversation on twitter our handle is actually a.j. inside story from me pollen and the whole team it's goodbye for now. april on al-jazeera nato leaders will gather to celebrate the seventieth ann

jewish state of israel. the jewish state is the same jewish state whose future i am working to secure. i hope the people of israel continue to allow me to lead them. i am as confident as ever as israel takes its rightful place among the nations, you will be by our side. you've always been there by our side. thank you all for standing with israel. may god bless you. may god bless america. may god bless -- thank you all. [applause] ♪ >> please welcome senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. [applause] mcconnell: >> a tough act to follow. thank you for the opportunity to be here. every time i have the privilege to address this conference, i look forward to the size and enthusiasm of the crowd. you never disappoint. [applause] that is anell: testament to dedicated leadership. your entireank outstanding team. since we were last together i have heard a lot of negative talk about people like all of us who attend a conference like this. impliedeard it patriotic americans could not possibly support israel on the me

did not condemn israel's use of force because it was a clear defensive war israel defended itself from an effort by the syria and egypt to destroy it in one thousand nine hundred seven and there have been fifty two years of syrian attempts to destroy israel ever since so i don't think a rule that says if you take a small amount of territory when you are defending from an attack continue to be attacked by that same enemy for fifty two years then that might be recognized as part of your territory that's not going to set any kind of destabilising precedent indeed if you have the contrary rule that no matter how many times a country attacks you can never lose territory that is an invitation to aggression that doesn't like to rummage around me and there is a route to run so is this move is entirely consistent with international law or would you say to that. well that's what netanyahu and the extreme right wing in israel's say this is political government the gook masquerading as legal niceties the fact is you cannot acquire territory you can use force to defend yourself absolutely and peopl

it was israel, so it was related to israel. they showed up to help us out to see what were the needs of the community, and the first thing they brought us was filters. one of the guys went to water running from the street, ran it through the filters and drank it. he said if you do it, we'll drink it too. >> our goal is to save lives after disasters around the world. where the local is interested in the tools and skills we provide. >> the second maria struck, we assessed the need. first was distribution of medical supplies, food security and really collaborating who the most vulnerable people in puerto rico were. >> i think what we're seeing in puerto rico is something foundational in the israeli spirit. not only are they leading on a bunch of innovations around water, around cyber security. they also spread that out into the world. >> and whether that is leaders, or aides, at that moment of need in that specific time, israel shows up. >> this is a great example of how different communities can come together to solve the greater

we stand with israel today for the same reasons the american people have always stood with israel. we stand with israel because her cause is our cause, her values are our values, and and her fight is our fight. [applause] we stand with israel because we believe in right over wrong, in good over evil, in liberty over tyranny. we stand with israel today, tomorrow, and we always will. [applause] but it's not just been talk. president trump promised that the israel will have the resources and tools to defend itself by itself. and today, in the wake of the rocket attack near tel aviv, i'm proud to report that more than support for the security of the state of israel has never been stronger. and the military of the state of israel is stronger than ever before. [applause] president trump also promised to shut down the plo office in washington if the palestinian authority refused to take immediate steps to stop hunting terrorists who murder innocent israeli citizens with american tax dollars. and when the plo refused, president trump shut their office down. [cheers and applause] and today,

[applause] cannot let of israel anything else other than the best interests of israel and its people. friends, let me tell you, and we all know it, the people of israel are stronger than all of this, but we can't do it alone. recognizee time to our strongest ally, the united states, you, the american people , jews and non-jews. [applause] lt. gen. gantz: the united states was the first nation to recognize the historic rebirth of israel in 1948, just 11 minutes after its establishment. [applause] president trump, a true partner and an ally of israel. [applause] lt. gen. gantz: president trump, thank you for recognizing jerusalem as the eternal capital of the jewish people and for placing your embassy there. [applause] and thank you, president trump, for recognizing israel's sovereignty over the golan heights. [applause] lt. gen. gantz: we are thankful for your strategic partnership and we want all of america, republicans and democrats, all of americans, republicans and withrats, to move forward us in the spirit of true bipartisanship that served us so well in the past. [applause] bipar

rivers, renamed by israel. it was a vigorous coastal river described in an 1891 travel guide as quote "a roaring river that zigzags until falling into the sea. ls andwer turns mil small fish can be caught and it." decade of israelis management of palestine's water, this river was reduced to a trickle of sewage, its water siphon and replaced with a toxic sludge of industrial and , which inollutants 1987, 8 through the lungs and vital organs of athletes, when an bridge fell and they fell into the river. one of israel's first water projects, when it conquered the was to divertine as much water as possible from the jordan river once it gained access. pushed syria and jordan to follow suit to preserve their own regional water and decades later, water levels are so low, the jordan river can no longer replenish the dead sea. this coupled with israel's evaporation on to extract minerals and other industrial activities has created an environmental disaster never before seen in palestine. it has become cliche to say that

/israel relationship. we are joined this week by leaders on both sides of the aisle and both sides of the capitol because support for israel in america is bipartisan, relentlessly bipartisan. we all here are connected for good. united in our shared mission to advance peace, prosperity, and progress in the middle east, in america, and around the world. i understand there's so many new people here for the first time. let us recognize the future leaders of our nation, of the u.s./israel relationship. the many students and young people who are here today. i met some earlier from california, i want to specially acknowledge the delegation from my home state of california right here. let me also acknowledge the delegation from maryland, being from maryland. personally i take great pride in the special place that israel has always had in my family's heart. i am from baltimore, maryland, some of you had heard me tell -- okay. that's good. some of you heard me tell the story of my father when it was a congressman fr

in israel it's our interest at the moderates in iran have a stronger hand they like israel they don't like israel it's just because the moderates in iran such as president rouhani. no that iran faces one of the strongest and the most devastating drought it has ever faced and iran needs to looks inside more than outside rather than challenging israel needs to challenge its own problems so the question is will will will the trip to iraq strengthen his hand domestically and unfortunately no because in iran is the revolutionary guard on all the old you know regime affiliated organizations that have the stronger hand they have much better access in iraq they have the rocket fire not the iranian foreign minister unfortunately in israel for israel not because rouhani likes israel but unfortunately for us in iran who want to focus internally are not going to increase their leverage as a result of the systolic visit to iraq you know some i have to tell you i'm iranian as well as israeli i lived through the iran iraq war for seven years we left iran a year before it finished to watch an iranian

leader, i i became we both lead a tour to israel. i have taken 148 members to israel. [applause] republicans, three quarters have pledged to go this august. sydney and said democrats go one week, republicans go one week, i know it is difficult to make us all go with the same time, but let's overlap for a couple of days, and that is what we do now. we overlap for a couple of days. [applause] we may be of different parties, greateny hoyer and i work when it comes to this. we work together and meet together and traveled to israel together. we have a friendship and a bond i believe we both understand. but i would be lying to you if i said it is bipartisan in congress. embarrassed of the last resolution having to be watered down. [applause] and let's not make excuses for what language people use to say they do not understand. that is a mistake that will put us into problems and i will be as bipartisan as the next person when it comes to israel, but it is not partisan when i stand up for israel. i stand up for the love and bond that this country has and the understanding of

attack and destroy israel. the message that president trump has given the world is that america stands by israel. we are celebrating when 2500 years ago other persians tried to destroy the jewish people. they failed then, and today 2500 years later, again persians are trying to destroy the jewish people and the jewish state. they are going to fail again. we are deeply grateful for the u.s. support. we are deeply grateful for the unbelievable and unmatchable support for our security and our right to defend ourselves and everything you do on behalf of israel and for the state of israel in its forms. it is a distinct pleasure to welcome you and susan to our home anytime, but especially today. let me add another word about that. we had a moving visit today to the wall. i can't resist repeating this, but i am going to. i said to the secretary that the visitede pompeo jerusalem, it did not end that well. but this is a different time. rome and jerusalem lashed -- clashed over values. but the united states views itself

in retaliation for a strike deep inside israel also coming up. british lawmakers take matters into their own hands the house of commons votes to overrule prime minister may's breaks an agenda to take control of the process m.p.'s want a kind of way out of the crisis through a series of and to continue. and young europeans protest against measures that could curtail online freedom they want to stop the european union from implementing new copyright for web sites in a boat later today. hello i'm terry march and thanks for joining us we begin in the middle east and a second day of cross border fighting between israeli armed forces and militants in the gaza strip israel says it's intercepted dozens of rockets fired from hamas controlled gaza bombing targets in response this latest violence comes after a surprise rocket fired from gaza hit a house near tel aviv and despite an announcement by hamas on monday night of a cease fire brokered by israel. the ceasefire appeared to collapse almost as soon as it was brokered israel said its iron dome rocket de

before he headed back to israel israel's prime minister was the u.s. president donald trump guest of all are in the white house and also he was also there rather to attend the annual gathering of the pro israel group known as a pac it was the u.s. vice president and secretary of state who are warmly welcomed they both addressed the conference and vowed to fight they call anti semitism by camera ports i tumultuous applause for u.s. vice president mike pence the trumpet ministration is wildly popular in israel and this reflected in what is nominally a bipartisan lobbying organization pen seizing the opportunity to hammer democratic party members who stayed away from the gathering in pointed protest against the methods of the pro israeli lobby eight democratic candidates for president are actually boycotting this very conference so let me be clear on this point. anyone who aspires to the highest office in the land should not be afraid to stand with the strongest supporters of israel in america restrained applause from the democratic party leaders that did

-israel relationship. [applause] which of benefits the united states and meaningful at a media to ways. -- and immediate ways. rep. engel: we need all of you to keep up making the case to our colleagues and to everyone to keep sharing this incredible story with your members of congress to build relationships on both the size of the aisle. this is how our democracy works. why did you come here, you know the answer. we are americans and we are probably pro-israel. [applause] -- and we are pro-israel. [applause] rep. lowey: why did they put me up here. ♪ [applause] ♪ >> please welcome jeremy bash. [applause] >> good evening. this is my 29th aipac policy conference. [applause] 2 guests are trailblazers. andt as decorated veterans now members of the united states senate. duckworthenator tammy is an iraq war veteran. [applause] heart recipient and former assistant secretary of the department of veteran affairs. to the unitedn states senate, she rubs in illinois eighth district and the house of representative

with israel. some of you my age will remember that in those days we were so proud of air france, every other airline boycotted israel and would not fly there. others were participating and we must never majork to the day when companies boycott israel as they did in the 50's and 60's. more than 30 years would pass because the boycott was broken by egypt and still today, there are nations that actively enforce a primary boycott. they must be understood person ,oremost that the next chapter make no mistake about it, the founders did not believe in any state in israel and to many of its leading components want nothing more than for israel to disappear. than theurther movements founder, who said we oppose a jewish state in any part of palestine and he also said jews are not a people. , wheneverl experience i speak and argue with those, i asked them a very simple question. do you support a jewish state? many will say too no, they do not support a jewish state. that is not a disagreement over policy, ove

that israel gives to the world. may god bless israel. may god bless the united states of america, thank you all, and good luck. thank you so much. [applause] ♪ pres. roosevelt: the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. kennedy: ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. bush: and the people will hear all of us soon. >> c-span's newest book "the presidents," noting historians, challenges that face, and legacies they have left behind. published by public affairs, willn's "the presidents" be on shelves april 23, but you can preorder your hardcopy or evil today at c-span.org/the -- or e-book today at c-span.org /the presidents. >> theater today, the fairness act, that aims to close the salary gaps between women and minorities, and policies that band most transgender members from speaking. on the house floor today, house speaker nancy pelosi recognized c-span's for the us anniversary -- 40th anniversary. speaker pelosi:

israel defense forces say that they carried out their strikes on. the military headquarters of the head of the palestinian organization after israel said hamas fired a rocket for. two years of digging in one conclusion there was no collusion between russia during the twenty six us presidential election but the president's arrival. it was a complete and total exoneration so much that needs to be you know taken a look at this point and so it's not everything. we could even tell you this is r.t. international. signed a presidential proclamation recognizing israeli sovereignty over the golan heights a disputed area on the border with syria. a presidential proclamation recognizing israel's sovereign right over the golan heights. i discussed the issue earlier with r.t. correspondent. president trump's move is of course big news and it's been discussed all over the world since the actual tweet came out but i'll tell you what golan heights is disputed territory the only two countries that are actually believe this is israeli territory is the us starting thi

to israel. and i believe that when we should negotiate with the palestinians we shall have to negotiate on the future of zoeth jews israeli settlers who prefer to stay in palestine we shall have to negotiate whether there we will have to accept but i seen a citizenship or or any kind of solution or unfortunately they would have to come back it will be very painful it will be very painful so the palestinian problem quit settlements is an important block to peace but it's obvious that no politician is or al has a power to uproot them like it happening in gaza even if someone wanted to what is the way out of the situation in the past. we we brought back set lists from egypt. and we brought back so first from gaza in different circumstances. so in order to create zeus' new reality we does not exist today. we have to. we have to convince israelis. zero. is that when we bring big. all people when we bring big surplus we shall not get violence and terror but we should get beasts because you have to und

did not condemn israel's use of force because it was a clear defensive war israel defended itself from an effort by the syria and egypt to destroy it in one thousand nine hundred seven and there have been fifty two years of syrian attempts to destroy israel ever since so i don't think a rule that says if you take a small amount of territory when you are defending from an attack continue to be attacked by that same enemy for fifty two years then that might be recognized as part of your territory that's not going to set any kind of destabilising precedent indeed if you have the contrary rule that no matter how many times a country attacks you can never lose territory that is an invitation to aggression that doesn't like to rummage around me and there is a route to run so is this move is entirely consistent with international law or would you say to that. well that's what you know in the extreme right wing in israel is say this is political government the gook masquerading as legal niceties the fact is you cannot acquire territory you can use force to defend yourself absolutely and people

/israel alliance. for two decades, i've been a staunch supporter of aipac and now a member of aipac's board. as chairman, i have gained an even greater appreciation for aipac's work through our uniquely close and productive relationship. each week on the aipac board call, i witness the engagement and dedication of aipac's board members, let by mort and the trust earned by howard and his team. when i was elected as conference chairman, i often heard that this is the most difficult period in our history. no doubt, our challenges are many. but who could have imagined the many blessings we have. how many of us would not even be here today, had our parents or grandparents not survived the holocaust? [applause] they of blessed memory could not have imagined this powerfully significant gathering. how different history might have been, had israel and aipac existed then. who could imagine? many of us remember when the attendance here was in the hundreds. who could have imagined that we would approach the 18,000

you look at israel now, israel is alive and kicking, and they are going to continue to do that. [applause] eboni: ambassador, what do you think the motivation is? why is there such reluctance he to have a sense of fairness and balance when it comes to israel and the u.n.? ms. haley: i think this goes 1957 war.ter the everyone realized that israel could be defeated. what that meant was that had to go after them diplomatically. so all the arab countries led the charge in going after them automatically. and because of their influence, because of the oil and so many other reasons, other countries them.he need to follow that is why towards the end, we absolutely called out the arab countries on what they were doing. and we need to keep doing that. at the end of the day, i don't know they believe this anymore. i think they have done it because they always have. but you could see the embarrassment, the fact that none of the countries wanted to be called out, the fact that they were actually looking in the mirror. and i think we can't let up on that. ♪ eboni: i want to talk about iran

who are supporting israel the u.k. brought zionism to palestine in the error of the british mandate. we will eventually end this occupation power will not last forever humanity and always prevails over a fake power still in sending a lot of them. but netanyahu says it is israel that is unfairly targeted with balloons fireworks and rockets. as i said israel is an occupying entity and the international law is guaranteed all occupied countries the right to resist by the way. israel has no right to kill any innocent child or anyone in gaza even if one thousand rockets were launched from gaza. gaza rockets are a normal reaction for the israeli presence we are talking about the seeds country that suffers from severe poverty. with refugees who are not able to return to their lands which were occupied by israel. this is that right and it is a normal reaction to the israeli presence on their lands.

israel's. purity is stronger than it's ever been and israelis feel less isolated than never even if the european union decides to condemn it and pretend as if syria is going to go in and be oh given back this area of land after slaughtering its people if anything your of just showed it still lacks the morality that we wish that europe would regain after world war two and what about the new generation of politicians in the united states that call israel on the pa type state that are getting more and more traction with the us electorate arguably and of course we have jeremy cole been here in britain that has repeatedly said that israel is a state no only an apartheid state but one that is obviously well in the north it has to be said is privileging jews over all the communities in israel ok so first of all in america what you're seeing is is some fringe is getting too much attention you've got a couple of congress women who got elected the overwhelming majority of the democratic party is solidly

yes so israel annexed the golan heights. on its own it didn't consult the native syrian population in the region whatsoever and mitchell stated that syrians in the golan were offered citizenship they were offered citizenship however the vast majority reject that citizenship only six point five percent of the syrian population in four of the five remaining native villages have actually sought out israeli citizenship and last year in an election the first local elections held in the region since occupation began voter turnout to support israeli authority in the region was between one and three percent between four of the five native villages the people have rejected this the people have always rejected this and it's just a blatant violation of international law and the right to self-determination mitchell barghoorn to come back on that point. yeah i mean i i bet they probably are disappointed that they can't be voting for hafez assad again for not hafez assad for us again you know because those are the elections they're used t

they cannot militarily defeat israel but israel cannot militarily defeat them. we do not know what real palestinian sovereignty would look like because it has not existed since 1948. gene: we have questions from the audience. please ask a question. >> my question is to elan. you based a lot of your argument about defeating the movement in the fact that hamas wants to eliminate israel. that's what you said. in american law if someone wants to kill me it does not give me the right to kill a person. why do you think americans should support that defeat? elan: what we are dealing with is a situation not governed by american law. the principle is not the right -- is not that you have the right to kill the person who wants to kill you, you have the right to kill the person attacking you. to understand what the palestinian movement has been doing since it can to the four, a sustained campaign overtime. they have shown with their numerous attacks that that is what they are after. two essentially psychologically destroy israel but terrorizing it is the goal. of my argume

get gains an advantage israel will have to return it one so it seems attacking israel would be a no brainer strategy you win if you win and you don't lose if you lose this creates a new formula if you will you actually will lose and that is going to discourage aggression that's going to show that aggression has a price if you lead you actually will lose this is good for peace rami khouri what do you say to that. this is the trump in netanyahu is i am just right wing view that they have a force they can use it they can dominate the region as they want they're going to plumb all their enemies or their foes into submission as they're trying to do with the palestinians but but it doesn't work it doesn't work and the best best example of this is the jewish people themselves who thousands of years later and system on having their state and achieved that the people don't go away when you treat them like animals they they resist they have to fight back and they keep working and any way they can the arabs have clearly put on the table a peace plan that once was says we will exist peacefully

support that the united states and the european union give to israel when israel has some kind of a call for it with its neighbors. in fact you know there was not a single syrian soldier who. territory there was not a single syrian fighter jet that will bore or sure that targets on the israeli territories to fence of dollars us dollars and so of borgen rates by use radio during the last few years against whom against a country which is in rapturous of a civil war and not noticing it here it is just you know indecent to exactly let me go back to athens here alex also i think it's really it's interesting to me at least is that we have an immigrant a muslim woman from somalia. really demanding us to think about what the first amendment means as well because you know we have we had this spat during the one nine hundred eighty s. or i remember it very very well where criticism of israel is anti-semitism which is absolutely absurd on the face of it here and again i think this is what congress congresswoman omar is pointing out here is that words have meaning the way you want them to be applied

about israel venezuela ties i think israel probably has a hand in almost any place first of all generally speaking where arms are being so . it bats way above its weight in terms of population and so forth with regard to selling arms to almost anyone in the world who buy them and it also has a long record of giving a support in areas where. we might want to conduct a world operations and we might not want to expose ourselves so blatantly as we would otherwise so before anyone gets too pessimistic listening to this conversation. they have foreign minister venezuela said the other day that he has had long meetings with elliott abrams obviously previously convicted of war crimes in the western hemisphere and abrams the drums on the two misdemeanors for which he was pardoned by president bush quite well the point is that area that's a set that elliott abrams the current one to venezuela is going to buy the whole trump. they've had conversations and they've had a long meeting something hopeful there and the fact that something in private may not be something that can be shed in public i certai