in the west bank, judea and sumeria, you end up with land that -- israel, once they were attacked -- ended up with. time and time again there've been opportunities for the palestinians to be able to get their own country, israel, just over a decade ago offered to withdraw from 93% of this territory. the palestinians keep walking. and gaza, there is no israeli occupation. so you have disputed territory in the west bank, judea and sumeria, and you have hamas-controlled territory. it's unfortunate that the framing of this is an accurately describing the railing on the ground. >> harris: the word "occupation" is limited pretty given us history, if you will. the system understands that language. this group obviously, as you say in a very open environment, is advocating for the end of "occupation." >> let's take it gaza for example. the responsible thing -- you are running for president of the united states and you get asked that question. what you should say is, "and because we have the small strip of land with 1.7 million people being governed by a designated foreign terrorist organizati

and supporters of judea in the song should react with anger to a british foreign office motional to care about a free speech conference calling to defend the freedom of the press. that's just gone 4 am here and the russian cop time stuffed it in with the latest international news room welcome. a miniature court has cleared a navy seal accused of multiple war crimes of key charges as well as the controversial nature of his acquittal edward gallegos once again raises questions over pentagon conduct overseas caleb maupin has the details. the military court in san diego has acquitted gallagher on 6 out of the 7 charges that he faced involving the killing of civilians he was convicted on a charge of posing for a photograph with a corpse which is a violation of the rules however of the maximum sentence for such a violation is only 4 months in prison and he's served 9 months in pretrial detention so at this point he is indeed a free man now it appears that his acquittal was essentially hinged on the testimony of a of a navy seal medic who testified that he himself was responsible for the killin

in 2008, israel offered to withdraw from 93% of judea and sumeria. as for gaza, hamas, the designated foreign terrorist organization, they're in charge. there is no israeli occupation there. this small strip of land is packed out with 1. million people living in subthird world country conditions because of hamas. as was pointed out earlier, hamas refuses humanitarian aid, uses women and children as human shields, calls jihad an obligation, murders innocent civilians. one of the most important reasons why we are here today is not only make a strong statement in opposition to the b.d.s. movement but to also refute all the lies that are being told out there. people will speak up to try to justify the hate that is filling the ranks of the b.s. -- b.d.s. movement and never tell you the other 100% of the story. and this chamber today comes together, republicans and democrats, both sides of the aisle, to make that powerful statement. there's a list of victims, we don't have enough time to go through it. list of victims of palestinian iolence and terrorism i

but one of the callenges, people i speak about the west bank, judea and samaria as being occupied. i would argue the land is disputed and it needs tbe resolved in direct conversations with the parties.pi calling it oc territory does not help resolve the conflict. >> woodruff: presiderump, how does he look on this peace process, how it's going so far? >> i think he understands thed reality e complexity of the situation. he has great credibility among the raeli public. he had throughout 2017 strong credibility among palestinians. obviously at's been eroded because of u.s. policy, but he has great credibility among all the leaders in the region other than the palestinian leadershioo >>uff: and when do you think we'll see the political proposal? >>he president will make s decision soon. it's no secret when the israelis have to go to a second that sort of threw us off a bit. n haven't yet decided whether we release the pefore or after the israeli elections. if it's after the israelief elections,e or after the government is formed, we're still evuating that and the president has not yet

but one of the challenges, people i speak about the west bank, judea and samaria as being occupied. i would arg the land is disputed and it needs to be resolved innv direct sations with the parties. calling it occupied territory does not help reseolve th conflict. >> woodruff: president trump, how does he look on this pea process, how it's going so far? >> i think he understands the reality and the complexity of the situation. he has grt credibility among the israeli public. he had throughout 2017 strong credibility among palestinians. obviously that's beended because of u.s. policy, but he has great credibility among all the leaders in the region other dership. palestinian lea >> woodruff: and when do you think we'll see the political proposalnt >> the presiill make his decision soon. it's no secret when the israelis have to go to a seiocond ele that sort of threw us off a bit. we haven't yet decided wheether wease the plan before or after the israeli elections. if it's after the israeli elections, before or after the i governmeformed, we're still evaluating that and the president

our second president a couple years back said, "i really wish the jews in judea an independent nation." a little more recently, just over 100 years ago, 1916, in a prominent american evangelist named william blackstone helped to convince president woodrow wilson to support the balfour declaration, the united kingdom's on statement of support for a national home for the jewish people. that document helped to lay the groundwork for what happened in 1948, when the missouri baptist displayed an incredible act of political courage -- you have to remember these times, it was a world that was recovering from the fury of world war ii. people of all nations were turning to their homeland. president truman wondered aloud to one of his aides, "everyone else who has been dragged away from his country has some place to get back to, but the jews have no place to go." president truman, incredibly courageously, decided to recognize this new state. he did it on the same day as prime minister david ben gurion read out the declaration of independence in tel aviv. we take this for granted sometimes, but