joining us simon wiesenthal center global action rabbi abraham cooper.you very much for joining us this weekend, assess what we see in this weekend as jews across the country celebrate hanukkah beginning thursday night for eight days were talking about a very different moment in time today that we've seen in a long time. >> actually, for american jews we won't listen to the advice about pulling back from the public, everything about hanukkah is publicizing our values, our faith, our continuity, our history, our destiny and we've learned the hard way over the centuries is that every time that we step back from the public square and we try to hide who we are we further embolden the anti-semites to come after us. so my message first and foremost to our own community in l.a. and beyond, we need to do things with dignity, we need to involve our neighbors and bring them on board and we need to send a message clearly that the jewish people are here to stay and that america is based on freedom of religion that happens to also include american jews. maria: is inc

joining us simon wiesenthal center global action rabbi abraham cooper.for joining us this weekend, assess what we see in this weekend as jews across the country celebrate hanukkah beginning thursday night for eight days were talking about a very different moment in time today that we've seen in a long time. >> actually, for american jews we won't listen to the advice about pulling back from the public, everything about hanukkah is publicizing our values, our faith, our continuity, our history, our destiny and we've learned the hard way over the centuries is that every time that we step back from the public square and we try to hide who we are we further embolden the anti-semites to come after us. so my message first and foremost to our own community in l.a. and beyond, we need to do things with dignity, we need to involve our neighbors and bring them on board and we need to send a message clearly that the jewish people are here to stay and that america is based on freedom of religion that happens to also include american jews. maria: is incredibly distur

joining us simon wiesenthal center global action rabbi abraham cooper.or joining us this weekend, assess what we see in this weekend as jews across the country celebrate hanukkah beginning thursday night for eight days were talking about a very different moment in time today that we've seen in a long time. >> actually, for american jews we won't listen to the advice about pulling back from the public, everything about hanukkah is publicizing our values, our faith, our continuity, our history, our destiny and we've learned the hard way over the centuries is that every time that we step back from the public square and we try to hide who we are we further embolden the anti-semites to come after us. so my message first and foremost to our own community in l.a. and beyond, we need to do things with dignity, we need to involve our neighbors and bring them on board and we need to send a message clearly that the jewish people are here to stay and that america is based on freedom of religion that happens to also include american jews. maria: is incredibly disturb

joining us simon wiesenthal center global action rabbi abraham cooper. you very much for joining us this weekend, assess what we see in this weekend as jews across the country celebrate hanukkah beginning thursday night for eight days were talking about a very different moment in time today that we've seen in a long time. >> actually, for american jews we won't listen to the advice about pulling back from the public, everything about hanukkah is publicizing our values, our faith, our continuity, our history, our destiny and we've learned the hard way over the centuries is that every time that we step back from the public square and we try to hide who we are we further embolden the anti-semites to come after us. so my message first and foremost to our own community in l.a. and beyond, we need to do things with dignity, we need to involve our neighbors and bring them on board and we need to send a message clearly that the jewish people are here to stay and that america is based on freedom of religion that happens to also include american jews. maria: is in

joining us simon wiesenthal center global action rabbi abraham cooper., assess what we see in this weekend as jews across the country celebrate hanukkah beginning thursday night for eight days were talking about a very different moment in time today that we've seen in a long time. >> actually, for american jews we won't listen to the advice about pulling back from the public, everything about hanukkah is publicizing our values, our faith, our continuity, our history, our destiny and we've learned the hard way over the centuries is that every time that we step back from the public square and we try to hide who we are we further embolden the anti-semites to come after us. so my message first and foremost to our own community in l.a. and beyond, we need to do things with dignity, we need to involve our neighbors and bring them on board and we need to send a message clearly that the jewish people are here to stay and that america is based on freedom of religion that happens to also include american jews. maria: is incredibly disturbing to see what's going on

rabbi abraham cooper joins me. thank you for being here. let me start with this question.ing a new phase of the war do you think? >> it looks inevitable. while we talk about lebanon, lebanon is not a free-agent. this is about iran and hezbollah which is a state with a state. everything our reporting on, sanctions, houthis, it is all connected on a practical basis for the people who live in northern israel and people in lebanon, there is already a war. 80,000 israelis are internal refugees, whole communities have been emptied. when we talk about hezbollah, it is a real army with cutting edge military equipment that has, can, and will do enormous damage. i'm only a rabbi. i'm not a prophet. i think this does escalate. we could be looking at the irani in front very quickly. ashley: all roads lead to tehran. egypt says it is waiting for a response on a plan they put forward to end the israel/hamas war. includes three stages, ends with a cease-fire. what do you think of that and how do you see this finally coming to a end? >> we have to be grateful egypt has been directly invol

my name is abraham cooper and i am honored to serve as chair of the u.s. commission on international religious freedom. thank you for joining us to mark the 25th anniversary of the international religious freedom act. i would like to extend on behalf of the commissioners, a special thank you to senator chris and his staff for reserving this historic room for us. in october 1998, congress passed and then president bill clinton signed irfa , making the promotion of freedom of religion or belief in a higher priority in u.s. foreign policy. irfa established the ambassador at large currently ambassador hussein, as well as the office of international religious freedom. the law required monetary and annual reporting on conditions and delineated consequences of for the worst violators. it is also incorporating religious freedom concerns into u.s. diplomacy, programs, training as well as refugee and asylum policies. 25 years later, religious freedom issues are more integrated than ever before into u.s. foreign relations. we have seen the benefits of irfa, violation

my name is abraham cooper, and i'm honored to serve as chair of the u.s. commission on international religious freedom. thank you for joining us to mark the 25th anniversary of the international religious freedom act or irfa. i would like to extend a special thank you to senator chris coons and his staff for reserving this historic room for us. in october 1998, congress passed and then president bill clinton signed irfa making the promotion of freedom of religious or beliefs abroad higher priority in u.s. foreign policy. irfa established usirf and the state department ambassador at large, currently ambassador hussein, as well as the office of international religious freedom. the law required monitoring and annual reporting on conditions and tlingit consequences for the worst violators. it is also incorporating, incorporated religious freedom concerns into u.s. diplomacy, programs, training, as well as refugee and asylum policies. 25 years later, religious freedom issues are more integrated than ever before into u.s. foreign relations. we have seen the bene

part of that is security cooperation in the region and because of the abraham accords working with the kingdom as well, we have been able to put in place through congress my efforts on the defendant act and we are working on the maritime act now and it allowed us to pull together intelligent from all of these nations to provide an integrated air and missile defense systems so this is early morning to those nations now tied together in the air missile defense and it allowed us to push against the rockets, any missiles from iran or proxies. collaborating with all of these countries incredibly important body peace and stability in the region allows us to have peace and stability in the united states of america. any time these actions happen, make no doubt about it, it is going to impact the united states of america. we can't turn a blind eye. i'll give one example, we cannot turn a blind eye and we must be prepared and make sure friends and allies are also prepared to make there's no question can't thank you enough for both pieces of legislation under the current circumstances is vital an

the cities of jericho and cooper on have also been targeted on need to. abraham is live for us in ramallah, in the occupied with bank for more on this into these as rarely rides a now and nightly occurrences were the same. but over the last few days or so, they have really rammed up what is behind them. what is happening now as well in order some sort of few g time. these really forces are there for the 4th time in just one week. they say that they're looking for a group of armed men that often confront these really forces, militarily. this is why we've been seeing them also coming through the comp regularly. but now we've not only been seeing them in north shams, but they've expanded their rates to include the tools, had investigated refugee camp as well as the told cut them 50. we're talking about 10 injuries in total between north samson, the $210.00 and refugee camp with roland strikes. people there tell us that they hear sometimes a exchanges of fire between the policy and fight those there. and these really forces the number of those interests might be why think because it's so diffi

so it seems that for a mon, russia's version of single democracy and the economic cooperation and the model of the economy in international relations is much closer and more attractive. now, after that form vladimir putin match with abraham, right, you see the iranian leader where they discussed regional and international issues and also reiterated their commitments to strengthen and expand their corporation latimer, putative and joke. that one point saying that he really, really wanted to pop over to, to wrong as he was flying over the country during his, the middle east. it's for there. yes. today, or of course, as we know, he visited the u, a. e and saudi arabia. and he got a spectacular, spectacular, a welcome, the and discussions there mainly centered around the energy market. so they all, and now i said that they need to strengthen the corporation within the opec plus, and that they need to maintain a stable and reliable international energy market. so lots has been discussed, a lot of repeats in the math all for leaders pretty much in the space. so what was it? 48 hours you cou

now, after that form vladimir putin match with abraham, right, you see the iranian leader where they discussed the regional and international issues and also reiterated their commitments to strengthen and expand their corporation latimer fruits and even joke that one point saying that he really, really wanted to pop over to, to wrong as he was flying over the country during his middle east. it's for there. yes. today, or of course, as we know, he visited the u, a. e and saudi arabia and he got a spectacular, spectacular, a welcome, the and discussions there mainly centered around the energy market. so uh they all, and i said that they need to strengthen the code duration within the opec plus, and that they need to maintain a stable and reliable international energy market. so lots has been discussed. lot of repeats in the math. all for leaders, pretty much in the space. so what was it? 48 hours you could say so very busy day and night and the for him to the as well as lot of it put an address to major investment far in in moscow. he spoke specifically about one of russia's mainly can

now, after that form vladimir putin match with abraham. right, you see the iranian leader, where as you mentioned, they discussed regional and international issues and also reiterated their commitments to strengthen and expand their corporation. latimer boots and even joke that one point saying that he really, really wanted to pop over to ron as he was flying over the country during his middle east. it's for there. yes. today, or of course, as we know, he visited the u. a. e and saudi arabia and he got a spectacular, spectacular, a welcome. let's have a look for to of to the and discussions. they're mainly centered around the energy market. so they all in the side that they need to strengthen the corporation within the opec plus, and that they need to maintain a stable and reliable international energy markets. so lots has been discussed. latimer boots in the math of, for leaders pretty much in the space. so what was that 48 hours you could say so very busy day and nights indeed for him. so that as well. yeah, lead is in charge of oil rich

so it seems that for a long process version of single democracy and the economic cooperation and the model of the economy in international relations is much closer and more attractive . now, after that form vladimir putin match with abraham, right, you see the iranian leader where they discuss the regional and international issues and also reiterated their commitments to strengthen and expand their corporation. latimer boots and even joke that one point saying that he really, really wanted to pop over to, to ron as he was flying over the country during his, the middle east. it's for there. yes. today, or of course, as we know, he visited the u. a. e. and saudi arabia and he got a spectacular, spectacular, a welcome, the and discussions there mainly centered around the energy market. so they all, and now i said that they need to strengthen the corporation within the opec plus, and that they need to maintain a stable and reliable international energy market. so lots has been discussed. lot of repeats in the math of 4 liter is uh, pretty much in the space. so what was that 48 hours you

now, after that form vladimir putin match with abraham. right, you see the iranian leader, where as you mentioned that discuss regional and international issues and also reiterated their commitments to strengthen and expand their corporation. latimer boots and even joke that one points saying that he really, really wanted to pop over to it's a wrong as he was flying over the country during his middle east. it's for there. yes. today, or of course, as we know, he visited the u. a. e. and saudi arabia and he got a spectacular spectacular welcome to the and discussions there mainly centered around all the energy markets off they all. and now i said that they need to strengthen the corporation within the only fact plus, and that they need to maintain a stable and reliable international energy market. so lots has been discussed, let them of who tend to match all for leaders pretty much in the space. so what was the 48 hours you could say so very busy day and nights. indeed for him to that as well. the quarter investment for and brought together

now, after that form vladimir putin match with abraham, right, you see the iranian leader where they discussed the regional and international issues and also reiterated their commitments to strengthen and expand their corporation latimer fruits and even joke that one point same that he really, really wanted to pop over to, to wrong as he was flying over the country during his middle east. it's for there. yes. today, or of course, as we know, he visited the u, a. e and saudi arabia and he got a spectacular, spectacular, a welcome, the and discussions there mainly centered around the energy market. so they all and i said that they need to strengthen the cold duration within the opec plus, and that they need to maintain a stable and reliable international energy market. so lots has been discussed. let them repeat in the math all for leaders pretty much in the space. so what was it? 48 hours you could say so very busy day and nights. indeed for him today as well as letting me put in address to major investment farm in moscow. he's spoken particular about one of russia's main economic par

so it seems that for a long process version of single democracy and the economic cooperation and the model of the economy in international relations is much closer and more attractive . now, after that form vladimir putin match with abraham, right, you see the iranian leader where they discussed the regional and international issues and also reiterated their commitments to strengthen and expand their corporation latimer fruits and even joke that one point same that he really, really wanted to pop over to, to ron, as he was flying over the country during his middle east. it's for there. yes. today, or of course, as we know, he visited the u, a. e and saudi arabia and he got a spectacular, spectacular, a welcome, the and discussions there mainly centered around the energy market. so they all in the side that they need to strengthen the corporation within the opec plus, and that they need to maintain a stable and reliable international energy market. so lots has been discussed. lot of repeats in the math. all for leaders, pretty much in the space. so what was it? 48 hours. you could say

you see the benefit of egypt and jordan having made peace we see the benefits of the abraham accords and we certainly look to a future that is free of any animosity, or hatred, or revenge that opens the door for regional integration and cooperation with all of the resources that can change this region. >> obviously we can talk for hours about this. i know you have a very busy schedule. thank you so much for and administer and hosting us, ladies and gentlemen we appreciate your time. have a great day. [applause] ♪

you see the benefit of egypt and jordan having made peace we see the benefits of the abraham accordscertainly look to a future that is free of any animosity, or hatred, or revenge that opens the door for regional integration and cooperation with all of the resources that can change this region. >> obviously we can talk for hours about this. i know you have a very busy schedule. thank you so much for and administer and hosting us, ladies and gentlemen we appreciate your time. have a great day. [applause] ♪ coming up tonight on c-span2 the supreme crt hearing oral argument a case concerning the bankruptcy of purdue pharma and its potential impact on compensation for opioid vtims. then founder ceo of success academy charter schools author of eight plus a parenting approximate active parenting and k-12 education. and later, arkansas republican senator tom cotton on the israel hamas war and u.s. foreign policy. that and more tonight on cspan2. extra unfiltered view of government funded by these television companies and more including charter communications. >> charter is proud to be recog

you see the benefit of egypt and jordan having made peace we see the benefits of the abraham accords and we certainly look to a future that is free of any animosity, or hatred, or revenge that opens the door for regional integration and cooperation with all of the resources that can change this region. >> obviously we can talk for hours about this. i know you have a very busy schedule. thank you so much for and administer and hosting us, ladies and gentlemen we appreciate your time. have a great day. [applause] ♪ >> c-span's unfiltered view of government funded by these companies and more including comcast. >> you think this is just a community center??it's way more than that. >> comcast is helping low income famili get the tools they need. coast support c-span along with these television providers giving you a front row see to democracy. ♪ >> c-span's washington journal, a live forum discussing issues of government and public policy from washington dc in across the country. tuesday morning a discussion on republican efforts to open an impeachment inquiry into president biden. climat

you have during the trump administration of the abraham records that was signed and that includes the united not remembrance and by writing they have normalization deals with israel. and despite what has happened in the last couple of months, and despite what we're seeing even now in gaza, they have not dropped the diplomatic relations with israel. they've just condemned its actions. and remember, saudi arabia was also very close to signing one of those normalization deals, prominence and nothing yahoo telling the un general assembly in new york in september they were on the cost of a historic deal because that deal never got signed and it's certainly on hold right now, but i think for some of the gcc countries, this is a little bit more complicated than it is for casa and for to kia, which is here. obviously not a member of the gulf cooperation council nelson country in the gulf, but unimportant regional play, invited as a vip guest for this annual summit of the g c. c. the way it works in this organization is you have your annual summit at the beginning and then you have a year as t

security constructs such as integrated air and missile defense, multilateral cooperation at sea in the maritime domain, and what we are actually seeing now is that partners, even today, view that as beneficial to be cooperating , sharing intelligence, sharing information, and seeing the threats coming from iran. >> totally agree. one of the big things of very concerned with is exactly supporting that mission and boosting our capacity to satisfy our obligation in getting our defense and industrial base with the allies. especially after helping america defend itself. some working on that as well. have you vocalized to president biden or secretary blinken any concerns for the lack of sanctions and enforcement on iran? and the consequences that would manifest itself through that like we saw in october 7th. it was widely reported this past august that there was a relaxing of sanctions on iran to increase the supply of oil into the world so that we could have cheaper oil here in america. are you getting any indication that there is a relaxation of sanctions on iran due to this issue? >> abso

abraham ray says iran is ready to cooperate with other countries to restore the rights of the palestinian people. the political bureau chief of hamal says a palestinian resistance remains firm in its battle against the israeli military as regime's genocidal war on gaza enters its 75th. day, ismael han says resistance fighters have inflicted heavy losses on israeli forces despite regime's relentless attacks. and leader of yemenza movement has warned us against making any foolish move against the country in support of israel. abdul malek alhouthi says us attempts to militarize the red sea, the gulf of aiden and babablandob street threaten international maritime activity. almost a decade ago during the september 2013 united nations general assembly, then iranian president hasan rohani proposed that the general assembly takes steps against violence and extremism. he called on the united nations to take an initiative which heat wave standing for world against violence and extremism. a few months later, on december 18th, the un general assembly adopted the iranian author draft resolution, a wor