well the american ambassador to israel david friedman has attacked the media for what he says is failing to fairly cover the recent protests along the israel gaza border he said that when you have a situation of some forty thousand protesters storming the israel border and the cover of burning tires and with pistols a molotov cocktails that situation is unprecedented and he says that israel did the best it could and yet despite this ninety percent of media coverage. it was biased and critical against the israeli defense forces the american ambassador did however concede that some criticism against israel is legitimate now israel's position has always been to blame him us for the protests and the ensuing violence and this is a position that american officials have echoed hamas terrorist backed by iran have incited attacks against israeli security forces and infrastructure and we understand that israel has a right to defend itself urged the members of the security council to exercise at least as much scrutiny of the actions of the hamas terrorist group as it does to israel's legitimate rig

months of protests we've witnessed by palestinian demonstrators along the israel gaza border david friedman said and i'm quoting the reporters should keep your mouths shut and less they know better than israel how it should respond and what to do in such demonstrations now friedman did concede that some of the criticism against israel's use of live fire and the like was a joke but he did say that nine out of ten articles that covered the recent gaza protests have been critical of israel and he called on journalists to meet with experts to better understand what israel could have done differently the american ambassador saying that israel could not have done anything differently that this was an unprecedented situation where you had some forty thousand protesters rushing at the israel border under the cover of burning tires using mollett of cocktails and the like now he of course echoes the israeli position israel has repeatedly defended its use of live fire it's blamed her musts for the several dozen people that were killed by the israeli army saying that they use those people as pawns davi

well the american ambassador to israel david friedman has attacked the media for what he says is failing to fairly cover the recent protests along the israel gaza border he said that when you have a situation of some forty thousand protesters storming the israeli border and the cover of burning tires and with pistols a molotov cocktails that situation is unprecedented and he says that israel did the best it could and yet despite this ninety percent of media coverage was biased and critical against the israeli defense forces the american ambassador did however concede that some criticism against israel is legitimate now israel's position has always been to blame him us for the protests and the ensuing violence and this is a position that american officials have echoed a mosque terrorist backed by iran have incited attacks against israeli security forces and infrastructure and we understand that israel has a right to defend itself urged the members of the security council to exercise at least as much scrutiny of the actions of the hamas terrorist group as it does to israel's legitimate rig

well the american ambassador to israel david friedman has attacked the media for what he says is failing to fairly cover the recent protests along the israel gaza border he said that when you have a situation of some forty thousand protesters storming the israel border under the cover of burning tires and with pistols a molotov cocktails that situation is unprecedented and he says that israel did the best it could and yet despite this ninety percent of media coverage was biased and critical against the israeli defense forces the american ambassador did however concede that some criticism against israel is legitimate now israel's position has always been to blame him us for the protests and the ensuing violence and this is a position that american officials have echoed a mosque terrorist backed by iran have incited attacks against israeli security forces and infrastructure and we understand that israel has a right to defend itself urged the members of the security council to exercise at least as much scrutiny of the actions of the hamas terrorist group as it does to israel's legitimate ri

well the american ambassador to israel david friedman has attacked the media for what he says is failing to faily cover the recent protests along the israel gaza border he said that when you have a situation.

well the american ambassador to israel david friedman has attacked the media for what he says is failing to fairly cover the recent protests along the israel gaza border he said that when you have a situation of some forty thousand protesters storming the israeli border and the cover of burning tires and with pistols a molotov cocktails that situation is unprecedented and he says that israel did the best it could and yet despite this ninety percent of media coverage was biased and critical against the israeli defense forces the american ambassador did however concede that some criticism against israel is legitimate now israel's position has always been to blame him us for the protests and the ensuing violence and this is a position that american officials have echoed a mosque terrorist backed by iran have incited attacks against israeli security forces and infrastructure and we understand that israel has a right to defend itself urged the members of the security council to exercise at least as much scrutiny of the actions of the hamas terrorist group as it does to israel's legitimate rig

they said he learned that it was going to cost $1 billion to build and he said so he called david friedmanavid, i can do it for $180,000 and trump says, you're making me look cheap, david, get the good marble. spend $400,000. i have no idea whether it actually happened, but it's what he said to the group last night. >> it sounds a lot like him. >> i wonder if he's going to have a lot of gold on the embassy there in jerusalem. jonathan swan, live for us in washington, d.c., thank you very much. we're going to be reading axios a.m. in just a little bit. can you sign up for the newsletter by going to signup.axios.com. >>> that does it for us, i'm yasmin vossoughian, alongside ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf, "morning joe" starts right now. >>> good morning and welcome to "morning joe." we begin with four words "tone deaf, callous, heartless." we have the secretary of homeland security, kirstjen nielsen choosing to eat at a mexican restaurant last night where she was promptly heckled by protesters. we have that video for you, and we'll show it to you later. not sure why she thought that was

ambassador to israel, david friedman. more control over the u.s. consulate in east jerusalem and responsible for u.s. relations with the palestinians in gaza and the west bank. it has reported directly to the state department in washington now communication will be filtered through the embassy in jerusalem and is particularly aggravating to palestinians because the k*ur current u.s. ambassador is a supporter of the west bank settler movement. i spoke to a palestinian leader who said this shows that the peace efforts are dead as well as a two-state solution. >> bill: thank you. a lot to watch in the middle east. thank you, mike, for that. back at home now. game one nba finals. it was a doozy. final moments of regulation when this happened. >> misses, rebound goes to the cavs. j.r. smith brings it back out. throws it -- it is blocked. we'll go to overtime. >> bill: the problem. they were tied. smith got the rebound. five seconds left could have put an easy lay-up out. lebron is perplexed. go for it, man. smith said he thought the cavs would call a ti

david: that is george friedman, geopolitical futures founder and chairman.n an interview with cnbc talked about deal,e has reached a paying a $1 billion fine with $4 million in escrow. much more coming up. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: we bring you back on the news on a deal with zte. wilbur ross announced a few minutes ago the u.s. has come to terms with zte. this is the chinese telecom company. they had essentially been banned from the united states because of communications with trade sanctions with north korea and iran. now they are saying they can still do business with the united states, but they will pay a $1 billion fine with or hundred million dollars into escrow. they have the right to come back and shut down zte again. this was discussed with andident xi of china president trump and now apparently the united states has come to terms although wilbur ross says it was totally on sanctions. alix: who to believe? some stocks are moving on the move. nxpall -- there you go, taking a leg lower. this deals with semiconductors that have been on a tear recentl