a huge amount of criticism directed at them for making such a decision but while artists like glover del ray lauded annie lennox color santana roger waters and brian ino support the b.d.s. boycott of israel that the e.u. is opposed to the usa is not only supporting israel's illegal actions against international law it's doubling down on it we've now declared the settlements are not per se illegal under international law yes for the 1st time in 40 years the usa now explicitly instead of implicitly supporting the violation of international law when it comes to palestine the palestinians call it a war crime but joining me now from tel aviv is israeli diplomat danny aiello and former israeli ambassador to the united states thanks so much ambassador for coming on the show we're having a general election here in britain at the moment where under broadcast restrictions just one did you know what you thought about the policy positions jeremy corbyn saying he will ban weapons sales to israel the tories disagree there will democrats and appear to disagree and the s. and p. appears to agree with corbet