, no negotiations with israel and no peace with israel. that was the public slogan. of khartoum. behind the scenes, the real work took place and that was that the egyptians -- they had been so defeated by the israelis that they had to think about pulling out of yemen and they made a deal with the saudis where they agreed to end their propaganda and the saudis started giving them money. until that moment, the egyptians were -- egypt was the center of the arab world, the dominant power. 1967 marks the moment where the saudis come into their own. that is the world we know today. we think of the saudis being the leading power. the other big change that takes place and then i will pass it off. two others. one is, i have said it, this is effectively the end of nasserism. nasser dies three years later, but the idea of egypt as the leader of the arab world and the leading power against the israelis has already started to shift. we have a huge trauma for the israelis and a greater existential threat. 1973 is interesting from the egyptian point of v

no recognition of israel, no negotiations with israel and no peace with israel. that was the public slogan of cartume. behind the scenes, the real work took place and the real work was that the egyptians made a -- with the saudis. they had been so defeated, so humiliated by the israelis they had to think about pulling out of yemen and cut a deal with the saudis where they agreed to end their propaganda against the saudi monarchy and the saudis to give them money. which is -- marks the turning point. you know, until that moment the egyptians were -- egypt was the center of the arab world, the dominant power in the arab world. '67 marks the moment when the saudis sort of come into their own and the world we know today among the arabs we think of the saudis as being the leading -- of being the leading power. the other big change that takes place and then i'll pass it to liel -- two others quickly. one is obviously already said it. in not so many words. this is -- this is effectively the end of nassarism. nassar dies three years later. but the idea of egypt as the le

israel managed to avoid the war in 1948, by israel's survival did not mean peace. for the next ten years the arab states continued to reject any status with the israel and attacked it wherefore possible. but they're ultimate ending freelily announced was to destroy israel completely, to finish as they put it, the business of '48, to remove the same of '48. until '67 that aim remained unfull filled and was not attempted. it was thought to unite a grand coalition of arab armys such has having put together in 1948. only then could israel's enemies launch a terror attack and achieve the ultimate goals. until '67 these conditions were not achieved and could not be. the most important reason was that the army of egypt, the largest arab army could not be deapplied to israel's boarders. it could not be because of the outcome of war in 1956, a war in which israel was alive with britain and france against egypt. the i know of that war provided for the partial de -- peace keeping force that acted or was suppose to act as a buffer. it also provided for the right of navigation

the degree to which palestinians believe that israel is out to destroy them and the degree to which israel is believed that palestinians, the inside is about the destruction of israel. your --rested into interested in your response into the way in which the nature of the conflict has changed so fundamentally and last 35 years. the 67 war and with israeli guns that threaten our capitals. this requires a strategic depth that it never had. there are changes on the arab side. as you mentioned, it was the congealed, nationalist movement. this asemerges with their head as a potent force in our politics. also, the feet of the arab armies in the war, the dramatic disappointment of the arabs and in vision spurs a flight search of an alternative ideology. let's look back and see what we have and what is authentic. from 67.ee this lady this place such a profound role in the middle east. general, the continuity that i see is that the two major issues that triggered the middle east, i'm not talking about water, not militarized zones, the two core issues are the palestinian problem. what to do about the

rabin continued to believe — and i lived in israel at the time, and remember it well, he said, "israele with our enemies. there is no alternative." that is why i agreed with him that he tried it. but he failed. and i know rabin‘s way very well. and in his last speech, before his unfortunate assassination, he delivered a speech bringing the second half of oslo. he delivered a speech in october 95. he said the palestinian authority should be less than a state. he said, we won't go back to 1967 lines, because no defensible borders, and he knew he was talking about. he was the chief of general staff in the six—day war. and he said that israeli sovereignty should be empowered on the blocks and clusters. he never gave up on the 2—state solution? you have to read his speech. he tried the 2—state solution. i don't want war for the palestinians. my point is notjust about the 2—state solution. my point is about no alternative. just the other day, another chief of staff of the israeli defence forces, another former prime minister, said this government, the netanyahu government, is putting the cou

israel has marked 50 yea rs having me.l has marked 50 years since the victory in the six day war. but you seem to feel, right now, there are very serious questions about the direction israel is going, and about national cohesion. why are you so worried? from the security point of view, we enjoy today a relatively calm situation, security wise. this is a result of the six day war, which was the peak of the ideal of our coalition. since then, at the idea of our coalition, this ideology has been declined. so it is not an exocet a security threat that you feel is most concerning to israel today? yes, but you know, anyhow, israel enjoys a vibrant democracy. on the one hand, it is shameful that netanyahu on the one hand, it is shameful that neta nyahu is the on the one hand, it is shameful that netanyahu is the prime minister, these are to be investigated because of allegations of corruption. one prime minister is injail. that is the bad news. the good news is that we have a vibrant society. we have law enforcement that is indep

to favor israel -- defeat f or israel is not an option. defeat meant the end of israel. this goes with the arab leaders held out as their purpose. they meant what they said presumably. of the other hand they are of states would not disappear no matter how badly they were beaten. what dennis said so well -- one 'ss to do with lyndon johnson decisive role in this. the record is replaced -- first of all, records are available online and they are fascinating, diplomatic records. there -- purely john sony and touches. his use of anecdotes and meeting with arab ambassadors for example. saying, this was after the war he said he tried in may to persuade nassar not to go to war, but that didn't work. he pleaded with the foreign minister, but that didn't work. now making israel pullback is easier said than done. found situations like this again and again, that one party through dispute -- urging a third-party to get involved, always assumed the third party had influence over the second party, but the third does not have over the first. for instance, the president said -- usedtor h

so no response from israel yet.i'm planning to publish an article and then i'll leave the country or something. about the state of -- so that's an interesting point. so, rabin collapsed, had a nervous breakdown before the war, and he didn't recuperate from that. he didn't run the war. his deputy did that. and then ash $kol collapses more or less. he agrees to appoint dyan and lost the reign or affairs. dyan was very important and he took everything and once said in a can be net meeting during the war -- they wanted to do a vote. do they want to they can the golan heights, don't want to -- dyan told everybody. i'm sorry. on these matter us i don't accept democracy, and they feared him so much that they didn't take the vote at all. they accepted his word. but thin after that 20 -- no -- less than -- i dent know -- 10-12 hours later, dyan had his own collapse. he arrives to the pit from which the idea -- the war of the world is conducted, called the pit. and he gives the order to launch an attack on the golan heights,

to say that zionism is racism, the un has been an incubator for israel bashing, a forum where israel is almost always the victim and never the villain, we should all be wary of it. i hope one day it will happen. >> >> and should never use of the united nations as a forum to put pressure on israel of any kind. [applause] >> iran. finally, an engaged and eric is particularly important when it comes to iran which continues to set so instability throughout the region. the regime continues to provide support to its proxies in the region, conduct ballistic missile tests, flagrantly abuse the human rights of its own people and unjustly imprisoned foreigners. we must work with our partners in the region to counter iran's maligned activities, just, and a special hold of feet to the fire on compliance with jcpoa. as john mentioned earlier, i didn't supported that it passed. i don't think we should now violate this agreement. we should be watchful waiting to see what happens. it is, however, incumbent upon us to remain vigilant and watch i ran like a hawk outside of the jcpoa. their provocative

us, meaning israel. and he was fed with reliable information to deliver to his soviet contact persons, but also he was fed with some false information. and specifically one day before you get this alert reaching to moscow, there's a cabinet meeting in israel, and there's a decision, a secret decision to deliver a warning to the syrians through a third party. and the third party were the soviets. so that's psychological operation number one. and then there's psychological operation number two. it's happening in damascus even before these news were delivered to moscow from the 8th of may. the syrian baath regime is on the verge of collapse. huge riots in the streets. you can't get bread, milk, eggs, nothing. a complete shutdown of commercial life. and they started to allege, yes, israel is about to attack us, and they will do it with jordan and iran. so when, so what happens first is that the information is delivered by the double agent to the soviets. then the politboro meets, and they authorize to inform

now ajc believing in and standing by israel. like to ask both of you, how do these believes of the core of power stand with you. are they consistent with the idea of america first. wendy: i would say first of all he does not believe his .hilosophy of america first clearly he did not bring everyone together because now the united arab emirates have cast a shadow and cut off relations. we have a long way to go to keep the gulf countries together. i have not heard the president talk about democracy at all and diplomacy andour our ability to bring those values around the world. as i said in my opening aatement, when you have national security adviser and head of the council say we only have competing interests out there -- this is not about pluralism. this is not about solving the problems across our borders that require a community of countries coming together. and where the rule of law is concerned, i feel like i am buffeted on a moment-by-moment basis about what in fact the president believes about law. when it comes to his non-t

guarantees that this israel will not expand because ofr since the existence israel, it has expanded onwardthey have tried to erase our identity. i started out to be a palestinian. in 1948 i was referred to as a refugee. then i was referred to as a jordanian, an egyptian, a syrian. heard i do not exist. bedouin.hey call me a these people have tried to a race my identity. >> palestine has always believed the battleground of empires as well as the meeting place for the exchange of cultures. there have been waves of people who come into it. mostly from arabia. these people have intermixed throughout our history. the arab muslim invasion of palestine replace and inhabited for the lord history -- the long course of history. denyab nationalists do not the jewish presence of biblical times. they point out this was the land of the canaanites and philistines, babylonians, and greeks were there at one time or another. the region was under roman occupation at the time of christ. is of the- exit israelites took place shortly thereafter. then the muslim empire was succeeded by ottoman rule. on the easte

now ajc believing in and standing by israel. like to ask both of you, how do these believes of the core of power stand with you. are they consistent with the idea of america first. wendy: i would say first of all he does not believe his .hilosophy of america first clearly he did not bring everyone together because now the united arab emirates have cast a shadow and cut off relations. we have a long way to go to keep the gulf countries together. i have not heard the president talk about democracy at all and diplomacy andour our ability to bring those values around the world. as i said in my opening aatement, when you have national security adviser and head of the council say we only have competing interests out there -- this is not about pluralism. this is not about solving the problems across our borders that require a community of countries coming together. and where the rule of law is concerned, i feel like i am buffeted on a moment-by-moment basis about what in fact the president believes about law. when it comes to his non-t

this took place in israel.exing 74, following a raid at the school there by the democratic front. children and for adults were killed that day. there are differences of opinion among palestinians about the extent to which violence is justifiable. the killing of innocent civilians or travelers at the airport brought widespread international condemnation. >> we are against all of this violence. to look atremember this case from all of its angles. >> is still except responsibility -- he still epts responsibility for violence. over 100 were killed. men, women and children. similar military actions have been taken over years by israel against palestinian caps. in some cases, following guerrilla raids. violence reads hatred, retaliation brings only further retaliation. i -- an eye for an eye is often paid at high interest rates. the implementation of their rights is the key. they are there, they are a fax. like it or not, no formula can be found. that does not take right into the equation. >> from the creation of the

larger israel? and was that post we are planning to is that thought about what one with delicious new territories? >> the first question i did not hear it clearly. >> is one question. in israel, in the run up to the war was a postwar planning and thinking about what one would do with expanded territory and - >> there was postwar planning. it wasn't very good. the west postwar planning to the occupation of the west in gaza. that was meticulous good they prepared it years in advance. there was a military commander to the west bank since 1963. -- would later be the president of the state of israel. he would be recruited and he would get intelligence briefing, he recruited his own people and they started to devise the shape of military occupation and then there was also the legal branch. they also planned everything since 1963. that's because in 1963 they were on the verge of conquering the west bank. they were about to fall from power. but ever since then they prepared kits for the judge's. that would

but when you teach the truth about israel and the reality about israel. highest values. and it's really, it's been a vast array of what we in america value. >> you've seen how they treat their arab citizens. the freest arabs in the middle east, the vote for, serve and criticize their state, in one country does exist? it's not there. >> what is the end game? who benefits from that? >> well, you have people who hate out there. you have people who hate and thereforethey a therefore they're prepared to lie and sell their agenda. i have close palestinians who want to work side by side in peace. but when you look at the favoring polls and the majority favoring suicide bombings. when you have them that serve majori majority. unfor fatunat unfortunately, they're relatively a new people. they've only had three leaders. they rejected compromise with israel. they reject this with israel because they feel they should rule it all. >> but david, they don't want a palestinian state. >> well, they have had every opportunity. >> having to list side by side with israel. >>

coming up next, you're going to hear from the consul general of israel, dr.dy david and whether practice of tikkun olam is a global example of building bridges of friendship. >> "repair the world," working in places like africa, like latin american, like asia. so wherever there's a need, if it's agriculture, food security public health, gender issues, small to medium enterprises just helping people to create their livelihood... >> my next guest is dr. andy david, the honorable consul general of israel to the pacific northwest and a long-time friend and colleague. we've worked together raising awareness about a lot of issues. how important is it for the american president to have a good relationship with the prime minister of israel? >> well, i think it's very important for both countries. we are friends, we are allies, and it's their duty to be in a friendly relationship and good relationship because we need to get a lot of things done. >> it's been a struggle over the past few years. >> well, there have been ups and downs, a lot of agreements, and a few disa

agenda item 7 is solely for acts condemning israel. why would you do that when you have syria and north korea and all these other places and you're going to have one agenda item for israel? >> the u.n. human rights council has a specific agenda item, israel is always on the agenda? >> it's just an israel bashing item, and it's been there forever, and because it's there, they're constantly trying to use it. whereas i want the attention to be on north korea and syria. and if israel does something, just do it through agenda item 4. >> you said something earlier that i wanted to explore with you further, and that is human rights as it relates to national security. and you see human rights portrayed as a nice thing to do, sort of an emotioemotions -- eml thing to do. >> we're all concerned about and it's not getting any better. how did ill start? >> you had 13 to 15 boys that were having fun and happened to spray something against their government which happened to not be too bad. officers go and pick them up. and brutalize them, they retur

and israel is surrounded by threats. and then we obviously went to gaza and looked at the threat of ha mass as well. the take away i had was the most concerning obviously gaza, but lebanon and it's because when we were on the border you can see hezbola and how they were stationing areas. you could see how they were looking back, but they started to build rockets and missiles and they are preparing themselves and the government of lebanon is looking the other way or either feeling pressured to stay quiet because that's not happening. now i'm moving to look at the un mission there because the un troops there are not looking at hezbola or bridging any attention to that. nigh told to talk about that. so i am going to work it the un route. but israel has their back-up. they see the threat. they see the movement. they see the progress they are making and they are getting ready. and it is something we should be very concerned about and we should watch it because to have conflict break out between lebanon and israel, i mean, the

>> it is just an israel bashing item. it's been there forever and because it's there they are constantly trying to use it. i want the attention to be on north korea and syria and if israel does something do it through that. >> and i want to get back to the situation in the uc.n. you said something and that is human rights as it relates to national security. oftentimes you see human rights portrayed as a nice thing to do but you have made it a priority to link human rights and maybe you can get into it more deeply. >> i think let's look at conflicts in the past. if you go and let's look at syria. that's a major conflict. how did it start? you had a group of 13 to 15-year-old boys that were having fun that happened to spray something against their government which wasn't that bad on a wall. officers go pick up those boys. they brutalize them. they pull their nails out. they return them bloody and bruised to their parents. what would parents do? they got upset and went out to the street and other parents joined them. through

, jerusalem israel because they claim that that's a dispute and it's not the capital of israel. can we get relief for some of those? would you favor that, allowing americans born in jerusalem to just have jerusalem israel if they so choose on their passports. >> i'm not aware of that but i'm happy to talk to the state department about that and see what it would take. >> muslim brotherhood is that part of the solution in the middle east or part of the problem in the middle east and if it's thelatter should the u.s. designate them as a foreign terroristorganization? >> so i think that that's highly debated. that is not something that has been discussed within the administration. i am not a fan of the muslim brotherhood. so i do think that they are more problematic in the area than helpful. >> because i think that we hit the terrorists kind of whack a mole, which is good, you have to take them out, but there is afoundational ideological view that is motivating that and there will be other people that fill that vacuum. the brotherhood i think represents the foundation and if we can

but insists that israel's position is if any projectiles a land to a tree they will be a price to pay these really prime minister benjamin netanyahu had this to say at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting. policy is clear we will not tolerate any spillover or tricky whatsoever nor the morses nor rockets from any front we will strongly to any attack on our territory our citizens. now talking to some people on the ground here what is being expressed is the view that the syrian army needs to pay the price for whatever happens in the golan heights even if the syrian army is fighting terrorists israel still continues to hit their positions. thank you very much indeed that's our tease paula sleep in tel aviv well. and for more on this cross live to political commentator john bolton is jumping you very much indeed for joining us late this evening well as we heard there from from what paula was saying syria says it's fighting against terrorists in the golan heights and errant missiles hit israel the israeli response is acceptable. well it's never acceptable to violate international law by

coming up next, you're going to hear from the consul general of israel, dr.dy david and whether practice of tikkun olam is a global example of building bridges of friendship. >> "repair the world," working in places like africa, like latin american, like asia. so wherever there's a need, if it's agriculture, food security public health, gender issues, small to medium enterprises just helping people to create their livelihood... >> my next guest is dr. andy david, the honorable consul general of israel to the pacific northwest and a long-time friend and colleague. we've worked together raising awareness about a lot of issues. how important is it for the american president to have a good relationship with the prime minister of israel? >> well, i think it's very important for both countries. we are friends, we are allies, and it's their duty to be in a friendly relationship and good relationship because we need to get a lot of things done. >> it's been a struggle over the past few years. >> well, there have been ups and downs, a lot of agreements, and a few disa

they cannott cross into israel for work or to go to the west bank. and the only exist is through egypt where people spend days at the border. >> i felt like i left to go to another country, you know? >> you went to another country. >> so you think i did the right thing? >> oh, forget it. >> forget it? >> yeah. >> theyey'll lynch you. you know? because they don't have too many trees. i don't know where they'll handing you from. >> i'm'm always eager to come here because this is my home. and then when i go back, i take with me a lot of guilt leaving these people behind. >> when are we going to get to the humane level? people should be incensed. not just the palestinians. we should fight arabs and jews to preserve that. >> my opinion is that both sides, people are tired, fatigued and brainwashed and they will not reeble in a way that they would march? the streets. people are saying i care about my four corners and my garden, and it's out of my control and i don't see this rebellion happening. >> clearly i'm the optimist of 2002 of us. in fact, i believe

s unjustified attacks on israel. i hope you are pushing inside the administration to get them to fill the empty boxes on the organization chart. now, rex tillerson has praised the people who are filling the acting positions. you know, acting assistant secretary, acting undersecretary. my wife has been with the state department for 20 years, all of this. you can't get policy direction from somebody who's got the big word "temporary" on their door. until -- until we get those positions filled with people that reflect where the administration want to go, we don't have -- we don't have foreign policies in the hundreds of areas that you and the secretary of state can't personally address. the world is better when the united states is involved, involved in the united nations. we're not necessarily going to be paying our dues or our share of peace keeping. is it easier or harder for you to do your job if we don't pay our dues? >> okay. thank you for that. yes, we will continue to work on south sudan. i will be visiting ther

>> when it went to israel and went to all the borders of possible conflict and israel is surrounded by threats. we went to cause the and looked at the spread of a loss -- hamas but also lebanon because when we were on the border you could see hezbollah how they were stationing areas it could see they were looking back beninese started to build rockets and missiles and they're preparing themselves and the government of lebanon is looking the other way or feeling pressured to stay quiet. space am looking at the un mission because those troops are not looking at hezbollah or bringing attention to that and they need to talk about that the ac missiles are tunnels happening but israel has their back up and they see the threat and the movement and the progress has blood is making and they are getting ready in that is something we should be very concerned about and watched because to have conflict break out between lebanon and israel and the destabilization that would do would be horrible. i'm trying to get this on every betty's radar this is not just another threat it is bigger than that we h

andy david is consul general of israel to the pacific northwest, based in san francisco. he offers this advice. >> well, it's okay to be mad, and it's okay to be angry, and it's okay to be sad. but then if you want to do something about it, if you want to be constructive, then you need to look beyond your anger, and try to maybe use that anger and channel into a positive direction. >> he says there are different ways to build bridges of understanding. >> for people to do cultural events together. business, international trade, education -- there's so many areas in which we can collaborate. >> a key area of conflict continues between israel and the palestinian authority and the debate over statehood for palestinians. i've been to israel and i visited palestinian friends, and i've made friends on both sides. and i've seen the situation in palestine behind the wall. it's -- it's very sad. >> you're right. it's very sad. it makes a lot of israelis sad,

israel, bienvenido. te arrepientes saber intentado hacer eso con tu padre? israel: no.adre ya estÁ deportado. ya estÁ en la ciudad de monterrey. no escoltaron -- lo escoltaron de su hotel a que saliera. ahora, voy a seguir luchando muy duro. voy a seguir los pasos de mi padre. voy a sacar a mi familia adelante. para todos los hispanos tienen que seguir adelante. esto es una realidad quÉ sucede. yo perdÍ a mi pie abre -- padre el miÉrcoles, pero hay que demostrar al mundo que somos gente muy trabajadora. carolina: cuÉntame de esa llamada que recibiste tÚ a la hora de la madrugada. pensaste que tu padre te estaba llamando para que fueran a su casa a recogerlo. israel: yo tengo dos trabajos. yo trabajaba en una compaÑÍa de Él. Él me dijo... javier: muy bien. tenÍamos a israel solano conversando en vivo. me hubiera encantado preguntar acerca de si se siente traicionado. ahÍ esta. esta de vuelta. carolina: no se estaba hablando de la llamada. se quedÓ en la parte que recibio la llamada de su padre. israel: recibÍ la llamada de mi padre. me dijo que me encargara de la compaÑÍ

this hour syria says its army positions in the golan heights have once again come under fire from israel it's the second strike in the area in two days artie's middle east correspondent paula slayer has more. well the syrian army has issued a statement in which it has accused the israelis of targeting syrian army positions on the side of the golan heights now the syrian army is currently fighting the terrorist group. and they say that the israeli attacks are only hoping. they have been to such israeli attacks since saturday as for the israeli side the israeli air force has acknowledged conducting those strikes it says that it is in response to projectiles that landed on the israeli side of the golan heights of course the golan heights is disputed territory but the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying quite clearly at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting that they would be a price to pay even if such projectiles and and are not targeting israel but land on israeli territory by mistake. policy is clear we will not tolerate any spillover or trickle whatsoever nor the mortars

just across the border from israel you have to rocket want your jewelry rock or longer. and they fired shells that landed in israel now who are the brigade here of the israeli defense forces is very well defended with then tirade or so evidently they picked up those launches and then they returned fire against those artillery rocket launcher trucks . and several i guess syrian soldiers were killed but interesting that the israelis don't also fire on the terrorist elements there that's a tough one to figure out from my viewpoint but let's also look at the response and as you said the implication is that i mean the syrian missiles as they came in these errant missiles didn't kill or injure anyone as far as we know and yet the israeli response is alleged to have killed as we said two syrian soldiers to think by definition that israel is being heavy handed. well here's what happens when your military commander cade on the ground over there you have incoming shells landing in your territory you are going to respond because you don't know whether just their initial fires there

coming up next, you're going to hear from the consul general of israel, dr.dy david and whether practice of tikkun olam is a global example of building bridges of friendship. >> "repair the world," working in places like africa, like latin american, like asia. so wherever there's a need, if it's agriculture, food security public health, gender issues, small to medium enterprises just helping people to create their livelihood... >> my next guest is dr. andy david, the honorable consul general of israel to the pacific northwest and a long-time friend and colleague. we've worked together raising awareness about a lot of issues. how important is it for the american president to have a good relationship with the prime minister of israel? >> well, i think it's very important for both countries. we are friends, we are allies, and it's their duty to be in a friendly relationship and good relationship because we need to get a lot of things done. >> it's been a struggle over the past few years. >> well, there have been ups and downs, a lot of agreements, and a few disa

back together again they're going to form that security blanket for israel ultimately and it's in israel's interest to oppose assad because they don't want him in there and it's and they want to promote the more sunni elements there but what they may get are the more radicalized ones well it's interesting cause we don't hear a lot about israel backing the saudis very much say a tacit alliance here before you know israel and so it's most amazing if you look at the golan one you know if you call me pick a new no call me obsolete but israel has no business on the golan they seized that fifty years ago by a war of aggression ok now everybody except over there see it to really go a lot well if there is no israeli go on there's a search i've been there it dominates the whole terrain of that part of the so when you look at the golan and you think about how the israelis went up there fifty years ago i think of the u.s.s. liberty which israel attacked and tried to sink now we know that was it we know that was intentional there's intercepted messages and everything but the question is why and it was

on this anniversary let it be reaffirmed that indiana and america stand with israel. the holy city is a place of prayer for all people and this day provides us with an opportunity to pray for the jewish state. may it remain a beacon of light representing democracy and freedom. and may peace and prosperityp rein for its people. -- reign for its people. the attorneyal capital for the state of israel, jerusalem, is also the seat of parliament. from one representative body to another, we asia lom -- shalom and god bless. our prayers are with israel. today, tomorrow, and always. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. sir, pursuant to section 603 of the department of state authorities act, fiscal year 2017, public law 114-323, i am pleased to appoint the following individual to the western hemisphere drug policy commission, mr. pete gallego of alpine, texas. thank you for your attention to this appointment. signe

syria accuses israel of aiding terrorists after the i.d.f. bomb syrian troops for the second time in two days as damascus soldiers battle with this. review from a us democratic congresswoman who is pushing to stop washington arming militants in syria. each time we have these wars it has resulted in the strengthening of terrorist groups. and the digital divide in the us widens as california and texas over the laws and climate change. by good morning just turned eleven in the morning here in moscow here are t h q kevin zero in with you this hour our top story in syria again the conflict is taking a dangerous new with the israeli military bombing syrian government troops now for the second time as many days as a middle east correspondent in tel aviv fall asleep there's a worry that this would get out of control paula how does israel justify launching strikes across the border into syria in the first place. well certainly as you say israel has bombed the syrian government troops across its border twice since saturday now the israelis claim that t

saudi arabia is no friend of israel.there missiles are printed at tel aviv israel there also printed at toronto.n they are not thought to be nuclear tips, they haven't been armed with nuclear missiles but everyone who is been in the arms community acknowledges that t these missiles could carry a nuclear payload if they were offered. they have the ability to do it. should we send arms to saudi arabia? here's another quote from bob graham. this is a paraphrase what he says there is an abundance of evidence that the saudis were complicit in 911. have we forgotten that 15 of the 19 hijackers were from saudi arabia? have we forgotten the missing 28 pages that they kept from the american public for over a decade? when you read those missing 28 pages that have now been released, they tend to indicate saudi arabia? they tend to indicate the attackers in particular he and san diego were befriended by a government agent for saudicates arabia. there is an abundance of information that implicates saudi arabia and 911. in fact, this