israel perceives b.d.s. as having have very serious strategic impact on its entire regime of oppression because that's her and as well as we do see the south african president as very important we see the u.s. civil rights movement and the power of boycotts and that movement and affecting serious change at academic level the cultural level and increasingly at the economic level israel's isolation is increasing around the world they see the writing on the wall and so do we is that an observable fact that statement that israel's isolation is increasing all the absolutely why else do you think israel treats p.t.s.d. as a strategic threat and allocates hundreds of millions of dollars to fight the movement music that intelligence services and dictating policy to some governments that they want to punish p.t.'s activists threatening churches and trade unions and social movements and solar. so what are the consequences for supporting boycotts of businesses stunning us to discuss in chicago we have team a highly she

ambassador to israel spends most of this time while in israel? >> in the past ambassadors spend time in tel aviv, and having midwest with ambassador freedman a few weeks other it was in tell a vive. >> that's interesting because eusols see them at the king david because as long as the knesset is in session that's where they have. >> they have not lived in the king david every time the knesset is in in session but the state department keeps -- >> exactly. the state department keeps a residence for the ambassador at the king david and has for decades. ambassador gold, would you confirm that from your experience, that if you want to meet the ambassador in jerusalem, that's pretty much the digs he has to meet you at, isn't it? >> there has been a -- an american facility in one of jerusalem's hotels. >> so, i stay at the king david by choice. we'll just leave it as it's my favorite hotel in the city. colony being a second. now, having said that, the security at the kick david is pretty good for a hotel. ambassador bolton, does it begin to meet the set

movement is focused only on israel i'm sure you're aware that palestinians in israel have levels of educational attainment literacy medical care per capita income that really seeds those in almost every other arab country so and actually landmark that there are sixty laws that discriminate against palestinian citizens of viscera you cannot deny the longstanding human rights violations that almost any human rights organization has very well documented and i thank you. that palestinians had not had not achieved freedom equality and justice in their structure let's talk about it this is how the second wave of opposing opposing israel's longstanding occupation and the united states has unconditional support for it so demon mark i want to go with tara i'm going to start to see you charles but i want to get in there because there's a tweet out from someone this is for this in mind who echoes really what mark you started out by saying that pro israel authorities are afraid of b.d.s. he says because they think the movement hi to the ultimate goal of undermining and dismantling the jewish state but he g

ambassador to israel spends most of his time when he is in israel? >> the past investors have spent their time in tel aviv. said it is interesting, because i always see them at the king david because as long as the tenacity is in session, that is where they live, correct? believe the state department keeps a residence in the king david for the ambassadors coming us. >> exactly. the state department keeps a residence for the ambassador at fouring david and has decades. ambassador gold, would you confirm that from your experience? if you want to meet the ambassador in jerusalem, that is pretty much the digs he has to meet you at, correct? >> it has been. it has been an american facility in one of jerusalem's hotels. the king davidt by choice. so we will leave it at, it is my favorite hotel in the city. the colony being a second. having said that, the security at the king david is pretty good for a hotel. ambassador bolton, does it begin to meet the setbacks of safety, security for embassy personnel on the ambassador that are the minimum standard of tod

and israel, nine, zero. thank you very much. >> thank you, mort klein that your notes the presence of our colleague, mr. meadows and i ask unanimous consent he be allowed to fully participate in today's hearing. without objection it is -- [inaudible] [laughing] >> i don't think he would want a recorded vote on that. jericho recognizes dr. koplow for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman, mr. ranking member and members of the committee for the invitation to appear before you to discuss important issue of moving the american embassy in israel to jerusalem. as the title of the string aptly notes that are both challenges and opportunities in moving the embassy from its current location in tel aviv and make this issue particularly thorny. the basic calculus at hand is a balance issues fundamental fairness against potential harm to american security and diplomatic priorities and u.s. allies in the region. moving in the siege of jerusalem would rectify the historic wrong of locating the american embassy in the c

this is the beginning of israel and also the beginning of the recognition of israel by the world wide net for the balfour declaration deprive many of their property as nine one of them i mean if you gee i live in to flood refugee camp i can't get back to my original village. by the one nine hundred forty s. britain worried about a forcible creation of a jewish state was attempting to hold back jewish immigration now the zionists targeted the british ninety one people were killed in the bombing of mandate headquarters at jerusalem's king david hotel. post-holocaust looted sympathy for the jewish cause surged in one hundred forty eight when the british withdrew the state of israel was declared the palestinians that moment is remembered as the nakba or catastrophe when hundreds of thousands of people lost their homes and land students at university in the occupied west bank say it all began with balfour and . we won't settle for an apology return what you made us lose then we'll accept the apology. and bethlehem palestinian protesters weren't settling for british commemoration no matter

the prime minister of israel i have turned the page on the relationship between israel and the united states. it is a change decidedly for the better. [applause] please join with me in the years to come and as we continue to strengthen and enhance the unbreakable bonds of these two great nations. thank you so much. [applause] >> the organizers of the januarn washington we can be for the first time in late october in detroit. tonight we will show a portion of the event featuring a panel of the women's moment and a keynote address by maxine waters, california congresswoman. >> of the word go for this day that the women at this convention and all across the country have had enough, enough is enough. we are not going to take it anymore. enough is enough. we are waitin waiting are or war against sexual harassment. were reading a war against the perverts who believes that we can be misused or exploited in the interest of a job or recognition or even so-called love. today we declare we are not taking it anymore. [cheering and applause] today we declare that we will not tolerate, ignore or be

we've grown used to succession of labor governments who've been very pro israel as pro israel it's as conservative government something has changed there's a new leader who is speaking a very different kind of language tell us what it is what does jeremy corbyn stand for when it comes to the israel palestine conflict. well there are three key moments and labor had been a very strong supporter of the state of israel and tony blair and gordon brown as prime ministers both were but tony blair partly had to do the same in two thousand and nine there was a lot of the harmony within the party but the tipping point was when you refused to criticize labor's bombing of lebanon in two thousand and seven when the two thousand and fourteen bought your affair to win it was a two hundred sixty two majority labor had the whip and that which meant that was all part of all m.p.'s were to vote the party line to recognise the state of palestine this is going against what christian blunt is a setting that the british government policy has no effect there's really a government at the time lobbied hard to

israel's control and rights to israel is not in dispute yet israel is the only country whose capital is unrecognized. the foreign presence in tel aviv fuels the fear among israelis that the full legitimacy of their state will never be acknowledged. moving it to jerusalem makes a statement of fairness and tel aviv to remain in line with the rest of the community is not sufficient reason do so. there should be no ambiguity about the true capital. nevertheless there are potentially damaging security implications if it is moved to jerusalem. it for these reasons that every president including president trump has declined to move the embassy since the embassy act of 1995 was passed. and it should be weighed seriously. there are three things to keep it there. the first is to prevent unnecessary violence. jerusalem is possibly the most sensitive gee owe political site in the world and sudden moves often lead to chaos. the most deadly violence committed by palestinians against israelis including the first and second inte fa das and the western wall tunnel riots are sparked by fears irrespect

the priming us to israel and i both agree that we have turned the page on the relationship tween israel and the united states. it is a change decidedly for the better. please join with me in the years to come as we continue to strengthen and enhance the unbreakable bonds of these two great nations. [applause] >> the c-span buses on the 50 capital store, visiting -- capital tour. they kicked off in dover, delaware and have visited 12 capitals. our next stop is tallahassee, florida. we will be there on december 6 with live interviews during "washington journal." robinsonly, and a talked about where u.s. troops are deployed around the world, and what their mission is. >> we want to welcome linda robinson, the senior and international defense -- for the rand corporation. nonprofit nonpartisan research institution and we do research both for the u.s. government as well as for frankly any entities. countries, private firms for international institutions. talking with general graham earlier about u.s. troops in afghanistan. we have a heavy presence along the dmz and in south korea. is that a d

the state of israel. [applause] let me be clear on this important point, there is no daylight between the united states and israel on the critical importance of arresting the development of iran's arsenal and ending its sponsorship of rogue regimes. [applause] you know the president is committed to seeking a peaceful resolution of the israeli .alestinian conflict but never in a way that ever jeopardizes the security of the state of israel. the president recognizes the that judeoportance and samaria would never become another failed experiment like we saw in the gaza strip. the president knows judeo and samaria are not situated next to finland or costa rica. perhaps most importantly, you will never hear the president make the case, as his predecessor did, that there is some symmetrical relationship between, let's say, building a house in a samaria and village -- a samaria and village -- a samarian village and -- --re is no equivelance no equivalence whatsoever. moveresident intends to the united states emb

than israel is using it for its run advantages as far as again israel is never really and has never really cared too much for human rights or any other things are happening within the middle east in the sense that it was always clear to to is to say israel that you know it stands in very different opposite sides and where you know on the values it was interesting how that's going to carry the line the other day said israel is happy to let riyadh leave the un to radiate alliance but not so happy to pay the political price of real cooperation with what he's worked at the political price all the political parties first of all meant to me always it has the most right wing government we've ever seen in israel so of course this is nothing you know coming closer to a trip to the to the arab world there's nothing that is taken so far only within his base but more than that that it seems to be understanding that the political price is willing to pay is when it comes to the palestinians in the sense that they need to make some some show willingness for compromise when it comes to the saudi in

zachary waxer: we have israel. it's a pretty amazing and special country and unfortunately it needs an army in order to survive. so if i want israel to continue existing for future generations i have to do my part to help defend it. in america, i don't think generally there is this passion about serving your country-- i know there isn't, the way it is here, and here you are, on a trajectory of success in america, and you go home and join the israeli army. so what drove you back? well, i had a very strong identity, having been born here, having been raised here, knowing jewish history. i never thought of my life as separate from the life of my people and my country. i never thought-- i think they're intertwined. this is a free country, and if i said, "what is the greatest battle that we face?" of course we live in a tough neighborhood, and we have to defend ourselves. and we have the bravest soldiers in the world to do that. ( cheers, applause ) i always thought you have to have a balance between individual ambition

ambassador to israel spends most of his time while he's in israel?>> in the past, the ambassadors spent their time in tel aviv and having met with ambassador friedman a few weeks ago, that's in tel aviv. >> it's interesting because i always see them in the king david because as long as the kinesett is in session that's where they live. >> in the past they haven't lived every time the kinesett is in session, but i believe they keep a residence. >> the embassy keeps a residence at the king david and have for decades. ambassador gold, would you confirm that from your experience, if you want to meet the ambassador in jerusalem, that's pretty much the digs he has to meet you at, isn't it? >> there has been an american facility in one one of jerusalem's hotels. >> so i stay at the king david by choice. we'll leave it, it's my favorite hotel in the city, colony being a second. now, having said that, the security at the king david is pretty good for a hotel. ambassador bolton, does it begin to meet the setbacks of safety, security for embassy personnel and t

again, criticism of israel is israel gvt and policy are more than fair. they're welcomed here just as they are in israel. but when you take the position it's one thing to criticize the policies but when you take as your position the very suggestion that israel as a nation does not have a right to exist, and you then try to impose that to shut down others, that is not a student finding his or her voice. that is students or others on a college campus using their voices to silence others in a way that is wholly unacceptable. which this definition is trying to address. i yield back, thank you. >> i recognize myself. for five minutes. it was my turn. for the record. this is obviously been a very compelling hearing here today for me. as it happens a very good friend of mine is in the audience. the head of the christian united for israel. which i have been involved in. and i think he is perhaps the greatest friend of israel and in the western world. so the opinion is high there. certainly i identify with so many of the comments here today. some of us are deeply

israel is a state israel is a strong state. the others are a people and they are occupied and the whole world has been talking for seventy years or maybe a little less about a two state solution. why. where is that second state what does that mean two states i make a state accept palestine as a state and then they can negotiate as one state to another in about three months of he used to be so proud of israel this is the third me when i met him he was the first man i knew who came from israel. i did have a few friends from there but otherwise. and the way he talked about it and the way he explained it all to me and how the country created itself from nothing wonderful and then over the years one after another you could see how it went down like a rollercoaster. and most of all i think it's not so much the situations themselves as the people more the way more out has gone has declined. the freethinking or differently minded people are no longer respected. respected this is saturday is lack of respect and an exhaustion and passivi

again, criticism of israel and israel's government and policies are more than fair.they are welcome here just as they are in israel. when you take the position and it's one thing to criticize those policies but when you take, as your position, the very suggestion that israel as a nation does not have a right to exist and then you try to impose that to shut down others that is not a student biting his or her voice that is a student or others on a college campus using their voices to silence others in a way that is wholly unacceptable which this definition is simply trying to address. are you back. >> i think the gentleman and i now recognize myself for five minutes. it was my turn left bac. [laughter] this is a compelling hearing today for me as it happens a very good friend of mine is in the audience, gary bauer, head of the christians united for israel which i've been involved in that for a long time and i think that he is perhaps the greatest friend of israel in the western world. so, i mean, the opinion is pretty high there. certainly i identify with so many of th

hezbollah to israel.t can endanger the northern part of israel, but also reach the population of tel aviv. we were talking about the middle east as a new game with old cards being reshuffled. there's an understanding that every mistake might lead to war and might lead to -- the repercussions might be very dire. as much as there is very strong talk, there's very much caution when it comes to any operations being made. we need to keep that in mind. peter c.: what role is iran playing here? on the one hand, there's a mood of compromise with the nuclear deal. on the other hand, arms shipments to hezbollah, to the rebels in yemen. peace, does iran want prosperity in the future for its people? jamsheed: i think iran is like saudi arabia. both of them are part of problems and not solutions. momentnon, we see at the i'm not going to say there is a war,danger of a kind of but the possibility of such a war has increaseded. we should take it seriously. i think at the moment it is not that the war is knocking on the

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

israel is a state israel is a strong state. the others are a people and they are occupied and the whole world has been talking for seventy years or maybe a little less about a two state solution. where is that second state what does that mean two states i make a state accept palestine as a state and then they can negotiate as one state to another. johnson he used to be so proud of israel this fulfilled me when i met him he was the first man i knew who came from israel. i did have a few friends from there but otherwise. and the way he talked about it and the way he explained it all to me and how the country created itself from nothing wonderful and then over the years one after another you can see how it went down like a roller coaster. and most of all i think it's not so much the situations themselves as the people more the way morale has gone has declined. the freethinking or differently minded people are no longer respected. to speak to it that's what it is a lack of respect and an exhaustion and passivity in political matter

even if there were over israel would win it. and golda had to accept it because they were generals and she accepted what they said. but very close to win that war broke out one day they kgb, they picked up a sign from the kgb that hundreds of advisors from the soviet union had been in russia and in syria were leaving in a great hurry. remember that was the cold war era and rush and syria, egypt and syria were clients of russia and israel was a client of the united states. so these advisors, russian advisors in syria and egypt were leaving in a great hurry. golda had such a gut feeling that something has got to be wrong. why are they doing that? but no, no, her generals reassured her not to worry about it. maybe they think we're going to attack them there's a low possibility of war. and then of course the war broke out and it was very difficult times for issue. as i said in the end, they lost so many soldiers and so many wounded that the scars of that war are still felt in israel today. and for golda it was a great tragedy. she s

the arab countries surrounding israel and israel have now have a common enemy or enemies i should say around isis. and hamas and others and so this is a time where they can come together and and work together to find a peaceful solution to the palestinian problem so what are you saying that israel and saudi arabia aren't our allies i mean you know there aren't even any flights between riyadh in tel aviv for example. i'm not saying they're their allies i think they have a common interest common interest often brings together the you know the same goals in this case the goal is to stop iran's nuclear development and their support of terrorism that's an important common goal whether you call him allies or not. i think you know that that certainly trumps if i can use that word the other difference is that they have today. and i just came back from saudi arabia you know to our yeah then. i found you know i've been traveling to that region for a while and i am finding some significant differences of attitude. you know among saudis and qataris i think there are looking for ways to open up di

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

israel and saudi arabia co-sponsoring a resolution against syria at the u.n. there does seem to be this new close alliance between saudi arabia and israel possibly driven by their shared hatred for iran. that is certainly not my reading i'm not aware of any official communication of any sort between saudi arabia and israel saudi arabia's position on the israeli palestinian conflict has not changed it is still and is very much supportive of that us that your leadership president mahmoud abbas was just in saudi arabia a few days ago it ran it made it to us they are states pollution and that it has said that until that. is resolved that region well that enjoy any sense so you are saying this is not an issue between saudi arabia is are you denying what we're all seeing in the news every day that is that is my right just because saudi arabia and israel are concerned about. iran's very destructive oil in the region and that is that does not necessarily mean that this isn't a. concern that it's a shared concern not alliance running an alternative reading that i would

that's in response to palestinian efforts to raise the issue of israel's occupation of the international criminal court and if the u.s. goes ahead with his plans simeon say they will end all communication with washington we have a lot to get to with our guest but first this report from dan estabrook. the plant closure of the palestinian liberation organization's office in washington prompted shock and a threat from a senior palestinian official to freeze ties with the us this is very unfortunate and seven this is the pressure being exerted on this administration from the if you know government the time when we're trying to achieve the ultimate you think such steps which would undermine the peace process the u.s. state department announced its decision to close the office late last week citing a twenty fifteen law placing conditions on the u.s. mission office those conditions relate to the palestinians pressuring the international criminal court to seek charges against israel over the issue of israeli settlements and crimes against palestinians the move comes as the troubled ministration

hundred years since the balfour declaration the netter change the middle east paving the way for israel's creation israeli prime minister is in london for a celebratory dinner but for palestinians before is a cause of decades of suffering and they want an apology from the british government but our extensive coverage including reaction from ramallah and london. also on the bridge new york suspected truck attacker faces court in a wheelchair accused of killing eight people near the world trade center but even as investigators build their case against my fellow sidewalk noirs a questioning if tweets from president donald trump could impact a future trial right spain why and on a day dedicated to ending crimes against journalists we'll tell you about the most dangerous places in the world to be a reporter the u.n. estimates nine hundred have been killed while doing their jobs in the past decade but only one in ten cases has led to a conviction and it's not just the world's conflict hotspots where being a journalist can put you in danger i mean or schapelle tell you about an. that's the numbe

zero israel. or for that matter. it's not going to happen. the fact of the matter is the past year. twenty seventeen was also the fiftieth anniversary of israel's occupation of the west bank east jerusalem and gaza that's a lawyer who took issue israel it's a done deal but the occupation as a life political issue whether the palestinian authority due in june this past year come mark the occupation it exactly nothing or any demonstrations there were no the instructions whenever it comes to practical political work which can actually have an effect on real life suffering the palestinian authority does nothing but the simple reason that it's paid for by the united states and israel these are collaborators karrar and that collaborators and so they wait for these symbolic meaningless moments to show their or our commitment to the coolers and in bethlehem the british artist banksy has not the anniversary in his own unique way as there was time for set records. in the occupied west bank a twisted version of a british street party to mark the hundred year legacy of the balfour declaration i

in israel they don't vote geographically. the men in the cabinet and their great wisdom said, why don't we use the system and sing a guy ask, when men are called to bless you say for example isaac the son of jacob so why don't we identified the men by their fathers names and she said well i think we should identify by their mothers names. but always say isaac the son of rachel. and they put the whole thing aside. on a more serious level, when she was labor minister she literally pushed through legislature that protected working women when the woman was hospitalized having a baby would be free. there is paid maternity leave. she cared about women in women's issues but she was supposed to the women's movements in the 1970s. she said, those crazy broad burning women. part of that because she was a socialist. she had a vision of socialism taken over society and everybody would be under that blanket and nobody would need a special movement because there needs to be taken care of. the other reason was simply her ambition. she knew

israel says it's prepared to cooperate with saudi arabia to unite against iran israel's military chief the attendant general gadi eyes and told an arabic online newspaper it's ready to share intelligence information with saudi arabia now israel and saudi arabia do not have diplomatic ties but recently their relations have shown some signs of improving in june two israeli ministers separately called for full diplomatic relations to be established with saudi arabia in october classified memos by the israeli foreign ministry revealed it had instructed ambassadors around the world to begin a diplomatic campaign against iran and hezbollah are both saudi arabia's rivals and a couple of weeks ago prime minister binyamin netanyahu said israel is working very hard to establish an effective alliance with the modern city states to counter it rainy and aggression. michael ware has the latest now from west jerusalem. israel's military chief left tenant general gatti eyes in court said his country was ready to cooperate with what he described as moderate arab states against a common enemy iran but i