if you're not investing in israel, anyone here not investing in israel?hter] pm netanyahu: invest in israel. you should. david: you were the first israeli prime minister to be born in israel. but you moved to the united states when you were initially eight-years-old, right? pm netanyahu: yes. i came for a year. david: then you didn't like it and went back? pm netanyahu: i was eight years old. [laughter] pm netanyahu: i was an independent kid but not that independent. [laughter] david: then you came back to the united states a a teenager? pm netanyahu: yeah. david: you went to m.i.t. and majored in architecture. did you want to be an architect? pm netanyahu: yeah at the time i did. i got an under degree in architecture and did four years in two years. after two years, i got my under graduate degree and then i decided i'd go to the sloan school and got an mba. mba, and then you went to bcg. you are in a business career with a great firm. what propelled you to get out of that, possibly getting into private equity even and going to something else? [laughter]

or boycott israel. in essence, it allows us to boycott the boycotters. something that is an infringement on the first amendment, but let me tell you, the first amendment protects speech and actions that function in the form of speech. this is not an effort to silence speech, nor is this an effort to silence speak, per se, it is an effort to defend the right to counter speak. you have a right to express your views on something. you have a right to boycotting country, and people have a right to boycott you, and that is what this law allows you to do. it is that simple. by the way, this is not some domestic debate. they are not trying to influence some law that we are passing here in bds. they are not trying to influence your opinions on a topic. they are trying to influence the foreign policy of another country. this is not traditional free speech. the courts have given congress and the executive reached extraordinary discretion on the setting of foreign policy, and when a company weighs in on bds, they a

of israel and gaza was a mass terrorist israel attacked and it's not enough to just support israel but you have to want those who don't support israel to be punished senator marco rubio is going after a newly elected congresswoman simply because he had voted against a law that would penalize those who boycott israel and it's not just democrats who catch flack if they don't toe the tell of the line rand paul a republican is facing away the attack ads congress wants to authorize military support to keep israel safe president trump strongly supports it but rand paul will read his stand with israel or will you stand in the way if you want to be successful in politics follow the lead of new york city mayor bill de blasio he actually went as far as saying that being pro israel is part of his job and this is what i do as mayor it's a sacred responsibility to speak up for and defend the state of israel there is no closer relationship on earth literally no closer relationship than that between new york city and the state of israel and when it comes to media coverage of israel palestine conflict

if you're not investing in israel, anyone here not investing in israel?hter] pm netanyahu: invest in israel. you should. david: you were the first israeli prime minister to be born in israel. but you moved to the united states when you were initially eight-years-old, right? pm netanyahu: yes. i came for a year. david: then you didn't like it and went back? pm netanyahu: i was eight years old. [laughter] pm netanyahu: i was an independent kid but not that independent. [laughter] david: then you came back to the and went back? pm netanyahu: i was eight years old. [laughter] pm netanyahu: i was an independent kid but not that independent. [laughter] david: then you came back to the united states as a teenager? pm netanyahu: yeah. david: you went to m.i.t. and majored in architecture. did you want to be an architect? pm netanyahu: yeah, at the time i did. i got an under degree in architecture and did four years and went back? pm netanyahu: i was eight years old. [laughter] pm netanyahu: i was an independent kid but not that independent. and two years. after t

only to the jews living is israel —— in israel but also the jews living is israel —— in israel but alsonge radically. we know what it meant to bejewish... radically. we know what it meant to be jewish. .. i totally understand that. i don't think you are answering my specific point. is it your perspective that israel is ultimately the only safe place, truly safe place for the jewish people? so, it is the job of an israeli prime minister, is rayleigh politicians to invitejews to come to israel. it is ourjob of the conference of european rabbis to make sure that jews conference of european rabbis to make sure thatjews in europe can live safely. and you believe they can? i believe that the future of jews in europe is dependent on the future of europe. if europe gets its act together, and we are going to go through these changes and turbulence, and europe is going to come out as a stronger entity, a safe entity, that i think there is also a quantity which —— continuity forjews in europe. pinchas goldschmidt, i thank you very much for being on hardtalk. thank you. thank you very much indeed.

if you're not investing in israel, anyone here not investing in israel?ughter] pm netanyahu: invest in israel. you should. david: you were the first israeli prime minister to be born in israel. but you moved to the united states when you were initially eight-years-old, right? pm netanyahu: yes. i came for a year. david: then you didn't like it and went back? pm netanyahu: i was eight years old. [laughter] pm netanyahu: i was an independent kid but not that independent. [laughter] david: then you came back to the united states a a teenager? pm netanyahu: yeah. david: you went to m.i.t. and majored in architecture. did you want to be an architect? pm netanyahu: yeah at the time i did. i got an under degree in architecture and did four years in two years. after two years, i got my under graduate degree and then i decided i'd go to the sloan school and got an mba. david: mba, and then you went to bcg. you are in a business career with a great firm. what propelled you to get out of that, possibly getting into private equity even and going to something else? [l

israel will hit back harder. you can easily see missile start coming out of lebanon and into israel and israel is funny with overwhelming force, and now we have a much rotter conflict -- and israel responding with overwhelming force, and now we have a much broader conflict. the united states stands ready to equip israel in the case of such a contingency is one of the best things we can do to prevent it from happening. there's enemies believe any doubt the u.s. will step forward and help israel we supply, you increase the probability that they will miscalculate and take such action. if a no -- if they know we are committed to rearming israel is often as is necessary in order to help them defend themselves, and the chances of them attacking our diminished. that is why this bill authorizes u.s. security assistance and financing to israel at an amount no less than 3.3 billion dollars for the next 10 years. this is authorize a memorandum of understanding signed between the obama administration and israel. we are often

so you're israel. you have your mortal enemy, iran, your mortal enemy had a assad, and your mortal enemy from the groups north of you in that country. so israel is taking action. they are increasingly and openly acknowledging as they launch these attacks into syria to try to put thumb selves into that position. they cannot allow people and they cannot allow organizations whose very existence is justified by the destruction of the jewish state to openly operate and increase their capacity just north of their border. that's what's happening and that's why israel is increasingly striking. but thereon the words of -- but listen to the words from a broadcast is that hezbollah was on television, in a public -- open television interview, and he basically warned israel, he said, if israel continues to strike within syria in this way, it's going to lead to a war. and it's going to lead to a war because syria and its allies, including them, but also iran, are going to have to retaliate for these attacks. so if y

and boycott israel. in essence, it allows us to boycott the boycotters. now, some say that's an infringement on the first amendment. first i would tell you the first amendment protects speech and actions that function in the form of speech. this is not an effort to silence speech, nor is this an effort, by the way, to defeat an effort per se. it is an effort to defend the right to counterspeak. the first amendment is a two-way street. you have your right to express your views on something, but others have a right to respond. you have a right to boycott a country and people have a right to boycott you. and that's what this law allows them to do. it's that simple. by the way, this is not some domestic debate. this is about -- they're not trying to influence some law that we're passing here in b.d.s. they're not trying to influence your opinions on a topic. they're trying to influence the foreign policy of another country. this is not traditional free speech. the courts have weighed in on this in the past a

and jews identifying strongly with israel, as well as within israel itself, because, for many, these two concepts, international human right and zionism, have come to be used -- viewed by many as polar opposite. i'm going to say a few words about this because it will give you the context of the moment we -- and why i wanted to explore the sister and explain to myself and all of us how we got here and what the story is really about. full disclaimer. i would say parts of the left. there is the idea that zionism is viewed as a tribalism and at worst is a form of racism. roguel is demonized as a regime linked to police fertility a link to all manner onic ideologies of racial some periodic. more specifically, as many of you may be aware in england today, british politics is convulsed with the debate about zionism. is debatingarty whether it's tax of his leadership constitutes anti-zionism or a political critique. starbucks frequently partner with the anti-defamation league to deal with bias, and he and i was to do sensitivity training in terms of racial bias, because of an incident in phi

is in the white house to trumpet ministration is clearly a pro israel israel has also a lot of good will in the sunni arab state that a very warry above the iranian expansion and period lism in the middle east and therefore the time is on israel's side as long as the iranians do not have nuclear weapons and i think israel will pretty much demand that iran does what israel is demanding for many years now which is to stop the resupply of hizbollah the iranians are under economic pressure because of the oil sanctions and because of the white house policies and if they rainiest are not listening to what the israelis are telling them then this is collation may continue in the lebanon and syria space and possibly as we just recently learned from the reported by the israeli television university is to do it for strategic studies also possibly action in the territory of iran itself well arrow one of the timing pre-show perspective thanks very much indeed thank you. turkish president reza type and has spoken with donald trump to discuss u.s. troop withdrawal from syria the phone conversation come

on sunday which was itself a response to israel's air raid in the damascus international airport. explosions in the skies over damascus early on monday morning the syrian observatory for human rights says some syrians have been killed israel's military has confirmed that it targeted at radian and syrian positions including arsenals and training camps as seen in this footage. during a visit to china yesterday israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu called it an early warning of a long term military strategy. is one of the newly prominently pursue a policy of attacking iranian positions in syria and everyone who tries to harm. the policy was developed after a drone attack on israel from an iranian position in syria in february last year in the months that followed israel did hundreds of military bases arsenals and radar stations across syria the goal was to destroy the iranian infrastructure there as much as possible. his real increasingly views the expansion of iranian positions and the deployment of iranian revolutionary guards in syria as a direct threat to israel's security. a

israel is a small but tourism is booming and israel is trying to compete to ways its neighbors mainly ways are kabar airport that actually was opened after the integration of the first airport in a lot daylight a lot airport i visited it i crossed it several times is quite limited and israel is trying to bring the winter tourists to the area and hopefully in the future we will see packages of tourist packages bringing european tourists coming here to warm up in the summer in a lot of them crossing to aqaba and to sign out i just listen to the report about gaza actually i also visited this airport in gaza when we were in the honeymoon days of all slow but it also reminds me that in two thousand and six. shimon peres at that time he was the one of the architects of all slow and the hero . has agreed with king abdullah of jordan of opening an international airport in a lot and our combat that will serve both sides that there will be one terminal on the israeli side and another terminal out in jordan and will offer its services to tourists coming to the middle east interesting how a thing

if israel fulfills that, who was there? and israel does not want to say. you probably do not want to test the proposition, especially during an election period where the prime minister is going to be criticized if he does not do enough. might other hand, you probe to see what the thresholds of primein the case minister netanyahu, on the one hand he wants to convey a very tough rhetorical posture that he hopes will be convincing so that it deters anything from happening, weather in gaza or if it happens in the northern front, and in both cases, the last thing he probably wants is to have a conflict that is unlikely to be decisive. and is not easy to bring to a conclusion. and there clearly are hence from fromesk from hezbollah -- hezbollah and the iranians that all the resistance would be involved. just in gaza alone, would that really mean that nothing would be happening on the northern front? hamas now has people -- now has people in southern lebanon. all sides real allies it is not in their interest to have a conflict. and as we have seen before, even th

defense of israel and their friends in the region is absolutely assured john h. johnson is a u.s. foreign policy expert and a form a senior congressional advisor he says baldness trying to reassure allies concerned by trump's foreign policy the number one problem is the trump policy of carrying out foreign policy be your tweet has real world consequences and be impulsive decision to pull troops out of syria as startled our allies in the region and even led to the resignation of a u.s. defense secretary so i'm sure a ambassador bolton is there in an attempt to assure partners in the region bad even though this announcement was announced in a rather cavalier way. it is the plan of the attention of the administration to not carry out this withdrawal in the same way it was announced and the hope i would imagine from ambassador bolton viewpoint is to try to reduce the tremendous level of concern in the region which is totally understandable i believe if you just look at the past two years there are those in israel who. by and large support trumps decision to switch the us embassy or to

said it in the sense that a rocket fired at the golan heights from syria israel's president said the strikes were retaliation against iran. very. close to the an acceptable we should follow formats yes runyan forces from syrian territory this is. clearly begins the new influences in syria and it creates the region. we will not allow to happen to the international community massing the. forces in the middle east who would lead the region into a skill aish polls have now closed in the southern philippines region of mindanao and a historic vote on autonomy the new proposal would mean greater local control and less dependence on the national government. stray shell fire in libya has killed the news camera man who works for al-jazeera and other leading media organizations thirty five year old mohammed bin khalifa died on saturday while on assignment with a libyan militia. but as the headlines the news continues here now in search of who to russia stay with us. children's lives none of. us wish that they did watch a sudden much to miss certainly this. still has that. this year. trying to.

offensive israel's security was maintained this is of course going to be top of the agenda israel's main concerns inside syria is the presence of iranian backed militias is the presence of hezbollah and any potential weapons that can reach the group and can threaten israel security now these are the prime minister will be taking john bolton up to the occupied golan heights. and of course will be keen to show him the operation that israel's been undertaking there against tunnels that were dug by hezbollah also a message there in that press conference calling on the international community saying it was time for them to recognize the golden heights of course that israel occupied after the one nine hundred sixty seven war so syria and iran the threat of iran will be top of the agenda of course bolton looking to reassure israel that the troop withdrawal is not going to be a threat to israel's security of course the timing of that now very much up in the air i think no one really knows exactly how and when that is going to happen john h. jones is a u.s. foreign policy expert and a former

israel and iran exchanged. for his crew that it could lead to a wider regional war with global consequences. and with the potential to get a. relationship with the north. pole. hello we've had a couple of fine days not just in iraq but throughout live and so it's time to bring another storm system in there is it's one that's been really quite active in the eastern med particular across turkey it'll swing in and it's just this line here but ahead of it is inducing yet more rain this green that runs out of egypt through northern saudi in jordan that is just developing in situ more or less produce some fairly heavy downpours and last a day or two does not attempt very much with eighteen degrees in baghdad but the dark darkness in the green suggests some pretty heavy rain in eastern iraq running up to the north coast it will be snow to get to the high ground in turkey in northern syria and tolerate on well briefed and showers all systems rain comes back to lebanon this is during monday because the tail of green whi

some messages to israel. there are reports that russia wants israel to stop targeting in and around the damascus airport it's a difficult balancing act for moscow it has a good relationship with israel but it wants commercial planes to start landing to end syria's isolation but the airport is also important to iran israeli officials have said civilian cargo planes are used to transfer weapons from to her and to iranian backed groups in syria including lebanon's hezbollah they also say iran's privately owned mahaan air is one of the carriers suspected of carrying war material to syria the airline has been under u.s. sanctions and now the german government has decided to prevent it from landing at german airports many of the strikes targeting damascus airport coincided with reports of iranian planes landing on sunday air flight was about to make its approach before turning back according to israeli media the latest wave of attacks is the second in less than ten days and the third since the u.s. announced last m

inside israel.hen i visited palestine and 2011, i had the opportunity to speak with a jewish activist who were opposed to the occupationn of palestine. attacks ont with andle like marc lamont hill the organizers of the women's march -- so it seems as if there may be an effort to prevent black solidarity with palestine. to conspiracyibe theories, but it seems as if we are witnessing a consistent attack a particularly radical black activists who are enencouraging international struggles with many in other places,s, but especialy with the palestinians. amy:y: scholar and human rights activist angelela davis, daughtr of birmingham. conontinue with my conversation with her in a minute. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, ththe war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. as we return to my conversation davis, for more than decade she h has been one of the most influential activist and intellectuals in the united states, an icon of the black liberation movement. angela davis was set t

we must also walk the walk to support israel's security. this legislation will help israel maintain a qualitative military edge against ongoing threats by authorizing military assistance and allowing the transfer of equipment and defensive weapons. importantly, we will also assist israel and in counting the threat of unmanned aerial vehicles deployed by iran in particular. in addition to supporting israel it will empower state and local governments in the united states to counter the anti-israel boycott sanctions movement, better known as bds, and it's discriminatory economic warfare against the jewish state. in addition to nurturing our relationship with israel the bill also recognize the importance of supporting jordan, another key regional ally. authorizes legislation to strengthen our defense cooperation and support jordan is response to the overwhelming humanitarian crisis caused by the syrian civil war. according to the united nations there are more than 740,000 refugees in jordan. that equates to 89 refugees per 100,000 -- next tuesd

and even with israel a rush to war seems unwanted. news well first of all war is not a good thing because all countries involved take a loss if there is a war we won't stop it but we will fight until our last drop of blood to defend our country even when we read in iran won't go for one around is just defending itself we don't say war will never happen every moment we expect it but we will defend ourselves and we will surely when. it is better to avoid war as much as possible is better things can be solved by tox back ducks without any deception while low level skirmishes with israel inside syria may worsen in iran there still seems to be as much talk of peace as there is for war despite open hostility towards israel for now most people don't appear to want another large scale conflict zain bus ravi alleges he wrote to her on. the malaysia is fast becoming the top destination for plastic waste from around the world people have been trying to cash in on china's decision to stop buying discarded plastics for recycling. reports this has

guards in syria as a direct threat to israel's security. after a rocket was fired over the golan heights israel has now warned of further counter attacks by syria syria's ally iran. the president of respect. today for talks with a chance of. president. minutes there is u.s. wants to deepen ties with germany his visit comes at a time of change for the central asian country the president's assumed power to me years ago following the death of the country's autocratic leader mr you know i have says he's committed to opening up the country to the rest of the world. compliments of head on recent political. this reform process is genuine. yes it does otherwise this visit to which is the first such visit in eighteen years simply wouldn't have taken place in fact as long as the previous president was in power the german government steadfastly refused requests for a meeting and the chancellor said as much in her remarks today she said that this visit was intended as a gesture of encouragement and as you said she commended the president for quote a lo

and the bill they are refusing relates to israel, our great friend israel and the atrocities having a hard time understanding why the senate should be shut down this looks pretty good and i don't know why we cannot process bills the vast majority of us support. i helped to pass all of these bills at the end of last session so we are unable to do it but the vast majority of members in the senate so no matter how you view the government shutdown there is

defense of israel security was maintained this is of course going to be top of the agenda israel's main concerns inside syria is the presence of iranian backed militias is the presence of hezbollah and any potential weapons that can reach the group and can threaten israel security now the israeli prime minister will be taking john bolton up to the occupied golan heights. and of course will be keen to show him the operation that israel's been undertaking there against tunnels that were dug by hezbollah also a message there in that press conference calling on the international community saying it was time for them to recognize the golden highs of course that is right occupied after the one nine hundred sixty seven war so syria and iran the threat of iran will be top of the agenda of course bolton looking to reassure israel that the troop withdrawal is not going to be a threat to israel's security of course the timing of that now very much up in there i think no one really knows exactly how and when that is going to happen. after israel bolton will travel to turkey ankara considers many of

defense of israel and our other friends in the region is absolutely assured of to israel john bolton plans to travel to turkey for a meeting there with the president russia next week turkey considers many of the u.s. backed kurdish fighters to be terrorists and wants them removed from areas near its border with syria there is now going to doe has more now from gaza close to the turkey syria border. a spokesman for president of the on how to react to bolton's comments saying tuckey has absolutely no problem with a cardinal question in hockey and that the problem of turkey is with two particular groups the y.p. d m p k k which turkey recognizes the terrorist organizations and says that it is. disrespectful for bolton to say that the band reapers i'm told by these two organizations who are the spokesman called the terrorist of calls we've seen a situation where there's been a scramble by regional powers to try and feel a possible void of the u.s. troop withdrawal with out of countries rushing into measures to mend relationships with assad and reopening off embassies by the united arab e

israel takes aim at iranian military targets in syria killing at least four syrian soldiers. down in jordan this is al jazeera law. also coming up the u.s. and turkey discuss the withdrawal of american troops from syria with ankara ready to take over security in the kurdish town. seeking peace voters in the southern philippines cast their ballots in a referendum aimed at ending a decades long conflict. our licensing laws in the death knell for taiwan's traditional medicine industry. for syrian soldiers have been killed in israeli airstrikes on iranian targets in syria the video posted to social media appears to show missiles intercepted near damascus russia says during those strikes early on monday syrian air defenses destroyed more than thirty cruise missiles and guided bombs on sunday israel said it intercepted a rocket fired at the golan heights from syria but a solid binge of aid is live for us now in gaziantep that's on the turkey syria border the russians there saying that syrian air defenses shot down more than thirty israeli cruise missiles what more can you tell us.

ally in the ronger middle east than the state of israel. israel has proven itself to be a resilient beacon of democratic facing threats daily since its founding in 1948. ur two nations have worked closely to stop terrorism, to spread of terrorism and chemical weapons proliferation regimes like syria and iran. the legislation today will support for strong israel including $3.3 billion securityin annual u.s. assistance. that's consistent with the understanding which was signed by, in 2016, president obama. and the 115th congress, 72 senators, 72 senators, democrats, and co-sponsored this legislation. t passed in the senate unanimously on august 1 of 2018. there is no reason why my the aisle across should not support this legislation today. o reason, in order to show our strong bipartisan support to our at a and ally, israel, time of great need. this package also includes rovision supporting state governmentes that have taken action against the anti-israel nd anti-semitic movement known ment sanctions.st this legislation before us today simply

some messages to israel. course it will. continue providing. missile. there are reports that russia wants israel to stop targeting in and around the damascus airport it's a difficult balancing act for moscow it has a good relationship with israel but it wants commercial planes to start landing to end syria's isolation but the airport is also important to iran israeli officials have said civilian cargo planes are used to transfer weapons from to her and to iranian backed groups in syria including lebanon's hezbollah they also say iran's privately owned mahaan air is one of the carriers suspected of carrying war material to syria the airline has been under u.s. sanctions and now the german government has decided to prevent it from landing at german airports many of the strikes targeting damascus airport coincided with reports of iranian planes landing on sunday air flight was about to make its approach before turning back according to israeli media the latest wave of attacks is the second in less than ten days and the third since the u.s. announced last m

a result of israel's you know israel is the one which has been escalating especially recently particularly since the trouble for president trump and also his intention to withdraw from syria since the time we've seen these escalated is ready attacks on syria are ongoing by elations of syrian sovereignty and so hence we see this strong syrian reaction as a result of this is really a skill ation now we're getting a question what is the likelihood do what could happen we all know that the u.s. has provided israel with diplomatic cover over many issues whether it be its policies towards the palestinians whether it be its policies wars on lebanon which we've seen and i think that the u.s. will probably try and give cover. for the israelis regarding the s get out tree activities in syria but to produce a lot of pain to mention this point i think that bashar jaafari in his remarks that he was addressing first and foremost to trumpet ministration because syria syria knows of the trumpet mr ation doesn't want to get involved in any new war and i think what the syrians republish trying to say for th

guards in syria as a direct threat to israel's security. after a rocket was fired over the golan heights israel has now warned of further counter attacks by syria syria's ally iran. zimbabwe's high court has ordered the government to restore full internet services after ruling that the current shut down was illegal now it comes as a crackdown in the country is intensifying with police hunting down people suspected of organizing resent recent protests the demonstrations have led to the deaths of at least three people one of whom was buried over the weekend these pictures are from the funeral service for kevin shows how he was shot and killed by police at a demonstration in her walk. as the country goes through its worst economic crisis in a decade daily life in zimbabwe well it's a struggle. spawning privilege was funny as this report. this michigan took a ticket and his wife mavis sits down at the area to plan what they should buy it is a difficult task his monthly salary as a teacher barely covers their expenses for a week their father of

for threatening to destroy israel remarks came just hours after israeli jets launched nighttime air strikes against what it described as a rainy and weapons depos in damascus russia says thirty israeli cruise missiles and guided bombs were shot down by its advanced added fence. another reminder of the challenge facing newly appointed united nations special envoy to syria who met with russia's foreign minister in moscow. holder is live for us in neighboring beirut saying the looking at the situation now is it looks like the conflict is taking a new turn. well since the beginning for years now there were and are many wars in syria's war one of them is israel's war against iran israel now being more vocal a shift in its policy because it has been hitting iranian targets in syria for some time now and it rarely admits doing so now it is confirming the strikes and providing information on what exactly is being hit as they hit the target so a very different israel with the message that we will not stop there will be no letup until iran leaves syria iran just as defiant saying that it will

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

then israel will hit back harder. at that point of escalation, you can easily see the missiles start coming out of lebanon into israel. israel responding with overwhelming force and now we have a much broader conflict with thousands if not hundreds of thousands of people whose lives are on the line. and so making it clear to hezbollah and any enemy of israel that the united states stands ready to equip them in the case of such a contingency is one of the best things we can do to prevent it from happening. if israel's enemies believe that there is any doubt that the u.s. will step forward and help israel resupply in case of such conflict, you have increased the properrability that they will -- probability that they will miscalculate and take such action. but if they know that we are committed to rearming israel as often and as much as possible and necessary in order to help them defend themselves, then the chances of them attacking are diminished and that's why this bill authorizes u.s. security assistance in foreign -