that surrounded israel is surrounded israel surrounded surrounded it's israel the sun the siege and under threat you described a very small land mass and you know you're dealing with hamas and hezbollah and iran and so it's a tough neighborhood the imagery here is so powerful that it's almost impossible to have a rational discussion about the legitimate grievances of palestinians hamas is a terror group and it is committed to killing the jews and wiping israel off the face of the earth that's not debatable that's a fact none of this is by accident this is the result that with the liberal effort to shape america perceptions of the conflict a propaganda effort really begins to take shape with israel's invasion of lebanon in 1902. israel unleashed another massive air attack on palestinian guerrilla targets in lebanon today from a sky full of israeli jets bombing bombing. and the summer of 1902 israel invaded neighboring lebanon in an attempt to drive the palestinian liberation organization out of its income on some southern border with israel what's an israeli army doing here in beirut

that surrounded israel is surrounded israel surrounded surrounded it's israel the sun the siege and under threat you described a very small land mass and you know you're dealing with hamas and hezbollah and iran and so on i would like that it's a tough neighborhood the imagery here is so powerful that it's almost impossible to have a rational discussion about the legitimate grievances of palestinians hamas is a terror group and it is committed to killing jews and wiping israel off the face of the earth that's not debatable that's a fact none of this is by accident this is the result that with the liberal effort to shape american perceptions of the conflict a propaganda effort that really begins to take shape with israel's invasion of lebanon in 1902. israel unleashed another massive air attack on palestinian guerrilla targets in lebanon today from a sky full of israeli jets bombing and bombing. in the summer of $982.00 israel invaded neighboring lebanon in an attempt to drive the palestinian liberation organization out of its income on some southern border with israel what's the isr

that surrounded israel is surrounded israel surrounded surrounded it's israel the sun the siege and under threat you described a very small land mass and you know you're dealing with hamas and hezbollah and iran and so it's a tough neighborhood the imagery here is so powerful that it's almost impossible to have a rational discussion about the legitimate grievances of palestinians hamas is a terror group and it is committed to killing the jews and wiping israel off the face of the earth that's not debatable that's a fact none of this is by accident this is the result that with the liberal effort to shape america perceptions of the conflict a propaganda effort that really begins to take shape with israel's invasion of lebanon in 1902. israel unleashed another massive air attack on palestinian guerrilla targets in lebanon today from a sky full of israeli jets bombing and bombing. in the summer of $982.00 israel invaded neighboring lebanon in an attempt to drive the palestinian liberation organization out of its income on some southern border with israel what's an israeli army doing her

israel relationship?p is wiping so many slates clean, what is rebuilds upon which we that sense of why young people ?eed to care about this >> yesterday was the anniversary life massacre in pittsburgh. it was also a powerful reminder thehy israel exists in first place, as a place of safety, ability of expression of the jewish people and of how consistent those values are with the values that we hold dear as americans, and we also want to be able to see palestinians enjoy. that in many ways, if we can get this right, it is of our highest calling to help to bring that about because it is consistent with who we are and who we want to be. you mentioned young people. they are hearing it both ways from the trump administration that if you are not all the way over here, you are anti-semitic and so forth. fromare also hearing others and there is a demonization of israel and other .rders ido not agree with them, but also do not support cracking down on political speech. people should be able to express themselves.

if we don't do it in israel -- and israel doesn't do it, no one else will be able to do it. you for everything you guys are doing to promote those ideals. [applause] you sotor bennet, thank much for being here. senator bennet. [applause] ♪ >> all right. um. i think we are ready to welcome to the stage our final guest at j street, senator bernie sanders. [loud cheering] ♪ ♪ >> got some fans here. [loud cheering] sen. sanders: i hope so. >> senator, you have said that to receive military aid from the united states, israel has to treat the palestinian people with respect. you have said you would leverage u.s. assistance to end racism you have seen in israel lately. bit moreu could be a specific. for theders: thank you question, tommy. if i can begin. [loud cheering] sen. sanders: it is ok. it is hard to talk when you are sitting. i just like to stand. just a couple of things and then i will get to your good question. [laughter] sen. sanders: we have three hours, is that what i understand? [laughter] [cheering] sen. sanders: number one, i'm very proud to be jewish and i look for

katz, foreign minister of israel. [applause] minister katz: excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, i, israel katz, stand here today at the for holocaust survivors, may they rest in peace and am proud to stand at the podium of the united nations as the foreign minister of the state of israel. for me, this is a very moving moment. in 1947, the u.n. recognized the right of the jewish people to its own state in the land of israel. and 71 years ago we established the state of israel. since then, we have defended and developed our homeland and today the state of israel is the wrong -- is strong on defense, a nation that leads in many fields. israel is a real democracy for all of its citizens, jewish and non-jewish alike. but first of all israel is the , nationstate of the jewish people, based on thousands of years of jewish history and the right of the jewish people to its own homeland, just as the u.n. decided 72 years ago. i want to thank the president of the united states, donald trump, for his historic and brave decision t

the whole parts of the defense of israel, and he did. the peak of his life was the sick-day war, no doubt -- six-day war, no doubt. but i won't go into this because you'll find it in the book. i just want to say that the symbol, the most important part of his leadership were, first of all, he was very, very modest. actually, most of the first leaders of israel were veried modest in their private lives. but he was more than modest. he was shy. he never ran after honor. he never took credit for things. he never thought about the himself. he was totally devoted to people he worked with, the soldiers he fought with and the needs of the israeli country. and i think that he served as role model for a leader who always took responsibility for whatever the results were. .. will be a card to play with and to bring about peace to the region. to go to washington and create the relationship and the deep bond between the united states and israel. the cold war and russia was still supporting especially egypt. we need the other superpower to support us

the state of israel. since then, we have defended and developed our homeland and today, the state of israel is strong on defense, a nation that leads in many fields. israel is a real democracy for all of its citizens, jewish and non-jewish alike. but first of all, israel is the nationstate of the jewish people, based on thousands of years of jewish history and the right of the jewish people to its own homeland, just as the u.n. decided 72 years ago. i want to thank the president of the united states, donald trump, for his historic and brave decision to recognize jerusalem, the eternal capital of the jewish people for 3000 years, as the capital of israel. [applause] and to relocate the american embassy to jerusalem. [applause] i call on all countries to follow the united states and to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. no one can separate the jewish people from our historic homeland, and no one can separate us from jerusalem, our eternal capital. [applause] israel wants peace with all its neighb

he said i am also jealous of your numbers in israel.this is right after the visit she said i wish i had numbers in america like you have in israel, but he thought the ideas were very reasonable and he talked about the vote and wante boat ae palestinians to buy land in israel. things you couldn't imagine any leader saying that in 78, things went down the hill and never really recovered. their relationship never really recovered. he had faith in his case that ultimately he wanted to extricate himself from the conflict and he was willing to do that separate piece that is going to be hard for him. he wanted to make this a package deal, but the relationship wasn't covered. >> what you're asking is basically how do they seek to manage the relationship. i think in some ways he is the most interesting case because it's worth, it was a close call at the first two years of the administration may be the low point reagan gives a press conference and a lot of what is going on in the function, as the defense minister and then later when he's building

so for example a person picks up a knife and steps in israel israel so for example a person picks up a knife and stats in israel because these rains argue that the palestinian authority encourages such acts to has these rains argue that the palestinian authority encourages such acts to hate speech and incitement what about israeli incitements what about the settlers speech and incitement what about israel inside months what about the settlers who are out abroad think i want to please welcome all the settlers who are killing our kids what of all that you bought a broad thing i want to please welcome all the settlers who are killing our kids what about all the cheap borns that are everywhere what about all the good actions that israel is taking against the ones that are everywhere what about all the good actions that israel is taking against our land all these sort of things this is where the very real insight month for. all the sort of things this is where the very real insight month for you we have to look at the symptoms of things we have to look at the roots of things that are all

congress to visit israel.s kind of toxicity we see as -- that is very bad for the historical bipartisan support of this relationship. how would you navigate that terrain as a nominee and make clear that there is a way to support israel while being critical of some of its policies. there is a way to advocate for our values that doesn't necessarily mean you have to fall under the trap of what they are going to be throwing at you. secretary castro: that's why i'm here. that's why j street is here. that's why there are so many folks in this audience that are part of this work which is to say, look, there is a different we we can do things and recognize that israel is an ally, friend, and it will continue to be and we'll have a strong working relationship, a friendship at the same time the road that netanyahu is taking israel on i don't believe is in the best interest of israelis, and the road that donald trump is taking this relationship on is not in the best interest of the united states of america. it's not in t

the citizens of israel. what would you do coming from office to set the tone with the palestinians and israeli people? >> number one, the trump administration made a mistake on putting a finger on the scale in line with netanyahu. i am glad to see this democratic primary with voices of folks with the rights of palestinians emerged as never before. i think that's a good thing. >> we will break away you live theater from republican senate leaders outside the chamber . >>. >> they say they're going to filibuster the defensebill which we will vote on this week . which would provide assistance to ukraine. with regard to impeachment effort i understand later today the secret is going to lay out a process which will outline what the house is in

the jewish people are now saying the land of israel . the land of israel. one of the problems with the influence israel lobby has in the united states now is it has been hard for government officials to have an honest discussion just look what happened to president obama when he made the mistake of simply saying out loud what the international consensus is we believe the borders of israel and palestine should be based on the $967.00 lines with mutually agreed swaps so that secure and recognized borders are established for both states it didn't matter that obama was just repeating what had been official us policy at that cuts or the right wing president ronald reagan that said essentially the same thing in the 1980 s. an even stronger language u.n. resolution to afford to remains wholly valid as the foundation stone of america's middle east peace effort. it is the united states' position that in return for peace the withdrawal provision of resolution 242 applies to all fronts including the west bank and gaza when obama said it he was a mediately accused by r

we have a prime minister of israel today who refers to donald trump as the best friend israel ever hadd we have never had, i don't think, as anti-immigrant a president as the one we have, we have never had as anti-refugee a president, we've never had as anti-democratic a president, never had a president who didn't believe in the separation of powers, who didn't believe in freedom of the press, who didn't belief in all of the things that make us a plurlistic society and it says everything you need to know about what he views is important in the relationship, you have a president who supports his specific, you know, domestic ambitions and that can't be what the united states stands for. [ applause ] >> zoom out a bit for a second. i think in washington we often talk about the arab spring in the past tense. if you look at iraq, lebanon right now, look at sudan, recently, these are ongoing protest movements and the challenges that led to these movements whether it's corruption or inequality or hunger for universal rights and freedoms, for example, those challenges still remain. how would y

israel's been holding elections do you think anything new is going to come forward we know israel's been holding elections do you think anything new is going to come forward we know one thing which is not anyone who is not on him or going to be the prime minister obviously one thing which is not that he has not anymore going to be the prime minister obviously. it doesn't mean about who is going to replace him is something that we are in fear for for that's what i want to ask you which is the so easy for hmong chief a guy just. doesn't mean about who is going to replace him is something that we have been fearful for that's what i want to ask you would you prefer to be a former chief a guy was to be prime minister netanyahu is this somebody on the israeli side you would prefer to work with. prime minister netanyahu is this somebody on the israeli side you would prefer to work with well i prefer the prime minister of israel to be somebody who is there because he is that the prime minister of israel to be somebody who is there because he is that he or she is that he did go and bishan that th

-israel relationship being pro-israel pro-israel for peace, i think for younger people sometimes there'sthey have heard the same message as a u.s.-israel relationship and they see trump and netanyahu using those messages very cynically. if you don't support everything he now does, you are anti-semitic or use politicians saying we are for the palestinian state not really doing anything to advance that. what do you do to combat as a part of generation change the cynicism that could erode really the foundation of the u.s.-israel relationship that younger people in this country,, the experience of this relationship is watching trump and netanyahu, how do you point it to something more hopeful and optimistic in a situation? >> i -- my hope very much comes from the capacity of young people to change categories and change rules. i'm thinking about how, for example, a new bipartisan push has emerged around the subject of criminal justice reform, just to take one example, about a new generation across its political spectrum sees different possibilities than what used to be in certain the party si

also reinforcing israel's right to defend itself as i've said many times israel has a right to defend itself against rocket and tunnel attacks from hamas and what gets pushed out of the frame entirely is the fact that out the for almost 50 years palestinians have been systematically this possessed from their land and the noise of the most basic human rights. pioneers and refugee. countries of the oppression young and old they are going to our land. they will march to their world view resettlement to build. one response they want real will respond to palestine. zionism the nationalist movement that emerged in europe in the late 18 hundreds was dedicated to the idea that the jewish people of to centuries of living is persecuted minorities within other countries were entitled to state an historic palestine the biblical homeland of the jews more than 3000 years before but there was a basic problem with the choice from the start palestine was already home to hundreds of thousands of palestinian arabs who had been living in palestine for centuries. after world war 2 when the holocaust the s

israel's been holding elections do you think anything new is that a 2 month till after israel's been holding elections do you think anything new is going to come forward well we know one thing which is not any more going to be to come forward we know one thing which is not that he has not anymore going to be the prime minister obviously. it doesn't mean about who is going to be the prime minister obviously. it doesn't mean about who is going to replace him is something that we are in fear for for that's what i want to ask him which. is him is something that we are in fear for for that's what i want to ask you would you prefer the full monty face guys to prime minister netanyahu is this somebody on the israeli side to perform on the chief a guy was to prime minister netanyahu is they somebody on the israeli side. well i preferred the prime minister to be somebody who was there because preferred to work with well i preferred the prime minister to be somebody who was there because he is that he or she is that it need to end up you bishan that. he is that he or she is that it did go and

in israel is about $150000000000.00 our g.d.p. is $14000000000.00 which is really quite a small combat put out of it's like bottles our g.d.p. is $14000000000.00 which is really quite a small combat could not have explained this doesn't mean that we will allow this a little swallow our economy we need this doesn't mean that we will allow this a little swallow our economy we need to resist it in a way that we will in the future become a bit of our own be persisted in a way that we will in the future become a bill of our own people from our own resources that is. all asia was of all up to get it to from a war on to its horses that his words all asia was of all up to get it to beijing was nothing at all to really edition a loaf of bread they chose not. to really addition a loaf of bread they she was not living on a 5 star as a commission they sure. are a lot of out of 5 stars a commission they sure is that. low but a. living in a free by this time rather than living. living in a free by this time rather than living a high standard of

the israel is used this as i'm wondering as i'm there israel is used this as a monitoring mechanism to see who is going where who's doing what and so on and that's the one who is going where who's doing what and so on and so forth that's the whole idea but if there is what they say is a plan b. either kid it is what it is it is what it is a claiming to be the case why is that that is why is as and putting out again and talk to all of our areas there has great every night every day every day to every every after. no neighborhood warming out of this one alpha neighborhood is warmer as the using offices he has been infused with seeking to intrigue with nancy the monthly texas tech its all comics on its existence that tells us all comics are that's what. this was into being but keep my paying me might need extend it's just a quick question this isn't as happy as some of you can have such health as i was waiting to see this as the why is why is this this week why why is it important to pay the families of those who have killed israelis or simply to pay the families of those who have killed

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

for the 1st time in more than 10 years israel may not have a prime minister named benjamin netanyahu he has failed to form a coalition government twice this year the door is now open for his rival benny gantz to lead but will it be any easier for him to form a government and how might all this play out this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm richelle carey benjamin netanyahu is the longest serving leader of israel he has been prime minister twice his 2nd stint lasting more than a decade some of even called him the magician of israeli politics but he's but are they able to convince his rivals to join him and form a government that's after 2 elections this year failed to produce a clear winner the prime minister's setback is an opportunity for the leader of the opposition blue and white party benny gantz to form a coalition of his own but this doesn't mean netanyahu is out completely so let's take you through what could happen benny gantz will now have 28 days to form a government he'll have to get at least 61 members of parliament or the knesset to support his bid f

also reinforcing israel's right to defend itself as i've said many times israel has a right to defend itself against rocket and tunnel attacks from hamas and what gets pushed out of the frame entirely is the fact that out the for almost 50 years palestinians have been systematically dispossessed from their land and the noise of the most basic human rights. pioneers and refugee. countries of the oppression young and old they are going to our land. they will march to their world view resettlement to build. one response they want real will respond to palestine and. zionism the nationalist movement that emerged in europe in the late 18th hundreds was dedicated to the idea that the jewish people of to centuries of living is persecuted minorities within other countries were entitled to state an historic palestine the biblical homeland of the jews more than 3000 years before but there was a basic problem with the choice from the start palestine was already home to hundreds of thousands of palestinian arabs who had been living in palestine for centuries. after world war 2 when the holocaust t

for the 1st time in more than 10 years israel may not have a prime minister named benjamin netanyahu he has failed to form a coalition government twice this year the door is now open for his rival benny gantz to lead but will it be any easier for him to form a government and how might all this play out this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm richelle carey benjamin netanyahu is the longest serving leader of israel he has been prime minister twice his 2nd stint lasting more than a decade some of even called him the magician of israeli politics but he's been able to convince his rivals to join him and form a government that's after 2 elections this year failed to produce a clear winner the prime minister's setback is an opportunity for the leader of the opposition blue and white party benny gantz to form a coalition of his own but this doesn't mean netanyahu is out completely so let's take you through what could happen benny gantz will now have 28 days to form a government he'll have to get at least 61 members of parliament or the knesset to support his bid for a maj

israel, your name such as the country israel to me when i first came on today to watch the special you are on. the amateurish move, the total amateur move which of course is all about money, donald trump's move to allow erdogan to go into turkey come to going to syria to wreck the kurds. our allies whoo lost 11,000 souls, people in helping us wreck isis. the idea that the amateurish move that this guy has done, and he's done 1 million amateur mers since he got in there, the whole business with the ukrainian quid pro quo is only, is one of thousands that could cause him to be taken from office. i just, however, want to have you, given the name israel -- >> host: we will move on. we lost brighter carol in catskill new york independent. >> caller: yes. i don't know, first i applaud this gentleman to go forward with impeachment i don't even understand the whistleblower, why it's necessary. trump himself comes out no further, no morele than when the income the mueller investigation was dry, mueller came out -- i'm sorry, trump came out and said that ukraine, i want you to do me a favor. you

for the 1st time in more than 10 years israel may not have a prime minister named benjamin netanyahu he has failed to form a coalition government twice this year the door is now open for his rival benny gantz to lead but will it be any easier for him to form a government and how my all of this play out this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm richelle carey benjamin netanyahu is the longest serving leader of israel he has been prime minister twice his 2nd stint lasting more than a decade some of even called him the magician of israeli politics but he's but are they able to convince his rivals to join him and form a government that's after 2 elections this year failed to produce a clear winner the prime minister's setback is an opportunity for the leader of the opposition blue and white party benny gantz to form a coalition of his own but this doesn't mean netanyahu is out completely so let's take you through what could happen benny gantz will now have 28 days to form a government he'll have to get at least 61 members of parliament or the knesset to support his bid f

they intend to use syria to threaten the state of israel, creating the potential that israel will have to fight on two fronts -- fronts. iran has a wider objective to build a hegemonic and security project across the middle east. they seek to link up there infrastructure in syria with iraq for access that can extend iranian power throughout the region, to threaten israel and compete with the united states. host: explain the religious tribal factions within all of this. guest: the complication with the religious aspect is the jihadist movement which includes isis, a fundamentalist extreme form of sunni islam, the reason why this is particularly relevant is because the kurdish partner the u.s. has worked with is not a relay gives -- religious organization. they are more secular, and this is a source of friction between the local population, which is primarily sunni muslim arabs. this is a claim turkey can make to be stepping in as a sunni muslim powerbroker to fight against the kurdish forces. it creates apparent legitimacy for the turkish president. the dominant religion of the syrians?

i fly to israel as i've done several other times, but we weren't there talking about business, i was being introduced to people that i should not have been to be -- introduced, to and i feel like i was being entrapped, he tells me this is 10, 000, dollars why don't you keep this as a retainer for a future business dealings and i kept thinking to myself and my girlfriend at the time and my wife warned me. she said this guy is up to no good the. we (applause) women are a little wiser than us man, you know. you know she saved my life a lot of times, so i definitely do, so i take this money right away, take a given to my lawyer because they said to this guy no one gives you 10,000 dollars in cash unless there in the mafia or setting you up, so i give it to my, lawyer i contact this individual and i said don't ever contact me again take your money, i fly by to d.c. and i have a fbi agents waiting for. asking me where the money is, looking at my, bags all this and this money is now under intense scrutiny by congress and the department of justice. (applause) guys get up for a papadopoulos,

and close to israel. that's a totally different section. that's a totally different mindset. so we have a small group there and we secured the oil.

israel, and the nightmare for israel is for iran to be the biggest winner of the vacuum we have created from the withdrawal of syria, and if they come down to take the oil from syria, they are going to be richer and israel is going to be surrounded more strongly than they are today by iran. so at the end of the day, this is about israel, and it is about isis, and it is about iran and aligning with assad is not a good outcome for the united states. if the kurds are forced to align with assad, they are aligning with iran, and i cannot think of a worse outcome for the u.s. national security interests to abandoned the kurdish forces who have helped us and force them into arms of the iranians at the expense of the national security and prestige and to ensure the rise of the isis. our kurdish friends cannot do it all. and for a few hundred troops we can fix this problem. we need to reset, get turkey to stand down and the sanctions will receive a large bipartisan vote, and they are going to stay in place until turkey changes the behavior. senator van hollen. >> thank you, senator graham. let m

it was israel. it wasn't russia. that's where all my business used to be and that's where all my work used to be. what happened was after the f.b.i. comes to my house, they start to question me, where i'm happy to answer all their questions, i find out that they are looking for some sort of perjury trap. it seemed like they knew exactly who this joseph was and i get caught up in mixing up dates and i get in some sort of charge for that. what happened was after i thought i was helping them, i guess i didn't think i had enough. they didn't have enough on me to bring me in for whatever they were trying to do. so all of a sudden i notice in my email gets hacked. the week after i meet with these people. two weeks later i meet this bizarre man named charles who characterizes himself as an israeli american businessman who knows everything about the oil industry in israel. exactly what i was up to in my life. the only problem is he actually didn't know what the hell he was talking about so rightway i was very suspicious abou

that next year dahlia tell us more about that the spike and voting voter turnout for for arabs in israel now i mean you know ever since. the history of the state the arab arab citizens have participated in voting oftentimes under duress because they were living under military government until 1906 but after that they continued to vote at a very high rate close to the jewish vote what happened was during the when the intifada broke out in 2001 the 2nd intifada at the end of 2000 and then elections special elections were held for 2001 after 13 citizens arab citizens had been killed in a protest there was a general boycott and only 18 percent participated in those special elections for prime minister that legitimize the idea of way cutting and ever since then turnout among the arab citizens has never been as high as it is for the jewish vote it has hovered around the halfway mark it went up when the joint list was formed a couple of cycles ago to just over 60 percent still lower than the jewish vote reflecting a general worsening of relations an increase of tensions between the arab and jew

arab citizens in israel are staging process against what they're calling police in action in cases of violence against them hundreds some are protesting outside the police station in the upper galilee region and say there have been more than 70 killings recently but it's very and support taken any action arafat's that has more from west jerusalem. of the palestinian citizens of israel every few days brings a new news story involving violent crime and often death the town of most chrome in northern israel earlier this week saw a fight in which 2 brothers were shot and killed and a 3rd man was stabbed and killed and this is by no means isolated police say more than 70 palestinian israeli citizens have been killed so far this year they make up the palace in israeli population about 20 percent of the wider israeli population but about 50 percent of murder victims they say that this is a reflection of a lack of policing in their areas a lack of serious in gauge and by israeli police in trying to solve these crimes there is talk of security vacuums inside arab towns and villages and that co

munitions are a threat aimed at the heart of israel. iran actively enabled assad's continued butchery in syria. noil the regime is working to subvert several of the regional governments. iran's supported proxies is perhaps the most nefarrioiousne. iran already has american blood on its hands. the lack of more firm response by prior administrations has only encouraged further iranian violence. inside of its borders the regime's abuses against its own people continue to be a concern. iranian citizens live under constant threat of arbitrary arrest and torture for expressing their most basically rights. despite the claims of religious freedom freedoms. that brings to the question to the most appropriate policies to curb the totality of iranian behavior. it's my assessment that the maximum pressure campaign against iran is working, they can serve as the bridge to more meaningful negotiations. i note that some of my colleagues have earargued publi it's not that the pressure campaign is not working. i'd be the first to concede the campaign has

created a greater risk for the state of israel. this: i think our pressure on iran threatens iran's position in syria in three ways. ofstarts the irgc operational funds. it disrupts their financial assad. to u our pressure is making it harder for iran to give assad financial report. you are also impeding their ability to sell oil to syria and we have sanctioned one oil and one oferation the ways that it has been financing its operations is through illicit oil shipments. to keep,e are going after the oil, we are going to still keep after that. we are going to continue our pressure. again, do we have any commitments from turkish or iraqi authorities to prevent iran from moving fighters with supplies from iraq in northern syria? >> we've discussed that on a very regular basis. >> we have no commitments. no commitments. the specifics of this unhappy to follow up with you in terms of which minister or leader we spoke with about this, but we have raised this issue repeatedly at the security concerns. here'seems to me that the perfect exa

military technology from israel to china, that israel would then lose its relevance to china. the israelis aggressively sought found ways to be irrelevant to china. one of them is on cyber technology. the other is on counterterrorism expertise. israel fought itself into the top five. possible, but i think in some ways -- iran just makes sense because of its relationship to the u.s. i think other countries who want to become strategically important to china, they have to make a case for it. one of the things that i find breathtaking traveling to the middle east is how many countries want to argue that they are strategically vital to china. the number of countries that have argued we are a central hub in the belt and road initiative. i'm looking at them like, no, they're not. but they want to be a central hub. of statecraft. the way the chinese have aligned the world with this idea that the pe belt and road initiative, which has no definitive map, vague contours. but, there is a sense that it matters and there is a big idea and we can align ourselves with this has been a tremend

the situation has always been protect israel. we have to put it to the question, that is why they we are there, to protect israel. the turks go back to the ottoman empire, they controlled the whole area of saudi arabia today and persia. in 1935 iran, persia, changed their name. what happened? most americans don't know the history. all we are doing, i was in the first gulf war. george bush senior. and king far was king of arabia. i used to work out of town in riyadh. we are going through a lot of issues, always extending america but the thing is it is all about israel. >> caller: >> guest: thank you for your service, you mentioned you are a gulf war veteran and i thank you for your service. is real is an important ally in the region, no doubt about it. a stable democracy. it is not perfect, nor is the united states. it is a democracy that is evolving and has its own internal challenges but we have a strong relationship with israel, a military relationship, economic relationship, cultural relationship and i think it is one that out

i fly to israel as i have done seven other times. the only problem is we weren't there talking about business. the moment i get there, it was a very bizarre, i am being introduced to people that i should not have been and felt like i was being entrapped. he tells me, here's $10,000. why don't you keep this as a retainer for our future business dealings? and i kept thinking to myself, and my girlfriend at the time and wife, warned me. she said this guy's up to no good. [applause] women are a little wiser than us men, you know? [laughter] >> [indiscernible] mr. papadopoulos: she saved my life a lot of times. [laughter] so i definitely -- i take this money right away. take it. i give it to my lawyer. i said this guy -- no one gives you $10,000 in cash unless they are in the mafia or setting you up. i give it to my lawyer. i contact the individual, don't ever contact me again. take your money. i fly back to dc. two days later i have eight fbi's waiting for me. where's the money, george? what money? looking through my bags. it was a setup

this arsenal is then used to target israel. beyond continuing advancements to its missile program, iran was deepening its engagement in regional conflicts. dealunder the iran nuclear , iran was given a clear pathway to import and export dangerous weapons. 18,days from now in october we will be exactly one year away from the expiration of the united nations arms embargo on iran. because of the iran nuclear deal, countries like russia and china will soon be able to sell conventional weapons to iran. the un security council needs to renew the arms embargo on iran before it expires. we have made this a priority. visited the unas security council to her three times to highlight the expiration date of the arms embargo. nearly every measure, the regime and its proxies are weaker than when our pressure began. militant groups have stated to the new york times that iran no longer has enough in the past.them there is one who said the golden days are gone. unprecedented austerity plans. their leader went on tv and said hezbollah needed pub

for the three times in eleven months israel would go back to elections with once again no promise of breaking the political deadlock and getting israel out of essentially this rut it faces politically. >> oh, my gosh, and we think sometimes our elections are complicated. oren, thank you very much for explaining all of that. >>> facebook is overrun with political ads, many of them filled with false information. why does facebook say they will still sell these? we discuss that next. f look one more mile look reply all look own your look... ...with fewer lines. there's only one botox® cosmetic. it's the only one... ...fda approved... ...to temporarily make frown lines... ...crow's feet... ...and forehead lines... ...look better. the effects of botox® cosmetic, may spread hours to weeks after injection, causing serious symptoms. alert your doctor right away as difficulty swallowing, speaking, breathing, eye problems, or muscle weakness may be a sign of a life-threatening condition. do not receive botox® cosmetic if you have a skin infection. side effects may include allergic reactions, i

[voice of translator] >> i now introduce israel katz, foreign minister of israel. [applause]

katz, foreign minister of israel. [applause] minister katz: excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, i, israel katz, stand