israel. [applause] we must set aside our partisan differences and find common ground in support in the u.s. israel relationship. you need not be unanimous but we do need to be unified in our support. the u.s. israel relationship is stronger than ever, thanks to the efforts of all of you. together, we will make it even stronger. we will take our message loud and clear. we will not slow and we certainly will not be stopped. my friend, you are the front line. let us reengage and reinvest those who have not yet achieved your level of passion about the state of israel from those within our faith and from outside. whether strive to be unified and together we will achieve new heights. thank you. ♪ >> please welcome councilmembers, sandy. please welcome the chancellor of the republic. ♪ >> good afternoon. [applause] this is my fourth policy conference. [applause] already signed up to come back next year. [applause] if you haven't registered yet, be sure to do so today. include your family and friends

israel relationship.s is impact 2020. >> please welcome host of aipac national director rob. >> good morning aipac and welcome to impact 2020. tomorrow voters and 14 states, american samoa and american broad will head to the pool for super tuesday among those holding their primaries on tuesday are two of the nation's biggest prizes. california and texas. [cheering] approximately a third of all delegates are up for grabs tomorrow. this morning we have an opportunity to hear from some of america's most well-known and respected political authorities, we will help us make sense of a rapidly changing political environment. please welcome attorney political commentator and recovery politician. [applause] no stranger to the aipac stage, the clinton pinkin campaign str. one of the republican parties, brad todd carmack and last but certainly not least three-time republican presidential campaign communication director alice stewart. thank you all for joining us. before we jump in it worth reminding everybody they d

and israel to work together after all israel is the start-up nation and d.c.the capital of exclusive innovation. when we team up we know that anything is possible. during last year's trade mission i had the pleasure of a meeting with three mayors, the mayor of tel aviv, jerusalem, and haifa. there i learned so much about the challenges facing each of those cities. and we gained a true understanding of israel's vulnerability and the region and in the world. in high fat we got a glimpse of what is possible with great minds link up. it is their we celebrated a new collaboration between children's national health system based here in washington, and the wrong bomb health care calf us in high five. it is a partnership that will spur innovation and improve the lives of children in nations. that trip was just the beginning, it was the beginning of the relationship new ideas and opportunities, opportunities to build solutions that challenge our city, and challenge our people and the jewish people around the world. israel has been and continues to be an important trade

when america is strong, israel is strong. when america isn't, neither is israel.hank you all for everything you are doing to make the relationship between the united states in israel grow stronger more bite bipartisan than ever before. i will be standing with you every step of the way. thank you. god bless. [cheering and applause] ♪ >> sarah burnett of the associated press is reporting this afternoon that amy clover char has ended her democratic residential campaign and plans to endorse joe biden in an effort to beautify behind the former vice president's white house bid. senator klobuchar will be flying to dallas joining joe biden at his rally tonight according to her campaign. the second presidential candidate to exit the race following pete buttigieg late on sunday. their decisions reflect and urgent push to consolidate behind joe biden as a counter to bernie sanders. report from the associated press this afternoon. >> the candidates beyond the talking points are only revealed over time. you can't be everywhere, there is c-span. our programming differs from all

of israel. it was 100% necessary following president abbas's 2017 remarks at the u.n. what damages and discredits the united states and our relationship with israel is denying that palestinian terrorism has been the real obstacle to peace. [applause] and it -- and it discredits this relationship when you deny that the settlement issue is a political dispew and not a political puzzle. and i'll have more to say about that in just a moment. and finally, the u.n. the u.n. still calls them the high counselor and michelle bashelay. they released the data base of companies doing business in east jerusalem and israeli settlements in the west bank. that release from the united nations only serves to facilitate the b.d.s. movement and delegitimizes israel. i remember reading it after its release. how saad. this is an organization that was set to insure that no people ever again faced horrors like the jews faced during the holocaust ands the now anti-semitic. [applause] this administration was right when p

israel relationship bipartisan. been a mission for me and it must be for you and all the friends of israel. so whenever i have led a piece of pro israel legislation, even when democrats had a majority in the senate, i always make sure i had a republican equal cosponsor. the foundation of a relationship must remain bipartisan as it has been for decades. i am proud very proud that the overwhelming majority of democrats support a strong u.s. israel relationship the. we have and we always will. now we know those who seek to use israel to score political points. they treat israel as another talking point. another way to stroke and stoke resentment between the two parties in washington. my friends these voices do a disservice to both israel and the united states. our politics may be more polarized than ever but it's incumbent on all of us, who care about the u.s. israel relationship, to keep it bipartisan the relationship between that two transcends any single party, every single election, any single president. as you kno

and with israel. so we need to stand up against all bigotry andl bigotry and ha [applause] for 12 years as mayor, i led the largest and most diverse city in the nation. and i was never prouder than when i stood in the shadow of the statue of liberty and argued that muslim new yorkers had every right to be to build a mosque anywhere in our city, including near the world trade center. [applause] that was the right thing to do and it was also the smart thing to do. our city was safer because we declared loudly and clearly that everyone was welcome in new york. no matter what they look like, who they love, or to whom they pray. but in recent years, we have seen hate crimes increase. which raises the question -- what has changed? there's no single answer, i think. and no single person or political party that is entirely to blame. anti-semitism is hardly the exclusive domain of any one group. it can be found on both the right and the left, on town squares and campus quads. but there is one fact that we cann

for israel. [cheering and applause] good to be with so many friends. speaking of friends, allow me to bring greetings from another friend of mine. [cheering and applause] that man i believe is the greatest friend of the jewish people and the state of israel ever. the oval office of white house. i bring greetings from the 45th president of the united states of america. president donald trump. [cheering and applause] we gather today from all across our nation to celebrate a relationship that has never been stronger. we also gather at a time of concern for millions of americans as our nation deals with the impact of the coronavirus. allow me to address that for just a moment. first, to be clear, president donald trump has no higher priority than the health and safety of the american people. [cheering and applause] last month following word of the outbreak of the coronavirus in china, our president took unprecedented action to protect the health of americans. he declared a public health emergency. we

-israel relationship. the reality is, aipac doesn't fuel hatred, aipac works to combat it and the violence that it can produce. [applause] and if more elected officials spoke to the people here, they'd understand that. [applause] now, i've always believed that you should meet with people who may disagree with you. and listen to them. that's how i've always led. but there's one thing i know about jewish people, is that we don't agree on anything. we can't even agree on who is the funniest new yorker. jerry seinfeld, larry david, or me. [laughter] just for the record, it's probably not me. but i did appear in "curb your enthusiasm" and throw larry david out of new york. i don't remember what he did, but i'm sure he deserved it. [laughter] seriously, as strong supporters of israel, we don't need to agree with everything an israeli government does and certainly -- does, and i certainly don't. and as proud american patriots of america, we do not need to support everything our government does, either. and i defi

-israel relationship. .. >> first, i do wish senator sanders were here, i wish all were here and i think it's a mistake not to come here. the thought that apac is monolithic, you hear about the vote and i think that senator sanders should come and make his case. mo are importantly, he needs to go back to israel. i've been how many times, a million times and here is what he would see. they have a really good child literacy program in israel, to pick one issue i know is close to his heart. really good. in fact, in the '70s, in 1970's hillary clinton copy-- she brought to arkansas. they have free press, elections, strong environmental laws, all the things we've found as democrats. i was there in 2015 as rob knows, israeli socialized medicine in israel, it saved my life and i think that bernie would love that. as a progressive, that's one of the reasons i love israel, it has its problems, i don't know if you've noticed in the united states, but we have ours. it doesn't make me hate america, it makes me, you kn

huge, and this is tiny israel.nd other thing that happened was that -- israel became a power house for cybersecurity number two in the world. 20% of the global investment in private cybersecurity is in israel, 20% we're one tenth of one percent of the world's population so we're punching 200 times above our weight in cybersecurity. the same thing is happening in autonomous vehicle enormous and a hundred and hundreds and hundreds of companies one will sold to intel for $15 billion other day. jerusalem company athey told them now you run all our worldwide autonomous vehicle company and explosion in autonomous vehicle explosion in digital health explosion in precision agriculture which uses big data drones and sensors on ground. explosion, explosion, it is happening because i put in free markets. that's my policy. and you see that in the crane, in bridge, the tunnel, the interchange, the highways, everything that is changing in israel. it is huge. but it's not accidental. we brought israel best decade in its history.

israel's right wing bloc led by the posse of prime minister benjamin netanyahu is leading election results but is still short of a majority with most votes counted the likud party and its allies have secured 60 seats in the parliament those are the headlines and news continues here on al-jazeera the inside story. can benjamin netanyahu finally form a government the israeli prime minister's bloc celebrates victory following 3 elections in less than a year but what could netanyahu do with this mandate both at home and abroad this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm peter dalby benjamin netanyahu has claimed a general election victory but it's not yet in the bag he's been fighting to stay on as israel's prime minister for a record 5th term after 2 previous general elections failed to produce a clear winner and netanyahu and his main rival benny gantz couldn't form a government but his chances of staying in power have been unexpectedly boosted after the 3rd election in less than a year exit polls show he has a significant lead another potential 1st for mr netanyahu he could e

recognized golan heights as part of israel. he recently issued an executive order condemning anti-semitism at colleges. he withdrew from the failed iran nuclear deal. he's a strong proponent of the sanction movement, bds, and also he just did, as you saw this weekend, i know you were there yesterday, the historic peace plan, and these are unprecedented accomplishments, would you agree, mr. gold? >> again, i do not want to get drawn into your american domestic ping-pong. >> okay. >> however, when somebody does something for you, which is exceptional, which stands out, it's rude not to say thank you. and i am particularly grateful for what president trump has done. i think that these are ideas that have been out there in the american discussion for a long time. in 1995, you had the jerusalem embassy act, supported by tom daschle and bob dole. why is that important? because there was a bipartisan spirit supporting these kind of moves. it just got stuck, and no one did anything. and the first one who did it was president trump. act

public and scaring israel was not at its best during the last decade. despite the fact that we are still one of the best public systems worldwide in terms of health care and hospitals etc one of our hospitals sheba. is ranked 9th in the word in terms of the best hospitals in the world but anyway you know netanyahu was. indictment has been has been postponed until late may for the very serious charges of corruption and bribery fraud rich of trial of trust well this is on hold of presumably prime minister netanyahu appears to say it is kind of on hold the corruption trial is on hold to the. trial will not go ahead my career has been postponed a spawn but not not not it did not disappear from the. from the public discourse in israel and we are waiting until after as over easter. and probably i hope that we will be out of this major major challenge crisis of the coronavirus by the end of may and he will have to he will have to stand in court and and face his indictment would you have preferred. would you have preferred if the trying to going to hand via vid

as for anyone else i believe that israel is is a state. that preserves and cherishes the rule of law and the supremacy of the law over any any individual and this is the case here as well but of course politically it's completely different whether. you confront the court as a prime minister even an interim prime minister or. as a member of knesset or even as an individual. individual who does not assume any responsibility government responsibility so this is why i believe that netanyahu will do his best in order to. preserve is pissed as soon as prime minister until until the court. until the court resumes its sessions i just say the prime minister of course denies all the charges of corruption over here the european union and even in the united states people are talking about geopolitical realignment because of coronavirus would israel back the lifting of sanctions on countries like iran syria other countries in the region trying to tackle coronavirus wherever it's it's directly connected to the sanctions and the. countering the coronavir

israel relationship. paul, there are a lot of people in this room, many of them democrats, who are concerned about where bernie sanders stands on the issue of the u.s. israel relationship and the policy israel. how concerned should they be? >> i do wish senator sanders were here. i wish all democrats would come here. it's a mistake not to come here. the notion that aipac is monolithic, the black vote, no, complicated and diverse. so is this organization. senator sanders ought to come and make his case. [applause] more importantly, he needs to go back to israel. a million times. here is what he would see. they have a really good child literacy program in israel. one issue i know that is close to his heart. real good. in fact, in the 70s, in the 1970s, hillary clinton, she brought that to arkansas. in the 70s. the israeli child literacy program. by the way, they have a free press, free elections. strong environmental odds. all the things that we believe in as progressive democrats i have found in israel. in

here in israel it's all about politics and deal making right now prime minister benjamin netanyahu is still a few seats short of being able to form a majority government and that means he's really looking to his options on what is options now he has to in effect the 1st one is to find a coalition partner and bring them in to the government but most analysts suggest that he might not do that what he might do is look to people from other political parties defect is in effect and bring them over to his cause putting him over the line and giving him that magic number of 61 however it's not going to be that easy the opposition still say that this is a man who's indicted in 3 separate corruption cases and he's unfit to be prime minister and then likely to mount a legal challenge to his role so there's a lot of politics still to go there's a lot of deal making still to go but prime minister benjamin netanyahu has proved time and time again if there's anybody in israeli politics able to make those deals it's him emraan car on the inside story. ok let's bring in our panel today here on inside

enters her final stage of pregnancy i decide to go to israel. i want to meet the doctor who would have operated on the year before. this border keeps the palestinians inside gaza. and it's what stood between feet and his chance at life. only a few 100 meters separate gaza in israel but they are worlds apart the haves and the have nots. in israel there is a vibrancy and sense of potential that you can only find in a society that determines its own future. and. it only takes me an hour to drive from gaza to the wolfson medical center on the outskirts of tel aviv. this is where feed i was supposed to have his surgery one year ago. and this is the cardiologist who was waiting for him. doctor to mere operates on children from all over the world in today i found 4 young patients from gaza i will help children get through this is the we have about the systems that have to operate it's the 1st mechanism to prevent. bad things to happen. so that's why i accept it and i'm not so much against it. instead of throwing bombs we saved lives so it's different w

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more importantly, he needs to go back to israel.e been there how many times 1 million times. . ,. . in fact in the seventies in the 1970s home instruction for parents and preschool she brought that to these really tribal literacy program. by the way they don't put the sedans in, jail they have free press, free election, they have strong environmental laws, all of the things that we believe in as progressive democrats, i have found in israel because i've been there a lot. in fact i was there in 2015. israeli socialized medicine saved my life. i got sick as a dog. they have socialized medical in israel and it save my life. i think bernie would love that. as a progressive, this is one of the reasons i love israel. it has its problems. i don't know if you noticed we have are in the united states. it doesn't make me hate america. it makes me want to make sure that that relationship heels. >> it's kind of as if someone had come to the united states in the sixties and was still talking about what the united states was like in the 19 sixtie

israel is a nuclear superpower. israel has bombed evan rabb capitals. israel is a country that scares its neighbors to death . the arabs suffer from terrorism but their neighbors suffer 18 or 20 times as much. look at the casualties in gaza, 2000 people in 2014, look at israeli casualties, eight people . the real security problem is a little larger but the trump plan talks about israeli security and i think that's typical of the approach. not just of the british in 1917, not just of the partition resolution of 1947. not just of 242 in 1967 but i would argue of the trump peace plan. i have more to talk about but i will skip it and conclude by saying i'm a historian. i don't consider the job description of a historian includes predicting the future. i have no idea what's going to happen but ihave some reasons for cautious optimism . and in the book i lay out what i think is a prescription for how things ought to go when things get straightened out and it's going to take some time for that to happen. for there to be a solution there has to be an acceptance

and we care about israel's. you to be about israel's future about about so if you have a party that is supposed to be a 3rd party that is supposed to be an honest broker that is supposed to be an object of many years and then 100 percent informed by us they can measures that is not the proposal they should that they bought that has to do with the united states was implemented even before the proposal was launched that accession of jerusalem the movement of the embassy freezing financial aid to another one to the by the scene or one of the all these unilateral measures that have been taken by united states it does show that the strategy for the americans was to fully and totally both the by the scene and back so the war squeeze them that defeat them so they surrender so they accept president trump is someone who sees many things in money terms one of the main things the administration is pointing out is that you're going to get a lot of money they say an economic boost of $50000000000.00 that's a huge figure not

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doha i'm debbie navigator coming up in the next 60 minutes benjamin netanyahu claims victory in israel's 3rd election in a year but exit polls show the may be just sort of a majority. and a top palestinian official says israel's exit polls show that settlements annexation and apartheid have won. greece reinforces it sea and land borders to stop migrants crossing from turkey. moderate democrats seem to rally behind joe biden ahead of super tuesday after any close are and people drop out of the presidential race. continuum and 19 is physically and must remain the top priority. countries the w.h.o. says containment is key emit a surge of infections outside china and warnings the coronavirus could have global economic growth. hello benjamin netanyahu is claiming victory in israel's general election although it appears his fall in one or 2 seats sort of a parliamentary majority exit polls suggest that's an yahoo's look good party and its right wing allies have around half the $120.00 seats in the knesset so it's the 3rd time israelis have gone to the polls in less than a year after 2. failed

i was fortunate to be able to go to the museum in israel. and when the guide took us in, he said you have 45 minutes to view something that would take eight or nine hours. >> sure. >> and it -- it's just so overwhelming. i just -- i can't say enough about how we need to educate our children to understand. how do you think it's impacted the policy that's coming out of israel? the policy makers, the policy? >> i think people have to separate as much as possible what happened in the holocaust from everyday policy making in the state of israel. again, you may have a vicious threat emerging in the east, and you have to cope with it. for example, you have to understand if somebody's going to say your country has to be wiped off the face of the earth and then hangs a poster saying that on his latest generation weaponry, you have to take it seriously. you can't ignore it. you can't just turn the other way. and i think therefore the israeli leadership from the highest levels down to the corporal or private of the army understand what's at stake. it's

israel is a democratic society. the united states is a democratic society, and we cherish our democracy and free speech, but we cannot provide a vehicle that allows the spread of hatred. at my center i run since i left government, we have been examining how the internet is used by radical islamic organizations, particularly in canada, and they're spreading anti-semitism. our representative in canada has found a way to present the information to the canadian authorities. you have to use your legal system to combat this and you have to, you know, shine your flashlight on where this is coming from. >> i have another question for you. are white neo nazis the only ones perpetrating anti-semitic attacks? where else do you see hotbeds of anti-semitism? you just mentioned canada. is it fair to say that anti-semitism is prevalent across all races and genders? >> i believe it is evident among all races and all genders and has to be fought and combatted regardless of its point of origin. >> i'd asked about do you see hotbeds.

israel next polls have closed in israel in what's been the highest election turnout in over 2 decades voters headed to the polls for the president a 3rd time we don't really exit polls put the healthy position is not yet clear whether or not we'll have a commanding majority in the knesset looks like not of the moment but let's get a clearer picture of the middle east correspondent paula sleep. very early indications show doing very well maybe unexpectedly well but not enough to go it alone by the looks of it. well this is a big surprise that as you correctly say the initial exit polls put the willingly could party with some 5 parliamentary seats ahead of the rival party the blue and white party headed by a former army chief now the city is good. for the likud party but it does mean it forces at least one seat short of being able to form a coalition majority the other surprises the high voter turnout these elections saw more voters than the last 21 years and this is despite concerns about the coronavirus there are 5 and a half 1000 israelis who are currently in quarantine they voted at

and israel accused of using counter-terrorism technology to track corona virus infections we look at the blood line between public health and privacy. i'm rebecca it has welcome to the program italy has recorded a staggering rise in the number of deaths from the corona virus with 627 people dying now on friday it's the biggest single day increase registered anywhere since the pandemic began italy is now the worst affected country with more than $4000.00 lives lost to the virus so far. doctors stretched to the limit. patients gasping for air keep arriving but there aren't enough beds. most of the really sick here in very garmo are oh the early but medics warn young people they too are vulnerable. beauty percent of our nations in the i.c.u. which are the most severe and if the percent of our patients are all it seems to be a 5 year old but there. is younger than 6. well if you. basically is racing to get temporary hospitals up and running this one has been opened by a u.s. charity in the northern city of cremona. we came here because our fellow brothers and sisters our italian brothers

is look good party and its allies will fall short of a parliamentary majority will have more on israel's 3rd alexion unless the media. and it is super tuesday in the u.s. presidential campaign it is a key test for democratic front runner bernie sanders we have to california to find out what issues are important for latino voters in america's most populous that. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us for the show today the use a chief executive was left on the line. heads to the border between greece and turkey today where a new chapter in europe's migration crisis is unfolding thousands of refugees have been heading to the greek border after turkey said over the weekend it would no longer stop migrants heading to its territory from trying to enter the e.u. greek security officials have been using tear gas and force to hold them back. repelled at sea turkey released this footage of the coastal city of bodrum authorities say it shows a greek coast guard pushing back a boat filled with migrants it's one of the tactics we call thirty's are using after turkey opened its border allowing mi

israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu israel prime minister benjamin neta nyahu is israel prime ministerry start election injust one year. in the country start election in just one year. we have a freelance reporter in tel aviv. she agrees that mr netanyahu could be on the cusp of achieving a conclusive victory. israel is going to be in limbo probably at least for the next 24 probably at least for the next 2a hours because they are just starting to count real vice. afterwards, they are all of the special votes. that's kind of real votes. votes like the isolation voting places for people quarantined for corona and soldiers votes and so forth. so i expect in the next 2a hours, the numbers will still go up and down. but netanyahu is on the cusp of actually possibly having a victory. what happens with the blue and white given that benjamin netanyahu in the next few weeks will have that corruption trial? what happened with they're campaigning? why couldn't benny gantz convince the voters? that is the $24 million question. what we can definitely say is that that has been a failure for the oppo

benjamin netanyahu claims victory in israel's 3rd election in a year but exit polls show he may be just short of a majority. result as there are live from doha and setting in obligates also ahead moderate democrats seek to rally behind joe biden ahead a super tuesday and amy close are and. drop out of the presidential race. greece reinforces that sea and land borders to stop migrants crossing from turkey. continuum and those 19 is physically and must remain the top priority. countries w.h.o. says containment is key amid a surge in infections outside china and warnings the coronavirus credit global economic growth. hello benjamin netanyahu is claiming victory in israel's general election although it appears he's fallen one or 2 seats short of a parliamentary majority at the polls suggest that's an yahoo's look good party and its right wing allies have around the $120.00 seats in the knesset it's the 3rd time israelis have gone to the polls in less than a year after 2 failed attempts at forming a coalition the opposition leader bennett gowned spoke to his supporters a short time ago. i'm

gaza has been blockaded for years by israel in egypt of course how might those countries respond for example is there any talk of temporarily lifting restrictions for humanitarian reasons. well there's a couple of things to say about this so number one there has been over these last 2 or 3 weeks since the koran that reached the region let's say a relatively pragmatic cooperation with the israeli authorities so the goods we have needed to bring in for hospitals and so on as united nations they've been all through and they have also not curtailed the movement of other goods we run for example as astute alteration over a 1000000 people so more than 50000050 percent of gaza's population depend on food and of course in the lock down it's critical that people have access to food so so far that has not been blocked what has been blocked is movement of people and that's understandable our water it's and are appealing to israel but also egypt as another neighboring country at the international community here is not to forget gaza it is understandable that with this being up and damage and all

to set aside boycotts and swords and reconnect again the tribes of israel and all the citizens of israelbe the coronavirus, pass through this crisis, effete hatred because our hope is not gone yet. >> days after israel's prime minister benjamin tonight you called on gantz to join him in emergency government. thept with -- gantz returns favor, except with himself as the head. electedng-in of newly members, to stave off coronavirus but likely to raise a chuckle from members who watch their politics dragged through the dirt. parliament declared opened by -- aresident in a chamfer chamber empty except for netanyahu and gantz and one other. >> we may be able to replace leadership but not the people. we are destined to live together and so i have one request to make of you. get the people a government. >> israel's new front virus restrictions ban gatherings of more than 10 people. the members were sworn in three at a time. there are questions how this new apartment will function under such conditions. questions about what kind of government they can hope to form. one option is a minority gover

focusing on with israel after this election. well i think that the israeli relationship is one that is rooted in a deep friendship number one number 2 there are issues particularly on economic cooperation where germany can learn a lot from israel israel is an extremely dynamic start up nation is extremely strong when it comes to research and development many german large companies have offices research centers in israel i think that is one of the fields in which our corporations going to intensify and then of course military cooperation is going to be an issue because german and israeli israeli armed forces a cooperative particularly our forces ok there are of course difficult issues as well for example the status of jewish settlements in the west bank continues to be very controversial verse you know what approach should the german government take when it comes to this. well i think the german government as all of the european union should maintain a perspective for a viable palestinian state at the end of the peace process and

benjamin neta nyahu that was a minority view in israel.tanyahu is israel's longest serving prime minister. he presents himself as israel's essential man stop his supporters say he is a political magician. go vote, go vote! is a proud day, this is a democracy. the opposition leader benny gantz, a retired general, relatively new to politics has never matched netanyahu's politics has never matched neta nyahu's trial and ruthlessness. during the campaign, gantz accused him of lying and cheating his way to victory. at likud election night hq, victory. at likud election night h0, no—one seemed worried that neta nyahu is night h0, no—one seemed worried that netanyahu is going on trial in two weeks charged with bribery, corruption and breach of trust. president trump's electoral lifeline, the so—called deal of the century, offering a plan for victory over palestinians on israel's terms may well have sealed it for netanyahu. terms may well have sealed it for neta nyahu. the terms may well have sealed it for netanyahu. the likud supporters in this i

why israel why not the americans why not the russians for example. well i don't know if it's completely true that israel is the only company country that is exporting this kind of cyber surveillance technology we actually see number of companies and we have been for 10 years tracking companies and there was the italian company hacking team until it you know was sort of busted after some leaks in 2015 there was fin fish which was a briton originally a british company gammer international then became a german company there is a very very extensive industry that has been blossoming really in the last 10 years and i think as technology has driven prices down this technology is more readily available for governments around the world to purchase we're seeing and we're going to continue to see a proliferation and diversification of the market not only by major players such as you know israeli got. where there's a lot of investment in universities in technology and really being out in front in developing some of the most more elite and sophisticated technolo

s tanya kramer sent us this report from israel. young student activists campaigning for the right wing likud party on the university campus into celeb they want to see bend to mean or bibi netanyahu from the next coalition government and end the ongoing political stalemate. yes of course sharply what in your there's a sense that the election is about yes unknown to bibi i would like to see the election dealing with ideological content and political messages but politics is politics and carry am a very live put it because they're part of pick out the elections a rerun of benyamin netanyahu versus benny gantz and the polls are predicting almost the same outcome as the previous 2 ballots last year there's also some election fatigue in the air in the last few days before the election the threat of the coronavirus has made more headlines in the israeli media than the upcoming vote . the main issue is that we are going without a government for a year now the country is dysfunctioning the knesset the israeli parliament is out of order not

peter all of our europe correspondent developing story from israel tonight now to preview on israel seen its highest election turnout in over 2 decades this monday as voters head to the polls for an unprecedented 3rd time in under a year seems to be no election voting where there according to the essential election committee as of 8 pm local time there over 65 percent of eligible voters are cast their ballot election is seen by many as a referendum on progress not you know he's facing a corruption trial in 2 weeks exit polls suggest his locoed has picked up seats but it's not yet clear whether or not they can have a commanding majority in the knesset the last 2 rounds of elections and 2900 failed to deliver a viable government with enough seats i couldn't sort it out israel's president rivlin early on urging people to turn out to be sharply criticize the current political climate in the country saying he hopes it can move on after the vote. your clear or it was always a day we consider to be a celebration of israeli democracy and i must say that today i feel most sense of celebration onl