from brooklyn. he emigrated to israel in 69. my mother came to israel from iraq. they met there. within me, i have a european side and a middle eastern side. those are two very important sides of my personality. i try to portray them and what i do. >> in your particular family, did you grow up speaking english and hebrew and arabic? >> mostly hebrew. both of my parents wanted to raise a israeli kid that talked hebrew. that was something important to them. that is why they went to israel. >> oshra, rabbi, believe it or not, we need to say goodbye to the two of you. thank you for being with us. we will return to mosaic and continue this conversation about the way we care for each other and form leadership into the next generation. please join us in a moment back here on mosaic. >>> good morning and welcome back to mosaic. i am rabbi eric weiss and honored to be your host. we are in the middle of a wonderful conversation where we talk about ways in which we get to know one another and care for one another and how that influences the ways we look for leaders in the next generation. i

kurdistan from afghanistan very was supported by the swathes of sort of tweets that were coming out of washington now this is america israel saudi arabia interfering at least from a distance within iraq's internal affairs yes iran has got economic problems absolutely but a lot of those economic problems we mustn't forget because the commitments that america has. been flagrantly abused the day j.c. . was signed america turned around and put some new sanctions on iran which is ridiculous. one person has reportedly been killed and at least three more injured in a suspected strike in yemen it's believed to be in retaliation for the firing of a missile into saudi arabia on friday that war in yemen broke out in twenty fifteen and has claimed the lives of more than ten thousand people are for their twenty two million are said to be in need of urgent humanitarian assistance the strike was the second to hit amman so far this year. on new year's day more than twenty people were killed in the key port city of data. well the united nations has allocated priestley dented fifty million dollars in aid to yemen to try and alleviate the humanitarian crisis there and it's not just humanitarian organizat

of gains in establishing that land bridge we talked ab from western afghanistan through iraq, through syria to lebanon, to be able to threaten israel and the mediterranean. iran has seen more gains under the obama administration than in the last thousand. i don't think i addressed that piece. but i think really what, you know, the bottom line here is that the united states is going to have to remain engaged. i think president trump was absolutely right to tell turkey to knock it off and to back off. and at the same time, we're going to have to be very firm with the kurds, there better not be a single turkish civilian or soldier hurt while we're working with them. >> dana: i'm curious to ask someone with experience on both the military side and the diplomatic side. what do you think would happen, and what would you advise president trump to begin to have a conversation with nato allies about removing turkey from nato? >> no. not at this point, i would not. we have to continue to work with the turks. they're a critical ally in a number of ways, both in terms of the size of their military which is substantial and one of the largest in

iraq and the israeli parliament where the u.s. vice president has reasserted america's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital. and a story of pace from a country at war going to get serious first ever could attend. a three day u.s. government shutdown has ended all to politicians approve legislation to release federal funding but the immigration dispute at the said to of the crisis is far from resolved which is why the new dollars already is. stopgap measure allowing government funding to continue until the eighth of february or democrats agree to support it after republicans pledge there will be a vote in the coming weeks on the status of undocumented migrants brought to the u.s. as children learn his dream is to took to twitter to say that this has been a big one for his party and democrats have caved and come to their senses he says he's open to an immigration deal but only if it's good for the country castro reports now from washington d.c. . kicking the can down the road the phrase used to describe the now familiar practice of the us congress delaying the problem solution for another day the motion is adopted without objection a

from the earth very soon his next speech would be to the israeli parliament the knesset on monday israeli palestinian representatives about to boycott the event. how does iraq occupied east jerusalem. israel. says chum stand is consistent with what many u.s. presidents want it. in jordan it was clear that king abdullah i did not agree with the united states position on this regard. like it was mentioned in the program to agree to disagree and was left very much as such by the private by the king and rightfully so that the united states should pursue actively still the two state solution. as far as jordan go as far as israel is concerned i think we ought to remember that paints himself is a myth jellicoe. trump's base is in belgium a cult so to suggest that the tram could change is my that is not going to happen so in israel places be very very warmly obviously and nothing will change there as far as the recognizer of your resume is concerned in this regard you know tromso being rather consistent just also remember that many many presidents before him several have recognized said they would recognize israel the situation i mean jerusalem as israel's capital they did not go through because

solution from the so-called international community or are they going to impose a cost on israel for its continued international outlaw status and fire lation it's time for a short break here not as iraq when we come back. protests intensify in the democratic republic of congo demonstrates. the president to resign immediately. and from serena to the super bowl we'll take a look at some of the sporting highlights of twenty seventy one abstain. from flowing on in wins to an enchanting breeze in the. hollow we've got some rather blustery showers pushing into the eastern side of the mediterranean that the moment little clutch of storms just fades filter in that award cypress affecting a good part of it is that makes its way further east was ready to snow over the mountain so some wet weather coming into lebanon jordan northern parts of syria a few showers there for baghdad further east is talking loudly falling dry twelve celsius in kabul either the next couple days to ourselves just two for tehran on tuesday wintry mix a little further north that will see some prices sky just coming back into baghdad across the the western side of the region back over towards the levant fun and try to ac

from iraq of an explosion. in the meantime we want to turn to some other stories making news around the world because palestinian president mahmoud abbas has accused israel of ending the middle east peace process he said that israel's actions mean that the oslo accords no longer exist those one thousand nine hundred four agreements formed the basis of ties between israel and the palestinians abbas also stressing his opposition to u.s. president donald trump's decision to recognised who saw him as israel's capital he declared that to roussillon is the eternal capital of the palestinian people he made the comments at the opening of a p.l.o. meeting in the west bank abbas also had strong words for trump who he said would achieve the peace deal of the century between israel and the palestinians. even though it's a trump and others know we will not accept his project. told him the deal of the century is the slap of the century and we will retaliate. for mark let's bring in jerusalem correspondent tonya kramer who is covering the story for us so tanya we just heard the boss there saying that israel has in effect ended the oslo peace accords take us through his

israel want from the united states in relation to iran? ? >> in relation it iran they want a strong activist united states who pushes back on iran in yemen who pushes back in syria, who pushes back in iraq. who pushes back in lebanon. all of these places we see the iranian machine moving forward. israel wants partner that can stand with them against that rising iranian threat. >> benjamin netanyahu is one world leader that president seems to have a very good relationship with. jared kushner has known him since he was a child. is the trump administration broad ranging backing or supporting israel? does that risk hurting our relationship with other allies? >> i don't think it does. first of all, let's remember that israel is in good shape with european countries. they have good relationships with both egypt and jordan. two of the major sunni arab states. they have good relationships throughout much of the rest of the world. other than the push back they get over jerusalem as the capital issue. those are tactical issues. i think strategically, israel and the united states, working together, can create real positive security outcomes in the middle east. >> take a step back before we go. for