now, you can blame the israelis. but you can also blame palestinians for allowing enough justifications for the creation of that mess. maybe they were misled. maybe they had no other choice. but this is what you have. you have enough building blocks to create the myth of israeli -- >> were the palestinians misled during the four years? and how are they coping with their fears? we went to see a person who fought for victims w witut a futurere. >> i h had mycousin killed by the israelis. and we were susupped to have a party here. we lit candles for all those who passed away to give us life. so we lit candles. and we cried there. then we came back home, we danced. we also cried again. andd for us, that was the resistance. >> the regression in the last three years has been incredible in the relationship between palestinians and the israelis. is there any way that you found to go tothe heart of israelis and tell them don't be afraid of me? >> i don't believe in this fear. we are the people who are afraid of them. they are

israeli can be criticized, but israeli needs to be support and mr. friedman can get that support. >> and senator, again, welcome the both sides of the aisle, and so there is a strong and great voice for our country's national security and foreign policy issue, and we welcome joe lieberman for being here today. >> well, thank you for the generous words and i don't know about lindsey, but i was looking forward to the opening statements that that you were going the make. >> i see that you are still acting like a politician. >> as my wife said, they have an incurable disease. and senator cardin and former colleagues and friends, i am delighted to be here this morning to introduce my friend david friedman who is of course p before the committee as the president's nominee to be the next ambassador to israeli. after i left the senate in 2013, i became senior counsel at the law firm of lieberman, katz and friedman and probably david and i never thought that we would be here when i joined the firm. but in the four years i have come to know david, first as the

and therefore, in choosing between all the options, as an israeli, i believe that the israeli interest to have two different states. frankly, i am not fighting for the establishment of a palestinian state, i am fighting in order to keep israel as a jewish democratic state. and saer erekat, from his point of view, he is fighting to fight and create a palestinian state, because — because he represents the national aspirations of the palestinians. now i — i would like to say something about what president trump said. i mean what he said is not, you know, well, what said was "what makes you happy makes me happy," but he also said it depends on both sides. so in a way, i am not against thinking outside of the box. and now the other idea they can give an answer to our aspirations, to the palestinian aspirations, and an idea it can keep israel as such... let it be, i mean... but as you said, this is exactly the point that he made, that it hasn't worked so far. he said it is something very different, that hasn't been discussed before. he went on to say it was a bigger and more important deal i

two questions from israeli journalists. john king, if he was treated so unfairly, michael flynn, in this process and he is such a good man, why did the president fire him? >> well, it would be nice, it would be nice, if the conservative outlets the president is calling on would ask him tough questions, and instead of curry favor with the president, they might do him a fare by letting him answer these questions because until he does, this story is not going to go away. he just made it more complicated by saying that. yesterday the white house said the national security advisor was fired and the president asked for his resignation after he is eroded trust. he lost trust of the vice president first and then the president looked into this, and then the president of the united states just told the american people and the world something different. unfair media attacks on his national security advisor led this man to unfairly be run out of the white house. well, who is telling the truth? who speaks for the president? who should w

i think that bipartisanship has been the hallmark for israeli. as i have commented occasionally to several of the senators who i have had the privilege to meet. i want to do everything i can to work with the members of congress to build upon what is, i think, much more that unites us than divides us, and all of those views are made in good faith, and so if i am confirmed it will be a high priority of mine to synthesize and to the extent of harmonizing the views of the congress and also to do the same in israel. as divided as the united states is, the state of israel is just as divided. >> and let me continue that the second role i wanted to mention is the one that you are suggesting now, is that the ambassador role is typically someone who has a personal relationship with the leadership there, and not just the prime minister, but also members of the cabinet and the opposition parties, because as you can say , it is diverse and a little kay -- a little chaotic, and so in those relationships, and so do you believe that you can be effective there an

and hamas and many israeli israelis think that we might find ourselves in another military campaign because the hamas is the strong will through strength in public opinion. this is the first part and when you have to military campaign, you always need a declaration, specifically from the u.s. administration and of course from president trump. second, i would say again the public opinion i spoke about the pragmatic area. most of the israelis from the left and from the right as david said believers are disbelievers of the peace agreement between the israelis and palestinians. most of them do not believe it's possible to bridge the gaps. most of them are not willing to compromise on territories after they saw the outcomes of the disengagement in gaza. so in one side the right wing, they are less and less, the dreams about grand israel, about an accession of 100% of 2 territory with the arabs. no one wants israel to find themselves another two million minute dwlans wi palestinians that will vote for the knesset and they are not talking about an accession of all territory. he has a solut

he says that there won't be one law for israelis and another for non—israelis, you would grant citizenship, and it would be one egalitarian democracy? this was the idea, of the likud, and others after the 67 war. the whole idea would be that we would live happily ever after, giving equal rights to those between the jordan after, giving equal rights to those between thejordan river and mediterranean sea but in the end that leads to a situation in which israel, would stop being a jewish democratic state. and we would have a binational state, one state with everybody living there but i think it would not be you know, living happily ever after, it would be more bloody. with this ongoing conflict amongst us, and this is against what i believe is the vision of zionism, to create a state for thejewish people. and in this state everybody‘s equal rights citizens. is it down to the demographics, the idea that if you take into and a half million palestinians, that is the end of a jewish state? yes, in the end of a jewish state? yes, in the end, listen, we live and my values are to keep in harmony the

between the palestinians and the israelis. most of them do not believe it's possible to bridge the gaps. most of them are not willing to compromise on territories after they saw it all comes the disengagement in gaza. so in one side, they are less and less dreams about growing israel, about an accession of 100% of the territory, which no one wants in israel to find themselves with another 2 million palestinians that will -- and even the strong right-wing either, is not talking about an access of halt territory. he has a solution to create some kind of access possible in order to create maximum territory with minimum palestinians. the other side, the left in israel would say, move to the center, we could see it by the polls, more and more -- and he keep himself avoiding talking about any kind of compromises and about solutions to the israeli/palestinian conflict. and the last part, and i would say is the most important piece, is that today netanyahu is facing a few domestic challenges. first of all, actually in the real politic

the israelis say that as well.ith it. behind closed doors i think they are talking about how they can enforce it better and then take care of other issues relating to iran which we re other issues relating to iran which were mentioned at the press conference, which is the incredibly destabilising and regional behaviour of iran ranging from iraq to syria. if the administration takes a robust approach towards that, the israelis would be very happy. as would many of ourarab would be very happy. as would many of our arab allies in the gulf. david, thank you. johnny dymond is injerusalem. president david, thank you. johnny dymond is in jerusalem. president trump david, thank you. johnny dymond is injerusalem. president trump seems to be suggesting it both sides fancy a one state solution, he would be happy with that. i'm sure everyone would be happy. one suspects the palestinians are not happy with a one state solution? you can read what you want into a one state solution. there are certainly palestinians to say, yeah,

they understand the relationship between israeli conflict. and so if now it's israel and the sunni arabs are going to align against them and they are going to try to promote palestinian as part of this, they will make sure to start something in the israeli arena to prevent that from happening. one of the consequences of all of this talk about regional peace is that the chances for conflict between is ba la, they will start it up one way or another. we have seen that so many times before. >> the minute we proceed down that track. >> yes. as you would be first -- >> yes. >> in terms of the art of the deal, here is the thing, he put his finger on it. if the iranians see that trump under the influence of benjamin netanyahu, then the iranians are going to get to the point where they say hey, that's not the deal we made. it was sanctions relief for nuclear program not our nuclear program plus sanctions. so i think that's part of the calculations is by ratcheting up the sanctions, iranians will be the ones to walk out of the deal, not the united sta

israelis and arab league's alike.are experts at selling and dreams ofdise peace and nobel prizes to naive andicans at twice the price no peace at the end. i say that as a naive american who went through the experience. -- because weok keep on doing it, every time, every administration. that is who we are. that is the beauty of america. besays i believe it can done. don't be naive, don't be full by in youro whisper ideas ear about how we can do it this way or that way. just designing a rabbit hole for you to go down. true of all. equal opportunity. they are all great at it. secondly, i actually given credit for this, take your time to listen to everybody. they need to talk more to the palestinians. , his assistant in this, clearly will have a role in it. i think taking time to listen and get a sense of what actually can be done realistically is really important. have got to get the structure right. be done without the state department, p or and simple. -- pure and simple. [applause] thomas: why not? martin: he has a lo

the israelis are in the same position.e sentence is probably lighter than many expected. there will be an appeal. i don't think it is changing anything radically in the balance between israel and the palestinians. to be honest, you have a dead attacker, abdel fattah al—sharif. you have got elor azaria, who is going to prison, and the conflict between israelis and palestinians grinds on. the accountancy firm pwc has released its annual gender equality scorecard. iceland, sweden and norway were the standout winners. let's look at the graphic to show who got it better. pwc says the gap is closing and it could happen for the first time in poland within a decade. time to meet a businessman turned reality television star with his eyes set on politics. i am not speaking about the us president, i am talking about kevin o'leary, who some have dubbed canada's donald trump. he has just some have dubbed canada's donald trump. he hasjust announced his run to lead ca nada's trump. he hasjust announced his run to lead canada's conservati

talking about israeli policy. the united states could never support a two-state solution if it didn't recognize the full state of israel and a commitment to leave in peace with israel. we could never support such a policy; correct? >> correct. >> and the u.s. could never support a one-side solution where palestinians are deprived of full and equal rights afforded to other citizens? >> i think so. >> i don't have any other questions, mr. chair. thank you. >> thank you. senator johnson. >> thank you. mr. friedman, thank you for your willingness it serve. i have done a lot of negotiating myself. you have to sit down and negotiate in good faith. i think of a fundamental problem is you have the palestinians refusing israel's right to exist. is that the fundamental problem here? >> it has been the problem for a generation. >> i want to talk about you mention in your testimony that palestinians are being held hostage. in their education system for decades they have been teaching pretty vile thinks about israelis and jews

now all those the israeli dlim ma. conflicts of interest in the -- in his campaign, he talks about the israel palestinian, an internal conflict. since he was elected. in the safe zone from the eyes of the government of israel. secondly, if it's possible at all to offer him a new attitude regarding the israeli palestinian -- otherwise, he's submiten with the outings of the advisers would look israel. it's actually the declaration involving a two state solution. does not exist anymore because they're connected. felt any connection to the palestinian, has no ability to govern himself or is a new state or because like ly a prime minister, there is such a number of settlers. is it possible to build a new -- to build out of the box. or to put the idea of a solution. out of the direction. maybe to go back to the ideas of the steps, he knows that a the strings of authority in order to minimize the conflict. to bring back an agreement between the administration and before. the last thipg that i would like to bring to mention is

the israeli army. after 1967, when israel took the west bank and in fact completed the taking of palestine, completed the occupation of what was the land of israel, he stood up and he said well look, we have taken all of our country back. he fully believed in the narrative. he said, however there is another nation here. and the only way we can survive is to recognize their rights and we should allow them to establish a small state in a small part of the land of israel, and that will be their palestine, and that's when the two-state solution was born where you have the west bank and the ga za strip as part. that's when it was born, late '60s early 70s. never gave up on that idea that jews have a right to live in palestine and have a state there. we need to compromise and the best thing to do is allow the small state. >> so your father believed in a two-state solution, if i advance the story from your grandfather to your father, to you. you do not. tell me why you no longer believe it's viable. >> becaus

saying it's up to the palestinians and israelis to decide whether or not it isa israelis to decide whether two state solution, does it effectively mean no solution? i don't know, i'm an eternal optimist, i've seen agreements made between israelis and arabs. i was there when the jordanians and israelis signed the agreement. i don't think it's impossible. i think it takes a lot of political will and that political will is absent certainly on the israeli side right now where there isa israeli side right now where there is a tendency towards right—wing approaches to settlements, and ignoring the notion of a two state solution. palestinians have not shown a high degree of leadership either. thank you very much indeed for joining either. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. —zilla pleasure to talk with you. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 this evening in the papers. guests on the papers will be the independent business editorjosie cox and helen joyce, independent business editorjosie cox and helenjoyce, international edito

these led to israeli dominating the market.rael so well-suited to startups and technology? shlomo: there is always an infusion of new talent from the idf, and with the infusion of talent, you have the recipe for a successful start-up nation. ashlee: shlomo has invested in dozens of israeli companies. to see the extreme end of what the idf can inspire, i have gone to herzliya, a small beach town and tech hub that brushes right up against tel aviv. called spaceny pharma has set out to make some interstellar drugs. >> if humanity would like to move out of earth, they must learn the microgravity conditions in order to survive on their way to mars and to other places. yaminossi used to head the idf satellite program. then he and his comrades hit on a big possibly profitable idea, they assembled some space software and science experts and set to work trying to make life easier on astronauts. yossi: we cut the middlemen. the astronaut is not the scientist. he needs to survive, eat, pray, sleep. he cannot do too much science. ashlee: s

lead tof those points the israeli dilemma. the israeli dilemma with donald is, first of all, if trump at to [indiscernible] lict,e conf [indiscernible] if you actually changes this in the eyes of the government of israel. secondly, if it is possible at in to offer a new attitude the israeli-palestinian conflict. otherwise, mr. netanyahu comes advisers wouldg, policy, and the only thing that can find is actually the declarations of netanyahu about a two state solution, in which the eyes of many israelis does not exist anymore. it is very hard for a right-wing leader and even a left-wing to fluctuate such a number of settlers. is it possible to bring new ideas to the table? to break out of the box and put ideas for a two state solution to the conflict out of view? maybe if you go back to the -- to spread the palestinian authority and minimize the conflict by expressions or a small amount of declarations, or even by -- to [indiscernible] the last point i would like to mention is the fact that in order to bring something in this t

israelis will always have to defend themselves. and you raise the point they to continue taking palestinian land. i would characterize it this two camps in e moment.at the there's one that does want to settle. historic west bank territory. they believe they have a ight to the man and that it's in israel's interest to it's foreign to american for that actually discussion but majority.the the israelis who don't want to ettle but argue that it has very little to do with the palestinians or settlements. security. do with security.t sense of that's what scares the majority of israelis. settling that land but you're right that, that exists host: from massachusetts, brian, go ahead. for taking my ou call. get a little o detailed idea of what occurs with theesident speaks prime minister. i've seen the prime minister on television enough and i know bilingual in english nd so i'm wondering aside from ress conferences, does the hebrew nister speak in yiddish with the president? in israel e's a joke bout netanyahu that he speaks better english

it has divided the public, those who feel like israelis and serving in the israeli army as mandatory, they expect the army to protect their and this soldier claimed his life was in danger. the judges found no evidence of that. it divided the public who felt like their children were being properly protected. ideaead of the army, the of the cheap supporting this decision, supporting putting him on trial and the prime minister defending the soldier and calling for his pardon . there will be an appeal and there could be a bid to pardon him. >> thank you. moving to washington where u.s. president donald trump has named general h. r. mcmaster as his adviser.nal security mcmaster is a respected military challengingnown for conventional thinking and hoping to turn around the iraqi war during its darkest days. uncertainty days of , president trump has named his national security adviser. herbert raymond mcmaster will replace michael flynn who was sacked three weeks into the job over his contacts with russia. addressing the media in florida, trump praised mcmaster from a military strategist for

a pro-israeli sheriff. many israelis believe that it is dependent that the united states supports israel and show it publicly. maybe it is something that the palestinians will entertain. or at least it will be a pace for the negotiations. >> david, do you want to start? >> i'm just speaking on the issue of expertise, but i think that adding elliott abrams would be an important signal that someone who has experience in this issue will be very much at the center of administration policy. is someone who was actually the architect of the bush letter and is well versed in these west bank issues. he is now starting afresh. this is not at all, obviously, to denigrate. new people may become with fresh eyes, of course, but i think that maybe adding him to the mixture in a key position would be a sign that -- here is somebody with experience who wants to really help out the new team. , ihink that in my view served in a democratic administration, but i think it would be welcome across the republicans,crats, and the an

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we have the challenge trying to bring peace between israelis and arabs. i guess other than that our region is a wonderful thing. i'm an optimist. and if you are to solve problems, we have to do everything we can to dool with the challenges we face. i believe that 2017 will be a year in which a number of challenges will be resolved. the crisis in yemen will be brought to an end. working n then work on yemen and recrux. i believe congress can be made if they are willing to do so. ready to see ands how we can work on it. the settlement is possible. we have one of the biggest traffickers that will help to resolve one of these challenges. and i'm optimistic about the trump administration. there is a lot of concerns or concerns in europe about the new administration, but i would like to remind my colleagues, there s a lot of concern in europe and thought world war iii would take place. and yost, how did it turn out? ronald reagan made comprehensive arms control agreements with the soviet union and pushed back against the soviet union. and i think when we look a

policy on the two state solution to the israeli-palestinian conflict.24 hours after losing that national security advisor, the president lost his first cabinet nominee, andrew puzder had to l step side because he gave undocumented immigrants cash. but remember, chuck schumer started with a hit list, including sessions and rex tillerson. see you tomorrow, here is "hannity," next. >> sean: welcome to "hannity," history in the making, a meeting between president donald trump and at the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu to reset the relationship between america's closest ally in the middle east, up to eight years of a hostile obama administration is very refreshing, it is now clear they're on a new path towardsds peace and to fighting radical islamic terrorism. coming up, we will play you the highlights but first, the alt radical left propaganda media is out to utterly destroy donald trump and it is doing you the american people, a great disservice. that is tonight's opening monologue.

for many years, leaders across the world including me israeli prime minister has sounded the alarm of the iranian nuclear weapons in. but the obama administration could do with the support of groups like it j. street to get any treatment that froze and dismantle large parts of that program with the most intensive inspections in history to remove fat prospect of a nuclear weapon from less tough global threats. >> as a member of the u.s. senate as i'm sure you appreciate i hear a lot of this dish listening to many of my colleagues how tough the united states has got to be and how and the end of the day but that the incentive plans all that matter pronounce those say to those colleagues that it is easy to kill if species -- speeches at the floor of the senate or the house would in this is will harden in one in to live through the devastation of war. [applause] because i was in the house and photog and all of the rhetoric thank cavemen image that came to that war. [applause] as a foreign policy blunder of the enormous and unthinkable magnitude. leading to the death of 4400 want and many t

is forced to look for a new labor secretary and makes a shift that ends a two decade policy on the israeli palestinian conflict. >>> while leaks of classified information have the president pushing back. >> papeds are beirs are being l things are being leaked. it's a criminal action. >> a day without grants. deportation fears have immigrants from coast-to-coast calling for today to be a day of action by boycotting their work, school, and shopping. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. >>> this morning controversy and foreign distractions on foreign issues. the president backed away from a two-state resolution to the palestinian/israeli conflict and another one of his cabinet nominees withdrew his nomination. hena daniels is in new york. >> reporter: the senate was to hold a confirmation today for auned puzder. the president has dropped the insistence by the u.s. on a two-state solution to the israeli/palestinian conflict, a longstanding bedrock of middle east policy. this morning, president trump i

israelis wishan conflictment but outside of the u.n. there's good news. israel's place in the world is changing, building up new diplomatics relationships more and more countries recognize how much israel contributes to the world and they're recognizing that israel is a beacon of stability and a troubled region is the forefront of innovation, entrepreneurship and technological discovery. it is the u.n.'s anti-israel bias that is long overdue for change. the united states will not hesitate to speak out against these biases in defense of our friend and ally, israel. i will say we were -- i think we saw maybe a slightly different tone in the meeting, but we will have to see how it goes forward. thank you, and any questions. >> the meeting today we heard the u.n. envoy say the two state solution is the only way to reach peace in the middle east. i wonder how are you going to square that ah as you go forward with what president trump said today -- yesterday, about there being other possibilities, and also on the settlement resolution do you

culture and serve most elite units of the israeli army.there will never be forced to leave their beautiful homes. even president trump last week said in an interview to an israeli newspaper, settlements don't help the process. there is so much Ãevery time you take land for settlement there is less land left. so again mr. friedman, i hope you will clarify your views on settlements and the two state solution and the comments that your made about my colleagues and others during the course of his hearing. my commitment to israel is unyielding. i believe that it is a critical relationship for the united states and that of work many decades of public service to ensure that there is a strong stable and mutually beneficial relationship between our countries. likewise i am confident of the commitment of support of my colleagues on the committee. even though may have the different views and conflicting views as to how best to carry out that commitment. so mr. friedman, i look forward to your testimony. >> thank you mr. friedman, we thank you for you

we have not heard officially from the israelis yet. reuters is reporting that the ambassador to the united nations is saying it is too early to tell how it will affect future building. this comes as rex tillerson takes the reins of the state department as secretary of state. he talked with prime minister netanyahu. netanyahu will be traveling to the united states on february 15th to meet with president trump. expect them not only to talk about settlements, but what israeli/united states relations will look like going forward. >> ian, it sounds like the president is asking the prime minister to hold off until the meeting on the 15th. >> reporter: that's right. we heard before that prime minister netanyahu did not want any surprises. at least from his government from officials in his administration because he did not want any from the american and the trump administration. this looks like it has them on their heels a bit. we did hear from the council which is an umbrella organization of the settlement movement that welcomed the statement

that's what scares the majority of israelis. it's not about settling that land but you're right that, that camp exists host: from massachusetts, brian, go ahead. caller: thank you for taking my call. i would like to get a little detailed idea of what occurs when a president speaks with the prime minister. i've seen the prime minister on television enough and i know that he is bilingual in english and so i'm wondering aside from press conferences, does the prime minister speak in hebrew or yiddish with the president? guest: there's a joke in israel about netanyahu that he speaks better english than hebrew. he does speak hebrew. his whole staff speaks english fluently. certainly his ambassador to the united states. he was born here i'm pretty sure. and netanyahu himself studied here. so it's an english conversation. definitely a huge benefit. the last time i was on this show was with -- when netanyahu was addressing a joint session of congress on iran to much fanfare and outrage. and he is a very eloquent speaker. there's no quest

we support a solution to the israeli-palestinian conflicts that is negotiated directly between the two parties. as president trump reiterated in his meeting with the president netanyahu -- with the prime minister netanyahu yesterday. this only makes peace harder to attain birdies couraging one of the parties from going to the negotiating table. incredibly, the u.n. department of political affairs has an entire division devoted to palestinian affairs. imagine that. there is no division devoted to illegal missile launches from north korea, there is no division devoted to the world's number one state sponsor or terror, iran. the prejudiced approach -- the president's approach -- the present approach does the peace process no favors and bears no relationship to the reality of the world around us. the double standards are breathtaking. just a few days ago the united states sought, unsuccessfully be, to have the security council condemn a terrorist attack to israel where the terrorists opened fire on people waiting for a bus and then stabbed others. the security council would not hesitate to

same rights at israelis? the occupied west bank is under israeli military control. would that become under civilian control? these are a few of the very difficult questions that will have to be answered. >> walking us through what it all could mean. i want to bring in former senator joe leiberman, form als special correspondent, and bureau chief, and still with us as well. senator, i want to start with you. a snippet of what we heard from prime minister netanyahu. we will talk about it on the other side. here it is. >> the great opportunity for peace comes from a regional approach from involving our new-found arab partners in the pursuit of a broader peace and peace with the palestinians. i look forward to discussing this in greater detail with you mr. president. i think that if we work together, we have a shot. >> what does it sound like to you? >> a recognition of reality. the major conflicts in the middle east are sunni verse shi'ite and isis, and the arab nations sharing a lot of opinions with israel, mostly about iran. there is a new reality. the arab nations a

a massive reset in us— israeli relations on the card.k terrible. they didn't like each other. the peace process run into the sand and nothing was happening. looking for a reset. run into the sand and nothing was happening. looking fora reset. i think this administration is still working out what its policy is. we heard a white house brief talking about a two state solution, maybe, maybe not. that has been a cornerstone of american policy on the middle east for the last couple of decades. i think they are feeling their way. today will be about what they call in the media the optics, they call in the media the optics, the warm new relationship. a bit of noise about iran on which they can agree. i don't think you'll hear anything concrete today about what a new israeli palestine peace process will look like at this stage. let's go tojonny diamond in jerusalem. it looks like they are moving away from a two state solution. it goes down differently amongst different people. the nationalist and religious right here in israel are cock—a—hoop ove

at a time when pro-israeli noises from donald trump and his team have cooled. but israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was putting out an image of confidence of ofd of his meeting -- ahead his meeting with the new u.s. presents set for wednesday -- president set for wednesday. >> the alliance between the u.s. and israel have always been strong and it is about to get stronger. president trump and i see i to i. -- eye to eye. martin: netanyayahu is under pressure from hardliners to secure common ground with trump over the settlements question, an estimated 600,000 israeli settlers currently live in areas can that are illegal by the u.n. anand most world powers. but israel wants to increase that number. saystinian representatives israel is treading on dangerous ground. >> this is liable to be disastrous when it comes to any kind of pursuit of peace. it is liable for the u.s. to be complicit in israeli violations of international law and lawlessness, as well as the actual act of criminality, of stealing people's land. iran is likely to bring about more cohesio

he has one warning for the isra isra israeli prime minister ni. nice to see you. i'm alison kosik. >> and ie'm john berman. republicans not looking for information about advisers or russian officials or are they looking about the information for the call that brought down michael flynn. they want to know who leaked the information. jason shchaffetz is seeking to e if classified information is mishandled. they have concerns of the inadequate protections of the laws answ s and constitution. authorities for good reason. the release of national security information can have grave effects on national security. this comes after chaffetz said his committee will not look into the circumstances that led to michael flynn stepping down. >>> but senators are interested in the fact of the flynn downfall. the senior democrat on the senate judicial committee written to the justice department and fbi. they are looking for a briefing in two weeks along with transcripts of flynn's call with the russian ambassador. they wrote, media reports raised questions about the content and con

it seems to be a concerted policy by the israelis.d pictures of what was about to happen in on illegal settlement, because settlers had built land without permission from the israeli government. so the israeli military were sent into remove those settlers and there were a few hundred. at the same time, having said they would build more houses on occupied territory, so—called occupied territory, and the un security council a couple of months ago said they were in legal. israel has removed settlements before, in 2005 they removed some from the gaza strip and they have recognised and said that they are prepared to make very painful decisions to reach some form of peaceful settlement. however, decisions to reach some form of peacefulsettlement. however, news like this make one question whether that's really the case. what do you make of white benjamin netanyahu says about iran and the threat that they impose to israel and also, he says, the euro and other parts of the world? because of course that's getting more sympathy in the us, that s

mr trump suggested to the visiting israeli prime minister, mr trump suggested to the visiting israeli—state solution, as the best hope for any peace settlement. police in malaysia investigating the apparent assassination of kim jong—nam, half—brother of north korea's leader, have detained a second woman. they've also carried out an autopsy. no results released yet. the north korean government has asked for the body to be handed over. time now for hardtalk.

talks in london meant the israeli prime minister was a wafer last night's vote.nnouncement of 6000 new settler homes. all settlements are seen as illegal under international law. but israel disagrees. palestinian officials want more done to stop them. if the international to you once been a briton state solution, they must act now. the whole scene now is that neta nyahu is must act now. the whole scene now is that netanyahu is trying to deliver a lethal blow. not only to the existing prospect of a two state solution, but the future possibility. now the european union has put a summit with israel on hold. washington is expected to await a supreme court ruling before weighing in. just before we wrap—up this have come let's look at some of the stories we will be covering in the next half. the new england patriots getting back to boston in the freezing cold, celebrating that amazing comeback in the super bowl. and nicolas sarkozy has had some bad hello there. time for a unlikely look at some of the big weather stories around the globe. we are going to start in austra

but in any event that hamas is the bigger obstacle is the israeli. he teaches at oxford theatre was a woman who got her ph.d. at berkeley. shocking laugh laugh so that is what she said. this debate is available on you to that israel goes to the palestinians what the nazis due to the jews. first of all, israel's committing genocide against the palestinians is the most effective genocide in the history of genocide. there were more palestinians than ever. is the reverse genocide then you increase laugh off this was a serious statement. so the issue is not about israel it teaches nothing about israel but the state of the university. the universities in the western world are a moral cesspool if you don't know that you are probably jewish and i say that because they venerate the university so you must enter cognitive dissidence. >> maybe because i am from the university of chicago that when i think of my own appreciation and deism came through the university and taking courses with diversity of chicago with the intellectual seriousness and through a great