israel and syria p that's little odd isn't it?you have to follow your values as a jewish democracy, in light of this and i think we're being very smart about this. about diversifying, about building core technology in cybersecurity and r&d and medicine. and we're going to continue doing that. >> naftali bennett good to see you. the news continues here on al jazeera america. >> on "america tonight": failing grades for classrooms. is it even safe for kids to go to school here? >> the walls are crumbling. >> there's mold. >> mouse droppings. >> asbestos. >> human waste. >> paint and powder comes out of the walls. >> lisa fletcher, from "america tonight." >> how many deficiency were identified? >> i don't. >> if i told you it

the iranians and, yes, even the palestinians already want to annihilate israel, already hate israel, already have nothing but contempt and disregard and disdain for israel. do we honestly think there's anything we're going to do that will ameliorate the hatreds and fears and anxieties directed toward the people of god for all these years? no. you wonder how do we know you would be different? because for me it is not just a political issue. it is a deeply personal, deeply spiritual, it's a matter of conviction. i didn't start building my relationship with israel, some day i might run for office i might run for president, i've got to go up there and make all the jewish republicans really happy with me. i need to say the right things. maybe somebody can coach me and tell me what i'm supposed to say and hand me some talking points. folks, you've heard today what i believe. i back it up of 42 years for being an advocate for israel. long before i was in politics i was taking the same stance for israel, i have, i am, and i assure you that i will. and i thank you very, very much for the oppo

syria, lebanon, jordan, turkey, and israel. when i went to israel, something happened inside of me that i can't explain but you'll understand it. and that is it's a place i had never been in my life but i felt like i was at home. keep in mind, in 1973 -- >> [ applause ] >> 1973 the modern israel was 25 years old. it was a struggling little country that frankly was still trying to get up on its feet. its economy was tough. many of the people lived in the kibbutz scene. many had no idea it would be what it is today. israel's economy was largely selling some oranges and bringing tourists over. but it was very evident that the pioneer spirit that existed in that nation was as close to anything that resembled the american spirit that i had ever witnessed for sure, and i realized from that point on that the united states and israel don't merely have an organizational relationship because we have mutual interests. we have an organic relationship because both of our countries were founded by people who had the vision to give their chil

- they love israel.hey love it with passion. and having fundraiser for obama. i say what you doing? they say we don't know. he comes to the work and we don't know. i say he is a disaster. i believe the iran deal -- we are negotiators. we don't build gas stations in the middle of afghanistan for $43 million. $43 million in the the use the wrong kind of terminal because they don't sell that type of gas. $43 million for a gas station. how many think they could've done it for less? could you raise your hands please. i look at obama and the deal we give to iran. $150 billion. they don't need to develop nuclear weapons, they can buy them. it's true. why did they have to develop them. we give them $150 billion. they go out and in terms of surveillance, they have the right to self inspect. how about that? they can self inspect. we will let them self inspect and that you have the 24 days. the 24 days, we are all given context on start until such and such happens. it could be forever before you get to go in and in

israel and syria p that's little odd isn't it?you have to follow your values as a jewish democracy, in light of this and i think we're being very smart about this. about diversifying, about building core technology in cybersecurity and r&d and medicine. and we're going to continue doing that. >> naftali bennett good to see you. the news continues here on al jazeera america. >> we're here to fully get into the nuances of everything that's going on, not just in this country, but around the world. getting the news from the people who are affected. >> people need to demand reform... >> ali velshi on target. ♪ the united states supports turkey's right to defend itself and the space and territory. >> call to action and global talks on climate change over shadowed by the fight on i.s.i.l. >>> chicago officer charged of killing a teen leaves jail amid protests. >>> calls for resignations in the college over aracism on campus. >>> what brought down an air asia flight killing 162 people one year ago. ♪

israel and syria p that's little odd isn't it?you have to follow your values as a jewish democracy, in light of this and i think we're being very smart about this. about diversifying, about building core technology in cybersecurity and r&d and medicine. and we're going to continue doing that. >> naftali bennett good to see you. the news continues here on al jazeera america. >> half a million fields will lie fallow. >> if we had another year of this severe drought, i'd say all bets are off. ♪ z >> the united states has run thousands of air strikes in syria and iraq. france and russia are now in the war. nato member turkey is involved up to its eye teeth, but as he saw in the russian jet shootdown, not always with the same priorities as its assumed es

the year of israel's creation. and so the man who was supposed to be israel's partner for peace has just said that all of israel is illegitimate. and that the jewish state is an occupation of someone else's land. now, this is not unusual rhetoric for a palestinian leader. but what matters is that it should have provoked a harsh condemnation from the united states. [ applause ] but our current president said nothing. by his silence our government emboldened those who seek israel's destruction and made ourselves a bystander to a poisonous lie. similarly over the last three months the palestinian terror attacks our administration has refused over and over again to do anything more than call on both sides for restraint. as if there were no difference between aggression and self-defense, the palestinian attacks are being incited by the jewish threats in the mosque in jerusalem and spread through anti-semitism in palestinian media. or consider the european union's recent approval of a new trade rule that allows labelling

the united states must do everything to support israel and embrace israel, israel, that her up as an example to her neighbors as to what freedom really means and what that freedom can bring to a nation if we as a country with a bond to israel that goes back century does not make this a foreign-policy priority, we might not be dooming israel, but western civilization itself. opposition toin his own secretary of state, each with the united states was the first nation to recognize the modern state of israel. it took him all of 11 minutes after david ben-gurion declared israel's establishment to say i had faith in israel before it was established, i have faith in it now. i have faith in the state of israel and have faith that it is one of the everlasting bastions of western civilization. a strong economy makes for a strong foreign-policy. if we look back at the postwar era, it seems several presidents, including john f. kennedy and ronald reagan, understood the principle. they logic is by reducing the tax burden, one stimulate the economy, and it brings more revenue, even at a lower tax

or what israel is going. i would really be very, very concerned about the direction israel is taking. the level that we have seen over the last month and a half, the level of intolerance, the level of incitement, they talk about palestinian incitement and we answer them the occupation is the main source of incitement. the source, the reason, that palestinians act the way they are, the humiliation, the killing, the indiscriminate measures that they take, the collective punishment, the demolishing of homes, all these measures create the resentment on the part of the palestinians. but the level of incitement within the israeli society, within the israeli cabinet, within the israeli parliament caused by elected members of israel to take unprecedented measures against palestinians and to try to impose more severe collective punishment and all the chance of death that you heard and saw on youtube when palestinians were wounded lying down on the roadsides without being offered any medical assistance, all that should

if we are all us, in israel -- and we accept israel because your citizens of israel in spite of the idea that our people are in war with our state, we are rejecting the very idea that israel would be to find as the jewish state. democracy, b the state of foreign citizens. you can cite from simon that site from time to time. if it is possible to change the definition and the character of the jewish state not to be a jewish state but a state of citizens. to givewould not agree our support to any kind of constitution that says israel is a jewish state. we said no. we know they need for the next few hundred years to remain israel as the jewish state because the jewish people have no other place. we have to keep in our heads the only prerogative to have right of return for every june -- jew. they have rejected this and said we would not approve. we will not get our support to the idea that israel would be a jewish state, defined as a jewish state. is a state of foreign citizens. thethe other minority, ultra-orthodox people in israel and they are 20%. we are talking about the power of ability

it starts in israel. it starts with this problem -- to bring all of these tribes to become communities with different way of living. nevertheless, they know that we are one embassy. we are one people. the hope of the people, the agenda of israel is the hope of every citizen of israel to the israeli dream part of his life. thank you very much. [applause] >> i apologize. president,ident, mr. it is a special honor for me in particular. come iterusalem might is particularly special. you might not know the president is on of the biggest and of the soccer club -- fan of the soccer club. >> i was the president. >> i grew up right by the soccer field. it was a different team. president: now we all have teams. >> he spoke about jerusalem and your family being there from the early 19th century come along before the modern zionist movement. there is trouble on people's minds. when you look at the city, you look at the violence in the streets, but you look at the microcosm, these tribes, even or so in jerusalem, with

is supposed to be israel's partner for piece has just said that all of israel's own -- illegitimate and the jewish state is an occupation of someone else's land. this is not unusual rhetoric for palestinian leader, but what matters is that it should have provoked a harsh condemnation from the united states. [applause] our current president said nothing. by his silence our government emboldened those who seek israel's destruction and may ourselves a bystander to a poisonous lie. the palestinian terror attack, our administration has refused to do anything more thing: both sides for restraint as if there were no difference between aggression in self-defense. the palestinianthe palestinian attacks are being incited by lies knowingly promoted about jewish threats to the mosque in jerusalem and spread through a vicious campaign of anti-semitism in palestinian media. or consider the european union recent approval of a new trade will they require special labeling of products produced and what the eu now considers israeli-occupied territory. the goal is to encourage europeans to boycott good

syria, jordan, lebanon, turk ey and israel. something happened in israel i cannot explain i have never been there iran life but i felt like i was at home. [applause] keep in mind the modern israel was 25 years old is struggling country that frankly trying to get up on its feet, the economy was tough very few people have a real sense it would be what it is today with the economic and technological powerhouse the economy was selling oranges in bringing some tourist but it was evident the pioneer spirit that existed was as close to ending their resembled the american spirit and i had ever witnessed in the idealized that united states and israel don't really have an organization relationship because the average interest we have the organic relationship because both countries were founded by people who have a vision to give future generations something of liberty and freedom and the ability to have religious liberty so the police would not be trampled out by the voices of tyranny. [applause] but there is something else about israel

didted israel do that -- why israel do that? they wanted to me the idea that you can solve religious issues separately from national issues. we have a religious conflict. but if we drove religion into the conflict, we won't be able to solve it. we have to respect of the respect other religions. that was very interesting because at that point in time, no other arab leader has cts thed that it respe role of the hashemite family. in the last two years, we are having another phenomenon that is working for us -- worrying for us. although israel is a democracy and we have a respect for religion, and although we are being attacked for many years, there is radicalization implies real itself -- in israel itself. we have to deal with that. we have seen in the last year or two, an increase in the number of victims of jewish terror. we have seen some people in israel that are trying to call for the change in the status quo in the temple mount. what israel is trying to do is find that radicalization. the president, the prime minister, the se

israel was against it. israel fought to stop it. your prime minister obviously went to great lengths. but here it is. and we're now in the pathway toward implementation of the deal. so, i want to ask you, as defense minister, as the senior representative of your government here, what your top concerns are in this next phase of implementation? what are you most worried about in terms not of whether the deal happens or not now, but in terms of how it's implemented. >> yes, we consider the deal as an historic mistake. and talking about the nuclear issue. what we have achieved regarding the deal is to delay the iranian nuclear program for about 10 to 15 years. it's around the corner. what next? now, not incidentally now we have the egyptians and jordanians approaching moscow to get the know-how to construct civil nuclear facilities. not incidental. the result of the nuclear arms race in our region. talking about proliferation. we are there already. we should be ready. then we have i said -- >> when you say we should be ready, let me dri

at the view israel as the canary in the coal mine but also the tip of this year that israel is a democracy and a true sense of the word. were else do women have the same rights as men? does the government allowed gay pride parades? arabs serve as doctors or lawyers or teachers even the arab supreme court justice they have the same rights to medical care, social security, the ballot box as any to the members of the parliament are allowed to serve without taking an oath of allegiance there are more women fighter pilots in women with driver's license is in saudi arabia. [laughter] [applause] israel is the true symbol of a pluralistic democracy and is the only one that existed you in the region. unit is states must do everything to support israel and the lifter up as an example as to what freedom really means in but that can bring to a nation. if we as a country go back centuries do not make this a priority than i fear we may do not just israel that western civilization itself. harry truman in opposition to the secretary of state to make sure it was the first state to recognize the state of is

the united states must do everything to support israel, embrace israel, protect israel, lift her up as an example to her neighbors as to what freedom really means and what that freedom can bring to a nation. if we as a country with a bond to israel that goes back centuries do not make this a foreign policy priority, then i fear we may be dooming not just israel but western civilization itself. harry truman, a democratic president, in opposition to his own secretary of state, made sure the united states was the first nation to recognize the modern state of israel on may 14, 1948. it took him all of 11 minutes after david ben-gurion declared israel's establishment to say i have faith in israel before it was established. i have faith in it now. i, too have faith in the state of israel and have faith that it is one of the everlasting bastions of western civilization. principle three, a strong committee makes for a strong foreign policy. if we look back at the postwar world war ii era, it seems clear several presidents, including john f kennedy and ronald reagan, understood the simple princ

i will stand up for israel. instead of pressuring israel to make concessions, i will work with the prime minister on areas of mutual interest. i will finally move our and from tel aviv to jerusalem -- our embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. i will help ensure that jerusalem remains the undivided and int eternal capital. [applause] i will revive the commonsense understanding reached in the letter, andaron build on them. [applause] i will build on them to help ensure that israel has sensible borders, including through its continued control of the golan heights. [applause] beginning ofthe what i will do as president in support of israel. ofis far from the beginning my efforts on this issue as a public servant. through my time in the senate, i have worked to strengthen and alliance. budgetar, i passed a bunc amendment to move our embassy. i have imposed crushing sanctions on iran. [applause] as speaker of the floor of the house, i pioneered what became a national effort by requiring the florida pension plan to dives

now, why israel did that? because israel wanted to maintain, to promote the idea that you can separate and solve religious issues separate from national issues. we have a national conflict, we have to solve it. but if we draw religion into the conflict we won't able to solve its we have to respect other religions to respect the role that also the religious role of the legitimate -- that was very interesting because at that point in time no other arab leader has declared that it respects the role of the hashemites family in the haram and israel was the first one. last year, i think you should go, there was a second want to recognize the role of the hashemites have a hashemite king in jerusalem. so in the last two years i think we are also having another phenomenon that is worrying for us, because although israel is a democracy and we respect religion and we are being, although we are being attacked for many years, there is radicalization process in israel itself as well. and we have jewish radicals. of course,

including some of the leaders of israel. we had a clergy of christians, muslims, and others who participated in our work. so, again, academically we focused on jerusalem for a very long time. i would just like to mention one particular study related to our topic today. not for publicity purposes, but back in 1973 we had a project at columbia university in the school of journalism about how religion could advance the cause of peace in the middle east. producing a book on the role of communications in the middle east. i'm mentioning this because there is no way that one can discuss the issue of jerusalem separate from the palestinian conflict or israeli conflict. or the conflict between israel and the muslim world and the international issue. so, let me just begin by reminding all of us that we are familiar with jerusalem the same way that we are familiar with washington, moscow, and berlin. again, just to remind us what we are talking about, going back to the old testament and the new testament in jerusalem, the professor wil

we saw lives were saved and israel because of that assistance. -- in israel because of that assistance. we have given privileged access. israel is the only nation in the middle east to which the united states sold this fifth-generation aircraft. and earlier this year, the president authorized a massive re-authorization package. diplomatically, our support for israel also remains as rocksolid as we continue to oppose any effort to delegitimize the jewish state or to pass by us resolutions -- biased resolutions. i have personally been on the phone lobbying, whether it is a human rights commission or counsel or individual, you name it, we are constantly fighting that battle. month, i went to new york and i spoke at a very moving event commemorating the extraordinary speech 40 years ago to not take the u.n. general assembly's infamous resolution. one of the finest speeches i have ever heard. patrick moynihan called it the day of infamy when the abomination of anti-feminism was given the appearance of -- anti-feminism was given the appearance of sanctions. it was not only absurd, it was a s

meaning for areas of israel , claim, israel can have , and it is toere show that israel actually has a peace map. elsewhere, israel has to stop expanding settlements. this will not be official for the palestinians, but it will send a message that they are ready for something costly. for the palestinians, we need to engage them on the issue of reform and revising the issue of palestinian reform and institution-building. right now, there is a major legitimacy crisis. part of the dimension is corruption. 80% of palestinians believe they corrupt. they believe they are being ruled by thieves, four out of five believe that. they do not have what we need to get to a two-state solution. i think it is key for the international community to approach the palestinians on a bilateral conversation, palestinians and the world, to reprioritize the issue of reform . what ideas will get us to a two-state solution? reaching peace can only be done through high diplomacy and negotiation. some of these ideas, in the absence of the possibility of a peace deal, some must create a degree of civilization and

panera was the first time i had the opportunity to go to israel.t is an incredible zero experience to be in the place for so many events occurred. but what really impressed me is the people with all kinds of orders refuse to have their lives dictated by terrorism. i think it is a wonderful example here in america. i want to make sure i have all my points in the day than maybe the first time in the body has see me doing that after surveying to terms from the european colony george washington warned the citizens of the united states it is our true policy to steer clear with any portion of the foreign world to be concerned but the constant changing of the empire is in europe and with that would mean for the united states now we fast-forward 2015 i will call your attention to a passage by the ambassador, israel's most recent former vassar. end i was taken by the of paragraph that describes why he entitles his book ally. it is a simple and beautiful world -- word and it is positive he may be a partner but never the ally. the hebrew counterpart is even m

meeting for areas of israel claim, israel can have by the it is to show that israel has a piece map. elsewhere, israel has to stop expanding settlements. this will not be official for the palestinians, but it will send a message. for the palestinians, we need to engage them on the issue of reform. the issue of palestinian reform and institution-building. , there is a major legitimacy question. the pa corruption. the majority of palestinians believe they are being rolled by thieves. -- controlled by thieves. they do not have what we need to get to a two-state solution. toestinians and the world, -- what ideas will get us to a two-state solution? reaching peace can only be done through high diplomacy and negotiation. some of these solutions are absent of the peace leader. hopefully, some could bring us closer to a two-state solution. i am looking forward to the conversation. >> thank you, both of you, for interesting discussion. the going to take prerogative of the chair very briefly. i know there are probably a lot of questions and comments. i forgot to introduce myself. i am dave pol

i was just in israel. if you want to talk about security, that place is a challenge because not only do they do it well but they have multiple layers of security for you even get your gate. not only getting into the airport, but more importantly when you are leaving. the future of this is about giving the passengers an opportunity to either preclear and other countries like we are doing in canada successfully, but also other countries around the world. john mentioned the other countries we are in negotiations with. the technology is the answer here. thank you. >> a question in the back? whoever is first. >> i'm kate mills, a colleague of stewart's. you spoke a little bit about cdp staffing and you received 2002 officers in the last two appropriations. it's my understanding that preclearance, officers a good of preclearance actually have the more senior. that there have gs-13. how are you going to manage getting more senior people to preclearance locations while on boarding 2000 at a time where it is challe

israel didn't go into iraq to defend its civilians.here's not one person here who doesn't know that the idf could have taken occupant those stud missiles and prevented those attacks on its civilians. the israeli leadership said this is a horrible thing on see our civilians going through this but we are america's friend. we are america's ally. we willett our civilians suffer this attack because that is the strongest way we can support america. and its effort. have you ever heard of an ally more committed to helping you succeed than israel was during that time of war? [ applause ] since that time i've had the opportunity over and over again to go to israel, first time i opened a trade mission from new york in israel, and i couldn't believe there hadn't been one but there wasn't. i opened go tel aviv that's the commercial capital. we topped trade mission in jerusalem. the capital of the israeli state. [ applause ] we did it for a simple reason, it is the capital of israel, it has got to be recognized by the united states as the capital of

are looking to israel.y advanced purveyor but without some of the baggage that might come with n.s.a., etc. emily:emily: fascinating stuff. thank you for joining us. elliott gotkine, our middle east editor. coming up later, we will continue to highlight israel's texting with a look at one -- tech theme with a start-up that's give them the most low-tech toy out this with a high tech twist. plus, it is one of the most popular shows on cable, one of my favorites. i will sit down with the executive producer of "homeland" to find out how she stays ahead of headlines. ♪ emily: the old saying is that art imitates life, but sometimes, it seems like it is the other way around, life imitating art, and that is the case when it comes to the showtime series "homeland." on monday, new york city police commissioner bill bratton referred to the show while talking about a bogus terror threat on the city's school system. >> in viewing it, i think the instigator of the threat might be a "homeland" fan watching "homeland" epis

meaning for areas of israel claim, israel can have settlements by the it is to show that israel has a piece map. elsewhere, israel has to stop expanding settlements. this will not be sufficient for the palestinians, but it will message that the israeli government is serious about doing something. for the palestinians, we need to engage them on the issue of reform. revising the issue of palestinian reform and institution-building. right now, there is a major legitimacy question. many dimensions, but one of the dimensions is the pa corruption. when 80% of palestinians believe their government is corrupt, four out of five palestinians believed they are being ruled by thieves. not have thet does sense to engage in concessions need toatives that we get to a two state solution. it is important to approach the palestinians on a bilateral conversation. to reprioritize the issue of reform. what ideas will get us to a two-state solution? ultimately i believe reaching peace can only be done through high diplomacy and through negotiation. some of these solutions are absent of the popular -- possi

they don't want a state next to israel but a state instead of israel. saying that israel has violated agreements stopped negotiations, erased principles of the two state solutions and he is as negative as he has ever been,. >> the blame game serves leaders, the way of leaders is to find the way forward, to do the right thing. >> are you implying that both leaders are not doing the right thing? >> yes, i believe that in order to relaunch negotiations, there is something that serves the interest of both peoples. it is not about whom to blame but about how to move forward and unfortunately we had an american framework that the american worked with us and with the palestinians in 2014. i believe that they should have put it on the table but they didn't. but basically, mawbd mahmoud abs didn't give an answer to this framework. instead of blaming i believe the right thing to do is to sit together and decide allow to move forward. i believe israel can take some steps on the ground to ease the tension and to change the atmosphere. some that can serve also our i

he's incorporating with israel. broke the cease-fire theeen israel and hamas, muslim brotherhood was saying he's a zion. bothtunately, they were wrong. this is the situation, these are the institutions we have, it's the egyptian army or the muslim brotherhood or any other force, any other takes power, we not to look if it's completely predicament because it kills everybody like assad or isis. we enforcesee how those institutions. in jordan you have a strong government and strong service. you have strong financial banking system. with those. let's enforce those that have to deliver. the same goes for the palestinian authority. of 20 yearsprocess in which we invested. not saying israelis invested. you have an investment of 20 years. great. how can we change that? how can we make the palestinian security apparatus deliver for palestinian? >> hi, thank you for your time here. be negotiated mutual recognition, palestinians their flagto raise in jerusalem and at one time, was a no by israelis. conceivable that the arab se

i think that is what drives them to israel.all the multinational companies are there, from google to facebook to dropbox. we are continuing to see multinational companies looking to invest and pour more money into israel and look for innovation from israel he entrepreneurs. elliott: there aren't many silicon valley companies left that haven't bought israeli companies. now chinese companies are coming. big guys like alibaba coming in and making acquisitions. is this some kind of change we might see, not only more chinese and other asian companies coming to israel, but also israel continuing to look east rather than west? david: it's an extremely interesting point. chinese,eeing not only korean investors and large companies come to partner, but also russian. it's interesting because it is part of the nonaligned, and india, as well. all of these large nations who do not want to become dependent on the u.s. are looking to israel. emily: fascinating stuff. emily:thank you for joining us. elliott gotkine, our middle east editor. comi

israel and its neighbors. and amir is trying to stop rabin. he's on a quest to stop rabin before rabin succeeds. now, in some ways writing about a politician who's been a public figure for most of his adult life -- and that's the case with rabin -- in some ways it's easier because there's a record of his life. interviews he's given over the years, there are articles he's written and speeches he's made. rabin wrote a memoir in the late '70s. but in some ways it's harder. it's harder because the bar is higher for trying to understand something about this actor, this protagonist that other people don't understand. and that's what you want to do when you're writing a book. you want to get into his mind in a way that others haven't. also, you know, politicians are a little bit hard to penetrate, you know? they will say things sometimes that they mean, but sometimes they're saying them because it's politically spirit -- efficient to say. and part of the process of coming to understand rabin was getting to know his f

israel did not going to iraq to defend its civilians. there's not 11 person here who doesn't know that the could have taken out the scud missiles and prevented those attacks on it civilians. the israeli leadership said, this is a horrible thing, to see our civilians go through this. but we are america's friend, we are america's ally, we ally, we will let our civilians suffer this attack because that is the strongest way we can support america and its effort. have you ever heard of an ally more committing to helping you succeed than israel was during that time of war. [applause]. since that time, i've had the opportunity over and over again to go to israel. first time i open the trade mission in new york, from new york and israel. i cannot believe there had not been one but there had not. they said go to tel aviv that its commercial capital. we opened a trade mission in jerusalem, the capital of the israeli state. we did it for simple reason, it is the capital of israel, it has got to be recognized by the united states as the capital of i

two common, one unique to israel. iran with a nuclear weapon is the nightmare of all nightmares for the world but particularly the one and only jewish state. isil and other forms of radical islam are about to take the king of jordan and all of our friends down in the middle east. they would attack our homeland if they could. i'm going to stop them. il in the go land heights is not a good deal. the third is the margelation of the jewish state by international bodies like the united nations. to the united nations, if you take the security council resolution and try to pass it taking over the peace protess -- process, i will defund the u.n. if i'm the president of the united states. to the international criminal court, if you bring one -- as a member of that court i will shut you down. to the palestinians, pick and choose who you want to be. if you want to be a -- friend you're not my friend. if you reject happenas and live in peace with israel, maybe we can do some business. all i can tell you, folks, that we better not

and the other point is, our current appropriations to help israel -- our current appropriations for israel ends in 2017. i want to repeat that because i don't think the people of america know. the aid they will get. where would israel be? it could have been blown away if they didn't have the iron dome. but it's because we had an understanding, a memorandum and giving them $3.1 billion. but with all of this upsurge of terrorism all around the world now, right here in california just last week, paris, all over, we may not think we are going to war, but war has been declared on the united states, on israel, on europe and by george, it's time we declared war back on them. and that's why we need to increase this memorandum of understanding to that $5 billion mark to that year and that will send a powerful message of how strong israel and the united states relationship is. thank you. thank you ranking member. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from new york reserves. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. royce: i yield two minutes to the gentleman

i was in israel not too long ago.i remember speaking to someone whose name you would know, who's very close adviser to the minister, who reminded me a year ago he said, tell the people of united states we need to elect a wartime president. because we will be at war. that means someone that has the experience and knowledge but also someone that our allies know and our enemies fear. i don't know if you know this, but several months ago, i was listed in an isis magazine. i was in isis magazine. under the headline in the words of our enemy, it was my picture and it was a quote from me defining who they are and why they must be defeated. no other presidential candidate on either party is on the list of isis enemies. they know who i am. i know who they are. that's because i've been fighting radical islam before it was fashionable. to fight radical islam. allen mentioned my work on the armed soipss committee where i worked with joe lieberman trying to transform our military. after the events of 9/11, i realize while the pres

it would mean we believe israel's -- we would leave israel to fall on their own. existential threat of the iranian nuclear weapons program. what president obama has now exacerbated. the death threats -- iranian backed jihadists who indiscriminately killed israelis on the streets of israel, tel -- those indeo washington who wish america would abandon israel also need to understand something else. the threat of physical violence is not the only threat israel be left to face alone. the results are growing political and diplomatic threats. one international form and another, israel attacked by the -- they should know better given their history. it is singled out for condemnation relentlessly. normally, the united states stops these attacks and shames the attackers. normally, the united states speaks with confidence and clarity about regimes that hijack international bodies. normally. not under barack obama. president obama -- and i'm afraid hillary clinton -- have a very different policy. they call it engaging, but what it really should be called is abandonment. inste

israel and conclude that if we are treating israel in the way we have been for the last several yearsthen their friendship does not mean much either. the second phone call that i will make will be the supreme leader of iran. unlike many of the other leaders in the middle east i have never met him and frankly he probably will not take my phone call but he will get my message. the message will be very clear. new deal. new deal with a new president. until and unless you open every military and every nuclear facility to real, anytime, anywhere inspections to our people, not yours, we the united states of america will make it as difficult as possible for you to move money. we must stop the money flow. and the united states of america can do that without permission or collaboration. we must stop the money flow because the money, the hundreds of billions of dollars of money that is flowing into iran now as a result of this terrible deal is being used to fuel and fund military capability, nuclear capability, and terrorist groups around the middle east and around the world. with these two phon

states and israel and that the united states will stand up for israel in the very same way that israel has stood up for the united states during its time of existence as well. now, it's only achieved if we are willing to rebuild our military. it's only achieved if we're willing to rebuild our intelligence community. it is only achieved if we are willing to support our law enforcement community. the stability of the world will not be achieved in any other way, everybody. that's the only way it will be achieved. and anyone who tells you any differently is absolutely playing with fire. i don't need to be taught these things. the last 13 years of my life have been about protecting the people of the state of new jersey, and as united states attorney contributing to the protection of the people of our country in one of the most dangerous times our country's ever seen. those times are now being repeated. and so let's be clear as we conclude, and then i'll take your questions. the isis -- isis is not the jv, everybody. isis is a real, everyday threat to the lives and the security o the america

policy, meaning for areas of israel claim will be part of israel. israel can settlements there, doesn't mean the world has accepted get it is to show the israel actually has a. elsewhere israel needs to stop. this is the message that will not be the position for the palestinians but it will send a message that the israeli government is serious about doing something also. for the palestinians when you conditioned on the issue of reform. revising the issue policy reform and institutions. write out the p.a. is going through a major, major legitimacy crisis. one i make it is the p.a. corruption. win 80% of palestinians believe that their government is corrupt, when four of every five palestinians believe that they're being ruled by thieves that the government doesn't really have the standing to engage in some of the concessions. or even some of the initiatives that we need to get to a two-state solution. and, therefore, i think it's key on it bilateral conversation. palestinians and the world. to reprioritize the issue of reforming. none of these ideas

i believe israel can play a part. provide realto american leadership in the middle east and provide stability. the world is on fire. can american leadership provide the opportunity for bringing some stability before it is too late. question,: one last pivoting to a domestic question. of still very appreciative you repealing my personal property tax on my car. there are some virginians here, i see. mr. brooks: as president, how would you deal with the debt issue and addressing the entitlement issue? mr. gilmore: so that you are aware, i was swept into the governor's office by a promising -- promising to cut the car tax in virginia. forid that, it was regular, working people, being taxed on the ability to transport themselves. why is that important? it is important to you because you have a candidate who actually does what he says he will do. i think that matters. [applause] mr. gilmore: the answer is this. the policy that i would follow of growth ofone the economy. i believe we can control the spending on entitlement p

will remain. >> what about israel's role?you've got syria is right on your doorstep in fact you have occupied the golan heights for decades now, if not you probably would be more -- more embroiled in the problem. as it is, you have seen bombs and things come on israeli territory. you have engaged to a minor extent in that part of syria, that's not i.s.i.l. there it's more el nusra. >> that's right. >> what is are israel's role? >> we're the free world's front line, in the battle against islam because we're there, we have the fighting capabilities like i did myself with my soldiers. we're the if you will the big aircraft carrier of the free world in the center of the middle east. >> are you being consulted? >> yes, we are and many seek to understand how we defeated hamas ten years ago, 12 years ago, it seemed impossible but we did it we won and terror bombing went down to zero. in one month of march 2002, 130 israelis were killed, by suicide bombers now we're down to zero. so i think i'm sending a very optimistic message. we c

netanyahu, israel.meu imagine that minister of one of the greatest allies we have comes into town to make a talk and the president decides not to meet with him? that comes toster america, if i happen to be states,t of the united will have a significant meeting with me if i am president and we will hold them up. sometimes we are tougher on our family and we are on people we don't know. sometimes we are tougher on our friends then we are on our enemies. that has to stop. could have nine minutes left, i could launch into a log of good rhetoric but i want you to understand something from me. you tell me where we have a better ally that has more guts, more courage, more strength, more values than the state of israel? the state of israel is also great because it is underpinned by you. the asking before i came in here, what about the republican jewish coalition. can you say something good? do you know what it is? smart, educated, you are you are passionate and you believe in things. you believe in things that

he is the head of israel's missile defense program. some views may know if as the irom dome technology and something called sling and arrow as well. israel leads the world when it comes to missile defense technology. as we've seen in past conflicts, israel uses this technology quite often. whatever the case, this was a very important role within israel's defense apparatus and the fact that its director has been sacked is very serious. the reason he has lost his job is because it was discovered that he had some data or information about israel's defense program, missile defense program, on his own personal laptop. that was seen as a major breach. he has lost his job as a result. it should be said that israel takes any kind of technology lapse or any kind of security lapse very seriously. this is a country which prides itself on its ability to not only create technology but also to protect its secrets, if you will, through that technology. so the fact that the director of this missile defense program had very sensitive information on his

and israel -- >> david: there's still spying on each other both israel on us and us on them.a cyber implant that they have -- or at least they had in prime minister netanyahu's office and yet, apparently the united states was caught flat footed or the administration with john boehner's invitation to prime minister netanyahu. how did that happen? >> i hope that there was no cyber implant because that would be total invasion of privacy and disgusting act not only from the u.s. but against such a close friend, but, you know, i can tell you that i don't know what embassador did and how that deal was struck but i know that when i had something really secret and delicate to convey to my prime minister when i was in new york i just got on a plane and did it in person. we did not trust any other form of communication. so i guess that's what the embassador did. everything israel did was out of real concern about the danger of iran and it's israel's responsibility to do it. i assure you that israel does not and will not spy on the united states, something we simply we do not do. >> dav

some officials in israel have reportedly argued it is not in israel's interest to have a palestinianuthority. prime minister netanyahu made clear he does not wish for the collapse of the pa because despite serious differences, he recognizes the alternative could be worse. nobody can tell you what the alternative is in a world buzzing with daesh and hamas. circumstances i believe force us to consider it seriously. because there are valid questions as to how long the pa will survive if the current situation continues. mark my words. remember, there are some 30,000 palestinian authority's security forces in the west bank, and israel security officials acknowledge their key role in preventing the situation from spiraling out of control, including during the turmoil of three wars with gaza. didn't blowup in the west bank. without the pa security forces, the idf could be forced to deploy tens of thousands of soldiers to the west bank indefinitely to fill the void. are israelis prepared for the consequences? when the inevitable friction is to confrontation and violence. what are the financi

[applause] we need a president who will stand unapologetically, with the nation of israel. when hamas murdered three israeli teenagers, i joined with number democrat bob menendez to introduce legislation providing a 5 million decide reward for information lead ago to the capture of the terrorists who had kidnapped and murdered one of the three. neftali was a dual sailory citizen. that legislation passed the senate unanimously, thankfully they captured the terrorists before the house could take it up. just in the past couple of weeks i put together a bipartisan coalition of some 30 senators 0 write to the eu, to oppose their plan to require labeling on products coming out of israel. [applause] and i have pledged if i'm eeighted president, on the very first day in office, we will begin the process of moving northwestern embassy to jump, the once and eternal capital of israel. [applause] and let me tell you now, as we see the global movements, unfortunately get more and more momentum behind it, in a cruz administration, any university that supports the bdf's movement will find

to that are common, one unique to israel. iran with a nuclear weapon is the nightmare of all nightmares. i sil and other forms are about to take the king of jordan and all of our friends down. they would attack our homeland if they could. i am going to stop them. this is not a good deal. third, the marginalization of the jewish state by international bodies like the united nations. [applause] the united nations. if you take the resolution try to passand try to pass it taking over the peace process several defund the un. [applause] the international criminal court. if you bring one member i will shut you down. the palestinians, pick and choose who you want to be. do you want to be a friend of hamas? you are not my friend. if you reject hamas live in piece with israel maybe we can do some business. we better not lose this election. i am giving you a way forward. almost anyone can beat hillary clinton as long as they are right onto good issues, immigration and having a sensible position. if we don't have those two positions righ