jane harman i heard, i heard almost a resignation in the ambassador's voice that this u.n. resolution is coming. almost as if they are more concerned how it would be worded. so it's a fate accompli. do you buy that? >> not really. i think that there's a lot that has to happen before the u.n. vote and that includes some moves by congress. i heard lindsey graham's athlete yesterday that he wants congress to withhold u.s. funding for the u.n. so i think there are a lot of moving parts. i'm from california. this is an earthquake. and the perceptions have shifted regardless of what b.b. said before or said during the campaign and helene is right that at least in the u.s. and i guess in many parts of the world people are viewing this differently and it matters what b.b.'s next moves are. >> that's problem for netanyahu rich, if u.s. has been sort of standing in the way of even western europe from doing boycotts and all of these things, how does the economic -- >> let's be honest about what's going on here. b.b. won an election when everyone on the left and the white house around

this comment just now and what he's been saying for the last couple of days jane harman of the wilsond say in american football a hail mary pass. you just said to me he's panicking. >> yes, it looks to me that he feels as if the polls that were published in two days ago are real realistic, and that he's going to lose. i don't know what will be the outcome at the end and what are going to be the results of election, but this is his feeling and as a matter of fact he is using the arab population as if the turnout of the arab population in israel to the polls is very high as far as i understand from some other sources, this is not the truth. it is not that high. but he's using it in order to frighten the israelis and jewish population in israel and then vote for him. in order to avoid any strengthening with the share of the arab population in the parliament. so it looks as though i don't have any other explanation but to say that probably he's going in panic. >> you've seen a lot of elections here and you've been a long proponent of having a two state solution and having a palestinian st

rodgers, former republican chair of the house intelligence committee plus former congress woman jane harman. it could be this point but congress woman harman i have to say that it seems rather clear who president obama would rather not be the prime minister of israel in the next month. >> that may be true. but what matters is that democracy works in israel. this is a demonstration of a much more complicated form of democratic election than we have. and that the united states government aligned closely with whatever government emerges. there should be no ounce of daylight between the united states and israel. i predict not with standing people's personal preferences, the congress will step up and strongly support the new government. >> congressman rodgers, even if netanyahu wins which he may do we don't know. is the relationship between obama and netanyahu so tense, so riddled with slights and perceived slights on both sides that the relationship is basically irreparable? >> i don't think it's irrepable i think it's been damaged over time. i think the election can heal a lot of this. i think

i really want to thank the previous president, lee hamilton current president, jane harman the library. this is a huge treasure here the wisdom of the united states congress, which is not something you here often come in creating the wilson center in making it a tremendous resource for scholars but also a resource to discuss i think cutting-edge policy issues and my old friend rob not just for his friendship and support but for his help over the years. he is under the weather and kindly refused to hand the baton to someone else to chair this. now i will answer your question. the mandate was necessarily due to fail. let me provide some context. one of the problems is britain made conflicting promises to the arabs and jews in palestine. they pledged that if the arabs fought alongside britain against germany and the ottomans that certain territories would be granted their freedom and exactly a moment before general allenby conquered jerusalem and britain issued the belford declaration pledging itself to defend the establishments and palestine as the jewish national home. subsequently the

generous of the september so want to thank the previous president, lee hamilton, current president jane harman janet and the library. this is a huge treasure that's here. the wisdom of the united states congress which is not something we are of often integrating the wilson center and making it is enormous resource for scholars but also a resource to discuss i think cutting-edge policy issues. and, finally, let me thank my old friend rob, not just for friendship and support in particular with this book over the years, but really a very under the weather and extremely kindly refused to hand the baton to someone else to check this and said he was coming to do this. i really appreciate that rob. now that you question which probably the anti-climatic. i don't think the mandate was necessarily due to failure. let me provide some context. one of the problems is britain of course they conflicting promises to the arabs and jews in palestine and the correspondent in 1914, 1950. they pledged if the arabs fought alongside britain against germany and the ottomans that certain territories would be granted t

and we're very happy to have with us jane harman the president and ceo of the wilson center, who is very much interested in isis has talked many times on isis. but today we will get firsthand report on what is going on on the ground and the history of the movement. please, you have the floor. >> thank you very much for the kind introductionment i'd -- introduction. i'd like to start or the talk would be sort of three historical snapshots that help understand isis and where it comes from. the first one is that in 1990s, the second one is the iraq war and then the arab spring. in the 1990s two very interesting trends happened in iraq after the first gulf war and sanctions against the saddam hussein regime. the first one saddam hussein inaugurated this campaign in arabic which is the islamic faith campaign. what he did was to, basically, islamist baathism. he introduced a variety of measures to encourage people to go to hajj at the expense of the state. he allowed baathists to study religion, you know, to go to mosques and so on. the mix that happened, you know, the mix between baathism and

and joining me jason reilly from the washington post and jane harman former congresswoman and kathleen parker from the washington post and charles lane. and we asked for questions and karen writes what was the turning point for america where israel became the enemy of the democrats. what happened to the respecting leaders that support america. when did things turn ugly between president obama and prime minister netanyahu? >> i think this has been building for sometime? >> netanyahu is worried about the very existence of his country and that is what is driving this decision to come here and address congress. and foreign dignitaries have done this before. this is not unprecedented in any way and we have to remember, like the questioner said, the enemy is iran not israel. and those people making a show of boycotting the speech are giving comfort to the enemy in a sense. >> congresswoman harman, you are a big long-term supporter of israel and do you have any problem with the inviting and accepting of the speech. >> giving comfort to the enemy is strong and i don't agree with that at all. a