but our broad -- and the municipality in jerusalem. but there are broad thrust is that housing and other projects in the occupied areas of jerrsalem, the final status issue, that is where the issues belong. any unilateral step that anyone takes is of concern to us.%+ it should be avoided. >> george mitchell is back. has he been able to meet with the secretary? >> george mitchell is back. he has not been in to see the secretary get today. -- yet today. >> arab students or who work outside and returned to find themselves with up [unintelligible] >> i cannot cite a specific example of that. this whole group of issues tries to change facts on the ground, these are expressing the kinds of issues that the long in formal relations and not subject to unilateral steps. >> what can you tell us about the situation involving mr. holbrooke in afghanistan? there is a report that there were coordinated suicide attacks. >> i think this comes under the category of first reports. -understanding is that they were airborne. while there were airborne --- u

. >> woodruff: in jerusalem, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu insists lifting the blockade would open the door to illicit arms shipments to hamas. >> ( translated ) : now the rockets and missiles that iran is trying to get into gaza-- and some are already there-- at aimed at tel aviv, and jerusalem. it is our responsibility and our right, accordinging to international law and common sense, it is our duty to prevent these weapons from entering via airways, the sea, and the ground into gaza. >> woodruff: the blockade will be tested again in the coming days. an irish cargo ship may try to break through the israeli cordon as early as tomorrow. for more on the legality of israel's actions on monday and its ongoing blockade of gaza, we get the views of two international law scholars. anthony d'amato is a professor at the northwestern university school of law. and ruth wedgwood is a professor at the school of advanced international studies at the johns hopkins university. thank you both for being with us. let me turn to you, professor d'amato. was israel within rights on monday to board

east jerusalem is unoccupied. i'm not asking to read abide. this is the eastern part in this is the western part of this is the capital of israel and th is the capital ofpalestine and there will be coordination between both parts. >> so it is a united city. >> we are divided now. everybody knows the orders, the palestinians and the israelis. this is ou, this is yours and this is good for t coexistence, right? concerning refugees an the other peace initiati, iop you will read it. we want anareed-upon solution. which means that this issue will be aeed upon. i cannot impose anything on israel to accept or reject, but we have to discuss because one of the items we stilated,one of the mor isss, how cn we find a solution for it? bodyan ignore that there are 5 million refugees reported-- derted from their houses. we will find a solution for them. what is the agreed-u solution? >> has to be agreed with israel you mean? it has to be agreed with israel? >> with him? [laughter] i have a question for you president abbas rom doha, from the brookings doha c

we visited jerusalem, the golan heights and some of the fabulous farming communities near the sea of gally. for someone who had never visited israel, in fact, i had never seen the mediterranean sea in my entire life. to get to visit it with people who are steeped in the history, the politics and the worldwide consequences of our relationship with israel, it was a tremendous experience. so i want to thank the gentlewoman from florida for including me on the congressional delegation that she led to israel and, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentlewoman from florida, mrs. wasserman shelt, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. was was thank you, mr. speaker. first -- ms. wasserman schultz: thank you, mr. speaker. first before she departs the chamber, let me say what an absolute pleasure it was to travel to the middle east with the gentlelady from wyoming. she was a pleasure to have as a companion. she w

he's said, weefpk come from jerusalem, the capital of the jewish people. we've come from an anguished and grieving land. we've come from a people, a home, a family that has not known a single year, not a single month in which mothers have not wepfor their sons. we have come to try and put an end to the hostilities so that our ildren and our children's children will no longer have to experience the painful costf war, violence and terror. we have come to secure their lives and to ease the sorrow and painful memories of the past. to hope and pray for peace. we share the prime minister's sorrow. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. schiff: and to the people of israel, we say, merk is -- america is with us -- with you. i yield back. the spker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. poe: unanimous could be sent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. poe: mr. speaker, sara carter at the washington exa

and they did not take jerusalem. and ahas changed his ways and israel was blessed, centuries before there was muhammad, they were greatly blessed and then his son came along and things went well for much of his reign. you know, there were ups and downs as any nation has, there were ups and downs in his private life, but in following the tradition that for most of this nation's history was a reading and quoting from the bible as most quoted book here in the house floor, second kings, chapter 20, verse 14, skipping a lot, but then he -- then isiah the profit came to the king and said to him, what do these men say and from where have they come to you? and the king said, they've come from a far country, from babylon. and he said, isiah, he said, what did they see in your house? the king answered, they have seen all that is in my house. there is nothing among my treasuries that i have not shown them. and see, isiah knew, that was absolutely stupid, to bring in people who would like to see your country destroyed and gone,

. >> ifill: in jerusalem today israel's deputy foreign minister said the dispute between the two nations is not a final break. >> we have tried and pleaded with everybody, including the turkish government, to try and stop this provocation. however, i think still the importance. relations between turkey and israel will necessitate a continuation of good and strong ties for the benefit of the entire region. >> ifill: but officials from the two nations have fundamentally different interpretations of what happened on board the flotilla's lead ship during the pre-dawn raid. dozens made their way home today, including this turkish woman and her young son. >> i was hiding in a room with my child. the gunshots were landing down right on top of the ceiling. we witnessed it all. gas bombs, sound bombs. i was just afraid for my child. i hope he is young enough to forget everything that has happened. but if the trip was organized in the future, i will not hesitate to take part in it with my child. >> ifill: overnight the united nations' security council called for an impartial investigation and cond

and einstein's beneficiary, the hebrew university of jerusalem, has earned millions and millions of dollarsnike commercials featuring kobe bryant executing a genius move as the late princeton professor. the last time we saw martin cribbs, he was working up a campaign to resurrect the mildly scandalous career of hollywood siren mae west for a pitch to stationers and perfumers. unlike agents for the living, he was at peace knowing that he didn't have to worry about her next movie bombing, or his client getting sent off to rehab, or the headaches of having to deal personally with the notorious diva, maria callas. are there advantages to representing people who are dead? >> cribbs: absolutely. if you owned a cosmetics company and you have invested a million dollars in maria callas, i can guarantee you there's not going to be any wardrobe malfunctions or embarrassing photographs getting out of a limousine in front of la scala without any underwear on. so that's a huge advantage. >> kroft: mark roesler's stable of departed stars has grown in the past few months. he's added, among others, eartha k

there would not be an iranian port and gaza in the distance of 10 kilometers of tullibee and jerusalem. it would have a destructive significant for every citizen in israel. this is the real threat of the security of israel. i am telling you and i am telling our friends in the country's on the iranian port in the middle east constitute a threat also on european countries. and therefore we are forced to stop every ship that is intended for gaza, and this is how we did it in this instance. we wanted to take out the logo was on the ship and afterward when we had expected -- when we had inspected it to ship it because of. unfortunately the operators of the ship rejected it out of hand. and therefore we had no other alternative in the first ships, everything went smoothly. but on the sixth ship, we encountered something completely different. our soldiers encountered of very extremist group supported international terrorist groups and a terrorist group of hamas. it was a beaut of hatred. -- it was a boat of hatred. it was a vote -- it was a boat of terrorist supporters. their weapons were abd

no one wanted to believe that hitler was allied with one person of jerusalem that they waited in bosnia he was intending to put the world that did not have dues. i cannot believe that the western world that is familiar with these terrorists and what have you -- i cannot understand if this is myopic or blinders on their part. israel and egypt had blockaded gossip. -- gaza. guest: he makes it a interesting point about this. it is not as if the international norm mineta, it is certainly true that thh western world had been generally quiet on the role, but in fact, it was under enormous pressure domestically as a result of the israelis on the blockade. he is under enormous pressure from around the arab and muslim world about the policy. he has been forced by public opinion to open the border on the egyptian and gaza frontier. this is a policy that is unsustainable for the egyptians. . hamas says, we beat him at the ballot box and then we beat him on the battlefield. they're not going to transform themselves. the administration has tried to place an emphasis on our peace initiative as a way

i am telling you that the rockets that iran is planning to send to gaza and will hurt tel aviv, jerusalemond. some as it is already within gaza. this is our duty and right according to the international law and the common sense to prevent these weapons from entering gaza. the previous government understood this and they impose a naval blockade on gaza to prevent any smuggling of weapons to hamas. last week, this was an attempt to break the blockade. we allow merchandise to come into gaza. if the blockade would have been broken, as a result this flotilla would have come with tens or maybe hundreds of ships. the amount of weapons you can bring on a ship is different than what you can bring through tunnels. if you can smuggle 10 tons -- we stopped a ship last year and there was hundreds of tons of weapons that iran was sending to hezbollah. in another ship, we found weapons that iran sent to gaza. it is our duty to inspect each of these ships that are going into gaza to take out the weapons and allow the other merchandise to enter. we need to clarify it this, what is the difference if we wou

if one looks at the world, peace in the middle east lies not through jerusalem but lies through tehran. so what does tehran do? tehran funds hamas, which is causing untold heartbreak and bloodshed in the -- in gaza. number two, it funds hezbollah, funding untold terrorism activity in -- in -- north of israel, in lebanon, and number three, it's also working to develop nuclear weapons. we don't want iran to have nuclear weapons. and what has iran been doing while we have been -- over the last several years? they have had a record of denial and deception in developing nuclear weapons, in processing weapons grade uranium. they have also been developing the method for delivering nuclear weapons, the so-called shahab-3 ballistic missile. that's capable of striking israel, u.s. troops in zack and afghanistan, and even parts of -- in iraq and afghanistan, and even parts of europe. we don't want iran to continue to develop nuclear weapons. now, we have been down this road before and people say right, let's stop them. let's go to the u.n. hoohah for the u.n. well, we've done hoohah for the u.n.

on display in jerusalem at the museum, the holocaust museum, amidst all the pain and suffering and murder and turmoil are german schoolbooks from the 1930's that display an attitude that was getting pumped in to young germans through their educational system. mr. roskam: as fearsome and loathesome that it is, it is happening in iraq today. it urges children to martyrdom. it has anti-israeli sentiment and anti-western system. i am introducing a resolution that condemns that, calls upon us to focus on that and urges the administration to consider that as it interacts with iran, particularly on these sanctions. i urge my colleagues to join me and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from connecticut rise? >> to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. >> mr. speaker, eight million jobs gone, $17 trillion in savings gone, americans' faith in their system gone. why? because mortgages that came in 31 flavors of insanity got

host: the israeli media released a statement from government officials from jerusalem. we will let you listen in. this is with english subtitles, so our apologies to our radio audience. the front page of "the new york daily news" i of the storm. ken is joining us from louisville, ky. caller: am i on the line? host: you sure are. go ahead. caller: the people who call with an agenda, the lady who calls every three months and gives you the lines and stories and she always says the same thing. support is a real put the kids -- those people have nothing to talk about. turkey is very hurt right now because the european union after many years of discussion decided not to let them join the european union because they are afraid of millions and millions of muslims joining the european union. this is a very important of the. a couple of weeks ago with iran and brazil holding hands and the air in opposition to u.s. policy to iran. when we had the last war in iraq, they refused to let us use the territory. we had to go all the way around it. they are supposed to be our france. -- s

today, i am telling you, the missiles and rockets that iran is smuggling into gaza hurt tel aviv, jerusalemnd even beyond. some of it is already within gaza. this is why it is our duty and our right, according to the international law, to prevent this weapons from g weaponsaza through the air or sea. this duty, the previous government understood. the last few days was an attempt to break this blockade. we allow merchandise to come into gaza. it was to break the blockade. if this would have been broken, it the result of this flotilla, would've come hundreds of ships. the weapons you can bring on a ship is different from what you can bring back through the tunnels. on each ship, you can smuggle 10 tons of [inaudible] one ship was stopped in d.c. last year, there were hundreds of tons of weapons that iran was sending to the hezbollah. we caught tons of weapons that iran sent to gaza. it is our duty to inspect each ship that is trying to get into gaza to take out their weapons and to allow the other merchandise to enter. i need to clarify to the citizens of israel and the citizens of the world.

after the deadly raid she rides in jerusalem, israel facing intense condemnation. also indications that benjamin not -- and netanyahu, the trip has been cancelled. this is the rampage ofront pagea today." the gulf coast as the top killer-is hope. anger and frustration surged across the gulf coast today as residents learned that the latest attempt to cap a renegade under water well had failed and that oil may keep gushing until at least august. the situation in north korea, writing from seoul, south korea, the sinking of the ship back on march 26 that killed 42 south korean sailors has prompted the government to throttle back on aid to the north and demand that the u.s. back sanctions before the u.s.. still legislator discussing holding of the turnover of military power to the military power by u.s. forces, which have had a large base here since the 1950 through 1953 korean war. we will begin with charles from all paso, texas. democrats line. good morning. caller: internationally when it comes to foreign relations, we have nothing but trouble. but domestically we ha

where the city of jerusalem is a symbol of coexistence and tolerance. where the lost and missing, all of them, all of them are returned to their families and their people. it is this vision that motivates us, that mobilizes us to work so hard to achieve peace for others. and it is within this vision of a better future that we keep faith with our allies and the state of israel and with the shalit family as they wait for the return of their lost son. thank you, madam speaker. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york reserves the balance of his time. the gentlelady from florida is recognized. ms. ros-lehtinen: i thank the speaker. i would like to yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, madam speaker. since its creation over six decades ago, our ally, israel, has been under siege from those who seek its destruction. israel's enemies+ refusing to accept the existence of the jewish state have invaded israel's borders and sought to

the state department's in negotiating politically-sensitive issues of heritage protection in the jerusalemcosell, and the tie- cambodian border. the park service has, for many years, done by having a lifting in preparing and leading our department's participation. over the years, it has identified over 800 sites worldwide commenting to be aaout standing universal value. they take it seriously, as does the international conservation community. a measure of this serious this is that the annual committee meeting of just 21 members, usually draws a hundred to 900 delegates, even when meeting areas like australia, south africa, and new zealand. while there is usually background noise in these meetings, a hush falls when the national park service is at the microphone because everyone knows that the park service will speak knowledgeably and credibly about the conservation of these sites, and about how local communities can help with conservation and benefit from the economic dividends they can provide. for many years, the park service's, under both republican and democratic administrations, has g

. -- jerusalem. speaker is henri barkey who has a unique position here a few years ago at carnegie. there was -- we invented the category of nonresident associate, which i serve. henri, as i understand is the first resident/nonresident associate. that is to say he is a nonresident associate who has an office here. and as you can tell, he wears many other hats as well. so i think he must be a resident/nonresident in many different institutions from a position at lehigh university. so we will go in the order that i just mentioned. >> thank you so much for coming. i would say that o element to bear in mind when it comes to the flotilla attack is the use of violence. and the use of violence has both in service. to drive attention and this time it's the violence and this time by israel. and it brought gaza into the service. i've been here for a month now and i've been talking to different grou. of course, on the impact of the siege on gaza. and the reaction was always -- the policy of the siege is working

the answer was i have given up reading "the jerusalem post," "the new york times." i listen to al-jazeera and i read newspapers from damascus. how can a possible making feel better? it used to the we were under threat. everyone was trying to kill us. the world is a terrible place. now i find out we own the banks and the major corporations and control the world. some of you may remember the good old days when conservatives were complaining that the supreme court had just gone off the rails. it was interpreting laws in a way that really took dramatic departures from what the law said, what congress meant, that it was interpreting the constitution in ways that were really at odds with what we understand the constitution to mean. these are as long ago as 2005, to the as in the six colleges thousand seven -- these were as long ago as 2005, 2006, 2007. you are talking about at different times how polarized and is and how difficult it is to get things done. a lot of panelists have talked about the court is on a mission to be ddsingenuous and do things that violate the inte