well in jerusalem and in israel as a whole we promote mutual life coexistence jerusalem lately in the last few years is one of the most quiet cities in the world we are upgrading the quality of life for residents it's a democracy so demonstrations are allowed but no violence is allowed so while we have demonstrations like in any other modern country and modern city we will not allow demonstrations to become violent and so people are welcome to this freedom of choice there's freedom of religion freedom of expression and freedom to demonstrate as long as you do it legally and these go very very well together you see that all residents in jerusalem and we have any conflict you can even think of we have it in jerusalem we allow demonstrations but to make sure they're peaceful but nonviolent demonstrations don't you don't get enough prince do that that while they don't get enough coverage fortunately enough produce them doing very well we're doing well in terms of culture tourism is up twice as much as we had five six years ago the economy's doing well we're growing about eight percent fro

jerusalem block. hello mr buck out of welcome to the show so long thank you shalom it says very nice to have you here well first of all let's talk about about this film the innocence of muslims which has caused fury all of the middle east these days. but what is surprising for me it's practically cause no trouble in israel itself so why do you think this is happening in one why are the israeli muslims more tolerant. to this movie. well in jerusalem and in israel as a whole we promote mutual life coexistence jerusalem lately in the last few years is one of the most quiet cities in the world we are upgrading the quality of life for residents it's a democracy so demonstrations are allowed but no violence is allowed so while we have demonstrations like in any other modern country and modern city we will not allow demonstrations to become violent and so people are welcome to this freedom of choice there's freedom of religion freedom of expression and freedom to demonstrate as long as you do it legally and

the point is that in east jerusalem. a lot of the muslims work the curriculum that was palestinian and i believe in residence that is really curriculum in the way of teaching it's much better. so you have a transition more people that care about the future of their kids are interested in what's the best education for their kids can get in order to apply to universities around the world or in israel and to become more successful news there is a migration to better education system it's optional it's not mandatory and people are lately because maybe it's because it's optional people migrate to the israeli system which gets them much much better off in life but isn't it possible to somehow help the. educational facilities in east jerusalem which you criticize become better and become accepted in major universities well i don't criticize them guy you actually did i mean you do precisely the lead the. education system in these jurors live in the situation where you can i do believe that is really system is much more modern mu

nobody is stronger on jerusalem than wexeler. it was pulled out -- all in all, the things that did happen, i don't think the american people got up this morning and said gee, that horrific jerusalem/god issue is killing us. >> andrea: they are still trying to explain it. chuck schumer came out and said the president will address it tonight. he gave another excuse. he said people in the audience didn't know what they were supposedly voting on. >> dana: maybe they were booing the process they wabed to take a vote -- they wanted to take a vote. they screwed up. senator schumer yesterday on television asked about the jerusalem issue and president obama's position on it he said i don't know. this is a senator of new york. saying he doesn't know. today is a different story. he didn't say he would address the jerusalem issue. he said he would bring up israel. not a shocker. >> eric: can i point something out? the whole fire storm that surrounding them and the walk-back and platform and the questionable yea/nay vote and was it two-thirds

this is about jerusalem. look this is cbs. charlie rose grilling senator schumer about jerusalem.> democrats have always been for jerusalem being the unified capital of israel. i'm one of the leading democrats on middle east policy. that's been my position for a long time. this is a tempest in a teapot. the overwhelming democratic position is just that. >> not the party platform though. >> when what's the president's position. >> it's not in the party's platform i don't know why it is or is not. >> what's the president's position. >> the presidential president is for a strong israel. >> what's the president's position on the capital. >> i don't know. >> you know what his position is, don't you? >> no, i don't. >> bill: yes, he does. he knows. >> i take him at his word. >> bill: schumer doesn't know the president's position on whether jerusalem should be the capital of israel. >> so people are so scared of gotcha politics they would rather say i don't know than wager a guess. >> bill: chuck schumer is the leading democrat on the middle east. he doesn't know the president's position

the mufti of jerusalem say thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. israel allows was loves to make program read to mecca but on the other hand it forbids men under the age of fourteen from entering the mosque during ramadan to pray on fridays how do you explain this contradiction. this contradiction is due to the fact that they let our brothers who live in the areas of biden nine hundred forty eight carry out the harsh suse's their legal right there also is some political benefits to be gained from demonstrating that there is freedom of religion acts as for the acts and the rules of the strictest their suits is on their territory it was situated somewhere else no such measures would be taken now their focus is on acts of the occupation authorities on criticised only for that the most of their actions deserve criticism you have said that jewish authorities are trying to sensitize was them sensitivities to access why do you say this. hell israeli or cubans are trying to make it seem like the al aqsa mosque is not really that important they say that mus

-- removal of "god" and jerusalem from the platform this year. durbin accused me and the network having an agenda by asking about the omissions. >> your conclusions are young if you're drawing them. >> i'm not. >> secondly, let me tell you the first president to recognize the state of israel was harry truman, a democrat. and every president since democrat and republican, has stood closely with israel. i know what is going on here. in an effort to justify shelby and the money he is spending to stand up to israel -- >> listen. >> the democrats and republicans are committed to israel future and security. i'm one of them. >> understand. no republican took those words out of the democratic platform. so i'm just making a point. >> you're saying those two bulletins coming out means our relationship with israel changed? >> no, i'm just asking the question why it was changed. >> is that fair? >> bret: we asked senator durbin to come back on tonight or provide us a statement to read on air. his staff told us, "he's not going to be available." we will bring

talks to dr shaikh somebody's former guard mufti of jerusalem and palestine who thinks that the israeli government is deliberately targeting the sacred site. with me i have to share it. thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. israel allows was limbs to make program to mecca but on the other hand it for birds men under the age of fourteen from entering the mosque during ramadan to pray on fridays how do you explain this contradiction. this contradiction is due to the fact that they let our brothers who live in the areas in one nine hundred forty eight carry out the harsh susie's their legal right there also is some political benefits to be gained from demonstrating that there is freedom of religion. as for the. rules of the strictest since it's all new territory for love it was situated somewhere else no such measures will be taken now the focus is on. the occupation authorities on criticised only for that the most of their actions deserve a criticism you have said that jewish authorities are trying to sensitize was them sensitivities to accept why do you say this. hell will isra

the mufti of jerusalem she thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. its role as allows was was to make programmer to mecca but on the other hand it for birds men under the age of forty from entering the mosque during ramadan to pray on fridays how do you explain this contradiction. the suburb this contradiction is due to the fact that they let our brothers who live in the areas occupied in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight carry out the harsh susie's their legal right here there are also some political benefits to be again i feel demonstrating that there is freedom of religion. as for the. rules of the strictest there since it is on their territory for love it was situated somewhere else that no such measures would be taken against it now the focus is on. the occupation authorities on criticised only for that the most of their actions are always a criticism you have said that jewish authorities are trying to sensitize was lim sensitivities to access why do you say this. why the. hell will israeli or cubans are trying to make it seem like the al a

the thing is jerusalem is isolated from other palestinian territories palestinians from the west bankand gaza strip are not allowed to enter the city not that the only people who can get into the palestinians who live in the areas occupied in one hundred forty eight that they can do that because they live there so it's only the people who live in jerusalem in the areas that i mentioned you can come to iraq. thought these are the people who protected coordinate action to preserve it so if these people stop going to iraq well there will be no one left to protect it that we are grateful to them for what they do their leisure that what do you think about israeli claims that the wall and checkpoints are there for security reasons. at israel's claim that the wall was built for security reasons have nothing to do the reality this is not true because they do not observe the nine hundred sixty seven borders about it they have occupied a lot of palestinian territory in addition to those that were seized in nineteen forty eight and secondly making all people feel like prisoners is not the way to

missing. >> essentially with jerusalem, it was a technical omission.han that. there was not any -- through the drafting process and the platform committee process, there was never any discussion or debate or commentary over adding or subtracting it. president obama, when he realized that the language was not in there and it wasn't there from the 2008 platform -- >> and that came after there was criticism of the platform. he didn't wake up one morning and doesn't it wasn't there. >> let's not make more of this than it is. there was not any discussion about the -- >> i mean on tv, right? >> no, no, no. i'm saying there wasn't any discussion before hand or even since the commentary afterwards. this was president obama's belief. see, the difference between our platform and the republican platform is that president obama knows that this is his platform. and he wants it to reflect his personal view. and mitt romney -- >> i hear you. i get it. we're not talking about the republican platform for a moment. >> there's a big difference. >> there is a big differen

site in his line continues to build she talks to dr cheikh karim a subquery for my grandmother to jerusalem and palestine things that the israeli government does a deliberate targeting the sacred sites. with me i have to share a caress separately say thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. this will allow us to make program read to mecca but on the other hand it for birds men under the age of forty from entering the mosque during ramadan to pray on fridays how do you explain this contradiction. this contradiction is due to the fact that they let our brothers who live in the areas all combined in one nine hundred forty eight carry out the harsh susie's their legal right there are also some political benefits to be gained from demonstrating that there is freedom of religious acts as for the acts of the rules of the strictest their senses on their territory for love it was situated somewhere else that no such measures would be taken yet now their focus is on acts of the occupation authorities on criticised only for that the most of their actions deserve criticism you have said that jew

four years ago they asserted jerusalem was the capital of israel and should be.is nowhere to be seen. that takes the rug away from the position. four years ago, any final solution, any final settlement, israel must remain undevideed. by removing the language, the united states of the democratic party is prepared to see barbed wire go through jerusalem as it did in 20 years and four years in the 1967 war. no mention of isolating hamas. no mention whatsoever of the platform stance four years ago that israel is not to return to the '67 line. these are all extremely important. for durbin to pretend it's not and to mention harry trueman who recognizes vailed 65 years ago shows how defense and panicked they are on this one important issue. quickly, "god"s mentioned once in 2008 democratic platform. taken out this time. a lot of people don't read platforms anymore. it raises eyebrows even among democrats. >> platform don't tell you what will happen. but if you compare today of what used to be pro claimed you know something is changing in the party. this is one place tha

that just was about jerusalem.g that reinstated the idea that israel is the united states' closest ally in the middle east. we'll have to look more carefully. it wasn't up here on the floor. >> it raises the question if governor strickland, former governor of ohio, says that president obama now recognizes jerusalem as the capital of israel, does that mean he will actually move the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to the capital jerusalem? obviously very, very sensitive subject. i want everybody to standby. we're watching what's going on here at the democratic convention in charlotte. also, a dramatic announcement today. they've changed the venue of the president's acceptance speech tomorrow night. we'll explain what's going on as our coverage continues. there are a lot of warning lights and sounds vying for your attention. so we invented a warning you can feel. introducing the all-new cadillac xts. available with a patented safety alert seat. when there's danger you might not see, you're warned by a pulse in the seat. it

but that may have been overshadowed by a vote to put god and jerusalem into the dny platform. peter doocy will tell us how it turned into chaos. it was exciting, an exciting series of votes and moments. break this down. >> very interesting. when president obama heard about "god" being left out of the platform he asked the aidey did it change in the first place? the democratic party decided to send out the convention chairman, los angeles mayor, to have a voice vote and put "god" bad in the platform and knowledge jerusalem as the capital of israel. they need two thirds approval from the delegates in the crowd and then this happened. >> the matter requires two-thirds vote in the affirmative. all those delegates in favor say aye. all those delegates opposed, no. in the opinion -- let me do that again. all of those delegates in favor say "aye." all those delegates opposed, say "no." i'll do that one more time. all those delegates in favor say "aye." all those delegates opposed say "no." in the opinion of the chair, two-thirds have voted in the affirm, the motion is adopted and the

of those including the jewish zero ization of jerusalem and taking control over. there making the most of the numerous domestic problems that the arab and muslim countries are busy addressing right now so they can carry out their plans without any resistance. why do you believe that you are the muslim worlds first line of defense against israeli and jewish ambitions in jerusalem. the thing is jury slim is isolated from other palestinian territories palestinians from the west bank and gaza strip are not allowed to enter the city the only people who can get into the palestinians who live in the areas occupied in one hundred forty eight they can do that because they live there so it's only the people who live in jerusalem in the areas that i mentioned you can come to iraq. these are the people who protect it and coordinate action to preserve it so if these people stop going to iraq well there will be no one left to protect it that we are grateful to them for what they do their leisure that asks what do you think about israeli claims that the wall and checkpoints are

the link between muslims and palestine since i lack so connects one point five billion muslims to jerusalem and palestine this link is made of belief and faith they think that if they weaken that link loosely and are going to lose interest on our own reality you know what the muslims that don't live in afghanistan and who are most of the bears they know is in danger now as are their beliefs and so whatever the occupants do to diminish alex's significance is bound to fail fashion you have also said that if the israeli government and fanatical jewish groups since a weak muslim reaction they see this as a green light to move forward so what in fact should muslims do now sadly muslim countries are now more concerned with their domestic issues neglecting the issue of imax or in jerusalem and allowing israeli or keep insta carry out their host plans and they have quite a few of those including the jewish organization of jerusalem and taking control over. there making the most of the numerous domestic problems that the arab and muslim countries are busy addressing right now so they can carry out t

i want to start with this god and jerusalem platform deal.ng to linger beyond this convention week? >> thanks to the vast majority of democrats, no. but is there is a very important involved pro-israel constituency that i think has had its eyes open. number one, the fact that this could actually be dropped. support of israel position on jerusalem from the platform, in the first place. second, the visual of the strong opposition to restoring it in the democratic party, as could be seen on the floor. the booing when that was finally incorporated. i think that will leave an impression, and i think it will leave the impression that the democratic party under obama has sure shifted in the support of israel. >> bret: in the last second, campaign released excerpts from president obama's speech tonight. i won't read them here, we will get into them in the panel but he is basically going to say a specific way forward and he will have specific gomes on manufacturings, energy, education, national security and deficit. deficit, he says, reduce the defici

they booed god and the return of jerusalem to the platform? a really extraordinary moment. it was -- they took jerusalem as the capital of israel out of the platform. they took it out and there was a passing reference to god-given ability. they affirmatively took that out of the platform and exploded on them. even democrats have been saying why would they do that two months before the vote and creative destruction in the party's most important week prior to that vote and to give fodder to the opposition some of whom tried to paint democrats as a godless in the first place which they vehemently deny but handed them a chip they could play and now we have this extraordinary scene on the floor of the convention were you literally have people standing up and doing an issue near and dear to the hearts of many americans. not just the dodd issue but israel as the capital. stuart: you are also in the hall when bill clinton made his speech. i was watching. seemed to me if you held a vote of those delegates in that convention hall last night they would v

the mufti of jerusalem thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. israel allows was limbs to make programmer to mecca but on the other hand it for birds men under the age of forty from entering the mosque during ramadan to play on fridays how do you explain this contradiction. this contradiction is due to the fact that they let our brothers who live in the areas. carry out the harsh. legal right to him there also is some political benefits to be again i feel. that there is freedom of religion and also the. rules of the strictest since it's all new territory for a lot of it was situated somewhere else you know such measures would be taken now the focus is on. the occupation authorities on criticize them if they're not there most of their actions are always a criticism and you have said that jewish authorities are trying to sensitize was them sensitivities to access why do you say this. heh well israeli arguments are trying to make it seem like the al aqsa mosque is not really that important they say the museums have the holy city of mecca and medina

. >> four years ago the platform clearly recognized jerusalem as the perpetual capital of israel. but nowhere in this year's platform does that statement exist. >> why would they remove that jerusalem should be the capital of israel at a time of such high tensions in the middle east especially with iran. >> to cease calling jerusalem the capital of israel, this is a very troubling development. >> stephen: this is a very troubling development. (laughter) >> to committed zyonists like a sean handities and me. jerusalem or ye you werea, layim as we call it, the st eternal cap tafl the jewish state and we must stand by our jewish friends, to defend the temp el mount until the day that christ returns on a cloud of glory and all nonchristians are consumed in the apocalypse. but really, thanks for keeping the seat warm for us. oh, oh yer usaha layim, oh, oh, oh. (cheers and applause) oh yerusahlayim where the temp el once stood where the calls still echo with the impassioned arguments of raf hillel and raf shama. where you can get a phish yalmulke. at the store next to the mikh donayes.

explain how god and jerusalem suddenly appear after two-thirds of democrats said node jerusalem.e god. there is because they have spoke up the platform has been and light and. [laughter] there are enough so they can overcome the others? >> you should vote for democrats because foreign aid is the highest it has ever been. lou: catching up quickly is the muslim brotherhood. >> there is intelligence cooperation superb between israel and the united states. despite the fact that yahoo! and obama does not get along very much to the credit of the nation's. >> that is why they we've moved the word 83 from the platform. -- god from the platform. we will be back tomorrow. lost but now found like jerusalem and a god. up next another interesting grade for t [ male announcer ] wouldn't it be nice if there was an easier, less expensive option than a traditional lawyer? at legalzoom you get personalized services for your family and your business that's 100% guaranteed. so go to legalzoom.com today for personalized, affordable legal protection.

as well >> i thank you for coming. >> i look forward to seeing you in jerusalem. >> next year in jerusalem. there we go. danny janos. first amendment guarantees religion freedom of speech . they are fighting the i.r.s. just because they think that setting limitation what they say in church is wrong. one of those pastors joining me next to talk about it democrats are trying to figure out whether or not they want god in the platform i.r.s. is trying to control what pastors say about political issues that matter to the congregation. alliance defending freedom is defending churches that are under investigation by the i.r.s. for expressing political views in their sermons. october seventh is pulpit freedom to defy the i.r.s.. jim garlo is pastor of sky line church in san diego and he joins me now. jim it is great to see you and thanks for being here. >> good to be with you. >> jim, it is a bold thing on october seventh hundreds and thousands of pastors are going to stand in their pulpits and say the i.r.s. can't tell us what we can or can't say. july 2nd. 1954 the johnson memo was passed in the

>> jerusalem is the same example.dent's policy, the president's personal belief, he laid it out in 2007 at aipac he personally believes that jerusalem is the capital of israel. and he directed is to reinsert that into the platform. we did it last night. martha: jay carney asked the question a few weeks ago he seemed to not answer that question directly, does the president think jerusalem is the president of israel. stumbled on that. it was awkward moment. >> you understand the longstanding policy of this country to jerusalem. his personal belief is that, you know, the capital of israel is jerusalem. but the long-standing --. martha: administration belief as well? >> bipartisan going back decades that is decision has to be done through both parties and in the final negotiations. so that's where we stand. that is what's in the platform. i think that, the other issue here is that you know, our opposition, was attacking us trying to make a mountain out of a molehill on this stuff. martha: our own people, democrats were ar