by the knesset.i would like to tell you that, in the basic laws of the knesset, of israel, there is no one basic law talking about the quality as a value. and, if i will ask to have a motion, talking about equal rights, the basic law, demanding equal rights for all citizens, not jews and arabs, for all common man and woman, a secular and religious, and the arabs and jews, it will not pass. it will not pass. we tried it. i demand equal rights. [laughter] >> so you are saying we are democratic state, you see? >> i am being intimidated by the time. >> so was i.? >> i would like to-- minister braverman top about his meeting with the oecd. it is time to say that according to the oecd rules, israel should deal with equal rights with all citizens, jews and arabs. israel is not. there is no one level, aspect in the life of this real that there is equal rights dealing with jews and others. allocation of lance, education, housing, islamic properties, infrastructure. that is why i do appeal from here to secreta

many thanks to the members of the knesset for joining us.merican presidential portraits created by one of artists. see the entire collection on- line at c stands website, americanpresidents.org. >> president obama talks inxd hs weekly online address. then you hear from senator president obama is --Ñi obama'si decision to try terrorist in civilian courts. >> all across america, people work hardÑió to meet their responsibilities. you work your job, take care of your family, pay your bills. sometimes you have to make hard choices about where to spend and where to save. that is what being responsible means. that ought to be a value that our government lives up to as well. over the past decade, this has not always been the case. 10 years ago we had a big budget surplus. 10 years later, those surpluses are gone. in fact, when i first want to the door, the budget deficit was at 1.3 trillion dollars and was projected to be eight trillion dollars. with millions of people out of work and millions of people facing hardship, people are paying less in t

by the knesset. i would like to tell you that, in the basic laws of the knesset, of israel, there is no one basic law talking about the quality as a value. and, if i will ask tha@@@@@@@ @, >> so you are saying we are democratic state, you see? >> i am being intimidated by the time. >> so was i.? >> i would like to-- minister braverman top about his meeting with the oecd. it is time to say that according to the oecd rules, israel should deal with equal rights with all citizens, jews and arabs. israel is not. there is no one level, aspect in the life of this real that there is equal rights dealing with jews and others. allocation of lance, education, housing, islamic properties, infrastructure. that is why i do appeal from here to secretary general of the oecd, not to approve the membership of israel unless there are equal rights and equal budgets for arab citizens exactly like the jewish citizens in israel. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you very much member of knesset tibi and that brings u

member of knesset has served in the knesset for more than 20 years during which time he's held numeroustions in governments including several ministerial portfolios. he currently chairs the important foreign affairs and defense committee. he holds degrees in administration and law. thank you very, very much. >> i would like to welcome, the chairman, the speaker, who made a special effort to be here today. i want to welcome my colleagues and of course all the journalists who are here today. we have hosts and we have guests and we have muslims an christians and jewish people, we have parliamentarians from both the coalition and the opposition but put aside the distinctions and differences, you will find that all of us here share a common vision. we are all really united. we are united because we have a common commitment to preserve and enhance the palestinian-israeli dialogue. this is what unites us all. we're not presummits you to take the role of the negotiator. we don't have the authority nor the skills for that. but our decision to initiate this unprecedented event today marks our rec

i want to thank our hosting member of knesset. many thing. foreign minister. with that, i close this session. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> here's a look at our schedule. coming up next on c-span, "america and the courts." a look at the supreme court and popular opinion. later, idaho governor bush otter delivers his state of the state address. and later, regulating large financial companies. tomorrow on news makers, tennessee senator bob corker talks about efforts to craft a beale on financial legislation. he is interviewed by two reporters. news makers tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> it's the only collection of american presidential portraits. by renowned painter and sculptor chaz, fagan. see it on line. >> this is c-span's "america and the courts." up next, a discussion on the relationship between the supreme court and american popular opinion. a panel of experts talked about how and if the american public influences the supreme

to the shrine of e israel democracy, the israeli parliament, the knesset.ong to hanegbi. ñrthis is a very important meeting. israel is a jewish democratic state. by this very definition, we have a conflict. we stand behind the conflict. the conflict between the idea of a jewish state, we have the right to return to the jewish state, what we have here among us are people who were bornÑi -- jews believe there is the çóÑiÑiñrhomeland, and we have ta way, in order to reach between the idea of israel as a jewish state and israel as a democratic stateÑiÑi. in some ways, it is not reachable. we have a debate. we have a debate between jews and arabs. we have debate between jews and the definition of a jewish state -- jewish state according judicial ideas of the orthodox people on the jewish side. how come we can say that it is a jewish democratic state, but no one of the members of the knesset can change this definition to define as real as a jewish state, and at tk same time say that no one can change the nature of israel as a democratic state? that leads to a lot

and our deputy foreign minister and members of knesset for joining us. with this, i close this session of the middle east press club. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> in a few moments, president obama makes a surprise visit to the white house briefing room to talk with reporters. then first lady michelle obama on childhood owe bestity. and later, a speech by the food and drug administration commissioner. >> taking a look at the $787 billion economic stimulus program signed into law a ago, more than $333 billion has been committed with just under over $179 billion having been paid out as of february 2. track the stimulus money, go to www.c-span.org/stimulus to watch hearings, debates and speeches and links to outside watchdog groups. that is www.c-span.org/stimulus. >> now for educators, c-span offers the new c-span classroom.org. we have designed the web site to make it useful for teachers for use in your classroom. find the most watched video clips organized by

later, and the knesset's future. our guest this frank morring.morning starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c- span. >> a year ago this month, president obama signed the economic stimulus funding into law making $787 million available. since then, they have committed $332 billion to stay for stimulus projects. that is up $3 billion from last week. $176 billion have been paid out for the projects. a more but the economic stimulus, go online to c- span.org/stimulus. will find offense like president obama's town hall meeting in new hampshire where he analysis plan to help local banks provide more small-business loans. plus links to the government and watchdog groups practice stimulus ending. this is set c-span.orgstimulu/s. >> topics include a new missile defense agreement between the united states and romania. a criminal case in haiti were 10 americans are facing child abduction charges. and reintegrate the taliban members into afghan society. i don't know, should we give the front row a chance to catch up, or this is the opportunity for the back r