the nineteenth knesset will be much more radical than the eighteenth but i am not sure this impression is the right to the victory of the party of european there is a future his at it is. in the victory of the center. of liberals of the seculars he instilled. in large meant and strengthening the liquid does that mean good news for breakthrough in peace talks i'm not sure of that. usually israelis are in love with the process not with the peace they are talking a lot about peace but doing nothing nothing in order to achieve it there are fascinated with the along with fatah or with talking with negotiations as to see that this is the goal. but it is their tool not the goal and its tool to achieve peace meanwhile israel is trying to rearrange the occupation not to in the exhibition arab parties have won the same number of seats as before but what we have noticed is a decrease in the number of arab voters turning out to cast their ballot of this time we it increased by three percent compared to two thousand and nine still it is very low half of the arab voters are not participating why are

or to julie i passed five laws in the last knesset but they are saying their clothes which contradict with the jewish identity of the state can be prevented as you say lost him you made five new laws but they were general they weren't specifically geared towards arab israelis as an arab member of parliament what kind of influence do you have over israel's policy towards its arab minority we are the elected legitimately the ship of the arab minority we managed to stop or to change some racist motions other motions we will not be able. to stop the arab communist leader tough exam said that one demonstration is worth more than a year's work inside the israeli parliament what do you think sometimes yes sometimes not when we were here in the knesset and supported the withdrawal of israel from the settlements in gaza it was much better than thousand demonstrations but both can go together demonstrations and parliament and that's what we are doing palestinian refugees in syria are caught in the middle of the fighting there many of them are now becoming refugees a second or third time over th

what does it mean if the president of the united states can be heckled at the knesset?if he were going to speak at the knesset, i would recommend that ever every israeli legislae polite. there's no guarantee in a public setting, in an auditorium or an exhibition hall that he won't be heckled there, either. i think the israelis recognize that this is the most hostile president to the state of israel since it was founded in 1948. so the only surprise to me is that 10% have a favorable opinion of him. >> and finally, at the end of this meeting, your predixon the iranian nuclear program, the potential of having a nuclear bomb. >> i think they're very close. i think they're building a broad and deep nuclear infrastructure. i think israel has very little time to decide whether they're going to strike preemptively against the program. israel's capabilities are already strained. even if they act tomorrow, every day that goes by gives the iranians more time to bury and harden more facilities. israel's on a pretty short fuse here. >> ambassador john bolton, as always, we thank yo

snubbing the knesset, why? because there would be a war that starts?iddle east are blowing up on us. morsi is violently anti-israel. the muslim brotherhood, this is not a partisan issue. we are facing islamic extremists they took over egypt, weren't supposed to. morsi trying to kill democracy. john kerry, the secretary of state, the week that obama said that the armageddon. congress said 250 million dollars and meanwhile the military which is very disturbing, not just the f-16's, but the tanks. we're not holding them accountable. i think we've got to try-- we've kept the peace with egypt and israel and we've gotten ourselves on the hook. it's not just there, we have the problem in israel, we have the problem now with the saudis in iran and we have the problem-- >> in the region. >> what i'm amazed by, you know, one of the ways that republicans succeeded was they had two pillars, the anti-government spending and national security. and i think the establishment in washington the republican-- okay, but the truth is that they have really let the national s

the palestinian arabs used to vote intelligently they might constitute a major force in the israeli knesset but we've seen with oppressive regimes like apartheid and others in the past that they've gone by the wayside why has this conflict between the israelis and the palestinians go on for so long i think the main reason is that israel has the support active support of the united states and to a great extent the support of the year fillion even the russian federation one cannot and that is to make the. holocaust guilt factor that in many countries such as the netherlands for and deadlines foreign policy respect of israel is largely determined by the. holocaust guilt. in the united states the is a powerful israeli lobby consisting of the jewish lobby and the evangelical lobby. together these forces within the israeli lobby ensure that no action can be taken to compel israel to comply with its international law obligations now we're here in the hague the home of the international criminal court and there has been calls for some israeli officials to appear before the i.c.c. why hasn't that ha

remember it takes 61 out of 120 to have a majority in the knesset. you have 25. as martin said, they are not part of this right-of-center block which has doubled when barack was the defense minister. so you do have a group. what keeps things the way for israel to be a normal western country goes to the palestinian issue. it will be interesting to see how it turns out. martin is correct that the key positions the defense minister, the housing minister and the knesset finance chairman are pro. the one glimmer is this idea of reciprocity. ya'alon believes the palestinians are two states for two people. they don't say that anymore. i was in ramallah last week too and i just came back yesterday. i'm a little concerned on the palestinian side. there's a belief, you know, we're on the highway. the israelis are ice rated. we went to the u.n. we'll go to the international criminal court. i feel they think there's no reason to compromise. i feel the open sesame is just to get the basics. if the president can get the palestinians and the israelis to talk about two states fo

industry and commercial ministry and they are also controlling the finance committee in the israeli knesset and practically they control the policy regarding the occupied territories because also the minister of defense who is in charge of the army is also loyal to the settlers in the ality with such an israeli government it's impossible to move into a real peace process unless the punishment acts taking. now cypriots who had six figure savings stand to see the bulk of that deposits wiped out as part of a painful rescue plan from the e.u. the central bank says sixty percent of all deposits over one hundred thousand euros will be drained nest is will be compensated with shares and the forty percent of this these deposits many analysts warn stock in the fading banks is one giant doubts whether the positives would ever get their hands on the remainder of their deposits. if the bank can pull a rabbit out of a hat and somehow make what appears to be near worthless shares somehow very valuable then i suppose these depositors' have some hope that they'll be receiving some of their money back but a

industrial and commercial ministry and they are also controlling the finance committee in the israeli knesset and practically they control the policy regarding the occupied territories because also the minister of defense who is in charge of the army is also loyal to the settlers in the reality with such an israeli government it's impossible to move into a real peace process unless the punishment acts. are separate six figure savings stand to see the bulk of it deposits wiped out as part of a painful rescue plan from the e.u. central bank says sixty percent of all the positive one hundred thousand euros would drain vestas will be compensated with around forty percent of the ses deposit many analysts stop killing. to be junk. doubts will. get their hands on the remains of their money. in the journalist column website please join the e.u. did not do cyprus any favors. the way cyprus is trapped by coming into the euro because one of the benefits they thought of joining the e.u. was that the e.u. would work out the cyprus greek cyprus and the turkish cypriot problem could be true and that would p

industry and commercial ministry and they are also controlling the finance committee in the israeli knesset and practically they control the policy regarding the occupied territories because also the minister of defense who is in charge of the army is also loyal to the settlers in the ality with such an israeli government it's impossible to move into a real peace process unless the punishment acts taking. still to come this sends another don't mess with me message to north korea reiterate some serious about threatening war with the south with its claims once again stirring up the us no sign of improvement big one talum zero hunger strike but a u.s. rights lawyer says it merican public has got very little awareness of what's actually happening inside count delta. is focusing on cyprus now cypriots with six figure savings and many pensioners to no standards say the bulk of the deposits wiped out europe's latest bailout terms dictate an even wider cash grab the previously thought the central bank says up to two thirds of people savings above one hundred thousand euros will be drained in exchan

industry and commercial industry and they are also controlling the finance committee in the israeli knesset and practically they control the policy regarding the occupied territories because the minister of defense who is in charge of the army is also loyal to the settlers in reality with such an israeli government it's impossible to move into a real peace process unless the punishment act. what we need besides the popular nonviolent resistance that you are showing now on your screen what we need is an act of boycott divestment sanctions against this israeli policy like was used before with the south african apartheid system only then we can change the balance of power and we can find peace and let me tell you these demonstrations we've been in today and yesterday were nonviolent they were peaceful only and they were always present with severe violence from israeli are you which uses sound bombs tear gas bombs and gunshots even high velocity bullets besides metallic bullets of course sometimes the young people respond to that attack with with with throwing some stones but i think everybody

industry and commercial ministry and they are also controlling the finance committee in the israeli knesset and practically they control the policy regarding the occupied territories because also the minister of defense who is in charge of the army is also loyal to the settlers in the ality with such an israeli government it's impossible to move into a real peace process unless the punishment acts. no more news ahead for you this hour with me kevin zero in on a soon in a few minutes no letup in the egyptian opposition's outrage scuffles between muslim brotherhood opponents and supporters in the north left dozens injured while protesters in the capital direct their anger at the prosecutor general as we've been reporting more on that again this hour also to no side of improvement in the guantanamo hunger strike it continues but a u.s. rights lawyer says the american public has got very little awareness of what's actually happening inside camp delta we follow. of cyprus next though cypriots a six figure savings and many pension is no standard c. the bulk of the deposits wiped out europe's late

but thank you for your time doug lipman knesset member from the yes a team aponte live from jerusalem with us. right and as always well we want to hear your views on of the stories we covered today at all online poll we're asking what do you use the as the real agenda behind president obama's visit so let's take a look at how opinions is a divided so far and overwhelming majority things is just a p.r. stunt of from the white house that will bring no real change and just over of the believe obama is there to win some time for diplomacy and to keep israel from striking iran ten percent sale bamma is cozying up to israel and should have given more time and to palestine and just of four percent believe the us president really is determined to revive the peace process now if you want to culture vertigo to r.t. dot com and do just that big talks over a tiny country moscow has become the focal point in efforts to solve the cyprus debt crisis if in the russian capital joining the supra to finance minister the struggling euro zone state is running out of time to avoid bankruptcy after its parl

industry and commercial ministry and they are also controlling the finance committee in the israeli knesset and practically they control the policy regarding the occupied territories because also the minister of defense who is in charge of the army is also loyal to the settlers in the ality with such an israeli government it's impossible to move into a real peace process unless the punishment acts taking. a lot more news coming up for this half of me kevin i went on our team including in a few minutes time no letup in the egyptian opposition's outrage scuffles that the muslim brotherhood opponents and supporters of the north of left dozens injured while protesters in the capital are directing their anger at the prosecutor general we're talking about that shortly also as well talking about the fact there's no sign of improvement in the guantanamo hunger strike but a u.s. rights lawyer says the american public has very little awareness of what's actually happening inside can tell to interesting to hear that will be a funny more couple of minutes. soaks in now on cyprus cypriots with six figur

i say, you should think more like the israeli knesset and shipped back and forth from party to party and key vote back and forth from party to party on key voted issues. andome big issue came up they said, we are going to go and cut a deal with boehner and the next day we will cut a deal with pelosi and we will go to black folks and explain it. we can always come back and swing this way and swing that way. you might be able to shake up things that way. themselves as of a commentary system opposed to locked into a party. it would be hard to motivate the of thisf these -- country to say, vote for the minority party. you have 36 million hispanics and growing at a faster rate than the country as a whole. what is your leverage? push within your own community to build your own sense of who you a liar and make everything you to let the local, national and every other level in focus on your issues. there are communities that have done this. the gay-lesbian community has done a terrific job of focusing on their interests and never let anybody get away from the notion that they want to be trea

and few legislatures can compete with the intensity of the knesset, but all of this reflects the drivingacy. as bb mentioned this is our 10th meeting. we spent more time together working together than i have with any leader and this speaks to the closeness of our two nations. the interests and the values that we share and the depth and breadth of the ties between our two peoples. as leaders, our most solemn responsibility is the security of our people. that's job number one. my job as president of the united states, first and foremost, is to keep the american people safe. bb, as prime minister your first task is to keep the people of israel safe. and israel's needs are truly unique as i've seen myself. in past trips i've visited villages near the blue line. i've walked through israeli homes devastated by hezbollah rockets. i've stood and met with children who simply want to grow up free from fear. and flying in today i saw again how israel security can be measured in mere miles in minutes. as president, i've therefore made it clear, america's commitment to the security of the state of is

but in israel his poll ratings are low and he's deliberating passing up the can knesset which is thespeak. and he's bringing in a lot of people from all around israel, and i think he really wants to affect public opinion. he thinks if there is going to be a peace process going forward he has to bubble up the masses from the u.s. and going from the top down. i think he has a rationale for going there. >> michael: i feel like they're putting on a show for iran here. i think there is something to this trip that if netanyahu and obama speaking in israel, but also speaking to iran. do you think there is any merit to that? >> well, yeah, i mean, in iran i'm sure they read some of the headlines and everything that has been written about the president and netanyahu how they don't get along how netanyahu would have preferred romney to win. this is to show that there is no daylight between the two countries. i think each president was in full pander mode. i thought netanyahu was quite gracious to the president, saying they've met 10 or 11 times. he appreciates the time the u.s. president is pu

th i think that came from a few members of the knesset, but as a whole we are really looking forward his visit and will be rolling out the red carpet. this is a good chance to show the world the very special relationship that exists between the united states and jerusalem. we're allies and friends and we're going to showcase that this week. as well as discussing a few important issues. we've got to deal with the crisis in syria. talk about stopping the iranians from getting a nuclear weapon. but we're looking forward to this week and expecting very good meetings with the president. >> rula, what are palestinians saying about the president's trip? how do they feel? >> obviously, they want the united states and the president to be more involved in the issue. therm very well his speech in cairo in 2009 when he said the suffering of the palestinian or the persuasion of the palestinian is intolerable and we need to go back to the negotiation and nothing of that happened, nothing changed on the ground. actually, the prime minister just appointed neftali as the administers for housing and t

he's not speaking at the knesset.g israelis at a convention center, he's doing things differently at this time. >> and what's the significance of him going to the weitzman statue. this was the leader of zionism. and that's anathema to many people in the arab world, but a way of saying i stand with israel. to israel it's important because it predates the holocaust. by centuries. millennium, it says that israelis have a right to be in that world. >> so that elizabeth says it's part of building a bond with israelis and the israeli government that's been at times unhappy with the president, i don't see how they can lower expectations for this trip, frankly. because expectations could not be lower than they. the white house has made it clear from the start there's not going to be progress or a big initiative in terms of an israeli/palestinian peace and i think we're looking at the prospect of something that could be a real point of conflict and that's over the timetable on iran's nuclear program and when military action mi

one of the reasons he is speaking to college students and not at the knesset is to go beyond the governmentblish a much more significant conversation with the israeli people. >> i wish we had more time. we have to go. of course, we'll be following the president's trip all throughout the coming days as he is there in the united states. thank you for your time. >>> still ahead, conservatives pushing back on the party's plan. less emphasis on caucuses. we'll talk to nbc news senior political editor mark murray. first in today's money minute, a look at how wall street is performing. down about a quarter of a percent. we've got an hour to go. ♪ [ construction sounds ] ♪ [ watch ticking ] [ engine revs ] come in. ♪ got the coffee. that was fast. we're outta here. ♪ [ engine revs ] ♪ that's not much, you think. except it's 2% every year. go to e-trade and find out how much our advice and guidance costs. spoiler alert: it's low. it's guidance on your terms, not ours. e-trade. less for us. more for you. with command strips from 3m. designed to stick and eliminate odors anywhere. like this overflowin

the head of the finance committee of the knesset -- it is a different consolation there that could make this more of an issue. this idea of a freeze beyond the barrier -- there are some people interested -- on the palestinian side, we will not justify the barrier. the college on the part by wall. why would we legitimize that? -- they call it an apartheid wall. why would we legitimize that? this shows that it wants to deepen its connection with a abbas. bottom line, i think this is, there are some differences. i will lend some good news that i found that they have been hopeful, that they think there is strategic distress over the king of the assad regime. they are more relaxed about that. a much more relaxed about egypt. instead of believing the u.s. or "-- will reorder the middle east, i find that this is a sober kind of summit, about what is doable, and what is not doable. there is a lot about the new israeli government, which i am happy to discuss in the question and answer. thank you very much. >> thank you. mike? >> thank you. it is good to be doing this. it is good to be on this pa

he open his address in knesset by rewriting his commitment to the two-state solution.ear friends, i have sin in my life. i have the right to believe that peace is attainable. as you felt today, this is the deep conviction of our people. with our resolve and your support, dear barack obama, we shall win and it will happen. i am privileged to bestow upon you the medal of distinction. it was recommended by a committee of seven prominent israeli citizens, headed by our former chief of justice and includes our former president. it was my view and i was glad to accept the recommendation. you inspired the world with your leadership. mr. president from a grateful nation to a very great leader. god bless america. >> thank you. >> thank you, president peres. i now have the privilege to invite the president of the united states of america, the honorable barack obama, to receive the presidential award of distinction from the president of the state of israel, his excellency, shimon peres. and now we will begin the ceremony presidential award of distinction. please be seated. presid

the speech here is not taking place as normally in the knesset, the israeli parliament, but instead inhe jerusalem convention center with an audience of young people many of whom bussed in from areas across the country. behind the scenes the conversations with simon perez and benjamin netanyahu the president and prime minister of this country of course will focus on the peace process and perhaps most significantly on the situation with iran. thomas? >> peter, thank you. here with us the former u.s. ambassador to morocco and also former white house middle east adviser and current president of arab tv. >> shalom, thomas. >> mark, good to have you here and especially as we talk about the president's trip. "the washington post" has outlined what this trip means from president obama to israel and it is a pretty daunting list. it is to reaffirm the u.s. commitment to israel, security talks about iran's nuclear weapons program, also israel's red line. discuss the movement of arms into the syrian rebel territory on the lebanon border. are the president and benjamin netanyahu likely to find com

the head of the knesset. it's a different constellation there that can make this more of an issue. i raise this idea of freeze beyond the -- beyond the barrier, and some people say where is the res possess triand the palestinians see is at the apartheid wall. it could be that apart from the palestinian issue, this is a way for israel -- regard yes of palestinians signaling to europe, the united states, maybe to its own housing minister, that it it wants to deepen its connection to the bloc and does that by drawing a tension betweenblocks and nonblocs, which is 50 5% of the land where 80% of the settlers live. so, bottom line, i think this is there's some differences here. ... which i'm happy to discuss in the q & a, i think it gives you baste sense how i see it. thank you all very much. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, rob. good to be doing this. it's good to be on the panel with my colleagues. one of the great strength about the washington institute and makes it nice to work here is to have colleagues like david, dennis, and ambassador jeffrey who are great sources of wisdom. i

they won't be the knesset.o to ramallah and there are already protests there because they feel he's not been balanced with the israeli-palestinian effort and he'll northbound jordan, which would be fascinating. >> alisyn: much has been made about the relationship between those two men you see talking with the president's arm around benjamin netanyahu there, that they reportedly have an icy relationship, but perhaps this will help mend some fences between those two. it has been said that the president is not there to try to forward the peace process officially, but he is just making basically an appearance there and talking directly to the israeli people. >> steve: the problem for the president right now is the israeli people for the most part don't trust him because they don't trust him to take care of iran, which wants to blow up the jewish state. >> brian: right. but also you have to look at netanyahu who is having trouble of his on. he just put together a government this week, last week. they wanted to get t

and few legislatures can compete with the intensity of the knesset, but all of this reflects the thrivingl's democracy. as bebe mentioned, this is our tenth meeting. we spent more time together working together than i have with any leader. this speaks to the closeness of our two nations. the interest and the values that we share and the depth and brebrea breadth and the ties between our two peoples. as leader, our most solemn responsibility is the security of our people. that's job number one. my job as president of the united states, first and foremost, is to keep the american people safe. bebe, as prime minister, your first task is to keep the people of israel safe. and israel's security needs are truly unique as i've seen myself. in past trips i visited, villages near the blue line, i've walked through israeli homes devastated by hezbollah rockets. i've stood and met with children who simply want to grow up free from fear and flying in today i saw again how israel's security can be measured in mere miles and minutes. as president, i therefore made it clear america's commitment to the s

why didn't he talk to the knesset. why weren't the students from ariel invited along with other college students? there will be some hiccups but i think the public part will be successful to the extent i can. the way i see it obama doing the outreach, some say oh, he wants just to check a box. i think he sees the way towards magging the relationship with the israeli government runs through the israeli public. it doesn't mean that, it was completely poll focused on everything but, he wasn't allowed to leave. he was on limited poll -- apology to turkey. this should be a gut, gut issue for netanyahu. this is not just looking at public opinion but certainly having public opinion more on his side even if not a dramatic sea change could only help the president as he relates to the new government. so i would say that's the first part. there i think, dennis i agree. i think the policy summit, these guys will probably have something like 4 1/2, five hours together. probably the most intense conversation of time that netanyahu a

should think like the israeli knesset and shift back and forth from party to party. but that could change some things. have some big issue came up, most of them in safe districts i believe. so if they said they were going to go cut a deal with the honor and in the next till it the enamel coated black folks and explain it so we can always come back concerning this win that way. you might be out of shake up things a little bit that way, but it would have to be a parliamentarian system is supposed to locked in a party. it would be really hard to motivate the people of the country and saved by the democratic party. i mean, where would you go? the republican party as much as they can't do it, of course you've got 36 million hispanics growing at a faster rate than the whole country as a whole. what's your leverage? you've got to push within your own community to build your own sense of who you are and make everything you do at the local, national and every other level focus on their issues. i think this gay community has done a terrific job in representing their interests

israel much like there is here and there's a reason he spoke to young israelis as opposed to the kness knessetving to directly engage either beebe or beebe's new government. you saw him talk about settlements being counterproductive. the right to sovereignty of the palestinian people. i thought it was a very important speech that you can do peace through security as well as security through peace. it's interesting part of the speech, not one of the speeches he's given in the last day, that he appears to be going a bit over the head on bebe right to the israeli people. it was kind of an awkward statement bebe had to put out after the fact that didn't really address the substance of what the president said. he said we agree the peace process needs to be restarted and move forward. >> you could hear the classic tones of obamaism. >> yes. >> the empathizing with your opponents, that we're all one people, almost a red/blue speech for the middle east. that's how it struck me. >> all right. we'll move to syria where the civil war there is only intensifying. a devastating bomb blast tore through a mos

so they left that part knesset. they did make -- not a recommendation, and occupation that there should be information and incorporated in the future. the spacecraf space craft crew l integrated investigation team did actually form nearly a year and a half after the accident. and it was more than a year after the final section of the caib report was published. i think the comment that i want to make about that is that really, that's reflection of the fact that it was really not desirable to talk about. there was good information published in the caib report. of a lot more to go want, but it was extremely difficult to get -- and with all the other things going on with return to flight, to get any focus on it. it was just too traumatizing. and so that really hindered the opportunity to go forward with that investigation. it just was not considered a priority, too many people shied away from it. the other the difficult part about this is that in the military when there is an aviation mishap, for example, which is my ba