for prime minister netanyahu, the priority is iran. they tried to come to some understanding today or at least to come to a agreement on this. >> ifill: they both seemed to set back. maybe this happened on the question of the blockade of gaza. there have been interim steps taken which have eased... which have allowed some goods to go across the board he. check points have opened. >> i don't think gaza has moved past the problem. it's not so much the availability of goods but the problem of redevelopment. gaza has been suffering from the lack of economic life for many years. even before the blockade. my fear is that people are quite happy. there will be more goods going to go into gaza but the real problem today is not that goods aren't available but that people don't have the money. people don't have the economic life. people can't export or travel. that's what's really going to condemn gaza not just the poverty and the non-non-development. it could be a recipe for confrontation in the future when ha has tries to govern gaza and they s

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my meineke. >> larry: we're back with prime minister netanyahu. he is in new york.in los angeles. what about the settlements issue? president obama said yesterday he expected talks to begin before the moratorium on settlement construction expires, which is late september. will you extend the moratorium, by the way, if things aren't settled by late september? >> larry, the whole settlement issue was supposed to be discussed in the final peace -- what are called final status peace negotiations, which means how -- to achieve a final peace, this is one of the issues we have to resolve. seven months ago, i did something quite extraordinary, that is, no other prime minister in israel's history did this. i put on a temporary freeze of ten months on new construction in the settlements in order to encourage the palestinians to get into the peace talks. seven months have passed by. they don't come in. they say, oh, we need, now, another extension. and the answer is, right now, listen, we don't need any pretext and preconditions. let's just get into the talks. and one of the t

for electoral reasons particularly now you know you've got to realize that wonderful quote from netanyahu which is very good israeli source of mine tells me is that to be accurate when obama first objected to further jewish settlements on arab land netanyahu turned around and said this guy just doesn't get it does he well i think obama gets it now mid-term elections be nice to israel again despite what happened in gaza the aid convoy despite the demolition of palestinian homes in jerusalem the continued building of colonies for israel is an israeli is only on arab land obama goes along with it is the big handshake and that will happen next time will be a little junction from obama and then it'll be the next presidential elections and the next mid-term elections and i think that we all know in israel knows very well that israel has tremendous power which it uses in congress in the senate in washington this means that america cannot be a fair honest broker the real question is since the european union are paying for most of this could the european union or let's get to that but i want to as

wasn't giving anything away let's be clear it wasn't just netanyahu of course this this whole process carried on with other prime ministers so the palestinians saw that actually there was no good faith here to the americans were either being deceived or were allowing themselves to be to see that there was no hope of a palestinian state ability what we see netanyahu do this time which is so different we've seen him make minimal concessions to the americans after a huge amount of arm twisting by the americans he's almost destroyed the relationship with washington by recruits. his powerful zionist lobby in washington to his to his course so he showed he's very unwilling to make any kind of serious concessions to the palestinians while following on from what you've said is this reason why you say that israel actually once and benefits from the chaos of the middle east well i've argued that israel is in favor of chaos in the middle east partly because. it's following in a tradition of well known colonial tradition of divide and rule one that israel has implemented in the occupied territori

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crosstalk rules it robert fisk if i can go to you first ok we've seen a public mending offenses with netanyahu and obama not a long time back and the process michel's in the middle east doing as little shuttle can the united states will this be quite blunt can the united states be a fair broker in finding some kind of solution because it seems to have gone on forever. no i don't think you can the last time that america really complained about israel seriously was when eisenhower ordered the israelis along with the british and the french to get out of so is in one thousand fifty six ever since then the americans basically go along with israeli policy in fact if you listen to department of state spokesman and you listen to israeli spokesman and you mix it all up you can't tell who is which at the end of the day i don't believe in this business there was a chill and then we've mended fences i think this is for the press at the end of the day israel will do what it wants to do and when america objects it will remind the united states of where it stands which is it must back israel for electoral re

meets with benjamin netanyahu. queen elizabeth speakes said united nations, and an update on the call of mexico oil speaker -- oil spill. >> on tomorrow's "washington journal," dan mccue on the effect of the housing market on the economy. david saaage with a look back at the supreme court's most recently concluded term. and we will talk with steven camarota about arizonas immigration law and the obama administration's immigration policy. washington journal begins like each morning at 7 eastern on c- span. >> " tv considers all this week in prime time with the focus on economic issues wednesday. he writes about the efforts to expand social business. "the 10 laws of enduring success," and talk about the 2008 economic collapse and what is next and "freefall." all this week on c-span2. >> before the senate judiciary committee votes up or down, what's the entire confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee elena kagan including her testimony and all the witnesses online at the c-span video library. it is washington y

crosstalk rules it robert fisk if i can go to you first ok we've seen a public mending offenses with netanyahu and obama not a long time back and the process michel's in the middle east doing as little shuttle can the united states of this be quite blunt can unite states be a fair broker in finding some kind of solution because it seems to have gone on forever. no i don't think you can the last time that america really complained about israel seriously was when eisenhower ordered the israelis along with the british and the french to get out of so is in one hundred fifty six ever

recent photo op with israel prime nister benjamin netanyahu. they want to see more policies out of this administration, policies that line up with the policies of every administration over the past 50-60 years. >> what is behind their passion for israel? >> no. 1, biblically, the bible says clearly, abouisrael, i will bless those that bless you and curse those that curse yo there is a biblical mandate, christians, we worship,wendy, a jewish rabbi named jesus. all of the figures are jewish, from the old testament, many of them. we have that shared judeo values, worship, god of abraham, isaac, and jacob. israel in the middle east, only true democracy in the middle east. their enemies are our enemies, radical jihadist like iran. >> rumors of war, in isra, what are their concerns rieg now for israel and the future? >> iran, iran, iran one of the messages of this conference. everyone is deeply concerned about iran acquiring nuclear weapons. they are hell bent on acquiring these kinds of weapons. if someone doesn't step up militarily and intervene, i

and i think that prime minister netanyahu is prepared to do so. it's going to be difficult, it's going to be hard work. but we've seen already proximity talks taking place. my envoy, george mitchell, has helped to organize five of them so far. we expect those proximity talks to lead to direct talks, and i believe that the government of israel is prepared to engage in such direct talks, and i commend the prime minister for that. there are going to need to be a whole set of confidence- building measures to make sure that people are serious and that we're sending a signal to the region that this isn't just more talk and more process without action. i think it is also important to recognize that the arab states have to be supportive of peace, because, although ultimately this is going to be determined by the israeli and palestinian peoples, they cannot succeed states having as -- a greaterng- investment in the process than we've seen so far. finally, we discussed issues that arose out of the nuclear nonproliferation conference. and i reiterated to the

we wanted to let the president and prime minister netanyahu speak. secretary clinton and special envoy mitchell attended the meeting today. secretary clinton will also meet with president netanyahu at blair house where there will be joined by mitchell, undersecretary burns, an assistant secretary for near eastern affairs feldman, as well as up cunningham. she spoke with them previously. the two discussed preparations for the meeting and review the current state of affairs. the minister mentioned he would try to travel to washington soon and the secretary welcomes his visit. secretary clinton also spoke to tony blair in which they reviewed the current state of affairs including efforts to ease restrictions on goods to gaza. they talked about the controlled items list. we reconfirm our commitment to continue working closely with the israeli government and palestinian authorities. this new policy is hoping to improve the quality of life for the people in gaza while addressing legitimate security concerns. one more item. before taking your questions, the

he is defense minister in the coalition government of benjamin netanyahu.e's the most decorated soldier, a former general and leads the party -- from 1991 to 2001 he was prime minister. this month 10 years ago he, president clinton and yasser arafat tried to reach a peace agreement at camp david. period in the united states brokered proximity talks but can't agree how to move forward on direct talks on the core issue it is. ehud barak has been in washington to meet with secretary of state clinton. tomorrow he meets with u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon. tonight i am pleased to have him back at this table. welcome. >> thank you for having me. >> charlie: washington first. what was the purpose of your meetings down there? >> first of all, to see certain defense-related issues between us and the j.s.f. on the table. we have to make decisions in coming few months. some other issues have to do with keeping the qualitative military edge of israel and, of course, i wanted to see what could be done about pushing forward peace process, our negotiations with the pa

. >> shortly after meeting with prime minister netanyahu, there was a release a satellite ps

i want to welcome prime minister netanyahued on the entire delegation.i'm well aware of the hazards of singling out some individuals and not others, but i would be remiss if i didn't mention the presence of sara netanyahu, the prime minister's wife. my old friend, the national security adviseor, the prime minister's senior advisor, israel's most able and telegenic ambassador to the united states. the permanent representative of israel to the united nations and israel's consul general here in new york city. mr. netanyahu comes from a family long at the center of the country's political life. his own career has been as minister of foreign affairs and minister of finance and he's now serving as prime minister, as you know, for the second time. in his first stinlt as prime minister he signed agreements and as prime minister and finance minister he had a great deal to do with the introduction of significant economic reforms that helped israel grow and also weather the recent financial turbulence considerably better than most other countries. as you all know,

how long will netanyahu be in the washington, and who else is the meeting with this week? guest: he met with hillary clinton and with robert gates. he will leave today and head over to new york where he has speeches and meetings there. host: all right, carol lee, a white house correspondent for political. you can find her article on politico.com, or in hard copy if you get poliiico delivered in your area. we will take a short break and when we return we will talk about the relationship between the economy and housing market with dan mccue of harvard university. today is wednesday, july 7. you are watching "washington journal." ♪ >> before the senate judiciary boats upper down watch the entire commission hearing for elena kagan. you can watch it on line at this c-span video library. to purchase a copy of any part of the hearing, just click the button to "by now." -- "buy now." tonight, this author concerning micro credit. in the next book, maria on living through hard times. the nobel prize-winning economist joseph stieglitz talks about the 2008 collapse and what is next. p

netanyahu, the prime minister's wife. my old friend, the national security adviser, ron, the prime minister's senior adviser, israel's most able and intelligent embassador to the u.s., the permanent representative of israel to the u.n., and the council's general here in new york city. faugh not to know who comes from a family long at the center of his country's intellectual and political life. his career has spanned his ambassador to ship to the u.n., minister of foreign affairs and finance, and is now serving as prime minister for the second time. in his first stint as prime minister he signed agreements and as finance and prime minister he had a great deal to do with the introduction of significant economic reforms, those that have helped israel to grow and whether the recent financial turbulence considerably better than most other countries. as you all know, the prime minister met president obama on tuesday in the washington. both sides went to great lengths. i take it as positive because history shows that a strong an

. >> -- secretary, a few hours after your meeting with prime minister netanyahu, israel has released today new satellite photos showing or confirming the flow of iranian weapons through syria to hezbollah. do you consider -- do you consider iran's activities -- new activities in the region -- in lebanon, in gaza -- as a serious threat? and do you think -- are you concerned that a new war or another war will erupt soon in the region? >> first of all, i've said publicly before that hezbollah now has more rockets and missiles than many governments around the world. and i am absolutely confident they didn't manufacture them all themselves. i think that iran has been supplying these kinds of weapons to hezbollah. i think it is a concern. and we are working very hard to ensure that there is not another conflict in the middle east. thank you all very much. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> on tomorrow as "washington journal", all look at the health risks facing gulf clean-up workers with the john howard with t

a reminder, israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu will be here tomorrow night t is a prime time exclusive. prime minister netanyahu, tomorrow night, for the full hour. >>> lindsay lohan has been ordered to serve 90 days in jail for miss alcohol counseling session and violation of probation. she has to surrender july 20th. michael lohan is lindsay lohan's father. he was in the courtroom today. he will be with us tonight. lisa bloom is his attorney. and we, as well, welcome addiction expert, dr. drew pin ski, the host of "celebrity rehab" on vh-1. here's lindsey in court, hours ago. >> in terms of going more than once in a week, some people -- i know that i was ordered to go once a week and i wasn't -- you know, i wasn't missing the classes just to hang out or to do anything like that i was working, mostly in -- i was working with children. it wasn't a vacation. it wasn't some sort of a joke. and i respect your order and i have been taking it seriously. and i appreciate the program has done so much to help me finish early because i wanted to make sure that i would come back here m

possibly means well but i think he was naive and inexperienced he came into office quickly challenging netanyahu over the settlements in jerusalem and as soon as not only those good has told him to go to hell he's back president carter once made a comment to me he said that any american president has only two windows of opportunity to take on and have a chance of defeating the zionist lobby in congress the first opportunity was in the first nine months of his first term because after that the funding for the mid-term elections starts. the second opportunity was in the last year his second term if he had won and let's go back to the region for a minute is another of israel's issues at the moment is iran do you think that iran is justified in being worried about a nuclear threat from iran i don't think they have any interest in developing nuclear weapons but maybe some of their number now saying look we all. to at least have the capability but let's just supposing iran had one to three dozen nuclear bombs do you think you would be stupid enough to launch a first nuclear strike on israel of course