speaker, i rise in opposition to the palestinian authority's counterproductive and dangerous gam by the to declare statehood unilaterally through the united nations. as we all know, a genuine and lasting peace between the israelis and palestinians can only be achieved through a negotiated settlement between the parties themselves. a lasting peace cannot be imposed on israel and the palestinians by an outside country like the united states or organizations like the united nations. that is why it is so disturbing that the palestinian authority had chosen to discontinue direct negotiations with israel and instead pursue a unilateral declaration of statehood through the united nations. this action will indisputeably set back the prospects of a settlement between the parties and call into question the commitment of palestinian leaders to genuine and lasting peace. the palestinian authority receives more than $500 million in economic and security assistance from the united states each year because it is in our interest and that of israel to support the ability of the p.a. to provide security

didn't accept it it was virtually one hundred percent of what the palestinian authority was asked to write let me bring arm in that ok we can point fingers we can talk about this plan or backup plan negotiations have been going on for two decades they haven't worked and there's no arms it was a un resolution just how confident those things are right. the problem is not a new u.n. resolution the problem is that none of the old united nations resolutions the advisory opinion of the international court of justice and the consensus opinion of into the whole of humankind has been consistently ignored for the past thirty years there is no dispute whatsoever there is no controversy whatsoever on the terms for resolving the conflict israel has fully withdraws to the from the territories it occupied in june one hundred sixty seven there has to be mutual recognition between the palestinian state and the whole of the left bank gaza and east jerusalem on the one side and the state of israel on the other side and there has to be a just resolution of the refugee question and the problem n

the palestinian authority and the palestinian people rely heavily upon international donors and support. chief among those benefactors are the american taxpayer. last year americans sent about $550 million to the palestinians. in june, this senate unanimously passed a resolution cosponsored by 90 senators, including me. that resolution stated that the senate's intent to consider reductions and restrictions on aid to palestinian authority, should it continue its efforts to circumvent direct negotiations by turning to united nations. my request this evening of my colleagues is that we should abide by this resolution. there must be consequences. lasting peace requires it. madam president, i would note the -- i yield the floor. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands in recess subject to the call of the chair. which starts october 1. the original version failed yesterday. the measure would fund government operations through november 18 #th. work is possible this weekend in the u.s. senate. live coverage of the senate when members return here on c-span2. >> with bo

israel have been going on for over a decade and they still haven't really led to anything so palestinian authorities have been saying that they can't back down. agenda now as well because that is a main idea of the palestinian people to gain independence from israel so we will be watching how the story continues to develop there of course waiting for friday when this issue will be raised to the united nations here in new york the workers can offer pouring there and the u.s. acts like it's more than the single body of the united nations violating the pluralism of the world group and that's the view of the rainy and president mahmoud ahmadinejad who spoke r t under situation in palestine. but this is the continuation of suppressing the rights of the palestinian people and the palestinian nation they are people like all the other nations they must have the right to determine their own destiny they must have the right to choose their destiny on the other hand if the united nations is truly pluralistic in its makeup then why would they allow a country to see itself and speak of itself as the chief of the

recognition of the palestinian authority is the only way to then ensure further negotiations then a two state solution and peace in the region a great thing that perception of course recognition posted as opposed to those continue to choose to do should i speak to some of the trees. to sit down and see what they. represent the views of the country who overwhelmingly is hobby you've got survey citizens of the u.k. supporting palestine's right to existence is self-determination my message should if it come out on the british government owes it to the palestinians it is immoral and historic responsibility for the british government because you would think us put in the in the fourth is you have created this it office said it is about time that you have to settle for this thing here in crisis in haiti a hundred m.p.'s who can see have signed a mexican calling on the u.k. to the recognition of a palestinian state by the way and have given this country say that sixty percent round of u.k.b.a. to believe that palestine should be recognized as the states in its own right and that they did incre

do we get the palestinian authority? do we get hamas which is a terror organization holding people hostage in gaza. nobody knows what a palestinian state looks like and you don't create states by speeches. martha: governor perry says he believes the president created the situation that allowed the palestinians to feel there is a door open for them to make this move that bypasses negotiations with israel. >> i think the president has made some serious mistakes the last two years as far as the peace process. martha: like what? >> rightly or wrongly he and the united states are today perceived as weak. and in a very ugly tough neighborhood we live in even a whiff from the smell of weakness is dangeus. the palestinians wouldn't do it if they believed is a strong america. the turks wouldn't behave the way they done other countries in the frej they thought there was a strong america other bond between israel and america was strong. it allowed new enemies and old enemies to exploit. the other mistake the president made is makin

an interim period the ten first ten months freeze on settlements and on the other hand the palestinian authority leaders have said we could not and that is to say we couldn't let obama be more palestinian than us so that and they can't come to talks without a complete freeze and it's a fact nothing yahoo had already killed what was left of the peace process before this it's very sad to say so but in atlanta the takeaway i'm hearing you say that president obama well he contributed to it but also the palestinian authority would not come in and tear into negotiations in good faith without preconditions as well as they had previously done and their predecessors including chairman yasser arafat had done for many years in fact there were plans complete plans presented by prime minister of iraq in two thousand in july camp david and later under olmert as i heard you barack a speak of last night all night had a whole plan ready to go and the palestinian authority didn't accept it it was virtually one hundred percent of what the story was asked let me bring on in that i think we can point fingers we can

hearing you say that this was president obama clark well he contributed to it but also the palestinian authority would not come and answer into negotiations in good faith without preconditions as well as they had previously done and their predecessors including chairman yasser arafat had done for many years in fact there were plans to complete plans presented by prime minister of iraq in two thousand enjoy my camp david and later under olmert as i heard you barack i speak of last night olmert had a whole plan ready to go and the palestinian authority didn't accept it it was virtually one hundred percent of what that i was and then story was asked right let me bring on in that i think we can point fingers we can talk about this plan or that plan negotiations have been going on for a few decades they haven't worked and there's no iron is it could a u.n. resolution just help to kind of think all right. the problem is not a new u.n. resolution the problem is none of the old nations resolutions the advisory opinion of the international court of justice and the consensus of opinion of into the whole o

will the palestinian authority will the palestinian leadership have the backbone have the have the courage to use that as a platform to acquire further international support to call for sanctions against israel to punish israel for the harm they have been doing to the palestinians or will you come up with it come to american pressures again because of the issue of funding we all know that the palestinian authority gets much of its money from from the united states and their allies will that money it should prove again a factor in. preventing the palestinian authority from taking further steps to isolate israel internationally and to sort of the brink palestinian rights to the fore of the international community. turkey said the military ties with israel for refusing to apologize the killing nine is how to best twenty ten percent rate and grow has also expelled israel's ambassador a former head of the israeli diplomatic mission to turkey told r.t. that the real threat is for israel to be left isolated in the region. is what it is lost its closest friend in the region in the last two decades

it is also important to note that the agreement between hamas and the palestinian authority does not require hamas to recognize israel's right to exist. to accept the previous israel-palestinian agreements, or to renounce terrorism. hamas continues to be fundamentally opposed to a lasting peace between israel and the palestinian authority. it is apparent that there is no path to a peaceful resolution when part of the palestinian unity government is dedicated to the destruction of israel. prime minister benjamin netanyahu made this point very clear when he addressed the joint session of congress on may 24 of this year. he stated "peace can only be negotiated with partners committed to peace." furthermore, it is completely unacceptable for the united states assistance to go to the palestinian authority when it includes hamas. the palestinian authority received approximately $500 million in u.s. foreign assistance in fiscal year 2010. hard-earned u.s. taxpayer funds must not be funneled into the pockets of terrorists. history shows that this is not the first attempt by the palestinians t

will the palestinian authority will the palestinian leadership have the backbone have the have the courage to use that as a form to acquire further international support to call for sanctions against israel to punish israel for the harm they have been doing to the palestinians or would it come will succumb to american pressures again because of the issue of funding we all know that the palestinian authority gets much of its money from from the united states and their allies will that money should prove again a factor in. preventing the palestinian authority from taking further steps to isolate israel internationally and to further bring tellus tinian rights to the fore of the international community the american jobs sector continues to lead as new thinkers show zero new jobs were created last month overall the u.s. unemployment rate remains at about nine percent and there's also ongoing volatility on the stock markets as mantle confidence lands karen slanty from the trans research institute says ordinary americans are facing cards while the banks are given and get out of jail free card. w

will the palestinian authority will the palestinian leadership have the backbone have the have the courage to use that as a platform to acquire further international support to call for sanctions against israel to punish israel for the harm they have been doing to the palestinians or will it come to american pressures again because of the issue of funding we all know that the palestinian authority gets much of its money from from the united states and their allies will the money issue prove again a factor in. preventing the palestinian authority from taking further steps to isolate israel internationally and to and sort of their. rights to the fore of the international community or larry a tank that militant ties with israel who are three using to apologize to killing nine. twenty ten. and perhaps also expelled israel. who had an easier in diplomatic mission told our team that the real threat to israel isolated in the winter. is well and has lost its closest friend in the region in the last two decades which is a strong diplomatic political blow also a strategic blow because the the army's

will this international support translate in terms of action in the future and we will the palestinian authority will the palestinian leadership have the backbone have the have the courage to use that as a large form to acquire further international support to call for sanctions against israel to punish israel for the harm they have been doing to the palestinians or will it come will it come to american pressures again because of the issue of funding we all know that the palestinian authority gets much of its money from from the united states and their allies will that money should prove again a factor in. preventing the palestinian authority from taking further steps to isolate israel internationally and and further bring palestinian rights to the fore of the international community. the american jobs act it continues to look a new think is there a new jobs created last month april the u.s. unemployment rate remains at about nine percent there's also an ongoing policy you see on the stock market confidence lungs. in the trends research institute says ordinary americans are placing kant's. jail

the response from the palestinian authority is we will not negotiate.otiations and run to united nations and do something that's dangerous and won't result in statehood. if the palestinian authority wanted statehood. they would negotiate with israel. they're going to united nations on a symbolic press release. >> they say they have seen decades and decades of negotiations and nothing brought them closer to a state. >> every country that's ever negotiated with israel has come to a fair conclusion and fair settlement in those negotiations. palestinian authority can't say that negotiations won't work if they're not willing to show up and try to make them work. >> congressman israel, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> despite soaring unemployment, companies are jumping at the chance to hire new workers if they can find the right people for the job. matthew bishop is writes for economist magazine and wrote "road from ruin." matthew, great to see you. what do you thinks needs to be done and how does that match with what the president is proposing? >> we ne

will the palestinian authority will the palestinian leadership have the backbone have the have the courage to use that as a platform to acquire further international support to call for sanctions against israel to punish israel for the harm they have been doing to the palestinians or will it succumbed would it succumb to american pressures again because of the issue of funding we all know that the palestinian authority gets much of its money from from the united states and their allies will that money it should prove again a factor in. preventing the palestinian authority from taking further steps to isolate israel internationally and and further bring palestinian rights to the fore of the international community. america's decade long war on terror is just one of the drains on the country's economy costing trillions of dollars and thousands of lives later we ask whether it was really a price worth paying. for the war actually inserted more thorough through that it's of that's my opinion but that's the european opinion so to speak as you know the europeans are not as aggressive in the war

necessary to pay the palestinian authority employees as has already happened much of that money was already cut in july it's a lot of pressure on the palestinians but the palestinians are likewise pressured by their own people who have seen no remedy to the suffering. that they suffered both in the west bank and gaza and the growing international support that makes the palestinians see a new possibility at the u.n. for recognition of palestinian statehood while the u.s. might be defending israel's interest in the u.n. critics accuse washington of the exact opposite during the recent arab spring america's been outspoken in its support of the liberation of muslim states but once that came into force in egypt israel was the first to pay the price of the regime change our he's a nice now explains how the us has pushed tel aviv into isolation. democracy has a price the people of egypt have spoken. their voices have been heard and egypt will never be the same and the new egypt embraced as a positive example of change in the arab world by the west is not the only one paying what did it with

palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas as has made a speech saying that he's intent on carrying through if it did come to pass if palestinian statehood was recognized what would that lead. well that's it it doesn't then automatically and magically become a functioning state as we've been saying it can only only achieve that through an agreement with israel but then the question is you know with the palestinian tiring shaken things up which is their intention. you know do you see. good results or bad results and you know that's not clear the danger is that in the israelis recognize this the situation the status quo in terms of cooperation between the israeli government and the palestinian authority is actually pretty good only some right very important security cooperation and so you know any danger of. sort of undercutting the palestinian authority puts that at risk and so there will be a question of cutting off funds but that could really have some some bad unintended consequences so let's try and focus on the anything positive that might come out of this do you think this shak

necessary to pay palestinian authority employees as has already happened much of that money was already in july this is pressure mounting on the palestinians to make them pull back from their right to go forward in the general assembly and ask for recognition of a palestinian state it's a lot of pressure on the palestinians but the palestinians are likewise pressured by their own people who have seen no remedy to the suffering that they suffered both in the west bank and gaza and the growing international support that makes the postilion see a new possibility at the u.n. for recognition of palestinian statehood. the aspirations of freedom have taken over the arab world giving birth to liberate of egypt and tunisia as well as pushing israel further into isolation tel aviv seems to be the worst affected by the changes encouraged by its closest ally and democracy advocate the us or he's now explains. democracy has a price the people of egypt have spoken. their voices have been heard and egypt will never be the same and the new egypt embraced as a positive example of change in the arab worl

necessary to pay palestinian authority employees as has already happened much of that money was already cut in july this is pressure mounting on the palestinians to make them pull back from their right to go forward in the general assembly and ask for recognition of a palestinian state it's a lot of pressure on the polls that he is with the palestinians are likewise pressured by their own people who have seen no remedy to the suffering that they suffered both in the west bank and gaza and the growing international support that makes the polls that you can see a new possibility at the u.n. for recognition of palestinian statehood and while the u.s. is at the forefront of lobbying against the palestinians separations in support of israeli stand it's also the one that encouraged the arab spring that led to tel aviv's further isolation critics say in determining foreign policy it's the america's own interests that cord not friendship he's a nice now explains. democracy has a price the people of egypt have spoken. their voices have been heard and egypt will never be the same and the new egyp

necessary to pay up palestinian authority employees as has already happened much of the money was already cut in july it's a lot of pressure on the palestinians but the palestinians are likewise pressured by their own people who have seen no remedy to the suffering. in the west bank and gaza and the growing international support that makes the palestinians see a new possibility at the u.n. for recognition of palestinian statehood. the u.s. is israel's big supporter united nations but its support for the arab spring threatens to leave its main middle east ally in total isolation america and muslim movements for democracy the new regime in egypt has left israel to pick up the pieces of broken relations in our ports. democracy has a price the people of egypt have spoken their voices have been heard and egypt will never be the same and the new egypt embraced as a positive example of change in the arab world by the west is not the only one paying. the price you're. doing good your time there was a bit of security but now there's less security on the streets israel has also been left hanging a

they are an authority within the occupied territories the representatives of the palestinians internationally is the p.l.o. the palestine liberation organization which has had a nonmember status what they call observer status or nonmember status at the un for many years like other liberation movements like the a.n.c. from south africa like swapo from namibia the p.l.o. still has that representation it's called palestine but it means the p.l.o. officially so that's what we're looking at the p.l.o. is now going to come to the united nations and say we want to be a member if they come to the security council as you said the u.s. has said no dice we're going to veto what's more likely in my view and the palestinians are not being very clear yet we don't know exactly what their plan is i think they're going to go more likely directly to the general assembly where there is no introduction as we call it the vatican option is one way to put it but the key thing is that represents the real democracy of the united nations every country has one vote and there's no vetoes so the u.s. can

please the group behind me say that un recognition for the palestinian authority is the only way to then ensure further negotiations then a two state solution and peace in the region i speak to some of the secretaries that petition at downing street kids what they. represent the views of the country who overwhelmingly is the you've got surveyed citizens of the u.k. supporting palestine's right to existence and self-determination my message should david cameron the british government owes it to defy the stimulants that is a modern and this product responsibility for the british government because you would think us foot in the in the fourth is you have created this it office said it is about time that you have to stay here in this country say that sixty percent rounds of house a few cases believe that palestine should be recognised as the states in its own right and that they get increases in france and in germany but despite that none of these governments have yet come out in support of recognizing that the studio states it remains to be seen what will happen at the un towards the end of

funds necessary to pay palestinian authority employees as has already happened much of the money was already cut in july this is pressure mounting on the palestinians to make them pull back from their right to go forward in the general assembly and ask for recognition of a palestinian state it's a lot of pressure on the palestinians but the palestinians are likewise pressured by their own people who have seen no remedy to the suffering that they suffered both in the west bank and gaza and the growing international support that makes the palestinians see a new possibility at the u.n. for recognition of palestinian statehood. the european human rights court ruled that russia acted lawfully when launching a tax fraud investigation against the collapsed all john you cost judges also said the kremlin's moves were not politically motivated but the verdict also states that between two thousand and two thousand and one the russian government didn't give enough time for you cause to prepare its defense adding that freezing the firm's assets left the able to function properly benchley force goi

but the west bank very grand the palestinian authority and judged it to be ready for statehood it remains to be seen what will happen at the un's would get to this week and indeed whether david cameron will take this position detention recognize it and put it into full. of his lore i met there in england now the u.s. is israel's the biggest supporter at the un but america's backing of the arab spring risks leaving its main middle east ally in total isolation artes and he said no explains. democracy has a price the people of egypt have spoken. their voices have been heard and egypt will never be the same and the new egypt embraced as a positive example of change in the arab world by the west is not the only one paying for what they did the revolution bring us you know i think doing good here times there was a bit of security but now there's this security on the streets israel has also been left hanging a slow road to stability in neighboring egypt mixed with the massively unpopular israeli foreign policy makes a dangerous cocktail. that pace for change towards those disputation was very sl

punishment the israeli government will withhold taxes that it can make some behalf of the palestinian authority one of the questions that people here are asking is what is the political implications of all of this for the palestinian president mahmoud abbas now there has been an outpouring of support for him among most palestinians he's never been this popular before but what people say is that this might be short lived because it is not a done deal in prep a done deal is that the united nations security council will not recognize the palestinian state and the questions being asked about what is the long term future of the palestinian president at the same time it is. and to note that one must has not come on board with the must prime minister ismail haniya saying that the palestinians you do not need to big the international community for recognition and so there are very real concerns about how will the future palestinian state work when you have hamas and palestinians here in the west bank so much in disagreement there is also of course the question of negotiations with palestinians now in d

preventing the palestinian authority from taking further steps to isolate israel internationally and to an authority or bring palestinian rights to the fore of the international community the american jobs act there continues to look bleak as new zero new jobs were created last month overall the u.s. employment rate remains that about nine percent it's also on going all its ability on the stock markets as financial confidence once there are plenty from the trends research institute says ordinary americans are facing cuts while the banks are given a get out of jail free card. we know that the that washington is talking about more austerity measures the same kind of us staring measures that are rocking through europe as well what does that mean it means more cutbacks so add it when the economy is already slowing down they created zero jobs which is just perfect for washington because they bad zero on just about everything that's thrown at war on drugs wars in afghanistan wars on education you name it they add what they do zero so what it shows us is that at a time when things are slowin