and i sit in the parliament in the israeli knesset, the arab member of knesset. we do not agree all the time comes and we do not argue all the time. i think it is a strong democracy today. israel can be part of that democracy. i know for some americans it's easy to criticize the democracy in israel. but i am proud of the democracy of israel. sometime, the thing happening in the knesset, a member of arab-israeli, how does bobby decided to join the flotilla from turkey that came to israel on that same note, there were terrorists who attacked the israelis with knives and weapons and blizzard and cannot vote and came back a day later and offered next to my dishy entered and is getting paid and that is democracy in action. i don't know if the congressman would've joined the flotilla for al qaeda if you let them back into congress. but it is really typing as we speak. it's not easy, but i think we can all be very proud of the democracy in israel. i went to two new maps all for coming. should the day after you read you have more comments and pings today's u.s. i would b

and bait the knesset which is the synagogue and the parliament it's along this line is israel a democracy or a potential jewish to ocracy so i think that this is the finish will not hold water for long recent article israel's fading democracy you know mental state of israel's democratic values what are some of the most imminent danger to israel's democracy it's not an easy question to answer because you see weaknesses in democracies all over the world i mean you see the erode the trust of people in their democratic elected institutions all over the west so part of what happens to the western democracy is happens to israel as well and this is. the performance is not good the feeling of the individual that somehow they do not serve me but they serve the day the elected they serve their own. purposes the goals are so fulfillment of the whatever it is and it's not for me so this part of it what happens to the entire west is the. in israel you have at least three more components the first one is we spoke earlier and this is the inevitable collision between church and state. the second is if yo

and bade the knesset which is the synagogue and the parliament it's along this line is are a democracy or a potential jewish to ocracy so i think that this is the finish will not hold water for long recent article israel's fading democracy you name it.

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it's going to do something else because unless the knesset raises taxes for example that may be an alternative but very few people are advocating that taxes should go up so they're in this sort of halfway position a more or less there's no alternative to a stereotype but a stair it isn't a growth policy therefore the government should do something else but when it when you actually ask the more what should it do they get all vague. i think they should cancel a lot of the hysterically policy i think they should cancel the cuts in capital spending particularly and because of that that those schemes were ready to run when the coalition took office and they have been put into cold storage they could be this is buildings building schools building building houses hospitals all these projects that were canceled because the government was cutting down its spending i think should be un cancelled i think they should be revived so you're saying you've got to speculate to accumulate in a way not speculate spend you've got to spend because you see at the moment they're not meeting their deficit reduction t

in the knesset students learn different languages utilize modern technologies through specialized grant programs and even learn arts skills all within a protected environment the school was founded and named for an tom petty atika scientist who wanted a better way of life for his people but even with the most progressive ideas and education many say they don't want to trade the modern life for their beloved tundra. but i have returned to the tundra and i actually like it here if you're outside there's fresh air fresh water looks at the site you can see deer it's a joyful sight. a sentiment that hopefully ensures that russia's northern reindeer will have caretakers for generations to come. welcome back you're watching our team now in britain the army is the latest victim of the financial of heave thousands of u.k. soldiers have been told not to report for duty come the new yeah but as artie's party boy can report when it comes to funding expensive war toys britain apparently has money to. the number of soldiers in the british army is being cut back by a fifth as you can see here that's q

what happened as a number of people when they came into the knesset and saw the power they had, they took advantage and a number of members went to prison on charges of corruption, charges of including its leader already seen the beginning of disenchantment on newer parties. one of the mps was caught in a car with a woman at a late hour in a deserted area. another one came to parliament with bandages on his nose. she said he was beat up internet jihad plastic surgery. they are to set an example for the society and what we're saying is is they are corrupted by the same temptations that undermine politicians and the mubarak regime. egypt's dilemma is that she can't govern a society that is ungovernable. no political party. there's too many people, not enough jobs for not of agricultural resources. egypt is falling into denial. it's not only the slow pace of political change that's frustrating them. the summit there were widespread electrical shortages. people more responsive government and not is just not going to happen in a country like egypt. we hear a lot about the lack of security

do i think president obama might say something like this, speaking before the knesset, perhaps? of course i don't. if the israel lobby is getting weaker, it is still very powerful. america is not yet ready for a presidential approach like this. a reelected president obama would have more pressing priorities besides a viable state in palestine and priorities more easy to achieve. but i don't think anything less dramatic and less forceful has any chance of success. [applause] >> thank you. hope you're wrong. [laughter] the next speaker would be jocelyne. [inaudible] >> good morning. um, i would like, first, to thank the middle east policy council for this gathering and for this debate. i would like to focus my remarks on the changes needed in the u.s. foreign policy vis-a-vis the country's going through what is called the arab spring, now the arab awakening. and i would like to, first, say that we -- [inaudible] since the revolution of last year. we, i say "we" from an american approach, we saw the tahrir protests as the sign of democracy that we thought were not there, then after

, a member of knesset decided to join from turkey that came to israel on the same boat. there were terrorists who attacked the israeli soldiers with knives and weapons, and she was in indy on the boat. she came back later, her office is next month, she entered the knesset, and that's democracy in action. i don't know if india's if the congressman would've joined a flotilla with al qaeda would've come back to congress. but in israel is conducted as we speak. it's not easy but i think we can all be very proud of the democracy in israel. t to thank you all for coming. and soon after you read the book you'll have a more comments and think should like to ask, i would be very happy if you do on facebook, on my website. and i want to thank also for the great hospitality. thank you very much. [applause] >> you are watching booktv on c-span2, 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend. >> the targets of the drug war are the wrong target. i send all praise to law enforcement. law enforcement is out to serve and protect and help us. the ones i met on all levels in the c