it forms the border between israel and the west bank and jordan. at this bend, about six miles from jericho, it is believed john the baptist baptized jesus of nazareth. these pilgrims hail from ballston spa, upstate new york. how's the water? >> it's cold! >> reporter: and shallow, too. in the '60s, the water level of the jordan river was actually where we're standing now. >> in wintertime, it was this high. >> reporter: gidon bromberg is israel director of ecopeace middle east, an environmental group. >> pilgrims, when they came here, were under threat of being drowned by the strength, by the power of this river. today, a mouse wheel will hardly turn with what's left of this river. >> reporter: for decades, israel and its neighbors diverted the jordan's flow to supply drinking water and water for crops. while the river is down 95% from its historical flow, there's hope that someday it could return to its former glory. that's because israel today has more water than it needs; it's gone from drought to water surplus in just a few years-- impressive

and israel. the vice president touched on the iran nuclear framework agreement, warning that if iran does not follow through with guidelines, there would be no deal. this is about 40 minutes. [applause] >> our program will begin with the singing of the national anthem. the star-spangled banner -- [indiscernible] the former lead singer of the israel defense force band. ♪ [singing the star-spangled banner] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] >> please join me in welcoming ambassador john renner. -- john brunner. >> on behalf of the military at -- a deputy ambassador and all my colleagues at the israeli embassy, my wife and i want to welcome all of you to this israel independence day celebration. i want to especially welcome the many officials from the obama administration senators, members of congress and ambassadors who are here tonight to stop above all, i want to thank you, vice president biden. [applause] it has been many years since a vice president came to this event, so w

israel israel is absolutely essential. absolutely essential. for the security of jews around the world. and that is why you have never farmed out your security. you have accepted all of the help we can give. but i promise you, if you are attacked, we would fight for you. [applause] the truth of the matter is -- the truth of the matter is we need you. the world needs you. imagine what it would say about humanity and the future of the 21st century for israel not sustained, fiber, and free. --

israel has come -- things ruled. israel has become home to half of the world's jews. in 67 years, israel has gone from an ill-equipped and undermanned military to having one of the more powerful and capable militaries in the world. in the 67 years, -- [applause] ambassador dermer: in 67 years israel has gone from being a small agricultural backwater to being a global technological power. today is the day when we marvel at israeli technology that is powering the world's computers, irrigating land, and helping paraplegics walk for the first time. today is the day when israelis can take pride in having won a dozen nobel prizes and six european basketball championships. [laughter] [applause] ambassador dermer: i know it is not the nba, but it is pretty good. [laughter] ambassador dermer: we can take pride in having developed a dynamic culture with world-class museums, terrific wine, and a country so exciting that israel -- israelis actually go to manhattan to unwind. [laughter] ambassador dermer: today is the day when we are especially proud of our vibrant and rambunctiou

whether israel returns the money or not. all the international pressure so that israel returns the money. this is not related in any way to our going to the international criminal court >>> as you know cases at the international criminal court could, in fact take years. and israel in fact as a np member of the i.c.c. -- nonmember of the i.c.c. is not obligated to cooperate with the i.c.c. how does it work. does that concern you? >> israel does not have to collaborate, actually. there'll be subpoenas for the israeli - the accused israeli leaders circulated all over the world in every country that signed their open convention. it will be difficult for the leaders to go anywhere in europe for example, when all the countries of europe signed the rome convention. israel can do what it wants. it will be facing international justice for the first time. >> i.c.c. is somewhat of a double-edged sword for the palestinians, and they can be vetted for war crimes. is that a concern? >> it is not a concern. the israelis have been going to

israel, israel is absolutely essential. absolutely essential. for the security of jews around the world. and that is why you have never farmed out your security. you have accepted all of the help we can give. the most admirable thing is that you have never asked us to fight for you. but i promise you, if you are attacked, we would fight for you. [applause] the truth of the matter is -- the truth of the matter is we need you. the world needs you. imagine what it would say about humanity and the future of the 21st century for israel not sustained, fiber, and free. -- vibrant, and free. we will never stop working to make sure that jews boys have somewhere to go. he will never stop working to make sure that israel has in edge, and whomever the next president is, it will be the same. because the american people are committed, the american people understand. so i say happy birthday, israel. happy independence day. may god bless you and may god bless and protect the united states of america. thank you all very much. [applause] >> that concludes our mee

israel has not been wanting the deal to go through. this is an article in the "jerusalem post" reports the prime minister telephoned president obama to tell him this deal could put israel's future at risk. this article goes on to report about israeli dissonance -- diplomats who have slammed the agreement saying it will not lead to nuclear capability for peaceful purposes in iran, but rather for war. i also pulled out an interesting article. the report all these reactions are premature. the headline says "don't pop the champagne yet." the agreement is being held as better than many expected, but something close to divine intervention will be required to wrap it up by the deadline at the end of june. anchor: it is not the end of negotiating. we are going to end with a story that has gotten a lot of attention in france. yesterday, the head of the national front, the far right party here, she reiterated -- rather, her father reiterated his assertion that nazi gas chambers were a detailed of world war ii. florence: this is a statement he ha

anyone who has received this letter has 30 days to believe israel. if they refuse to leave they will face a hearing that will determine their indefinite imprisonment. 1500 asylum seekers have agreed to be deported. but many have requested asylum here. many believe their asylum papers weren't even reviewed. >> while i have been waiting for have interview for the request last month they call me and just told me to leave the country. without seeing my request. southbound this the way? is it fair at all? >> israeli human rights activists say they may be keeping deals with the african country intentionally secret. >> israel for example may be giving weapons to the states in exchange for unwanted refugees. outraged if they had learned that israel is giving millions and hundreds of millions of dollars of their money to get a few hundred of people out of israel. >> reporter: these men say they would rather be jailed in israel than to be deported to an unnoap knownunknown destiny. al jazeera israel. >>> decision follows the killing of 11 soldiers in western c

israel's positions. israel's -- and it will continue. to serve this tactical role, to deflect attention away from the eastern mediterranean, specifically israel and its building of settlements. by focusing on iran as the whipping boy, the bad boy, this -- the scapegoat, the fear mongering there. this is because it has been a successful tactic by israel and its friends. in 1982, the u.s. was on a roll, having cap david under its belt and captain the israelis to withdraw from the saana. the next items on the agenda were to be jerusalem and the west in gaza. in the israeli push back was over our dead bodies. and this will not be your agenda. and we thought that this was hubris run amok, but it wasn't. i sat in on meetings and generally of 1982 where state department said that between april 15 and june 15, israel will invade lebanon. and we said, why would they do that? because there is a cease-fire. and that is already seven months, has been negotiated with the plo and the cia. by the end, it will be lebanon's. why would they do that? and t

it deals with israel. this amendment only applies to the negotiations so it would not affect the tpp negotiations. it's interesting as we were meeting on april 22nd it was exactly 30 years ago this date that the united states and israel signed the u.s./israel free trade agreement. it was an unprecedented trade agreement in the history of the united states. it was the first fda entered into. the signing at the house, israel's minister of commerce and industry and william brock stressed it would benefit the economies of the united states and israel, and serve as a precedent for future agreements. it is very clear that our trading partner is being challenged today by new barriers. these new barriers are governmental boycotts and sanctions that are targeted against israel. this amendment represents a new effort to try to deal with this by dealing with our trading partners. it represents an area to make sure our international partners do not try to delegit mate and isolate israel. i might want to point out that

today is holocaust memorial day in israel, and the nation paused to remember the millions who died. >> as uh yo can hear here, sirens whale for several minutes, across the country this morning it has been 70 years since libration of the nazi concentration camps. israel is also in the process of deporting thousands of asylum seekers back to africa, but those 50,000 people or more mostly from sudan want to stay even if they are in prisoned. >> when israel rounded up thousands of asylum seekers and put them here, it was thought restrictions on their movements and access to jobs would force them to return home. but only some have left so the government recently offered an alternative, written notices given to some here say they will be deported to unnamed african countries thought to be uganda and rwanda. an army defector who received this notice, refuses to be deported to rwanda because he says it is unsafe. >> i know rwanda, there is no security and there is no strong government there and there is no u.n. protection. no one stays in rwanda. it is a transfer point for refugees who use br

iran has become quite convenient as a distraction from israel's actions, israel's policies, israel's positions israel's fe at accomplii. and it will continue to serve this tactical role to deflect attention from the eastern mediterranean, specifically israel and its building of settlements. now focusing as -- focusing on iran as the whipping boy. this is because it has been a successful tactic. in 1982, the u.s. was on a roll having camp david under its belt and getting the israelis to withdraw from the sinai peninsula. the next items on the agenda were to be jerusalem and the west bank and gaza. the israeli push back was that this will not be your agenda. we thought that this was hubris run amok. but it wasn't. i sat in on meetings in january of 1982 where state department briefers said the between april and june, israel will invade lebanon. we asked why they would do that. because there is a cease-fire. it had artie been negotiated with the plo and intelligence said it would be lebanon. the answer was because they want to change the agenda completely and indeed they did by invading

what does the potential agreement say about israel and iran's relationship with israel? >> reporter: nothing, as far as we know. a state department spokeswoman says this outline for a deal with iran does not deal with, quote, any other issues nor should it. israel, however, believes otherwise. in his weekly radio address today, president obama asserted that this potential agreement cuts off quote, every pathway that iran could take to develop a nuclear weapon. >> international inspectors will have unprecedented access to iran's nuclear program because iran will face more inspections than any other country in the world. if iran cheats the world will know it. if we see something suspicious we will inspect it. this deal is not based on trust. it is based on unprecedented verification. >> reporter: but after a top iranian military official was quoted as saying that erasing israel off the map is, quote, nonnegotiable, israeli prime minister netanyahu responded by saying, the quote survival of israel is nonnegotiable. eric? >> there is a lot of controversy certainly and not on

the israel is tearing out a perfectly reasoned intelligent program, intended to integrate into israel everything that might be of any value in the west bank but to exclude the palestinian population. the areas that israel is taking over don't have many palestinians and those who are there have been largely expelled. that will leave the palestinian population in some kind of limbo. not within israel, no demographic problem. no one state. palestinians lose everything. that is the live alternative. there is no serious alternative that anyone has made any meaningful case for to think there could be one state. unfortunately this is the assumption made across the board, but if you think it through, you can see it's extremely unlikely. the likely alternative to a two-state settlement is what i just described. the policies now being implemented. what is to stop them? one thing. it's in the hands of the united states. as long as -- the united states officially objects to these policies, so the official u.s. policy says it's unhelpful to peace, but the u.s. continues to support them. it's provi

we'll have the reaction from israel. plus: why going for a meal in malaysia has just become more expensive. >> in sport andy murray wins his 500th match. it wasn't a piece of cake. details later in the program. >> the palestinian authority is now officially a member of the international criminal court. it's part of a move by the palestinians to put more international pressure on israel but as jonah hall reports, the process will be neither quick or simple. >> the palestinian authority foreign minister emerged from a formal welcomingster money in the hague. palestinians, he said were a step closer to justice but it will not be quick. >> we seek justice so peace and stability can be established. >> do you expect it will take a long time to bring action against israel here? >> we are not going to alter the works and mechanisms established. we want to incorporate to provide whatever information available in our hands in order to facilitate and separate the process of investigation done by the i.c.c. >> in a preliminary exami

israel has slammed hypocritical move. yet the palestinian authority officially joins the international criminal court. buahri declaring war. celebrate the fact that he is to be nigeria's next president. he returned to power after running election win. getting an update on all the days top is this news -- business news. will hildebrand in studio. starting in greece, trying to convince critics they have finances in order. will: they submitted a new list to the eurozone according to a financial document obtained by the financial times. the new proposal could raise as much as six billion euros in the next year in much higher than the previous attempt to convince them. this involves cracking down on tax evasion. this is similar to friday's initial effort. a new proposal does not address several issues creditors have including an overhaul of the greek pension him and taking more steps to liberalize the labor market. tuesday the euro currency figured -- finished with the biggest ever quarterly decline. that has actually boosted

and iran has become quite convenient as a distraction from israel's action, israel's policies israel's positions, israel's fait accompli. and it will continue to serve this tactical role to deflect tension away from the eastern med train grab -- mediterranean, specifically israel and its building of settlements by focusing on iran as the whipping boy, the bad boy, the scapegoat the fear mongering there. and this is because it has been a successful tactic by israel and its friends. in 1982 the u.s. was on a roll in iran having camp david under its belt and gotten the israeli's to withdraw from the sana'a. and the next items on the agenda were to be jerusalem and the west bank and gaza. and the israeli pushback was over our dead bodies and this will not be your agenda. and we thought that this was hubris run amok. but it wasn't. i've sat in on meetings in january of '82 where state department briefer said between april 15th and june 15th israel will invade lebanon. and we said, why would they do that? because there's a cease fire and that's already seven months been negotiated with the p

you can wipe israel out with one bomb, even if israel responded iran was so big they could sustain the response. a. b, if you think that they're rational players as pat seems to think they have a strategy in the region, which is they want hedge mom status. we see that with support for hamas, support for hezbollah, we see what they're doing in syria lebanon, yemen. and now if they have a nuclear umbrella, what country israel, the west is going to take the risk of responding to iran's provocations if they have a nuclear umbrella? this is terrifying what he's saying. >> pat dismisses what israel's destruction is nonnegotiable. he dismisses that we're the great satan and that death to america. >> yeah. >> i liken that to those that dismiss dismiss dismiss -- i believe you have a potential for a modern day holocaust. >> former prime minister of israel who authorized the military strike against the plant in iraq -- one of the great contributions is what we've learned from jewish history is when leaders around the world threaten to anigh latd the jewish people, take them at their word. they'r

. >>> israel today is remembering the millions who died in the holocaust. sirens whaled for several minutes across the country. this year marks 70 years since the liberation of the nazi concentration camps. >>> israel is in the process of deporting thousands of asylum seekers back to africa. but most of those people want to stay even if they are imprisoned in israel. our correspondent explains. >> reporter: when israel rounded up thousands of asylum seeshgs and put them here it was thought restrictions on their movement and access to jobs would norms to return home. but only some have left so the government offered an alternative. written notices given to some say they will be deported to unnamed african countries, thought be uganda and rwanda. this man received this notice and reforces to be deported to rwanda, because he says it is unsafe. >> translator: i know rwanda there is no security and no strong government there, and no u.n. protection. no one stays in rwanda. it's a transfer point for refugees who use brokers to go to safer places. >> reporter: th

. >> israel says this is not although critics say this is undemocratic israel says no it is not people can appeal to a district court and the supreme court if they feel they're being held unfairly. >> the interesting thing about israel being celebrateas the democracy in the middle east is there's two kinds of citizenships. there's rights and rules for palestinians and those for israelis. this does not exist anywhere else in the world. if there isn't an indictment what are people appealing for? it is not clear that. >> detaped in this way without charges and without knowing how long it will be there. but if you look at the length of time that people have been detained the ones who are detained now some of the numbers of only maybe a couple of dozen more than two years. how big a problem is it? >> so the even the one that's started under the british mandate that israel passed in 1945 put a cap on this at six months. and the fact that this goes beyond the problematic even whip the legal regard. if we look at the number of children and women, and the israeli paper has documented written st

a lot of states don't recognize israel. iran is the only state that says the ambition is to annihilate israel. and for obama to say who cares about that it's a nonstarter is a way to say that israel concerns mean nothing to him. that is why people are upset about his policy on israel. i'm sorry that he is hurt by it but i think there are larger issues at stake. >>> rand paul gets ready but is it the same rand paul you are expecting? a 2016 break down with the panel. >>> it's time for a new way. a new set of ideas. a new leader, one you can trust. one who works for you and, above all, it's time for a new president. >> as to rand paul i like rand a lot. but at the end of the day his foreign policy is to the left of barack obama. a libertarian policy he embraces i think, is a step behind leading from behind. >> kentucky senator rand paul will aannounce he is running for president tomorrow in kentucky. it's not a surprise. what about this launch? we're back with the panel. steve, this is the new thing. you put out the video tha

israel has about 400 nuclear bombs. therefore, they both are the same. they have nuclear bombs. there is a big difference between iran and israel. they really belong to two different wars on nonproliferation. karen is member of the nonproliferation treaty and israel has never been ready to accept it. there is no evidence in the iranian nuclear program. iran does not have nuclear bomb. israel has about 400 nuclear bombs. during the last 10 years, iran has given more than 7000 inspections international atomic energy agency, the iaea. it is completely unprecedented during the history of iaea, no other country in the world has given access to iaea, the international atomic energy agency, like iran during the last decade. during the last 50, 60 years has not given even one inspection to the iaea. therefore, i believe the international community and the world, they should judge who is wrong, who is right. iran does not have nuclear bomb. iran has accepted every level of inspection, transparency. iran has accepted to have comp

each state needs borders and there must be safeguards for israel's security. an occupation that has lasted for almost 50 years must ind and the palestinian people must have the right to live in and govern themselves in their own sovereign state. are you comfortable with the president's chief of staff referring to israel as an occupier? >> well you know, successive israeli governments including my own offered to end this dispute and have -- i have offered to have a demilitarized palestinian state recognize the one and only jewish state. that was and remains my position. what i said was that under the present circumstances, when president abbas not only refuses to recognize israel as the nation state of the jewish people, he embraces, he embraces hamas and outright calls for our destruction. and when you have every territory that is vacated in the middle east taken over by the forces of militant islam, those led by iran or isis, i think you know that we better make sure that if we want a two-state solution, we don't get the opposite, that is a no-state solution,

i think israel is right to highlight the fact that iran rejects israel's existence and calls for israel's destruction but to seek to insert this into what is already a very difficult negotiation between iran and the p-5 plus one is to undermine any possible agreement. >> netanyahu's stance seemed to win his party a lot of votes in the lathest election. do most retails israelis oppose the deal? >> more positive than you might have expected. certainly most israelis support netanyahu's very alarmist statements about what an iranian nuclear program what the threat it poses to israel, but there are many in israel, certainly within israel's security establishment who disagree on the way in which netanyahu is gone about this. in particular the kind of confrontational hard line approach he's taken in public. they say even if israel has very good reasons to be concerned about nuclear agreement you know undermining the relationship of the white house being so confrontational with obama isn't actually helping israeli's cause. >> as you know it's not just netanyahu and israeli who are concerned about

we support israel's right to exist and israel is an important and critical ally in the region. what is more important is that iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon and i think this deal keeps our country safe it keeps our allies safe and the region safe. >> representative royce what do you say to that? the president says i don't have to put this right to exist thing in here because iran doesn't want any parts of it but this is a once in a lifetime opportunity and i don't trust iran but i'm going to verify my inspectors are going to go in go ahead and pass this deal. >> well as the head of the military in iran said the destruction of israel is nonnegotiable in this deal. israel will be destroyed. and the message from the supreme leader a week ago was death to america. he has told the iranian military i want you to mass produce icbms and they are less than a year away from having the capability with these icbms. now, the question is will the inspectors be able to go in and actually inspect these sites, especially the military sites because, remember the ayatollah has sided with t

to confirm our relationship with israel and make certain our commitment to israel's defense. today i also spoke with the king of saudi arabia to reaffirm our commitment to our partners in the gulf. and i'm inviting the leaders of the six countries that make up the gulf cooperation council saudi arabia, united arab emirates, kuwait, amman, qatar and bahrain meet us this spring to see if we can ensure -- finally it's worth remembering that the congress has on a bipartisan basis played a critical role in our current iran policy, helping to shape the sanctions regime that applied so much pressure on iran and ultimately forced them to the table. in the coming days and weeks, my administration will engage congress once again about how it can play a constructive oversight role. i'll begin that effort by speaking to the leaders of the house and senate today. in those conversations, i will underscore that the issues at stake here are bigger than politics. these are matters of war and peace. and they should be evalueated based on the facts and what the ultimately best for the american

my problem with bibi at the time was he was a deputy foreign minister of israel and he went out in israel and he said american policy in the middle east is based on lies and distortions. and i said now wait a minute. we wouldn't take that from the deputy foreign minister of soviet union. we sure shouldn't take it from the deputy foreign minister of israel for whom we do so much. >> and you banned him. right? >> i banned him from the state department. you about et. that's right. >> what do you think -- >> for going out and saying that. >> what do you think of him? >> well i think he is a very adroit political figure. he's a strong leader. i happen to have had a personal -- a good personal relationship with him. i think he's been a very strong prime minister for israel. but i feel very strongly about this two-state solution. >> and you were disappointed by what he said. >> i was disappointed when he went out and said there will never be a two-state solution as long as i'm prime minister of israel. >> and you don't -- >> he walked it back. >> do you buy that recantation? >> well yeah i accep

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he represents israel's interests. israel definitely has a concern. particularly after the kind of rhetoric it has seen and heard from iran over the past years. i think this early have a right to worry about iran. when he said, this is a bad deal, i find that -- behind that, i hear any deal to which two sides would agree to would be in his view, a bad deal. the only deal i think he would consider is not a deal but surrender in which iran gives up everything they want. one other point. in speaking to some is really friends, i give the impression that there is a great deal of difference of opinion within the israeli political system about this particular issue. the prime minister represents one view that is not necessarily representative of the entire country. not the israelis do not worry about iran, not that they like iran or trust iran, but there are many people within israel, including members of security and diplomatic establishments who do not agree with the positions that he is taking. host: here is steve in adams town, maryland. caller: good mor

israel might have to do the same thing. you could get a whole new wave of nuclear arms race which we haven't had since the proliferation treaty. instability in the middle east tends to draw in american soldiers and american loss of life and huge american financial costs. host: couple of divergent views on the iranian deal. on twitter tweets -- michael says, on the other hand -- host: let's hear from richmond, virginia. james on the independence line. welcome. caller: thanks for c-span. glad to be on. i have several things -- first off, i support the treaty 100%. i just wish we could get israel in on the deal. as far as these people say that we can't trust them, how can anybody trust us? i remember that we signed a treaty that we wouldn't torture and we torture. and we had about 150 house of representative people, i hope you weren't one of them, that goes over to israel on a fact-finding mission and only thing i ever found out that they found out is that one naked politician couldn't walk on water. i'll listen to your commen

>> those people who take israel to heart and they want a strong israel and care about the israeli people they do not like this deal. but unfortunately, and i think we're learning this, we are learning this, that there are many jews -- israel is not important to them. it's rather secondary. their loyaltiy is to the democrat party, to the president who represents the party. they often seem embarrassed to try to defend israel. they are on the left. and many of them, anything is fine if it's done in the name of the democrat party. if it's done by a democrat president, it's okay. but most jews who do care about israel, really do, they're against this deal. they recognize how threatening this is to the jewish people, families, children, in israel. >> rabbi spero, thank you very much for joining us sir. much appreciate it. thank you. >> take care. >>> enjoy that long, long shower in the morning? it's about to leave your wallet bone dry. your eyes really are unique. in fact, they depend on a unique set of nutrients. that's why there's ocuvite to help protect your eye health. as you age your eyes

arguably the country with most to lose if iran cheats on the deal is israel. here is prime minister benjamin netanyahu with his take on the deal. >> this deal would pose a grave danger to the region and to the world and would threaten the very survival of the state of israel. the deal would legitimate iran's illegal nuclear program. it would leave iran with a vast nuclear infrastructure. such a deal does not block iran's path to the bomb. such a deal paves iran's path to the bomb. >> this afternoon state department was asked about concerns and admitted israel existence of israel was not a factor in the negotiations. >> this is an agreement that is only about the nuclear issue. we purposefully kept that separate from every other issue. that issue is complicated enough to deal with on its own. this agreement doesn't deal with other issues nor should it. >> all of the critics are jumping in including folks at this table. you know what? israel really is better off with this deal but benjamin netanyahu, what kind of negotiator is he? how well has he done with his c

to the residents. >> anyone who's received this letter that 30 days to leave israel. if they refuse to leave, they will face a hearing that will determine their indefinite imprisonment. the israel authorities say 1500 have agreed to be deported, but there are tense of thousands of migrants who have requested asylum here. many believe their asylum applications weren't even reviewed. >> they throw my asylum request and they while i have been waiting for the interview for the request last month they call me and just tell me to leave the country without seeing my request. this is the way. >> israel human rights activists say the israeli government may be keeping details of the deals reach with african countries secret. >> the international community would be learning that israel may be giving weapons to dictatorships in africa in exchange for unrefugees, giving hundreds of millions of main that they pay in taxes to get a few hundreds of people out of israel. >> these men say they'd rather be jailed in israel than deported to an unknown destiny. >> half a million mexicans

and threats towards israel. that's why i directed my national security team to consult closely with the new israeli government in the coming weeks and months about how to further strengthen the cooperation with israel and mablg clear the unshakable commitment to israel's defense. >> no doubt, israel is a big concern to the united states. joining me now is jim mcdermott from washington and editor at large if the atlantic. gentlemen, great to have you with us. you first. what message does this send today to the advocates of more sanctions. were they wrong? have we gone far enough to say sanctions have done what they were supposed to do and we don't have to look any further? >> my belief is the president has handled this brilliantly. he held back the the people who wanted to throw a monkey wrench into the negotiations, and he has accomplished what he set out to do, bring a comprehensive agreement to the american people. that doesn't mean for one second that those who want to throw a monkey wrench in his plans won't

usually us and i think on occasion israel. and so we have been very isolated within the international system, which i raise and, again, earlier exchange over cuba. because i think the steps that we have taken have actually made it easier, i felt for me to be heard on cuban human rights issues than i was before. because every time i would raise cuban human rights. and again congressman, maybe something i could direct at you. in the past, when i would raise my human rights concerns there have been 600 short-term arbitrary detentions of cubans in the month of march alone. but when i would raise that in the past all i would hear about was the embargo. and now i feel i have a clean shot at making the case because the diversion. and frankly, this is all the people were doing was using it as a diversion. but we were very isolated. and now we are no longer isolated. and i think, we are in a stronger position to raise our human rights and democracy concerns about cuba. so that's one example. and we do that whether it's with regard to i

the election in israel. netanyahu on his third consecutive term and the cofounder says that in yahoo! is good for the palestinians because he is very clear that no palestinian state, no compromise there are cosmetic differences between the two major israeli parties and in the two state solution with your view on what happened in israel? >> how much difference there is between the parties. they barely made it past. there are some differences. one difference if you read the appeal to the electorate they have extreme fear mongering. the citizens of israel are being driven to the polls. it's all in the efforts to undermine his policy of defending israel. that kind of fear mongering and racism. the society has been drifting very far to the right it is a nuclear weapon state weapons state and a violent state that started with lots of aggression. it's with the exception of israel and the united states and it could be an extreme danger that is already a very dangerous state. the conclusions i think our analyzing qui

than israel. we do have a difference of policy. not a clash of personality. >> do you trust the president, mr. prime minister? >> i trust that the president is doing what he thinks is good for the united states, but i think that we can have a legitimate difference of opinion on this because i think iran has shown to be completely distrustful. it's not a country that you can place your trust in and it's not a country that you're going to resolve its congenital cheating. you're not going to replace it by putting more inspectors there. >> you said you trust the president to do what's best for the united states but do you trust him? >> i think it's not a question of personal trust. of course we have a mutual respectful relationship and i always respect both the presidency of the united states and this president of the united states. but as the prime minister of the one and only jewish state, when i see a country of terrorist regime committed to our destruction, and not only to our destruction, having

they may look at israel's settlement building in the west bank in land occupied by israel considered illegal. and the activities of its army and soldiers last summer during that war. it will be for the chief prosecutor to decide how things will proceed. there's no time limits at all for her to have to do that. keep in mind the enormous politicization of any case with powers on both side trying to influence the out come. the court would want to be certain of itself before making moves, and that certainty will take time possibly years. >> you wonder about the chances of a prosecution brought before the i.c.c. are. well there's a chance now. the mechanism is in place. there are big obstacles, israel is not a member of the court. it is not obliged to operate. they can be tried for crimes on palestinian land. what are the boundaries and recognised by who. the court will only look at cases not vetted by another competent authority. israel investigates the activities of its soldiers. a big problem is palestinian war crimes. binyamin netanyahu released a report. the palestinian authority in