the israel-u.s. relationship. plain and simple the democratic party supports israel and we will continue to do so and we will maintain that bipartisan relationship through thick and thin. israel depends on it. so whenever i led a piece of pro-israel legislation even when democrats at the vast majority. those were the days. [laughter] senator schumer: i always included a republican lead sponsor because the foundation of our relationship must remain bipartisan, as it has for decades. and i tell you this -- those who seek to use israel as a means to scoring political points do a disservice to both israel and the united states. our politics may be more polarized than ever but it is incumbent on all of us who care about u.s. israel relationship keep it bipartisan. we must pledge to one another that we will keep the polarization of washington away from poisoning the bipartisan support that israel has always enjoyed. my friends, we also must continue to stand firm against the bds movement. i have long oppos

of israel, but before i go, mr. president, it was so kind of you to invite me to come here and was so important for me to come here to the white house and to thank you. mr. president, over the years israel has been blessed to have many friends who sat in the oval office. but israel has never had a better friend than you. you show this time and again. you show this when you withdrew from the disastrous nuclear deal with iran. i remember in one of our first meetings, you said this is a horrible deal. i will leave it. you said it. you did it. you showed it when you restored sanctions against a genocidal regime that seeks to destroy the one and only jewish state. you said, "i will restore those sanctions." you said it, and i did it. you showed that when you recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and moved the american embassy there and gave us a tremendous ambassador. you said it, you did it. and you showed it once again today, mr. president, with your official proclamation recognizing israel's sovereignty over the gol

with israel. some of you my age will remember that in those days we were so proud of air france, every other airline boycotted israel and would not fly there. others were participating and we must never majork to the day when companies boycott israel as they did in the 50's and 60's. more than 30 years would pass because the boycott was broken by egypt and still today, there are nations that actively enforce a primary boycott. they must be understood person ,oremost that the next chapter make no mistake about it, the founders did not believe in any state in israel and to many of its leading components want nothing more than for israel to disappear. than theurther movements founder, who said we oppose a jewish state in any part of palestine and he also said jews are not a people. , wheneverl experience i speak and argue with those, i asked them a very simple question. do you support a jewish state? many will say too no, they do not support a jewish state. that is not a disagreement over policy, ove

we stand with israel today for the same reasons the american people have always stood with israel. israel because her causes our cause, her values are our values, and her fight is our fight. we stand with israel because we believe in right over wrong, and good over evil, and liberty over tyranny. we stand with israel today, tomorrow, and we always well. -- we always will. [applause] just talk.ot president trump from mr. israel would have the resources and tools to defend itself by itself. and today in the wake of the rocket attack near tel aviv, i am proud to report that american support for the security and the state of israel has never been stronger. and the military of the state of israel is stronger than ever before. [applause] pence: president trump also officed to shutdown the in washington if the palestinian authority refused to take steps to stop funding terrorists who murder innocent civilians with american tax dollars. .o. refused, president trump shut their office down. [applause] and today, thanks to so many of you, the taelor forest act is the law of the land. and when

did not condemn israel's use of force because it was a clear defensive war israel defended itself from an effort by the syria and egypt to destroy it in one thousand nine hundred seven and there have been fifty two years of syrian attempts to destroy israel ever since so i don't think a rule that says if you take a small amount of territory when you are defending from an attack continue to be attacked by that same enemy for fifty two years then that might be recognized as part of your territory that's not going to set any kind of destabilising precedent indeed if you have the contrary rule that no matter how many times a country attacks you can never lose territory that is an invitation to aggression that doesn't like to rummage around me and there is a route to run so is this move is entirely consistent with international law or would you say to that. well that's what you know in the extreme right wing in israel is say this is political government the gook masquerading as legal niceties the fact is you cannot acquire territory you can use force to defend yourself absolutely and people

president, just as israel as it all in 1967 just stood tall in 1973, israel stands tall today. we hold the high ground and we shall never give it up. mr. president, we have a saying in israel, ail say it 234 hebrew fran fran, meaning -- [speaking a foreign language] that means the people who live in golan. thanks to you there are now two people who is stand with the golan. the people of israel and the people of america. so on behalf of all the people of israel thank you president trump, thank you for your leadership, thank you for your presentedship, and thank you for all you have done to make the alliance between america and israel stronger and greater than ever. thank you, mr. president. [applause] president trump: thank you very much. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] president trump: this is a long time in the making, should have aken place many decades ago. maybe you can can give this to the people of israel. prime

the reality is, they cannot militarily defeat israel, but israel cannot militarily defeat them. we don't know what real palestinian sovereignty would look like because it has not existed since 1948. [scattered applause] mr. epstein: please ask your question. you base a lot of your n, and defeating the movement because hamas wants to defeat israel. but in a war, if a person wants to kill me, it doesn't give me a right to kill a person. withourno: we are dealing the situation that is not governed by american law. have ancipal is not, you right to kill the person attacking you. you have a right to defend yourself, that is the principal. what i am arguing for is that, to understand what hamas is about and what the palestinian movement has been doing since it came to the fore is a sustained campaign over time with that animating goal. now, our they -- are they in a position to destroy israel? i don't think so, but they would like to be. they have shown from numerous attacks. that is what they are after, to psychologically destroy israel by terrorizing it. that is the goal. my argumen

israel stood tall in 1967, just as it stood tall in 1973, israel stands tall today. we hold the high ground, and we shall never give it up. we have a saying in israel. i will say it in hebrew. it means the people are with the n.al line heights -- gola we now know there are two people golan, thewith the people of israel and the people of america. thank you for your leadership, thank you for your friendship, and thank you for all you have done to make the alliance between america and israel stronger and greater than ever. thank you. [applause] vonnie: highly symbolic moment as president donald trump and prime minister benjamin netanyahu meet at the white house. the president signing a proclamation that recognizes israel's sovereign right over the golan heights. the golan heights of course lost by syria in a 1967 war. syria is saying the u.s. president's comments contravene international law and show america's blind bias toward the jewish state. benjamin netanyahu praising president trump on this move. t all happens as palestinian sources say an israeli attack has start

and everything that you do on behalf of israel and for the state of israel in so many forms. so, it is a distinct pleasure to welcome you and susan to our home at any time, but especially today. let me add another word about that. we have a moving visit today to the wall. i cannot resist repeating this, but i am going to. i said to the secretary that the rest time -- last time pompeo visited jerusalem it did not and that well. -- end that well. but this is a different time. rome and jerusalem clashed over values with a great tragedy for the jewish people. but the united states views itself as a new jerusalem. we visited the original city on the hill. we visited the hill. there is no greater friendship than the one between israel and the united states. and no one represents it better than secretary of state, mike pompeo. you and ambassador friedman and your delegation are exceptional champions of our lives. i have called you so many times on so many things that this evening i just want to say one word. two, actually. thank you. thank you mike pompeo. thank you president trump.

israel. [applause] and we made a little news. i have been to israel many times but it was the first time i got to visit our embassy in jerusalem. [applause] thank you. it was incredibly moving to be there. i also became the first american secretary of state to visit the firstn wall, and the high-ranking american official to do that with an israeli prime minister. [applause] sec. pompeo: i then traveled to beirut to speak to the leadership about a big problem, the threat of hezbollah to lebanon and israel. and we minced no words. wasof course, of course it a great honor to be on is really soil and to celebrate with prime minister netanyahu at the very moment president trump recognized the golan heights for what it is, a part of israel. [applause] sec. pompeo: as most of you would have seen by now, just a short while ago, president trump alongside prime minister , aanyahu signed the decree decree affirming israel's sovereignty over the golan heights. great two days for two great nations. [appla

if you come to israel and go light a candle and say how much you love israel, then the israeli prime minister is prepared to give you a certificate of good conduct. israel is a force today of anti-semitism, white supremacy and extremism that is destabilizing the world. thank you. >> thank you so much. [ applause ] >> now we're going to have our morning break and ideas fair. ali will sign his books in there. we thank him very much for being here again this year. >> i'm going to start. hello, everyone. i hope you will find your seats. you are in for a real treat now. i'm going to introduce our keynote speaker. okay. i'm just going to start talking. i hope you listen. susan abulaza is a palestinian a author who has written best sellers. when we announced that she would give this keynote address, phillip farha said his wife's reading group agreed it's the best they ever read. [ applause ] he said, i really put her up there with charles dickens. her debut novel was translated into 28 languages. her second novel "the blue between sky and water" has been translated into 26 languages. her fi

it was israel, so it was related to israel. they showed up to help us out to see what were the needs of the community, and the first thing they brought us was filters. one of the guys went to water running from the street, ran it through the filters and drank it. he said if you do it, we'll drink it too. >> our goal is to save lives after disasters around the world. where the local is interested in the tools and skills we provide. >> the second maria struck, we assessed the need. first was distribution of medical supplies, food security and really collaborating who the most vulnerable people in puerto rico were. >> i think what we're seeing in puerto rico is something foundational in the israeli spirit. not only are they leading on a bunch of innovations around water, around cyber security. they also spread that out into the world. >> and whether that is leaders, or aides, at that moment of need in that specific time, israel shows up. >> this is a great example of how different communities can come together to solve the greater

we stand with israel today for the same reasons the american people have always stood with israel. we stand with israel because her cause is our cause, her values are our values, and and her fight is our fight. [applause] we stand with israel because we believe in right over wrong, in good over evil, in liberty over tyranny. we stand with israel today, tomorrow, and we always will. [applause] but it's not just been talk. president trump promised that the israel will have the resources and tools to defend itself by itself. and today, in the wake of the rocket attack near tel aviv, i'm proud to report that more than support for the security of the state of israel has never been stronger. and the military of the state of israel is stronger than ever before. [applause] president trump also promised to shut down the plo office in washington if the palestinian authority refused to take immediate steps to stop hunting terrorists who murder innocent israeli citizens with american tax dollars. and when the plo refused, president trump shut their office down. [cheers and applause] and today,

israel across the gaza strip and hamas launched at least ten rockets into southern israel. president mike pence sounds reiterated washington strong ties with israel at the annual gathering of the pro israel lobby group known as a pac and so criticized some democrats are boycotting the event saying it shouldn't be afraid to stand with one of america's strongest allies. and british lawmakers are voted to take control of the brig's agenda from the government will now be up to parliament to work out a process and leaving you. now for the second time in a month venezuela has been hit by a major power outage at least sixteen of the country's twenty three states have been affected by the blackout what led to this latest outage is unclear but the information minister says the main hydroelectric dam was a touch. reports from columbia. the capital caracas and at least half of them in this well and states suffered another major blackout on monday this was started around one thirty pm it continued through the afternoon and at the beginning of the evening just served as people were tryi

living right now in israel, when i wrote my third novel, layer, iwrote now in israel, when i wrote my third novel, layer, i wrote it during the war. i asked myself if it was legitimate to write right now a novel about an israeli girl that doesn't deal with the war, am i neglecting something am i forgetting something? i am a political person, iam something? i am a political person, i am entitled not to write all the time about the occupation, to write about other aspects of the israeli society. we will come back to the ways in which, in your other life, not sure writing life, but your other life, you have been active in politics and civil rights in israel, in terms of the books themselves, do you feel it is important to show that, for example, the truth is a very complicated subject. and, indeed, one of your books called liar, you sort of suggest in your books that lying can sometimes be justified, can sometimes be an act ofa justified, can sometimes be an act of a good and decent person. yes, i was i was intrigued by this ironic double standard that we have about lies, because on one

recognition of israel's sovereignty over the golan heights. thank you prime minister netanyahu calling it a historic moment that he says puts donald trump up alongside the names of truman and balfour as friends of israel the best friends of israel i guess is how he would put it let's have a listen. right . here in europe hundred. taliban you're talking radio you're going to do that thank you very much they sharing everything changes around the world what do you want to see prime minister gregory are you are. are going to lose are foreigners. are you know you're not a really want to do it or whatever you would use that you know. so that very strong friendship between trump and netanyahu on display there as donald trump signs that presidential proclamation declaring that the u.s. does recognize israeli sovereignty over the golan heights complete how could a white house correspondent listening along to all of that it was what i think we expected to hear campbell but also a forceful words from prime minister netanyahu about what's happening in gaz

of those gathered here who cherish israel and the people of israel, may the lord bless you and keep you. may has kinda shine upon you and be gracious unto you and may all of your ways be passed in peace with the unwavering support of all of you and all of those who call these two great nations home. with the leadership of president donald trump and with god's help i know the best days for israel and the united states of america are yet to come. thank you. god bless. god bless israel and god bless the united states . >>> good morning everyone. i want to say something straightforward, no honest person can deny the dangers the jewish people face all over this world we woke this morning to news of this horrifying rocket attack on civilians in israel and my heart goes out our heart goes out to the families and our prayers are with them but we have an obligation to tell our fellow americans to help them understand what it must be like out of nowhere to hear that siren go off and to know your family is in danger. innocent civilians we have to help people understand that. there are threats all

who is supporting israel. the u.k. brought zionism to palestine and the error of the british mandate. we will eventually end this occupation power will not last forever humanity and always prevails over a fake power still inside me a little out of so it would help. but netanyahu says it is israel that is unfairly targeted with balloons fireworks and rockets. as i said israel is an occupying entity and the international law is guaranteed all occupied countries the right to resist by the way. israel has no right to kill any innocent child or anyone in gaza even if one thousand rockets were launched from gaza. gaza rockets are a normal reaction for the israeli presence we are talking about the seeds country that suffers from severe poverty. with refugees who are not able to return to their lands which were occupied by israel. this is that right and it is a normal reaction to the israeli presence on their lands you know a lot of. you have been targeted as a child in the west bank the un says thirty two children were killed

foreign policy on israel. at an event last week omar said , -- "i want to talk about political influence in this country that says it is ok for people to push for allegiance to a foreign country." democrat eliot engel, chair of the house foreign affairs committee, then accused omar of making a "vile anti-semitic slur." the house leadership initially drafted a resolution condemning anti-semitism in what was seen as a direct rebuke of omar. but many progressive democrats said omar, who is one of the first two muslim congresswomen in u.s. history, was unfairly being singled out. later in the broadcast, we'll speak with the israeli and alist gideon levy discussion about congressmember ilhan omar's comments in the resolution that was passed yesterday. in venezuela, president nicolas maduro is blaming the u.s. government for a prolonged power outage that plunged most of the country into darkness thursday. maduro says anti-government saboteurs backed by the u.s. took the nation's main hydroelectric power station at t

in their charter which should israel recognize that yes this is the charter of the us all israel said as i'm sure the charter as if they are us has respect international no as if they you us have good try changing the charter the national budget deficit. ok looks like we're not raising any three hundred thousand as euro graham and definitely no agreement between the two sides from israel and gaza but definitely great to have this discussion it's much needed good to have you all on this program really do appreciate your time i want to thank all our guests. mitchell barak and salehi jazzy and thank you too for watching you can see this program again any time i visiting our website and you'll find that at al-jazeera dot com and for any further discussion you can always go to our facebook page you'll find that at facebook dot com forward slash a.j. inside story of forget you can always join the conversation on twitter our handle is actually a.j. inside story from me pollen and the whole team it's goodbye for now. april on al-jazeera nato leaders will gather to celebrate the seventieth ann

recognize drusilla was israel's capital move the u.s. embassy then he pulled out of the disastrously wrong treaty and we impose sanctions but now he did something. of equal. historic importance to recognize israel's sovereignty over the golan heights and he did so at a time when iran is trying to use syria's a platform to attack and destroy israel and the message that president trump has given the world is that america stands by israel while its head now from stephanie decker our correspondent who has more from the occupied golan heights. what you're looking at now is the syrian golan heights where we are is these radio go to heights and of course this region is now firmly in the international spotlight following a tweet by u.s. president donald trump saying that the americans will be recognizing this area as legitimately israeli territory while there's been a deluge of international reaction saying they don't agree with that from the european union to the russians to the iranians to the french to turkey and even the syrians saying that

did not condemn israel's use of force because it was a clear defensive war israel defended itself from an effort by the syria and egypt to destroy it in one thousand nine hundred seven and there have been fifty two years of syrian attempts to destroy israel ever since so i don't think a rule that says if you take a small amount of territory when you are defending from an attack continue to be attacked by that same enemy for fifty two years then that might be recognized as part of your territory that's not going to set any kind of destabilising precedent indeed if you have the contrary rule that no matter how many times a country attacks you can never lose territory that is an invitation to aggression that doesn't like to rummage around me and there is a route to run so is this move is entirely consistent with international law or would you say to that. well that's what netanyahu and the extreme right wing in israel's say this is political government the gook masquerading as legal niceties the fact is you cannot acquire territory you can use force to defend yourself absolutely and peopl

in their charter which should israel recognize that yes this is the charter of the us all israel said as i'm sure the charter as if they are so has respect international no as if they you us have good try changing the charter the national budget them as it. ok looks like we're not using it as a result as euro graham and definitely no agreement between the two sides from israel and gaza but definitely great to have this discussion it's much needed good to have you all on this program really do appreciate your time i want to thank all our guests. mitchell barak and salehi jazzy and thank you too for watching you can see this program again any time i visiting our website and you'll find that at al-jazeera dot com and for any further discussion you can always go to our facebook page you'll find that at facebook dot com forward slash a.j. inside story of forget you can always join the conversation on twitter our handle is at a.j. inside story from the pollen and the whole team it's goodbye for now. they said what do you think of waterboarding i said i think we absolutely need it wishes to

israel's. purity is stronger than it's ever been and israelis feel less isolated than never even if the european union decides to condemn it and pretend as if syria is going to go in and be oh given back this area of land after slaughtering its people if anything your of just showed it still lacks the morality that we wish that europe would regain after world war two and what about the new generation of politicians in the united states that call israel on the pa type state that are getting more and more traction with the us electorate arguably and of course we have jeremy cole been here in britain that has repeatedly said that israel is a state no only an apartheid state but one that is obviously well in the north it has to be said is privileging jews over all the communities in israel ok so first of all in america what you're seeing is is some fringe is getting too much attention you've got a couple of congress women who got elected the overwhelming majority of the democratic party is solidly

they cannot militarily defeat israel but israel cannot militarily defeat them. we do not know what real palestinian sovereignty would look like because it has not existed since 1948. gene: we have questions from the audience. please ask a question. >> my question is to elan. you based a lot of your argument about defeating the movement in the fact that hamas wants to eliminate israel. that's what you said. in american law if someone wants to kill me it does not give me the right to kill a person. why do you think americans should support that defeat? elan: what we are dealing with is a situation not governed by american law. the principle is not the right -- is not that you have the right to kill the person who wants to kill you, you have the right to kill the person attacking you. to understand what the palestinian movement has been doing since it can to the four, a sustained campaign overtime. they have shown with their numerous attacks that that is what they are after. two essentially psychologically destroy israel but terrorizing it is the goal. of my argume

the second half is about israel and how he covered israel and the pressure on foreign reporters from the israelis. i recommend it, it is still available online. of hopefound some signs at the new york times. here is the article many of you would have seen above the paramedic was killed in which they israeli -- the "times" actually did an investigation and even though it took them until about the fourth or fifth paragraph, they pointed out that when she was killed, it may have actually been a war crime, that she was shot by an israeli sniper. as i say here, we found this article inconceivable. this came out on the last day of 2018. we found that the "times" would have never done this article as recently as six months or a year before that. one example was that there was a young palestinian woman shot dead at a check point near have hebron, about three years ago. talk wise, we were able to to her family, they talked to the press about what happened. new york times and not bother to go and find her. so this is a step in the right direction. luckily do? first of all, but times usually do

get gains an advantage israel will have to return it one so it seems attacking israel would be a no brainer strategy you win if you win and you don't lose if you lose this creates a new formula if you will you actually will lose and that is going to discourage aggression that's going to show that aggression has a price if you lead you actually will lose this is good for peace rami khouri what do you say to that. this is the trump in netanyahu is i am just right wing view that they have a force they can use it they can dominate the region as they want they're going to plumb all their enemies or their foes into submission as they're trying to do with the palestinians but but it doesn't work it doesn't work and the best best example of this is the jewish people themselves who thousands of years later and system on having their state and achieved that the people don't go away when you treat them like animals they they resist they have to fight back and they keep working and any way they can the arabs have clearly put on the table a peace plan that once was says we will exist peacefully

in israel it's our interest at the moderates in iran have a stronger hand they like israel they don't like israel it's just because the moderates in iran such as president rouhani. no that iran faces one of the strongest and the most devastating drought it has ever faced and iran needs to looks inside more than outside rather than challenging israel needs to challenge its own problems so the question is will will will the trip to iraq strengthen his hand domestically and unfortunately no because in iran is the revolutionary guard on all the old you know regime affiliated organizations that have the stronger hand they have much better access in iraq they have the rocket fire not the iranian foreign minister unfortunately in israel for israel not because rouhani likes israel but unfortunately for us in iran who want to focus internally are not going to increase their leverage as a result of the systolic visit to iraq you know some i have to tell you i'm iranian as well as israeli i lived through the iran iraq war for seven years we left iran a year before it finished to watch an iranian

in retaliation for a strike deep inside israel also coming up. british lawmakers take matters into their own hands the house of commons votes to overrule prime minister may's breaks an agenda to take control of the process m.p.'s want a kind of way out of the crisis through a series of and to continue. and young europeans protest against measures that could curtail online freedom they want to stop the european union from implementing new copyright for web sites in a boat later today. hello i'm terry march and thanks for joining us we begin in the middle east and a second day of cross border fighting between israeli armed forces and militants in the gaza strip israel says it's intercepted dozens of rockets fired from hamas controlled gaza bombing targets in response this latest violence comes after a surprise rocket fired from gaza hit a house near tel aviv and despite an announcement by hamas on monday night of a cease fire brokered by israel. the ceasefire appeared to collapse almost as soon as it was brokered israel said its iron dome rocket de

to israel. and i believe that when we should negotiate with the palestinians we shall have to negotiate on the future of zoeth jews israeli settlers who prefer to stay in palestine we shall have to negotiate whether there we will have to accept but i think his citizenship or or any kind of solution or unfortunately there would have to come back it will be very painful it will be very painful to the palestinians that it isn't is or al has the power to uproot them like it happening in gaza even if someone wanted to what is the way out of the situation in the past. we we brought back set lists from egypt. and we brought back settlers from gaza in different circumstances. so in order to create zeus' new reality we does not exist today. we have to. we have to convince israelis. zero. is that when we bring big. all people when we bring big. violence and terror but we should get beasts because you have to understand israeli narrative is every time when we brought up. settlements. response was more viol

before he headed back to israel israel's prime minister was the u.s. president donald trump guest of all are in the white house and also he was also there rather to attend the annual gathering of the pro israel group known as a pac it was the u.s. vice president and secretary of state who are warmly welcomed they both addressed the conference and vowed to fight they call anti semitism by camera ports i tumultuous applause for u.s. vice president mike pence the trumpet ministration is wildly popular in israel and this reflected in what is nominally a bipartisan lobbying organization pen seizing the opportunity to hammer democratic party members who stayed away from the gathering in pointed protest against the methods of the pro israeli lobby eight democratic candidates for president are actually boycotting this very conference so let me be clear on this point. anyone who aspires to the highest office in the land should not be afraid to stand with the strongest supporters of israel in america restrained applause from the democratic party leaders that did

explosions throughout the night in gaza as israel launched airstrikes. on neighbors told us that israeli intelligence had told them to recreate the building we fled and later it was hit was ourselves in the first rockets which was a warning was fired then the second and third were fired to the north and east of the building five minutes later the whole building was hit and we didn't know where to go israel says it was targeting hamas and ten a security and intelligence base in gaza. this included a multi-story building housing offices used by hamas leader ismail haniyeh as the as strikes followed the firing of a rocket the landed north of tel aviv hitting is ready for any home and injuring seven people. that attack prompted prime minister benjamin netanyahu to cut short his visit to washington and return to israel he promised a forceful reaction israel will not tolerate this i will not tolerate this and as we speak. as i told you mr president just now israel is responding forcefully to this wanton aggression the israeli army also deployed more troops to

puts it it is a syrian territory occupied by israel. we who live in the occupied golan heights we dismiss the u.s. president's foolish recognition of the territory as israeli we want to tell him our fathers and grandfathers build their blood on this land and you don't have a right to do that yesterday it was jerusalem today the golan heights and tomorrow it might be another syrian territories. true loves israel and wants to give her something she should give is to give what belongs to someone else he has fifty one states he can give israel one. but the golan heights his property they are not to give away have to visit. last year back in twenty eight scene and really was something of a turnaround moment i think for that part of the golan heights because when i went there it was mere weeks after the syrian army and russian jets liberated from the control of certain pockets of islamic state there like for instance we heard the opposing views obviously to transposition from the international community what about israel though surely this is

who are supporting israel the u.k. brought zionism to palestine in the error of the british mandate. we will eventually end this occupation power will not last forever humanity and always prevails over a fake power still in sending a lot of them. but netanyahu says it is israel that is unfairly targeted with balloons fireworks and rockets. as i said israel is an occupying entity and the international law is guaranteed all occupied countries the right to resist by the way. israel has no right to kill any innocent child or anyone in gaza even if one thousand rockets were launched from gaza. gaza rockets are a normal reaction for the israeli presence we are talking about the seeds country that suffers from severe poverty. with refugees who are not able to return to their lands which were occupied by israel. this is that right and it is a normal reaction to the israeli presence on their lands.

in retaliation for a strike deep inside israel. europeans protest against measures that could tail online freedom they want to stop the european union from implementing new copyright rules for web sites in a vote later today. hello i'm terry martin thanks for joining us. in the u.k. lawmakers have once again frustrated prime minister teresa mayes plans for leaving the european union on monday evening westminster voted to take control of the parliamentary timetable in order to influence the breaks that process they will now hold a series of votes on the country's departure from the e.u. in an effort to find a solution backed by a majority of m.p.'s the government there will not be bound by the so-called indicative votes earlier the prime minister may acknowledge that she did not have enough m.p.'s behind her breaks a deal which while makers of already reject it twice. but it is with great regret that i have had to conclude that as things stand there is still not sufficient support in the house to bring back the deal for a third mean

now israel is responding forcefully to this wanton aggression i have a simple message to israel's enemies we will do whatever we must do to defend our people and defend our state are a force that has its updates on the israel gaza border. well despite reports of a ceasefire despite announcements of a ceasefire coming from senior hamas officials one of whom said that on tuesday the ministries and schools would be open again inside gaza there has been continued strikes coming from the israeli side and indeed rockets being fired out of gaza territory as well we heard some intercepted near our position here near the northern area of the gaza border in israeli territory and we could still hear strikes going on in the background as well that is the message we're getting from our colleagues inside gaza that after this ten pm local time cease fire arrangements that have been declared by hamas there were still israeli strikes continuing and as i say we have seen rockets still coming out of gaza as well all of this following what happened earlier on tuesday a rocket fired out of gaza territory hitt

about israel venezuela ties i think israel probably has a hand in almost any place first of all generally speaking where arms are being so . it bats way above its weight in terms of population and so forth with regard to selling arms to almost anyone in the world who buy them and it also has a long record of giving a support in areas where. we might want to conduct a world operations and we might not want to expose ourselves so blatantly as we would otherwise so before anyone gets too pessimistic listening to this conversation. they have foreign minister venezuela said the other day that he has had long meetings with elliott abrams obviously previously convicted of war crimes in the western hemisphere and abrams the drums on the two misdemeanors for which he was pardoned by president bush quite well the point is that area that's a set that elliott abrams the current one to venezuela is going to buy the whole trump. they've had conversations and they've had a long meeting something hopeful there and the fact that something in private may not be something that can be shed in public i certai

jewish state of israel. the jewish state is the same jewish state whose future i am working to secure. i hope the people of israel continue to allow me to lead them. i am as confident as ever as israel takes its rightful place among the nations, you will be by our side. you've always been there by our side. thank you all for standing with israel. may god bless you. may god bless america. may god bless -- thank you all. [applause] ♪ >> please welcome senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. [applause] mcconnell: >> a tough act to follow. thank you for the opportunity to be here. every time i have the privilege to address this conference, i look forward to the size and enthusiasm of the crowd. you never disappoint. [applause] that is anell: testament to dedicated leadership. your entireank outstanding team. since we were last together i have heard a lot of negative talk about people like all of us who attend a conference like this. impliedeard it patriotic americans could not possibly support israel on the me

support that the united states and the european union give to israel when israel has some kind of a call for it with its neighbors. in fact you know there was not a single syrian soldier who. territory there was not this single syrian fighter jet that will be born or sure that targets on the israeli terrorist defense of dollars us dollars and so of borgen rates by his radio during the last few years against whom against a country which is in rapturous of a civil war and not noticing it here is it is just you know indecent to exactly let me go back to athens here alex also i think it's really it's interesting to me at least is that we have an immigrant a muslim woman from somalia. really demanding us to think about what the first amendment means as well because you know we have we had this spat during the one nine hundred eighty s. or i remember it very very well where criticism of israel is anti-semitism which is absolutely absurd on the face of it here and again i think this is what congress congresswoman omar is pointing out here is that words have meaning the way you want them to be a

israel policy doesn't it i mean if you look at what he's done. totally it absolutely falls in line with that. for two peas in a pod the policies are very very similar i don't think mr netanyahu has ever had a less of a struggle in getting something through or are getting his ideas recognized positively in the white house he's having a heck of a time with it and we also heard today especially from that yahoo that this is about standing together against the threat from iran is that what this decision. it is all about is it about us trying to shore up more support for the u.s. stance that iran is the main threat to the world and to the middle east. the iranian card is an easy one to sell in israel don't forget that back in the days of iraq being prime minister about half or maybe more of the israelis were willing to lease discuss the idea of returning the golan heights to syria that changed when ahmadinejad became a household word and when israelis were viewing the golan heights not as a syrian territory but we're actually seeing the image of a dinn

a scare in israel. nothing to indicate that the tensions that have exists for quite some time will be alleviat alleviated. jennifer griffin at the pentagon. politically speaking and legally speaking, the government as a whole and the prime minister specifically are in a world of hurt. >> well, they are in a world when it's a very tense political time in israel. benjam benjamin netanyahu is being challenged. i think what is notable, this was in fact fired by islamic jihad. islamic jihad plays a spoiler role in the gaza strip. there was an egyptian delegation negotiating with hamas trying to lowter tensions. if it was islamic jihad, it answers to different forces outside of israel. you know, it's not clear where the funding has come from. in the past, iran has played a role in funding hamas and jihad and others. so if those rockets were fired, it was clearly an attempt to escalate things and to damage the attempts by the egyptians to bring peace between the israelis and the palestinians in the gaza strip.

israel defense forces say that they carried out their strikes on. the military headquarters of the head of the palestinian organization after israel said hamas fired a rocket for. two years of digging in one conclusion there was no collusion between russia during the twenty six us presidential election but the president's arrival. it was a complete and total exoneration so much that needs to be you know taken a look at this point and so it's not everything. we could even tell you this is r.t. international. signed a presidential proclamation recognizing israeli sovereignty over the golan heights a disputed area on the border with syria. a presidential proclamation recognizing israel's sovereign right over the golan heights. i discussed the issue earlier with r.t. correspondent. president trump's move is of course big news and it's been discussed all over the world since the actual tweet came out but i'll tell you what golan heights is disputed territory the only two countries that are actually believe this is israeli territory is the us starting thi

and israel relations israel's become a partisan football with trump's republican party on one side and a new generation of democrats including the first palestinian american woman in congress on the other u.s. president donald trump added to the combust of drama last thursday after he got to proclamation and signed a proclamation officially granting u.s. recognition of the golan heights israeli territory in a dramatic shift from decades old u.s. policy to which israeli president benjamin netanyahu wonderfully exclaimed israel has never had a better friend than you donald trump or is it a better friend to netanyahu is reelection dreams because remember my friends.

yes he did it it yes it injured seven people in israel israel has injured thirty one thousand palestinians in the last year and killed over two hundred thirty one thousand palestinians have been injured mostly along the guise of a border so there is a war going on people are going to keep attacking each other we want to stop the war we don't want to create conditions on the ground of permanent occupation and the kind of a tax of israel that's after it will have their answers ago that kills thousands and thousands of people like i say we're running out of time we're going to bottom in all of that if you. just want to put to you that the trumpet has move unilaterally in the middle east on several occasions flying in the face of international opinion perhaps this is a smart move off the year is if there are progress in the region just shake things up and see if we can get some reaction towards peace. i mean he is shaking things up doesn't mean that it's going to be of the way he wants i mean george bush shook things up when he invaded iraq at the time the u.s. standing in the region was relat

we stand with israel for the same reasons the american people have always stood with israel. we stand with israel because her cause is our cause. her values are our values and her fight is our fight. we stand with israel because we believe and right over wrong and good over evil and liberty over tyranny. we stand with israel today, tomorrow and we always will. [applause] vice pres. pence: it has not just been talk. president trump calmest israel would have the resources and tools to defend itself by itself of theay in the wake rocket attack near tel aviv i'm proud to report that american support for the security of the state of israel has never been stronger and the military of the state of israel is stronger than ever before. president trump also promised to if thewn the plo office palestinian authority refused to take immediate steps to stop murder --rrorists who and when the plo refused president trump shut their office down. [applause] vice pres. pence: and today, thanks to so many of you to tailor force act is the law of the land. and when president trump promised to cut