-israel relationship and support for israel in america. the house speaker, nancy pelosi, said it was beneath the dignity of the great state of israel. nancy pelosi has always been a big supporter of israel and, quite notably, we are hearing from the pro-israel group, aipac, who has recently been very critical of both omar and tlaib, and they actually said that denyiying the entntry to te congresswomen into israel is a mistake and should nonetheless be allowed to travel to israel, referring to both of them. we've actually also heard from representative ill had omar -- ilhan omar. she said israel's decision to block her entry to the country was an insult to democratic values. let's not forget donald trump, the president of the united states tweeted after israel had made that decision. he said they hate israel, the two representatives, and that both of them are the face of the democratic party. he will be speaking later on at a rally in new hampshire. it will be interesting to see what he says there later on. >> we have to watch that space cl

this is actually helping the anti-israel bds movement because it is calling into question israel's standing as a democracy where people of all different viewpoints are welcome. it is also undermining the bipartisan basis of american support for israel. this is unprecedented to not allow these two members of congress who have to vote on the annual appropriations, $3.3 billion of u.s. aid to israel. they're supposed to vote on that money but are not allowed to see how it's spent? that's something that is very contrary to the long-term interests of israel and the u.s./israel alliance. >> so when you hear kevin mccarthy making this argument, he says he's basically saying they should come and inform themselves, but if you read between the lines, he's saying they aren't. he's saying they didn't come with the congressional delegation. they didn't come with democrats. you had dozens of democrats who were visiting israel. he's saying they didn't come, they didn't visit, they didn't have plans to visit with israeli leaders. i mean what do you make of him making that distinction then? >> i think this

lookdo not want israel to bad and they are invested in a bipartisan consensus around israel. they are losing that and losing the democrats for losing the democratats at the base and now starting to lose thehe democrats who are elected. i think this is a move for self-preservation or than anything else. amy: where going to go to break and come back to this discussion with rebecca vilkomerson, head of jewish voice for peace, and dr. mustafa bargrghouti, a membr of the palestinian parliament. back in a moment. ♪ [music break] amy: "can i go on" by sleater kinney. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. israel has announced it will conditionally allow congress woman to lead to visit family in the west bank a day after it barred both rashida tlaib and sister congresswoman ilhan omar from entering israel to travel to occupied palestine. israel is still refusing entry to omar. israel initially blocked entry to both lawmakers after president trump took the unprecedented step up publicly urging israel to bar entry to the women. the first

of israel we are not willing to admit into israel those who call for the boycott of the state of israel and act to delegitimize the state of the jews trump successful effort to pressure israel is the latest salvo in his battle with the squad for democratic women of color in congress. omar fired back saying it is an affront that israeli prime minister netanyahu under pressure from president trump would deny entry to representatives of the u.s. government trumps muslim band is what israel is implementing this time against 2 duly elected members of congress there's a long standing tradition and you. yes politics that however contentious things are at home u.s. presidents do not enlist allies abroad to target political opponents but trump has never been bound by convention or politics. the president has said the 4 members of the squad should go back to their countries even though 3 of them were born here in the u.s. that hasn't stopped crowds at his rallies from chanting send her back. the unprecedented ban on to members of the u.s. congress was widely condemned by democrats and republicans

oh mark she remains banned from traveling to israel so how is congress reacting to israel's treatment israel of course those big big ally of the united states now is congress reacting to israel treating one of their own in this way. well phil this is a known priesthood and move let's not forget that in fact there's been bipartisan support in congress since which is sort of like the the backbone of the relationship between the u.s. and israel since the foundation of the israeli state and there's been a particularly from the democratic party a lot of criticism geared towards israel and president donald trump over this decision in fact the house majority leader stanley hoyer said on thursday that it was a grave mistake that undermines the bipartisan pro israel consensus nancy pelosi a big supporter of israel also came out saying that it was a big mistake on the part of israel and interestingly the crow israel group apac which is being very critical of omar on telly in the past had actually said that it was also a mistake on the part of israel and that they should nonetheless at the spike

and has told israel to keep them out is that having an influence on israel's decision. yeah that's certainly one reading of the situation could have us quite an on president to set off the events because once you have to know that a month ago the israeli ambassador to the united states one demo had actually said that the visit would go ahead and might not like the opinions of those 2 congresswomen but they would be allowed entry out of respect for congress and that israel would not bar any member of congress to to enter. and then this tweet came and then some reading it is well that this has influenced that decision of prime minister netanyahu was a very strong word just tweet that israel would look weak if they would let those 2 congress women enter and of course you don't have to forget i mean we are also in the middle of an election campaign is that would cater probably also to prime ministers netanyahu is a right wing bloc but there has been also a lot of criticism well this decision means for the bipartisan nature off this relationship between the 2 allies israel a

of israel now nancy pelosi has always been a big supporter of israel and quite notably actually we're hearing from the pro israel group who has recently been very critical of both omar and they actually said that denying the entry to the congresswoman into israel. is a mistake and should nonetheless be allowed to travel to israel referring to as you to both of them there and we've actually also heard from representative in omar she said that israel's decision to block her visit to the country was an insult to democratic values and finally let's not forget of course donald trump the president of the united states tweeted after israel has made that decision he said. they hate israel the 2 representatives and both of them are the face of the democratic party he'll be speaking of course later on at a rally in new hampshire so it'll be interesting to see what he says there we've got to watch that space very closely pablo tiny want to go to you in jerusalem now this move by the israeli authorities came shortly after president trump tweeted that israel would be showing great weakness if it a

of israel. the statements are a sign of ignorance and beneath the dignity of the office of the president. what's your reaction. >> ifs if there's one person that benefits in the short term, not the long term, is president trump. israel and netanyahu don't benefit. he was pressured a few weeks ago, the israelis begrudgingly said they would allow the congresswomen in for precisely the reasons that have been discussed. the justification is their support of government ds, boycott, divest and sanction. that is something that these congresswomen supported last month when they were allowed entry as well. that doesn't even make sense as to why they would change their mind right now. remember netanyahu las an election next month as well, but out of all countries, they do not like to be called weak. given the relationships they have built up with conditions and leaders that have posed a far greatest threat to israel than these two congresswomen, they have met with other leaders. why they view these two wo

lawmakers to come to israel. but beyond that there was a pretty powerful statement from a package issued after the decision to deny entry to a congresswoman to leave and omar they criticized the decision they said every member of congress should be able to visit and experience our democratic ally israel 1st hand that is pretty significant wouldn't you say. absolutely and that shows that a park is more balanced that our real gold is letting people believe i've i've been at the receiving end and i've hosted many many missions to jerusalem and apac missions or come to jerusalem or eastern slim and they meet with activists in east jerusalem they go to ramallah they meet with politicians in ramallah they go to the west bank they meet nonprofit organizations but i'll tell you what the differences the difference is that the people that apec meet are bridge builders the people who want to solve the conflict now the people who were receiving the 2 congress women and not bridge builders they have 0 interest in solving the

into israel. if my two colleagues have seen what they've seen over the years i believe they would have come away with valuable new perspectives. now that they won't have that opportunity it's a real shame. joining our discussion now opinion writer for "the washington post", both msnbc contributors. i want to start with your reaction to what we saw today, something we have never seen before. >> it was horrendous. it was horrendous from many perspectives. it was horrendous the president of the united states was telling any foreign government, ally or foe not to admit members of the united states congress. it's apparent that benjamin netanyahu is putting his own re-election hopes which dependent upon him currying curr favor with the far right in israel above the u.s.-israel relationship. and no one who's a friend to israel would ever do this. and the reason is the survival of the relationship depends upon it being bipartisan, and that is why apac came out and to the exception of what the president sa

her rocker a very warm welcome to all of you we start in israel israel where that country has part 2 u.s. democratic congress women from visiting the country prime minister benjamin netanyahu the office issued a statement claiming their visit was meant to quote negate the legitimacy of israel representative were she to tell it is born and bred american and omar also american emigrated with her family from somalia when she was a child 1st are highly critical of israel's treatment of palestinians and both have been calling for a boycott of israeli products and the entry ban comes after president donald trump tweeted that the 2 congress women hate israel and all jewish people. all right let's unpack here i'm joined now by tanya kramer our drew some correspondent and pablo foley ileus who is in washington for us as well tanya want to begin with you of course this is where this story is taking place has this ever happened before. what has been described even here as unprecedented vessel of policy with a lot of pressure from the white house so the president himself to ban those 2 elected c

of israel. they made a decision any member of congress should visit because of the strong relationship they have with this country and both parties. and then he decided to throw that relationship into the morasse of his racist politics. the prcime minister of israel i a desperate reelection battle advertises this close relationship with president trump as his main asset decided he had to go along with it. >> ambassador burns, the president seems to use the power of his office to keep democratically elected representatives from doing their jobs. is that an abuse of power? what are your thoughts on this? >> i think it is. don, this is a disgraceful decision by the president. i can't remember anything like this in the history of our country. these two women are elected representatives. they represent lots of people in their home states, in michigan and in minnesota. and they have a constitutional right and duty to travel overseas to help this country have an effective foreign policy. the precedent

into israel. they were expected to arrive this weekend and spend five days meeting with israeli and palestinian groups. earlier this way, president trump urged israel not to let them visit. he tweeted this. "it would show great weakness if israel allowed these representatives to visit. they hate israel and all jewish people, and there is nothing that can be said or done to change their minds." minnesota and michigan will have a hard time putting them back in office. they are a disgrace!" and of tweets. and reaction , as you might imagine, is going in. presidential candidate senator bernie sanders tweeted this. "banning congresswomen omar and tlaib from entering israel and palestine is a sign of enormous disrespect to those elected leaders to the united states, congress, and to the principles of democracy. the israeli government should reverse this decision and allow them in." the senator mentioned palestine, but while there are palestinians there is no actual state of palestine. moments ago, a mem

israel bans two u.s. congresswomen from entering the country after presiden trump objects.mu thim lawmakers respond, calling it an affront to democratic values. india's prime minister defends changing the status of kashmir, saying he is working to restore the region's past glory. plus, going on a dinosaur dig. in wyoming, going back to the -- the have unearthed a graveyard dating back to the jurassic period. >> for the first time in my career, we are loostng at an inal-scale investigation. i've never been involved in such a vast dinosaur dig inwhole career. laura: for those watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome to orld news america." israel has barred two u.s. lawmakers from entering the country after being urged to do so by president trump r ilhan omar ahida tlaib are the first muslim women elected to congress. they are vocal supporters of the palestinians. they are also outspoken critics of president trump, who has targeted them in speeches a t even suggesty go back to where they came from. toda

lawmakers to come to israel. but beyond that there was a pretty powerful statement from a package issued after the decision to deny entry to a congresswoman to leave and omar they criticized the decision they said every member of congress should be able to visit and experience our democratic ally israel 1st hand that is pretty significant wouldn't you say. absolutely and that shows that a park is more balanced that our real gold is letting people believe i've i've been at the receiving end and i've hosted many many missions to jerusalem and apec missions or come to jerusalem or east jerusalem and they meet with activists in east jerusalem they go to ramallah they meet with politicians in ramallah they go to the west bank they meet nonprofit organizations but i'll tell you what the differences the difference is that the people that apec meet are bridge builders the people who want to solve the conflict now the people who were receiving the 2 congress women and not bridge builders they have 0 interest in solving th

and israel. i thought it was wrong of israel to deny them entrance. i think the best thing that could happen now is people reach out to each other. just like i, very pro-israel, very much in disagreement with these two members of congress, none of the less, supported them in their desire to visit israel. i hope that they'll use this press conference today as an opportunity to tone down the rhetoric, not to change their positions, but to build some bridges, and at least at a minimum say they are not anti-semitic, as some accused them of being. and they don't want to see the extinction of the state of israel. frankly, i think in the same way, the idea of a resolution, condemning the israeli ambassadors and the american ambassador of israel is just harmful and divisive. the american ambassador to israel serves at the pleasure of the president of united states. the same is true of the israeli ambassador. the one ambassador to the united states. we have at least a dozen democratic officials, some senior ranking, saying that they have a deep lack of israel'

and israel. joining me now, christopher dickey, world news editor with the daily beast and msnbc contributor, and christopher, what was behind israel's decision, and was it really at president trump's urging? >> well, what's really behind it is a couple of election campaigns. the most imminent is netanyahu for prime minister. he wasn't able to form a government because he's facing indictments and he wants the new government to be formed in a way so he won't have to face judgment. he's doing anything and everything he can to pull out the stops and get far right wing support. then president trump weighed in on that, and said, you know, this would be a real sign of weakness, if you let in these two horrible congresswomen. but it's all backfiring because, in fact, netanyahu looks craven like he's following trump's orders, and trump looks like he's interfering in israeli politics to take aim at two, let's be frank, freshmen congresswomen. >> and what did israel have to lose by allowing the two congres

israel has barred two u.s. lawmakers from entering the country after being urged to do so by presidentn trump. ilar and rashida tlaib are the first muslim women elected to congress. they are vocal supporters of the palestinians. they are also outspokenderitics of pre trump, who has targeted them in speeches and even suggested they go back to where they came from. sagree with who the lawmakers came to their defense. jon sopel reports. jon: have two newly elected members of congress ever created the stir that ilhan omar and rashida tlaib have? they were the first two muslim women to be elected to the bhouse. they ah on the left of the democratic party. neither is a fan of the israeli government. both are outspoken. and donald trump relishes going after them. pres. trump: omar has a history of launchi vicious anti-semitic screeds. >> send her back! pres. trump: her colleague, representative rashida tlaib -- [boos] pres. trump: agreed with omar's characterization of 9/11 and said that members of congress who suppor

is doing something white israel is provoking this situation at the end of the day israel needs to understand that iran has said this time and time again that look you're playing with fire you don't do this don't be silly behave yourself iran has been a real interest in stopping the war and iran will not stop people i telephone when i said it categorically. what iran will do its if it is attacked or its allies within the resistance axis are directly attacked they will retaliate and rightly so because in this case the aggressive the one who's instigating problems who's lying and making up fairy stories because it's control and influence within the mainstream media is israel and everyone knows israelis are ropes that it's a country that is close to $400.00 nuclear weapons talking to multiple countries and yet no n.p.t. and no questioning no no discussion about to get iran which has a nuclear program energy program it constantly gets accused of making nuclear weapons and all this stuff which is slightly from the supreme leader's own discrete to schools is forbidden the news keeps rolling here in

i think that they should be allowed to enter israel and tour israel. i just came back last week from israel. we visited not just jerusalem but we spoke with prime minister netanyahu and we spoke with the leader of the opposition. we went to the gaza border, we visited lebanon borders and syria border. we spoke with palestinians and israelis. we saw israel in many of its facets. and i think it's important to go to any situation and see as much of the picture as possible. but i also think it's important, and this is just my style, is to try to build bridges. long before i got to congress, the effort to try to bring peace between israelis and palestinians to work toward ultimately the possibility of a two-state solution. the reason bds i believe is anti-semitic is because it denies the jewish aspiration for a home of their own, but the palestinians have their own aspiration. the path is between negotiations between the two parties and the role the united states should be playing is to help create the forum for those parties to come together and the streng

show that it's not just hollow rhetoric and mean when israel says that iran cannot threaten israel from syria that it must not intrench there that israel is watching and when iranian forces iranian proxies are staging drones or rockets especially very close to israel's ceasefire lines then they may face some sort of action from israel and i think that's clear and israel has been doing that over the last several years right and this is saying with yousef i mean this is clearly mr security trying to burnish his credentials of course he's got an election in just a few weeks in september how does this play with the israeli public do they feel that this increased rebuffs ness if you like using airstrikes makes them safer. i don't think this is playing deeply to the elections i mean israel has admitted that it carried out more than a 1000 air strikes in the last several years so i think that you know netanyahu is the well known in israel and last 10 years he's managed the conflict very well i think for most people's perspective most israelis know him if they object to certain aspects of netan

omar she remains banned from traveling to israel so how was congress to israel's treatment israel of course those big big ally of the united states now has congress reacting to israel treating one of their own in this way. well phil this is an impressive and to move let's not forget that in fact there's been bipartisan support in congress since which is sort of like the the backbone of the relationship between the u.s. and israel since the foundation of the israeli state and there's been a particularly from the democratic party a lot of criticism geared towards israel and president donald trump over this decision in fact the house majority leader stanley hoyer said on thursday that it was a grave mistake that undermines the bipartisan pro israel consensus nancy pelosi a big supporter of israel also came out saying that it was a big mistake on the part of israel and interestingly the crow israel group apac which is being very critical of omar on telly in the past had actually said that it was also a mistake on the part of israel and that they should nonetheless at the spike their supp

show that it's not just hollow rhetoric and mean when israel says that iran cannot threaten israel from syria that it must not intrench there that israel is watching and that when iran in forces iranian proxies are staging drones or rockets especially very close to israel's ceasefire lines then they may face some sort of action from israel and i think that's clear and israel has been doing that over the last several years right and this is saying with yousef i mean this is clearly mr security trying to burnish his credentials of course he's got an election in just a few weeks in september how does this play with the israeli public do they feel that this increased rebuffs ness if you like using airstrikes makes them safer. i don't think this is playing deeply to the elections i mean israel has admitted that it carried out more than a 1000 air strikes in the last several years so i think that you know netanyahu is the well known in israel would last 10 years he's managed the conflict very well i think for most people's perspective most israelis know him if they object to certain aspects o

in the land of israel. the jews connection to the land is so strong that the thousands of years, wherever jews lived, they have played for rain, not where they reside but in the land of israel. this essential component of jewish identity is now under attack. those who did nine jews the right to self-determination, thinner have the right to a jewish state in any order, the criticism is anti-semitic even if it is cloaked in human rights terminology. if you do not believe the jewish state of israel has a right to exist, you are criticism of israel is not intended to inform the policies of the government of israel. it is intended to destroy the jewish state. to accurately identify anti-semitism masquerading as anti-zionism, we must learn to do his thing was between xina folks, those who opposed the homeland for the jewish people and seek to destroy the jewish state on the one hand and those who genuinely seek coexistence between jew and arab on the other. groups like students for justice in palestine and jewish

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visiting israel. that is an outrageous statement that ambassador friedman issued. he should be fighting to get these two americans into israel, one of which wants to visit her grandmother. >> but the ambassador was basically saying what the president of the united states, his boss, was saying. >> well, i wish president trump would resign. i don't think he's going to do that, but certainly, i can call on ambassador friedman to resign. his allegiance, again, is to america, not to a foreign power and to the constitution of the united states, not to the president. >> let's turn to the work of your judiciary committee. the committee has just issued subpoenas, as you know, for corey lewandowski, the former trump campaign manager and another former white house official. how important is their testimony to illustrate the instance of possible obstruction of justice in the mueller report? >> earlier today, corey lewandowski sent a tweet that emphasized he was a private citizen. i'm glad he did that, because exe

she doesn't like israel. i forgot. i'm so sorry. >> i want to bring in someone who just launched a brand-new effort to fight domestic terrorism here in new york and who's pushing congress to follow suit, democratic governor andrew cuomo of new york state joins me now. governor, good to see you. you and i spoke in the immediate aftermath of the shootings in el paso and dayton about things that were happening in new york, because we've got a brand-new law in new york dealing with gun violence. but you have introduced something specifically dealing with domestic terror. how do you think this helps? >> well, first i think ali we have to acknowledge what's happened in this country today. we talk about terrorism. we're talking about terrorism normally from a foreign entity, right? new york's anti-terrorism law was written after 9/11. there is a new type of terrorism. it is domestic terrorism, but domestic terrorism meaning homegrown terrorism. terrorism by americans, against americans, motivated by hate. and i'm proposing a

into israel. if my two colleagues have seen what they've seen over the years i believe they would have come away with valuable new perspectives. now that they won't have that opportunity it's a real shame. joining our discussion now opinion writer for "the washington post", both msnbc contributors. i want to start with your reaction to what we saw today, something we have never seen before. >> it was horrendous. it was horrendous from many perspectives. it was horrendous the president of the united states was telling any foreign government, ally or foe not to admit members of the united states congress. it's apparent that benjamin netanyahu is putting his own re-election hopes which dependent upon him cur rying cu favor with the far right in israel above the u.s.-israel relationship. and no one who's a friend to israel would ever do this. and the reason is the survival of the relationship depends upon it being bipartisan, and that is why apac came out and to the exception of what the president sai

s israel took an entire populations that had one justice to one less than the right israel took some of the population and is trying to defend it this is the reality of what's taken is defending an illegitimate occupation and this is why it is always under threat right now we are in a situation where we know that iran is struggling it's struggling it's under this campaign of maximum pressure where it is being starved of any access to revenue iran really can't even contemplate can it entering into another costly kind of conflict wouldn't it be advisable therefore for the iranian authorities to perhaps dial down to perhaps withdraw to parts ask its allies and its proxies to be a good little bit quiet right now given the harsh reality on the ground. well the harsh reality on the ground is that the saudis and them are ati's with american support carrying out genocide in yemen the harsh reality is the israeli regime is bombing iraq he's bombing the syrians and they've attempted an assassin the assassination yesterday in lebanon so it's not as if things are quiet is this really regime that

into israel. rashida tlaib tweeting a photograph of her grandmother who lives in the west bank. israeli officials say she may be able to visit family members if she files a humanitarian request. >> reporter: is not carrying a weapon and directing it against israel, she's coming to visit her family, her country, her people. it is her right to visit her country and her family. >> congresswoman omar released a statement which reads in part, quote, the iron he of the only democracy in the middle east making such a decision is that it is both an insult to democratic values and a chilling response to a visit by government officials from an allied nation. nancy pelosi called the decision, quote, a sign of weakness and beneath the dignity of the great state of israel. the republican author of an anti-bds bill says israel made a mistake by denying the freshman lawmakers into. florida senator marco rubio tweeting being blocked is what they hoped for all along in order to bolster their attacks against the je

support of boycott israel movement. the decision following pressure from president trump who said approving their visit would show great weakness on the part of israel. as president making that point clear while leaving for new hampshire yesterday. >> they are very anti-jewish and anti-israel. i think it's disgraceful the things they've said. you have lists of this is not just a one line mistakes. what they've said about israel and jewish people is a horrible thing and they've become the face of the democrat party. the things that they've said, omar, tlaib, what they've said is disgraceful so i can't imagine why israel would let them in but if they want to let the men, they can but i can't imagine why they would do it. >> sandra: following the story from jerusalem. good morning. >> after denying access to israel for both congresswoman rashida tlaib and congresswoman ilhan omar, the israeli government is going to allow for a humanitarian visit for representative tlaib. the approval came after a political firestorm yester

/israel relationship. israel had made a decision a month ago to allow them to visit israel even though they hold views that are very critical, which i strongly disagree with by the way. but israel made the sensible decision that any member of congress should be able to visit because of the strong relationship they have with this country and with both parties. then he decided to throw that relationship into the morass of his racist politics, and the prime minister of israel, who is in a very desperate re-election battle and advertises his close relationship with president trump as his main asset, decided he had to go along with it. >> ambassador burns, the president seems to have used the power of his office to keep diplomatically -- democratically elected representatives from doing their jobs. is that an abuse of power? what are your thoughts on this? >> i think it is -- don, this is a disgraceful decision by the president. i can't remember anything like this in the history of our country. these two women

from israel came through there was a tweet from donald trump in which he said that israel would show great weakness if it decided to allow them in and he said that they hate israel and all jewish people so it does seem to be in a lot of the criticism of this decision is along the lines that it does seem to be catering to the domestic political agenda of donald trump in targeting these congresswomen it does also potentially accord with benjamin netanyahu own electioneering head of the september elections here it plays to his right wing voter base but there is criticism coming from israeli voices as well on the basis that it could affect the long term bipartisan nature. the relationship between the united states and israel prism 2 from the veteran p.l.o. figure out how to who was behind part of the planning of this visit saying that it was an outrageous act of hostility against the american people and their representatives so israel is trying to obscure its human rights record well it's 100 lot for us in washington d.c. and the president really seems to have his in the job because the

doing something why israel is provoking the situation at the end of the day israel needs to understand that iran has said this time and time again that look you're playing with fire don't do this don't be silly behave yourself iran has been a real interest in stopping the war and iran will not stop her boy it's a long and i have said it categorically. what iran will do if it is attacked or its allies within the resistance axis are directly attacked they will retaliate and rightly so because in this case the aggressive the one who's instigating problems who's lying and making up fairy stories because it's control and influence within the mainstream media is israel and everyone knew most israelis are ropes that it's a country that is close to $400.00 nuclear weapons targeted at multiple countries and yet no n.p.t. and no questioning no no discussion about to get iran which has a nuclear program energy program it constantly gets accused of making nuclear weapons and all this stuff which is slightly from the supreme leader's own discrete to schools is forbidden. g. 7 summit has been praise

welcome to the program israel has banned 2 prominent u.s. democratic congresswoman from entering the country because of what's described as that boycott activities against israel. that they had planned to visit israel and the occupied palestinian territories this weekend both have supported the boycott movement against israel under israeli law supporters of the campaign can be denied entry now the ban comes after donald trump tweeted it would show great weakness if israel allowed representative omar representative to visit they hate israel and all jewish people and there is nothing that can be said or done to change their minds minnesota and michigan will have a hard time putting them back in office they are a disgrace and a short time ago donald trump also reiterated his stand. they are very anti jewish and they're very anti israel i think it's disgraceful the things they've said you have lists of this isn't just a one line mistake what they've said about israel and jewish people is a horrible thing and they've become the face of the democr

from israel came through there was a tweet from donald trump in which he said that israel would show great weakness if it decided to allow them in and he said that they hate israel and all jewish people so it does seem to be in a lot of the criticism of this decision is along the lines that it does seem to be catering to the domestic political agenda of donald trump in targeting these congresswomen it does also potentially accord with benjamin netanyahu own electioneering head of the september elections here it plays to his right wing voter base but there is criticism coming from israeli voices as well on the basis that it could affect the long term bipartisan nature. the relationship between the united states and israel criticism too from the veteran figure. who is behind part of the planning of this visit saying that it was an outrageous act of hostility against the american people and their representatives so you is or was trying to obscure its human rights record and there is reaction now coming in from the united states so we'll cross over to political gain in washington for mor

but israel, if you've ever been to israel, they have a loud, vibrant democracy. two more voices making a stink in israel is not going to change a lot actually and it should be viewed as a good thing. if you have issued with israel, go make them there and prime minister netanyahu sit down with them and say here's why we disagree with you. so you've had a lot of friends of israel, former senator joseph lieberman who was al gore's vice presidential running mate says believes netanyahu made a big mistake here. >> this is a loss all around. i'm afraid it's really most threatening to israel's standing in the united states. this decision probably helps the boycott of israel movement more than the two congresswomen ever could themselves. >> it's an interesting perspective in the sense that the boycott movement, their views are getting a lot more attention because of this dust-up than if they had been allowed to go and israeli officials said sit down at the table, we disagree with you. >> we heard from joseph lieberman but we've also heard fairly unanimous consensus among

israel has barred 2 u.s. democratic congresswoman from visiting the country prime minister benjamin netanyahu is office issued a statement claiming. their visit was meant to quote negate the legitimacy of israel now this includes representatives rush to lani who is a palestinian heritage and ohana omar they have both been highly critical of israel's treatment of palestinians and have held for a boycott of his really products the entry ban comes after president donald trump tweeted that the 2 congresswoman hate israel and all jewish people. expect the sound we're joined by tanya kramer in jerusalem and public fully las in washington welcome to you both and i'd like to begin with you tanya why has israel decided to bar entry to these 2 congresswoman. this planned visit has been discussed in israel for several weeks now but it also this latest decision is a turnaround of a government decision now the congresswoman here are seen by israeli government officials as being vocal critics of israeli policies against pa

doing something why israel is provoking the situation at the end of the day israel needs to understand that iran has said this time and time again that look you're playing with fire don't do this don't be silly behave yourself iran has been a real interest in starting a war and iran will not stop the war it's a long time and i have said it categorically. what iran will do if it is attacked or its allies within the resistance axis are directly attacked they will retaliate and rightly so because in this case the aggressor the one who's instigating problems who's lying and making up fairy stories because it's control and influence within the mainstream media is israel and everyone knows israelis are ropes that it's a country that is close to $400.00 nuclear weapons targeted at multiple countries and yet no n.p.t. and no questioning no no discussion about to get iran which has a nuclear program energy program it constantly gets accused of making nuclear weapons and all this stuff which is slightly from the supreme leader's own discreet discourse is forbidden let's lighten things a bit off

something why israel is provoking this situation at the end of the day israel needs to understand that iran has said this time and time again that look you're playing with fire don't do this don't be silly behave yourself iran has been a real interest in starting a war and iran will not stop the war it's a long time and i have said it categorically. what iran will do if it is attacked or its allies within the resistance axis are directly attacked they will retaliate and rightly so because in this case the aggressor the one who's instigating problems who's lying and making up fairy stories because it's control and influence within the mainstream media is israel and everyone knows israelis are ropes that it's a country that is close to $400.00 nuclear weapons targeted at multiple countries and yet no n.p.t. and no questioning no no discussion about it yet iran which has a nuclear program energy program it constantly gets accused of making nuclear weapons and all this stuff which is slightly from the supreme leader's own discreet discourse is forbidden. the right time to hit the sky rushe

on israel. this is what the interior minister decided regarding the two congresswomen, and i agree with him. for donald trump, this isn't about who goes in and out of israel. it's about the next election, and he wants to personify the democratic party as these two women. he has vilified them as being anti—semitic, left—wing extremists, anti—american. and the more that democrats get behind them, the more he likes it. but what israel stands to get out of this is harder to fathom. the us president and israeli prime minister are tight, but this decision hasn't only alienated democrats. many republicans are critical too, and even aipac, the pro—israel lobbying group, has said it is wrong. john sopel, bbc news, washington. let's take a look at some of the day's other news: police in malaysia say 15—year—old nora quoirin probably died from internal bleeding caused by hunger and stress. the teenager from london was found dead ten days after she disappeared while on holiday. howard johnson re

of israel. israeli ambassador reiterating their position under the country's laws. >> we respect -- we do not respect people who -- we welcome all americans. if you don't recognize is really a to boycott israel, make anti-semitic results you are not welcome. >> in an emotional tlaib who was granted humanitarian visa to visit her aging grandmother but rejected it had this to say. >> i watched as my mother had to go through the humanizing checkpoints even though she was a united states citizen and proud american. >> the white house is defending his relapse decision, the spokesman issuing this, they have a well documented history of anti-semitic comments, and anti-semitic relationships. israel has the right to prevent people who want to destroy it from entering the country. rashida tlaib and omar are calling on members of congress to visit israel because they feel they cannot. omar even suggesting the us should reconsider how much aid it gives to the country. >> we will talk much more about this la

visit israel. the shocking part is when the israeli prime minister gave in and stopped the two americans, quickly taking its place near the top of the list of things we've never seen or imagined before. >>> meanwhile, about 8 miles from this studs yo citizens are faced to wait in long lines in the hot sun for bottled water to replace the poison that's in their water pipes after their government ignored them for years. it's all part of "the 11th hour" just getting under way on this thursday night. >>> well, good evening to you once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. this was 938 of the trump administration and another of the norms of behavior in the world fell away today. it wasn't shocking that donald trump asked israel to turn away two members of congress who wanted to visit israel. he wrote this about congress wn ilhan omar and rashida talib. quote, it would show great weakness if israel allowed rep omar and rep talib to visit. again, that part wasn't the surprise. it was a ge

and israel did not object. there is news this morning on this story, the associated press reporting the interior minister has received and granted a request by rashida tlaib to enter the west bank on humanitarian grounds. the minister -- she will not be allowed to enter into israel. your reaction to this story this morning. john in south carolina, republican. you are up first. good morning. i have got to punch the number. you are on now. caller: thank you. i did not know whether i was in early onset or what. call.you for taking my this is an example of israel emphasizing this power. when it comes to president trump making a statement like that, he has free speech rights. this happens to be the first president that has gone to twitter or other avenues and expressed his opinion, which i am sure is the opinion of a lot of americans. after all, he is elected president. when it comes to israelis, they are always going to air on the on the caution -- err side of caution and i think they are trying to extend an olive

they don't want to fund israel. they want to take away foreign aid to israel. they want to do a lot of bad things israel. in my opinion, you vote for democrats, you're being very disloyal to jewish people and you are being very disloyal to israel. and only weak people would say anything other than that. >> reporter: your critics have said -- how do you respond to that? >> president trump: i haven't heard anybody say that. just the opposite. i think if you vote for a democrat you are very disloyal to israel, and the jewish peopl people. >> reporter: what do you say to republicans who want to primary you? >> president trump: i've got 94% in the republican party. the highest in history. the highest of any republican. so i think they'd have a hard time. >> reporter: you said russia was kicked out of the g-7 because they outsmarted obama. in fact, it was because the annexed crimea. that -- >> president trump: that was outsmarting obama. russia outsmarted president obama. they took over during his term, not during mine. crimea. they took over crimea. if you would sto

democratic congressman blasting donald trump over israel's decision to ban them from entering israel, one claiming the president wants to pit motions in jewish people against each other. jillian: his relapse response. >> reporter: israel defending his decision about ilhan omar and rashida tlaib who spoke for the first time since being denied entry. accusing primus or benjamin netanyahu of suppressing their freedom and calling on congressional colleagues to make the trip. >> we cannot let trump and benjamin netanyahu succeed in hiding the cruel reality of the occupation from us. i call on all of you to go. >> reporter: both are critics of israel. the support for a boycott of the country, is really ambassador to the un reiterating their position. >> we don't expect people who come here -- we welcome all americans. if you call to boycott israel, anti-semitic remarks we are not welcoming you. >> reporter: an emotional rashida tlaib who was denied a visa to visit her aging grandmother had this to say. >> i watched as my mother had to go to dehumanizing checkpoints even though she was a uni

israel passed a law allowing it to ban entry to those who support a boycott against israel. this has certainly been the most high profile use of that law. when did israel make its decision? well, we know when it was announced. shortly after president trump tweeted israel will be showing great weakness by letting them in and that left israel very little wiggle room, especially prime minister netanyahu. netanyahu has never publicly disagreed with trump and he wasn't going to start now. it wasn't until shortly after that netanyahu said the two will be decided. we're waiting to see if congresswoman tlaib is permitted entry to visit her family. >> how much of this, oren, was netanyahu feeling the pressure to cave with an election right around the corner? >> reporter: both israel and the u.s., the administrations, have insisted this was an israeli decision but there was hints that trump was involved in this. trump sent the tweet telling israel how to carry out the foreign policy. there are no doubt political decisions here as well. netanyahu has a tough battle for his sixth term i

lawmakers to come to israel. but beyond that there was a pretty powerful statement from a package issued after the decision to deny entry to a congresswoman to leave and omar they criticized the decision they said every member of congress should be able to visit and experience our democratic ally israel 1st hand that is pretty significant wouldn't you say. absolutely and that shows that a park is more balanced that our real gold is letting people believe i've i've been at the receiving end and i've hosted many many missions to jerusalem and apec missions or come to jerusalem or east jerusalem and they meet with activists in east jerusalem they go to ramallah they meet with politicians in ramallah they go to the west bank they meet nonprofit organizations but i'll tell you what the differences the difference is that the people that apec meet are bridge builders the people who want to solve the conflict now the people who were receiving the 2 congress women and not bridge builders they have 0 interest in solving th

israel relationship. in support of israel's security. and that the ultimate outcome down the road will be a negotiated agreement between the israelis and the palestinians. and 398 members of congress bipartisan condemning b.d.s. a as antagonist ini can and unhelpful. representative tlaib and omar have a different perspective. i'm not changing their mind but it doesn't change the fact that the overwhelming majority of the house of representatives of the u.s. congress both sides and support israel and israel's security. >> i'm trying to g get a direct answer regardless of the appropriateness of the president saying what he is saying. it's inappropriate. but is there any merit in what he is saying you know her she knows you is what he is saying totals b.s. or not. >> what he is saying is b.s. what he is saying i'm not getting into name calling, put myself in the heart or minds of my colleagues. but what i do know is that the united states congress supports israel's security, has for the entire 71 years of israel's existence, invested in the