CONGRESSWOMAN IS REJECTING THE
ISRAEL INITIALLY BANNING HER TO
LEAVE AND BEGAN HER FROM
VISITING BUT THEN EXTENDED AN
OFFER TO ALLOW HER TO VISIT HER
GRANDFATHER.
SHE IS IN JERUSALEM WITH MORE ON
THIS.
>> REPRESENTATIVE SAYS SHE WILL
NOT VISIT ISRAEL AFTER BEING
GRANTED A HUMANITARIAN USING
VISIT BY THE GOVERNMENT.
THEY APPLIED FOR IT YESTERDAY TO
VISIT HER GRANDMOTHER AFTER
BEING DENIED A STANDARD VISA
ALONG WITH CONGRESSWOMAN OMAR.
SHE WOULDN'T PROMOTE A BOYCOTT
OF ISRAEL DURING THE VISIT.
THEY MADE HER BACKLASH ON THOSE
WHO SAID SHE WAS GIVING INTO THE
DEMANDS OF THE ISRAELI PERMIT.
HER UNCLES AND GRANDFATHERS SAID
THEY WERE DISAPPOINTED SHE
WOULDN'T VISIT BUT SUPPORTED HER
DECISION.
>> THEY PRESENT HER BECAUSE THEY
KNOW SHE'S COMING HERE TO SEE IT
IN HER OWN EYES.
>> EVENTS THAT UNFOLDED THIS
WEEK HAVE DEMOCRATS POINTING
THEIR FINGERS AT PRESENT TRUMP
AND INFLUENCED BENJAMIN FOR
CERTAIN DECISIONS THIS WEEK.
HIS OWN SET OF CRITICISMS HERE
IN ISRAEL AND WILL ANSWER MANY
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
THIS WEEK.
>> TERRIFIC REPORTING.
THANK YOU FOR DRAINING US.
WAS CONGRESSWOMAN REJECTION OF
THE OFFER TO VISIT HER
GRANDMOTHER IN ALL OF THIS, JUST
A PUBLICITY STUNT?
>> IT'S BEYOND THAT.
THIS IS ALL ABOUT POLITICS.
IT'S NOT TOURISM.
SHE HAS A POLITICS AGENDA.
IT'S NOT A SECRET AGENDA.
THEY WERE WAY BEFORE HER YEARS.
THEY HAD THE SAME POSITION AND
ISLAM RESPONDED.
WHAT THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO
UNDERSTAND, WE NEED TO JUST
ENGLISH BETWEEN TWO THINGS.
IF YOU'RE A U.S. CITIZEN, IT'S
ONE THING, IF YOU ARE A MEMBER
OF OUR COUNTRY AND RETURN, IT'S
SOMETHING ELSE.
MEMBERS OF THEIR OWN WHO HAVE
THE SAME POSITION AS HER, YET
WITH ME COME BACK, THEY HAVE TO
TAKE HIM.
SHE HERSELF SAID WHATEVER SHE
WANTED.
WHEN SHE COMES HOME, SHE'S
COMING HOME.
IT'S ABOUT FOREIGN CITIZENS AND
THE DISCRETION OF THE
GOVERNMENT.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
ISRAEL IS A BEACON HAD IN THE
MIDDLE.
IT'S THE MOST OPEN LIBERAL
COUNTRY IN THE AREA.
WASN'T THIS A GIFT TO HER?
THIS WAS NOTHING TRIP WITHOUT
ATTENTION BUT NOW SHE GETS TO
PLAY THE MARTYR.
>> MANY ARE MAKING THE CASE BUT
GOVERNMENT MAKE THE CALCULATION.
FOR PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN, IP
ELECTRICAL IN IN CLASS ISRAEL,
HE WOULD HAVE A LARGE SEGMENT
FOR HIS PARTY AND OTHER PARTIES
AGAINST HIM.
THE SAME PORT APPLY HERE BUT THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND
OTHER COUNTRIES IS THAT ISRAEL
STILL ALLOWS HER TO GO ON A
PRIVATE MODEL.
IMAGINE SYRIA, LEBANON, THEY
WOULDN'T ALLOW ME TO GO BECAUSE
OF THAT.
THIS IS A POLITICAL CALCULATION
BY THE WHOLE GOVERNMENT.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING ON THE
SHOW.
I AGREE ONE 100% WITH ISRAEL'S
STANCE.
THEY ARE ALWAYS, THEY ARE BEING
PICKED ON.
ONLY THE U.S. TAKES OR STRIKES.
HERE'S MY QUESTION, DO YOU THINK
THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN?
HAS THIS HAPPENED IN THE PAST
WITH ISRAEL AND TO THINK THERE
IS ANY BACKROOM NEGOTIATIONS
BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT TRUMP AND
BENJAMIN ON THIS ISSUE?
>> THERE'S ALWAYS NEGOTIATION.
EVERYTHING WE SEE AS DOUBLE FOR
THE NEGOTIATIONS.
I REMIND OUR AUDIENCE THAT YEARS
AGO, A PROMINENT PROFESSOR FROM
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY TRAVELED TO
LEBANON.
HE IS A U.S. CITIZEN.
HE INSTALLED AGAINST ISRAEL.
THEY HAD THAT PROBLEM WITH HIM
BUT AT TIMES, GOVERNMENT TALKS
TO EACH OTHER WITH OTHER
GOVERNMENTS ON THE MATTER.
>> IS THERE ANYWAY YOU COULD
SHED SOME LIGHT ON HER BOYCOTT
WAS REALLY ALL ABOUT?
I HEARD IT WAS REALLY QUITE
SEVERE IN TERMS OF THE MESSAGE
COMING ACROSS.
I THINK IF VIEWERS UNDERSTAND
THAT, THEY MIGHT UNDERSTAND LIKE
THEY REACTED THE WAY THEY DID.
>> THE REASON FOR WHY WE ARE
DISCUSSING THIS IS NOT THE
ACTUAL MOVEMENT OR IDEA.
IT'S MANY YEARS OLD.
EVERYTHING WE ARE DISCUSSING NO
NOW, THE PRO- IRAN FOR MANY
YEARS HAVE BEEN PROMOTING, YOU
HAVE NO MEMBERS FOR THE FIRST
TIME SINCE LAST FALL PUSHING FOR
THIS.
IT SOLIDIFIES IT TO A LEVEL THAT
WAS NEVER SEEN OR HEARD OF
BEFORE.
>> THE GROUPING SUPPORT WANTS TO
GET RID OF ISRAEL.
IT'S THAT SIMPLE.
I WANT TO GET YOUR TAKE ON
SOMETHING ELSE.
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND MIKE POMPEO
MEETING WITH ADVISORS THIS
AFTERNOON TO DISCUSS WORKING
WITH THE TALIBAN ON A DEAL THAT
COULD PULL MOST U.S. TROOPS OUT
OF AFGHANISTAN.
WE'VE BEEN THERE TOO LONG, MOST
THINK THEY HAVE TOO MANY TRIPS
BUT CAN WE TRUST THE TALIBAN AND
IDEAL?
>> NO, WE CANNOT TRUST THAT.
ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE ARE AND
SHOULD BE PLANS BECAUSE THAT
PLAN IS NOT WORKING.
THEY KEEP COMING BACK.
MY CONCERN IS, IF WE COULD DO IT
VERY FAST, WE DON'T AND NOT LOOK
BACK AT WHAT THE GOVERNMENT CAN
DO.