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>> WE WILL NOT ALLOW TO ISRAEL
PEOPLE WHO WORK TO DELEGITIMIZE
THE JEWISH STATE.
>> THE GOVERNMENT AND PARTICULAR
PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU ARE
BEHAVING LIKE A DICTATORSHIP IN
THE SENSE THAT THEY CAN'T
TOLERATE DISSENT, THEY CAN'T
TOLERATE CRITICISM.
>> THEY ARE SO ANTI-JEWISH, I
DID SPEAK TO PEOPLE UP THERE.
I DON'T ENCOURAGE OR DISCOURAGE.
>> IT SETS A HORRIBLE PRECEDENT
FOR ISRAEL IN MAKING THIS
DECISION.
WHY WOULD ANY COUNTRY MAKE A
DECISION TO DENY A UNITED STATES
CONGRESSMAN ACCESS TO THEIR
COUNTRY?
DO THEY NOT BELIEVE THE
UNITED STATES HAS DONE A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT FOR ISRAEL?
>> John: WE ARE BACK WITH OUR
PANEL.
THE CONGRESSMAN THERE, A
DEMOCRAT IS JOINED BY VIRTUALLY
EVERY OTHER DEMOCRAT IN BLASTING
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU FOR THIS
DECISION, HOW SAYS THE PANEL?
>> FROM THE ISRAELI SECURITY
STANDPOINT POINT OF VIEW, THERE
IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO
SAY ACTUALLY, IF YOU ARE
SUPPORTING SOMETHING THAT IS
MANIFESTLY AGAINST THE ISRAELI
NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS IN
TERMS OF ECONOMIC BOYCOTT,
DIVESTMENT, THAT AIMS TO -- BUT
THE YOUNG PROGRESSIVE ELEMENTS
THAT ARE COMING IN AND NOW WITH
THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS HAVING TO
SURROUND THESE TWO MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS, THERE IS A CHALLENGE
THAT IT FORCES THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY TO COALESCE IN
A WAY THAT PERHAPS MAKES THEM
MORE ANTI-ISRAEL.
>> John: IT WAS INTERESTING TO
HEAR A MEMBER OF THE PALESTINIAN
AUTHORITY BLASTING ISRAEL FOR
NOT LETTING HER, NOT LETTING HIS
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS INTO THE
COUNTRY -- SHE'S BEEN BLOCKED
FROM COMING INTO THE
UNITED STATES.
>> THERE IS A WIDESPREAD
REJECTION OF BORDERS AND
NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY THAT WE ARE
SEEING IN SOME GROUPS ON THE
LEFT.
THE FIRST QUESTION THAT NEEDS TO
BE ANSWERED IS WHETHER ISRAEL
HAS THE RIGHT TO DETERMINE WHO
COMES INTO THEIR COUNTRY AND
THEY HAVE A LAW FORBIDDING ENTRY
TO NONCITIZENS BOYCOTTING ISRAE
ISRAEL.
THEY WERE WILLING TO PROVIDE
THESE EXCEPTIONS TO THESE TWO
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS BUT THEN
THEY FOUND OUT THE ITINERARY OF
THESE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WHICH
THE AMBASSADOR TO THE U.S.
DESCRIBED AS A BDS CIRCUS.
FINDING OUT THEY WERE COMING NOT
AS AN OUTREACH MISSION OR TO
FIND FACTS ABOUT ISRAEL BUT TO
DO SOMETHING THAT WAS SO
POLITICAL, IT WOULD BE DIRECT
VIOLATION OF AN ISRAELI LAW,
THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THIS.
IT'S UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE IT'S
GOOD FOR PEOPLE TO VISIT ISRAEL
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE COUNTRY
AND UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITY OF
THE SITUATION THERE, NOT JUST
ABOUT ISRAEL BUT THE PALESTINIAN
TERRITORIES AS WELL.
ONE HOPES SHE WILL BE ABLE TO
VISIT UNDER DIFFERENT
CIRCUMSTANCES.
>> John: SOME REPUBLICANS HAVE
SUGGESTED THIS IS A BAD MOVE,
SENATOR MARTHA McSALLY IS NOT
AMONG THEM.
LISTEN TO HER TAKE ON ALL OF
THIS.
>> RASHIDA IS A PALESTINIAN WHO
IS COMING TO VISIT HER COUNTRY,
HER FAMILY, HER VILLAGE, HER
FATHER AND HER MOTHER, THEIR
ROOTS ARE PALESTINIAN.
HER GRANDFATHER, HER GRANDMOTHE
GRANDMOTHER, THEY ARE FROM
PALESTINE AND THEY TALK ALL THE
TIME ABOUT HOW SHE IS
PALESTINIAN.
>> ISRAEL HAS A RIGHT TO DECIDE
WHO CAN COME UNDER THEIR
COUNTRY, I LOVE ISRAEL, I'VE
BEEN DEPLOYED TO THE MIDDLE EAST
FIVE TIMES AND I THINK BOTH OMAR
AND RASHIDA TO TLAIB, THEIR A
AND RASHIDA TO TLAIB, THEIR T
AND RASHIDA TO TLAIB, THEIR O
AND RASHIDA TO TLAIB, THEIR S
HAVE BEEN DANGEROUS.
>> John: INTERESTING POLITICS
ON BOTH SIDES.
>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO SEPARATE
THE POLICY FROM THE POLITICS.
ISRAEL IS A SAYING WE'RE GOING
TO BOYCOTT THE BOYCOTT HERS AND
THIS BDS MOVEMENT HAS
ANTI-SEMITIC ROUTES AND IT'S
RADICAL.
THESE ARE THE FIRST TWO MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS TO HOLD THOSE
ANTI-ISRAEL VIEWS.
THEY HAVE DONE THIS WITH OTHER
ALLIES OF OTHER COUNTRIES, THE
POLITICS ARE MUCH MORE TRICKY
FOR ISRAEL.
THEY RELY ON BIPARTISAN SUPPORT
IN CONGRESS, ESPECIALLY
DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT.
ALL THE ISRAEL VOTES RELY ON THE
MAJORITY DEMOCRATS.
YOU ARE LOSING THAT
BIPARTISANSHIP.
>> YOU THINK ISRAEL SHOULD NOT
HAVE BANNED THESE TWO.
>> THEY ARE LOSING THE P.R.
BATTLE, THAT'S A LOT OF THE GAME
FOR THIS ISSUE.
>> PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE
SERIOUSNESS OF THE EFFORTS AND
THERE'S A LOT OF TOLERANCE OF
LICATA MOVEMENTS ON THE AMERICAN
LEFT.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO
SPEAK OUT AGAINST THOSE
MOVEMENTS AND THE HARM THEY
CAUSE INSTEAD OF JUST TOLERATING
MEN.
>> THIS WAS NOT GOING TO BE AN
OFFICIAL CONGRESSIONAL
DELEGATION.
>> THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY BEING A
NECESSARY ALLY FOR LONG-STANDING
SECURITY STRATEGY IS SOMETHING I
THINK MEANS IT'S ON THE BALANCE
EVEN IF THE BDS THING IS A BIG
PROBLEM.
>> WE HAVE ALSO BANNED ISRAELI
PARLIAMENTARY MEMBERS, A MEMBER
OF THE KNESSET WAS NOT ALLOWED
TO COME BECAUSE OF THE VIEWS HE
HELD.
>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT
TRUMP WAS A BIG PROPONENT OF NOT
LETTING THESE TWO MEMBERS TO GO
TO ISRAEL.
HE WANTED THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF TLAIB
AND OMAR'S VALUES.
THERE'S CERTAINLY NOT A LOT OF
SUPPORT IN ISRAEL FOR THESE TWO
BACKBENCHERS ON THE DEMOCRATIC
SIDE.
THE NETANYAHU GOVERNMENT
ORIGINALLY SAID IT WAS OKAY FOR
THEM TO COME.
TRUMP TWEETED OUT THAT HE WOULD
VIEW THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE AND HE
QUICKLY SAW BACKTRACKING FROM