[inaudible conversations] were live for remarks by 2020 president ial candidate including mike bennett and Pete Buttigieg. Expecting this to start shortly. You are watching live coverage on cspan2. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome J Street National board member, ambassador. Good morning, j street. And welcome to another huge day at the J Street National conference. During the first few days of the conference we spoke in a great deal about the Pivotal Moment in which we find ourselves, as americans, as american jews, and the supporters of a safe, secure and peaceful future for israelis and palestinians. [applause] were gathered together as a movement at a time of many of our most sacred democratic norms are under assault. When the United States global standing is at an alltime low, with a relationship with many key allies has never been more in doubt then when our president probably allowed himself with autocrats, demagogues and extremists around the globe here in israel we are faced with a Prime Minister who has wholeheartedly embraced President Trump. Deploy the same kind of demagogic tactics and bigoted rhetoric, and has worked with the president to entrench the occupation and undermine prospects for peace. We know that in order to overcome these illiberal forces, defend our values and begin to pave the way for a better, brighter future, we need to start by defeating President Trump at the polls ive year from now. [applause] that is why we at j street are committed to doing all we can to defeat the current occupant and to support the eventual democratic nominee for president. But we also know that to achieve our goals in the long term we need much more than a win in this pivotal election. We need for the next president to answer office ready to take bold determined steps to undo the tremendous damage done by President Trump. We need to see him or her embrace a progressive [applause] him or her embrace a progressive diplomacy first towards Foreign Policy that prioritizes democratic values, promotes a twostate solution, and firmly opposes occupation, settlement, expansion and annexation. [applause] at j street we are making clear that this approach to Foreign Policy is good policy and good politics. It has the support of a large majority of democrats and american jews, and we are regularly discussing these issues with the candidates who are vying for the chance to defeat donald trump to become the next resident of the United States. Last night we had the honor of him from one of those candidates, senator amy klobuchar, and in this morning plenary we will be joined by mayor Pete Buttigieg [cheers and applause] tell me how you really feel. Secretary julian castro. [cheers and applause] and this afternoon well hear from senator Michael Bennet and senator bernie sanders. [cheers and applause] save your biggest applause for two guess. Two entities candidates on the jews about the u. S. Israel relationship, the israelipalestinian conflict and u. S. Foreign policy, we like it up with us again our good friends from [applause] very few people can claim to have done as much as tommy and been to advance a progressive diplomacy first towards Foreign Policy and to ensure that this president ial primary Campaign Includes serious discussions of Global Affairs. So please join me now in welcoming them to the stage. [applause] hello again. How is everybody doing . Day three, gave the tonight. Without further dubai dont we welcome our first candidate to the stage, mayor Pete Buttigieg. [cheers and applause] welcome. Thank you. Sotomayor pete, you gave a major Foreign Policy address back in june. One of the first to lay out a policy vision. In that speech you said if Prime Minister met now you and its west Bank Settlement you should know a present project would take steps to ensure american taxpayers will not help with the bill. [applause] that was a well received light in your speech. Can you unpack that . How would you ensure u. S. Taxpayer dollars will not be used to find fund annexation . It begins with understanding the basis of our relationship with israel. Its not just a Strategic Alliance thats very important to us. But also an alliance that is based on shared values. We need to make sure our cooperation, our security and diplomatic and strategic cooperation with israel happens in a framework that is compatible with those values. It also must be compatible with our u. S. Security and policy objectives and in the long run what makes the most sense for americans as well as israel as well as palestinian interests, is peace and a twostate solution. [applause] so the problem of course with annexation is that it is incompatible with the twostate solution, and i believe ultimately moving in that direction represents moving away from peace. And we have a responsibility as the key ally to israel to make sure that we guide things in the right direction. Now, our security support is based on strategic objectives, taste on values. And we need to make sure that it does not turn into a go ahead where we would be endorsing anything like annexation. That means we have responsible. With mechanisms to do this, to ensure that u. S. Taxpayer support israel does not get turned into u. S. Taxpayer support for a move like annexation. [applause] so short of annexation is settlement construction. Weve seen a spike in settlement reconstruction per year. There are some who i think rightly fear that at a certain level settlement construction you could no longer have a continuous palestinian state. Would you also consider conditioning u. S. Aid to israel as leverage to stop or slow future settlement construction . Ill say this. The u. S. Law framework for Security Cooperation and eight to any country has very specific expectations about how that will be used. This is built into the arms export control act, built into the leahy law and we need to make sure that any such cooperation and funding is going to things that are compatible with your subject is an with u. S. Law. And if we continue to see steps that are potentially destructive, i think it is a reminder that we need to have the visibility to know what the u. S. Funds are being used in a way thats actually not compatible with u. S. Policy. U. S. Policy should not be promoting this kind of settlement construction. Resize the because it is incompatible or at best detrimental to what we want to see happen. The Bigger Picture here is about what this relationship needs, what this friendship is like. In the same way that in the u. S. You can be, and we are, deeply patriotic and committed to our country thriving, without that in any way meeting yet to support the u. S. Current president and his agenda [applause] by the same token you can be committed to the u. S. Israel Alliance Without that attending that you are supportive of comforts of any individual policy choice by a rightwing government. [applause] that doesnt have to entail that. And again, if you look at the Bigger Picture of the vacuum of u. S. Leadership right now around the world, certainly it has emboldened adversaries. You look at the way that russia throws its weight around, the way china is behaving, and its a real concert in terms of what happens with our adversaries. I think the heart of the matter in terms of use abandoning our leadership role is what goes on with the most important allies, with our neighbors, with our allies in europe and with allies like israel. So when i think about what could continue in terms of these settlements, its certainly Something Like annexation, i think about it the way i think of a friendship where your friend is acting in a way that you think might hurt your relationship, might hurt them, it might even hurt you. What you do in a situation is you put your arm around your friend and you try to guide them toward a better place. And i think thats our responsibility with respect to these policies. [applause] mayor pete stop texting your ex basically is a message. Got it. Not sure i can top that. [laughing] obviously a lot of the focus is on our relationship with israel. I think also theres another party which is the palestinians. Obviously the most high profile thing thats happened in a relationship with the posting was the movement of the embassy to jerusalem. Beyond that though theres also been a downgrading of our diplomatic relations with the Palestinian People. We used to have representation through a consulate in jerusalem. There have been efforts to cut funding for the Palestinian Authority. You like a lot of people are spoken about some of the problems with the palestinian leadership over the years but in addition to talking about how you would engage the government of israel, what would you do to engage the palestinians . What would you do to try to show the palestinians that we want a relationship with the Palestinian People as well as the israeli people . How would you strengthen them as a potential partner for peace . First of all, we have a strategic obligation to try to be perceived as an honest broker, which is very difficult in this environment. We also have a moral obligation to ensure that were doing what he can to support the peace and the wellbeing of all people in the, the palestinian, israeli and otherwise. [applause] we shouldnt have any illusions about whats going on in terms of the leadership capacity and governing capacity, whether the west bank or whats going on in gaza. What we do know is needing one of the situations by withdrawing engagement and talking less and reducing lines of communication is almost never a productive strategy. [applause] we want there to be greater capacity on the palestinian side, and by the way, its in everybodys interest for the to be greater capacity on the palestinian side. Otherwise you dont have partners for peace. And the conditions, the conditions in gaza, cannot continue without eventually an explosive outcome that is in nobodys interest. [applause] and while the misery in gaza has many sources and theres plenty of blame to go around, we know that this doesnt get better and less there is Stronger Leadership capacity and diplomatic capacity on the palestinian side. If we have learned anything in the post9 11 wars is the u. S. Cannot assume responsibility for the development of ideal and mature governing capacities and other countries. What we can do is make sure we are a beneficial partner and that includes support, aid, multinational engagement, multilateral engagement, and at a minimum it needs talking and connecting as much as possible rather than cutting off this engagement and expecting anything but further estrangement to be the result. [applause] im glad you brought up gaza. Obviously when we were in the Obama Administration, the security challenges well known, the threat posed by hamas, wellestablished. The iron dome system, very important i think in protecting israelis against rocket fire from gaza. At the same time i look back on regret at the intolerable humidity situation in gaza. Horrific conditions that People Living under as you alluded to. Do you think theres a way for the United States through its leadership to have a humanity approach to gaza that seeks to deliver assistance to the people there that could potentially work with the Israeli Government to listen the elements of the blockade there . How can we try to use u. S. To make life better for the people of gaza even at the same time we are dealing with the very real threat that emanate . This is what i mean when i say world needs america right now but it cant just be any american. It has to be an america that is authentically living the democratic and humanitarian values that we preach. It has to be one that is trusted on many sides. [applause] because lets face it, this is not just an israel policy question. This involves the egyptians. This involves a lot of dynamics around the mediterranean. So the short answer is yes, a humanity approach is the appropriate one year the challenge is if we really want to gain ground on the humanitarian front in a way that is compatible with the legitimate security interests of regional players. The u. S. Has to be engaging with tremendous nuance and a deep reserve of good faith. Nuance in good faith are not exactly hallmarks of the current administration. I dont see how this gets any better with this white house at the helm. So were in this bizarre place where President Trump is cozying up to sort of neofascists like viktor orban and then accusing everyone in the Democratic Party of antisemitism just by virtue of being a democrat, literally he said that. How do you, as in support of israel and as a friend of visual, criticize those policies, criticize people like Bibi Netanyahu clickbait blatantly racist racist statements that is becoming more authoritarian himself while not following falling into the trap of trump attack u. S. Antisomatic because of those addresses . It shouldnt be hard [laughing] to be against bad policies and to be against the antisemitism. That should be table stakes. [applause] and, and i dont mean to be flipped because unmindful were just mark the anniversary of the tree of life massacre and the worst violent antisemitic violence in modern American History that is a reminder that this is not theoretical. This is not just of the things that happen on twitter. At the semitism kills. Hate kills. And it is killing right here in our country. And the upsetting cynicism of this white house is that you have somebody who, on one hand, sees actual, literal no shit jews will not replace us as very fine people. And on the other hand, believes that he can get people to think that he is a friend of the jewish people by a lining, that even with israel but with a certain kind of politics within israel. And i just think that the American People and the American Jewish community are a lot smarter than that. [applause] agreed. Thats very well said. One issue obviously, you anticipating how these issues have kind of been weaponized for politics. One issue that a particular we experienced the Obama Administration was on iran, and if you are the next president he will inherit a very complicated situation where essentially trump has pulled out of the jcpoa, iran resumed some of its nuclear activity, some diplomatic consensus around this obvious. How would you approach the Iran Nuclear Issue in particular . Would you seek to return to the existing Nuclear Agreement that trump walked out of as a platform to pursue and iran policy, or would you seek to take a new and different approach . So realistically the facts on the ground shifted and it will continue to shift by the time the new president takes office in 2021, by the time i take office in 2021. [laughing] [applause] but i think we have got to look at the Iran Nuclear Deal as a floor. The problem i think and what it was talked about politically was used on all these maligned activities by the iranians in terms of the sponsorship of hezbollah and other regional destabilizing activities. Folks are saying i see the deal is no good because theyre doing all this. Thats not what the deal was for. The deal was to restrict nuclear activity, and it worked. It worked. [applause] so by the same token, the policy priority i would take would be to ensure that we can date and restrict nuclear activity. We care about all of the other problems emanating from the iranian regime. I i just dont think that we ned to solve everything in order to solve anything. And if you have to pick one thing to prioritize, i believe the Obama Administration got this right, that the one thing to prioritize is to make sure they are not nuclear. [applause] and one of the difficult challenges of course the next president will inherit is essentially a blow to u. S. Credibility from withdrawing not just from the iran Nuclear Agreement from a whole slew of the grievance. Not just agreements, well beyond that. Not to mention just the shifting currents of international politics, kind of authoritarian trend that is being built at the as yet reengage reengage on january 21, 2021, and address an issue like iran specifically, we need to build international consensus, work with european allies, russia and china, how to restore the currency of American Leadership . What would be the approach coming from a Pete Buttigieg administration to rebuild our credibility allies and partners we need on certain issues an order to get something done like restoring the iran Nuclear Agreement and building on it . So job number one in terms of Global Affairs for the next president is going to have to be restoring u. S. Credibility, and it would be hard to overstate how costly the loss of credibility has been. When i was deployed i could feel, in ways i cant fully explain, the power of the flag on my shoulder, and since that just as much as my body armor and any military equipment, part of what was keeping me safe was that that flag stood for a country known to keep its word. And her allies and enemies knew it, and that matter. Losing that is unbelievably costly anyplace in the world where we are counting on alliances in order to protect america troops and american interests. The moment that has really stuck with me even before this horrific betrayal of our kurdish allies was the the president appearance at the general assembly, and his speech by trumpian standard was actually not memorable, which is good. [laughing] grading on a curve here. [laughing] but what was memorable and what hurt was seeing the faces of the World Leaders watching the president speak. That is a democrat was as an american. It hurt to see the leaders of the world who usually look at the american president for leadership, looking at our countries leader with a mixture of i think pity and content. I never again want to see an american leader look on that way i the leaders of the world. [applause] so how do you something about it . Beyond just thinking harm, our whole bunch of things that we need to reverse or not do. I think we need to look for areas where american values, american interests and the aspirations of people around the world are all linked. This has always been americas strategic edge, the fact that many people either publicly or privately anywhere around the world sympathize with what we stand for, and im thinking about the desire for democracy, the desire for religious freedom, writing at least moral support for, for example, the people of hong kong who of not heard a peep out of this white house for support. [applause] im thinking about some of our biggest problems as a global community. Anytime theres a problem the u. S. Cant solve alone in the world cant solve without us, thats an opportunity for leadership which means as an opportunity to earn an adult. Im thinking about climate. Imagine if Global Climate diplomacy were a thing. [applause] if Global Climate diplomacy were something that mattered deeply in geopolitics, it would not only be a sign of hope for this Global Security crisis, but also an example of how we might be back on the front foot with china. And so the biggest thing i think needed to really answer the core of your question to build a u. S. Credibility is for the world just to the u. S. Meaningfully advancing things that the world needs and putting our resources and our whole toolkit of diplomatic, economic, and Security Resources behind those values and behind getting something done. Then can we can recover some of the trust that is been blown up by this administration. [applause] so yesterday the president announced with some fanfare the death of the head of isis, mr. Baghdadi pick anything all can celebrate his demise and celebrate the work of our special operators and our intelligence agencies and our partners around the world to help facilitate that operation. But also i say this with considerable humility as some to work in the Obama Administration and for a present who sent 100,000 troops to afghanistan for a time and were still there 19 years later and it doesnt seem like a situation is measurably improve. There are no pockets of isis and afghanistan and we sat and countless means were we heard about the latest alqaeda number three who would been tan off the battlefield, and yet the cancer metastasized and alqaeda becomes isis and these organizations exist. What are we missing as as a u. Government, as a counterterrorism operation that has led us to a point where there are more sunni extremists living today than there were on 9 11 . I remember, i was in afghanistan the summer of 2014 when a lot of these emergence of isis was happening. And sitting in the chow hall watching it on television with people it serves multiple tours and iraq, and no were in afghanistan and watching the backsliding and the metastasizing of terrorism, even while we were trying to make sure that something that would happen in afghanistan i think does first of all, peaks humility as you say. But the other thing we should remember and in a perverse way that this whole recent experience in syria reflects is that so often the way forward is through the right targeted light footprint resins of special operations, plus intelligence, us allies on the ground. So to be the most extraordinary thing we learned in this whole episode is what that tiny handful of u. S. Special operators was preventing. Exactly the kind of thing that prevents us from having to get into a large ground war and mobilization. A handful of special operations troops with right kind of Intelligence Capacity and relationships on the ground. Exactly the kind of thing that is likely the way forward in afghanistan. Instead of having thousands and thousands of troops, is what we had holding the line in that part of syria. When you remove it reseat the pandoras box that has been open. The answer is not to disappear from the rest of the world. The answer is to make sure that our presence in the rest of the world is the minimum level consistent with u. S. Security, that it is in the context of partnerships, and that it is always checked against american values. [applause] one last question i think thats a very relevant at j street. Theres some extraordinary students hear from across the country [cheers and applause] and youve talked about a generation change in our politics. On the issues that j street cares about, in particular the u. S. Israel relationship being proisrael proisrael for peace, i think for younger people sometimes theres a cynicism because they have heard the same message as a u. S. Israel relationship and they see trump and netanyahu using those messages very cynically. If you dont support everything he now does, you are antisemitic or use politicians saying we are for the palestinian state not really doing anything to advance that. What do you do to combat as a part of generation change the cynicism that could erode really the foundation of the u. S. Israel relationship that younger people in this country, the experience of this relationship is watching trump and netanyahu, how do you point it to something more hopeful and optimistic in a situation . I my hope very much comes from the capacity of young people to change categories and change rules. Im thinking about how, for example, a new bipartisan push has emerged around the subject of criminal justice reform, just to take one example, about a new generation across its political spectrum sees different possibilities than what used to be in certain the party silos. I think about this here because we run the very real and disturbing risk of the relationship with israel becoming a partisan issue. That is bad news for everybody. We cannot allow this to be a partisan issue. [applause] and young people have an exquisite relationship with truth, and a way of detecting all of these layers of nonsense that is been piled on by the current president , and in this context. And can cut through to see the humanity that is at stake here, and the fight anyone telling them that you have to adopt this political view according to your identity and instead can really search into what the values that come with these identities that we carry actually mean, whether its a political entity or religious identity or american identity. And i place a great deal of hope in the readiness of young people to challenge a lot of what we have been told and to refuse to accept what we were being sold by this white house. And that mobilization i think is what will change the answer, and no pressure, but just to be really clear, mathematically, it is within the lifetime of anybody in college today that the situation in israel, for israelis and palestinians, what either reach some kind of harmony or catastrophe. You will live to see one of these two things happen. The good news is you also get to be in charge while those things are happening, and lets make sure its a good outcome. [applause] mayor pete. Thank thank you so much, mayor , for being here. Please give it up. [cheers and applause] all right. I think are right. Are you guys ready to go . All right. We are extremely excited for our second interview of the day. Secretary julian castro. [applause] a little spanish music to get you all going. Honestly. I know, we promise well try to be fun. So thank you so much for being here. I think j street is a pretty cool story about what kind of an organization progresses can build in a short time, so its awesome that you showed up. [applause] first question for you, mayor pete just talked a bit about his belief that we need to condition a and some sort of annexation in the west bank as published by Bibi Netanyahu. Is that something you would also support . That would be my first move. First of i think that [applause] look, what i believe, what i hope is about as israel forms a new government that we will have a new opportunity to work with our ally, to ensure that theres not unilateral annexation, that we pursue a twostate solution which as you almost been the approach that the United States has taken for a very long time. It used to strong support on both sides of the aisle. So my hope is that we can work like crazy so we dont get to that point. I would not take it off the table, but but i want to focusn what we can do hopefully with the new government and a new president in january 2021 that is willing to work with allies. Just want to push on this because i think ben andfairly clear under police on netanyahu but there is a sense on the Peace Process question they wont be as different as people might help. Historically, you have seen aid the condition in many places including on the Palestinian Authority to pressure them into incentivizing behavior. The american taxpayer is doing 3. 8 billion edgier and Security Assistance to israel because of our boss, president obama signed his tenure m. O. U. Why isnt it appropriate to normalize the way that aid is treated and use it as i care and stick approach towards pushing for policies that we think are in the security of israel and in the u. S. . While i mean the fact we have a carrot and stick approach whether we do with domestic that is the nasa credit or with foreign assistance. Including Security Assistance. I think that framework already exists that the intensity of it for the specificity of it may be Something Different. Thats why said i would not take that off the table. I do think though that we need users opportunity that we have hopefully with a new administration that leads in 2020 want to do everything we can to get israel to go back in the direction of pursuing a twostate solution so that we can avoid having to condition our aid on that. I completely agree with you that i believe that netanyahu has been counterproductive to say the least, and has personalized israel for a lot of people here in the country which was a terrible mistake that was made a few years ago and that we need an administration over there, i covered over there that i think, i hope to be more productive and engaged in getting back on a track of a twostate solution. Its very clear netanyahu natalie has rejected that but has actively campaign for his own political benefit far away from that. I disagree with his approach and i reject it. Adult even though as you point out and others have pointed out that may not be very different, i so theres a way we can avoid the path that israel has been under netanyahu. [applause] another question is, how do we engage the government of israel when the new president comes in . Another would look at this also is how to engage palestinians who have seen the United States embassy move jerusalem, have seemed all diplomatic relationship downgraded [inaudible] that the compensation cut off assistance to them and, frankly, even palestinian citizens of israel, Prime Minister has been fully embraced by use president has used very derogative derogatory language about palestinians. What would you do come into office to try to set a new tone to the Palestinian People as well as the israeli people . Number one, the Trump Administration has made a mistake in putting his finger on the scale so much in line with netanyahu and his administration. I am glad to see in the democratic primary that the voices of folks who are concerned about the rights of palestinians as emerged, has risen stronger than before. [applause] i think thats a good thing. I hope that also figures into our approach in the future. So here are a couple things i would do. I mentioned one of them, which is we need to reestablish a u. S. Consulate in East Jerusalem and make clear that under a two state approach that would be the embassy under a palestinian state. [cheers and applause] in addition to that, we need to ensure that they had the opportunity to restart their mission here in the United States. [applause] i would also restore the u. N. Funding, you when our debut a funny that was stripped by the Trump Administration which was a mistake to provide aid that is desperately needed if those on the kinds of things that of late the next you immediately to regain some trust can rebuild trust and confidence among palestinians in addition to taking a different tone. I think those would all be important steps in then obviously the question is how do you approach the israelipalestinian peace issue . I assume you wouldnt send Jared Kushner to meeting without any israeli or palestinian representatives but one of the things that we wrestled with in the Obama Administration, which you you are part of, which is how specific to be that use positions in terms of what should be the outcome of the negotiations. The long launch and position oe Us Government has usually been the final status issues of refugees, security characters in jerusalem are kind of left to the parties to negotiate but by the end of our administration we had a mixture of frustration and diplomatic work. We were very specific about what u. S. Ideas would be for that. Would you think that it be constructive given how much settlement activity has begun to reach into territory that most independent observers think would be part of the policy state in the west bank in particular . Do think the u. S. Should be specific laying out his what we think the outcome of this should be, heres what the two states in our view, at least terms for negotiation . I remember, im sure you remember, and i doing president obama, about tenure to go early in his administration said what others have been saying, the basis of the 1967 order, when you remember the furor that the rightwing right wing went into after he made that statement. Land swaps. Thats right. That has been the blueprint and i do agree that we can add something of value to the negotiations. Of course, the negotiation between those two parties awesomely and theres a limit to that but it do think give some direction. I understand the frustration in the sense of urgency and the need for specificity. I think we can build on that. Again hopefully with an administration that is more receptive. Official washington, ben often calls them the blob, he need to trademark the name, hs slowly come to the realization that the saudi government and mohammad bin salman in particular are not the best people. I think the horrific murder of Jamal Khashoggi shocked the conscience of the world. It is truly disappointing to see major businesses, political leaders a year later attending investment conferences in saudi arabia. I think it sends a message that finances are more important than values. But again [applause] i say this with considerable humility given that president obama which is saudi arabia multiple times. He supported the war in yemen which was wrong and has proven to be a key american disaster. My question for you is, as president how would you rethink, or would you come the u. S. Saudi relationship . Are they still an ally given all that we learn in the last couple of years . I agree with folks who say we need to reassess. We do need to reassess that relationship. [applause] as we move forward in the 21st century, as you suggest that our values should be bigger drivers than those relationships. Obviously sometimes there are very emergent sometimes economic interest money somewhere along the way weve come to rely too much on those interests, prioritize them instead of prioritizing the values we have. What are those values . The ones that help make this nation the nation that is is, freedom of individual liberty, democracy, and whether its what we seen in hong kong and we should be standing up for them in hong kong or the uighurs in china that we should be speaking up for. [applause] we should be leading the values more. The next president as an opportunity to do that when it comes to saudi arabia. Thank you for mentioning the uighurs. Its important i think the people constantly bring that up. [applause] so sort of staying in saudi arabia, a month ago, two months ago ago a lot of us were worried we were on the cusp of either i saudi iranian war or u. S. Military action in response to what were seeing is either iranian proxy group or the Iranian Military striking saudi facilities. How would you approach any effort to broker some sort of detente between the saudis and the iranians . That involved getting back into the Iran Nuclear Deal . What are the pieces of that puzzle . The media keys the next president cant work on, i wish this of administration would work on is getting back into the deal that was negotiated in the Obama Administration, getting back to the jcpoa the first act may be making sure arrhenius complaint with the jcp away but also getting the United States into it. And then looking down the road and how that can be negotiated again, updated, we negotiated, whatever term you want use for that. One of the points i been making out there on the campaign trail is this is much more important than, although in and of itself its an important deal to control or manage their Nuclear Weapon capacity. This speaks to again the element of trust of the United States in the world. Why in the world if your kim jongun would you ever signed an agreement with the United States right now to curtail your Nuclear Weapons program when trump just came and it tore up agreement that everybody acknowledged iran was following . To do the very thing we are asking north korea essentially to do, curtail their program. We have lost trust. People have lost respect for the United States under this administration. And i see getting back into the jcpoa that only as helpful managing what youre talking about, the dynamics of the region and a Nuclear Weapons program and the security of israel, but also where we go with north korea and the number of other issues around the globe. [applause] you say that very well. Just to visit all the Foreign Policy, the politics we can envision on this, particularly on israel, one of the things that has been so pressing about how this administration has approached this is this kind of cynical effort to demonize as antisemitic anybody who is not fully on board with essentially while at the same time frankly fusing rhetoric that seems to be very attractive to actual antisemites are in the United States, but if you were the nominee, how would you contend with the inevitable attacks that would come that any criticism of israel, at the summit, the politics that says im a u. S. President and of going to ask the Prime Minister the visual did not [inaudible] members of congress to visit official. Visual. This kind of toxicity that we see that is very bad for i think the historical bipartisan relationship, how would you navigate that terrain as the nominee and make clear there is a way to support israel, theres a way to advocate for our vouches that doesnt necessarily mean hip it to fall under the p of what theyre going to be throwing at your . Thats why im here. Thats why j street is here, right . And thats why theres so many folks in this audience that are part of this work, which is say look, theres a different way we can do things, and would recognize israel as an ally and friend and will continue to be and will have a working relationship, friendship. At the same time the road netanyahus taking israel on i dont leave this in the best interest of israelis, and the road donald trump is taking his relationship is not in the best interest of the United States america. It stuck in the best interest the of palestinians whose rights were also concerned about, but i think i want to commend jeremy and j street and the Board Members and everybody over the last 11 years has been building off this organization because it is a strong part of that voice. Now were talking about the politics because you asked about politics, help navigate that. Because we do need those voices for the longest time there was one voice, and i think folks know what im talking about. We need more than that. [applause] to follow up on that, i think i know the voice your friend too, offered some criticism to the Obama Administration over the years. Thats kind of a part of a general sense, if you are on the campaign trail and your meeting with young people, particularly college aged students [cheers and applause] many of them here today. And all they really consumed about this question with u. S. Individual is about of this pretty cynical back and forth and demonization, and if you dont support this 100 , then youre going to be called a name that is antisemitic or something else. What would you tell them, to get back to values and politics . Why should they care about u. S. Israel relationship or care about pursuing a twostate Solution Works if in many ways trump is disrupting things and wiping so many slates clean and we have to rebuild things, what is the basis upon which you rebuild that sense of why jen people need to care about this, why they need to care about israel, why they need to care about the palestinians . I think yesterday was the anniversary of the tree of life massacre in pittsburgh, and it was also a very powerful reminder of what israel exists in the first place, as a place of refuge. [applause] of safety, of ability of expression of the jewish people. And also how consistent those values are with the values that we hold dear as americans. And we also see how seems be able to join as human beings. [applause] and so i i would say that in my ways if we can get this right, that it is of our highest calling to help ring that about because it is consistent with who we are and who we want to be. And today, you mention young people, folks on college campuses, i think theyre having it both ways from the Trump Administration. What theyre hearing is if youre not all the way over here, then you are antisemitic, and so forth. They are also hearing from bds, and theres a demonization of israel. I dont agree with bds. I dont support bds but also dont support i dont support cracking down on political speech. I think people should be able to express themselves. [applause] and what i have seen in our young people now like all the candidates have traveled all over the case, so have you all all of the time, is about more than anything else people want to know what you really believe. And i think to connect with young people its to connect them with what we really believe and why we support a twostate solution, the values that that represents. We can do that and part of that is work that j street and other organizations and some propalestinian organizations are also doing as they get out there. [applause]. Causing others to doubt, setting off in syria aswell. That part has beenexacerbated. How i view the presence of us troops, i agree with those who say we need to keep drawing down but i also believe you have to be as thoughtful coming out as you are goingin. And what we saw in iraq was a lack of thoughtfulness. And seriousness going in. What we see in syria was a lack of policy coming out. I believe whether its there or afghanistan or other places, theres a role for all levels of forces in supported attacks. Special operations forces, diplomatic forces also where were in to support our efforts. And i believe that may wellbe where we end up getting to. Its hard to tell the cause the president on one day will say another thing, on another day will say another. Then hell to Something Different from what he said but i hope that we can get to a point where we dont have several places dont have thousands but we are able to determine meaning and stability. One last question to close here , you talked before about credibility generally and weve talked about a lot of issues in some neighborhoods, but stepping back, what would you do coming into office to try to restore and reset american credibility in the world after so much because of coming out of National Agreements because of what people areseeing at home because of twitter feeds. How would you go about the project from day one saying heres how im presenting a new america. That is maybe the biggest knowledge for us because i think that what these leaders around the world are feeling in their head were thinking in their head is that they see the limits of our government and by that, the limits of how constant or stable ourapproach can be. We have a president every four years and because we have so muchpolarization , so theres some things i do think are specific, number one to make very clear during this campaign where you stand. As clearly as possible so laid out once you areelected. To indicate through your appointments to ambassadorships and appointments within the Administration People who have a track record and seem clear. What this president has done to the state department is decimating it in a way that he has and so forth but in your words and your actions coming into office you can send very strong signals about the direction youre going to take and i also think there are no longer terms that will also do for the benefit of relationships in the world, for instance supporting hr one that would take all states to nonpartisan or neutral redistricting. Because if you want to reduce the polarization in congress and people to Work Together youre going to need to get these congressional people incentive to reach across the aisle. So i try and in my mind, im connecting all of these dots of how we need tochange our system here , make improvements not only to what theyre going to do when to improve our governance at home but how theyre going to impact the trust in our ability to operate and its going to take a while to make these things perform but in the long run i think these things will pay off and more than anything else, i think get off twitter. Stop being so erratic. People are not going to trust right away the next president is going to be more stable but theyll see that. You need to live up to that and we had a great example of that in president obama. Even though we disagreed with george w. Bush and some of the republican president s, they were a lot more consistent than this guy has been an immunity get back to that. [applause] so you wake would Rudy Guiliani your secretary of state. Thank you very much. If you missed any of our live coverage of the jason conference, watch it online at cspan. Org. 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