Unarguably said that israel did have a right to exist although she has been criticized by some on the right in israel for talking about a one state solution in the future what i think we have is a great deal of pressure coming from the u. S. Administration. The white house to make this decision there was a report of that over the weekend and trump has broken cover in this tweet saying that it would show great weakness that these 2 hate israel and all jewish people just last month israeli ambassador to United States ron dermer was saying that they would be allowed in that it was seems a good thing for u. S. Congress members to have access to israel for despite whatever the views that they held were so theres been a big flip flop here from the israeli side Benjamin Netanyahu has an election coming up presumably it does him good on the israeli right to make this kind of decision potentially he sees some some extra u. S. Assistance or potentially further u. S. Approvals of various things c
Handle a potential visit to the locks a mosque compound known to jews as the temple mount and so this decision comes in the shape of what seems to be a real reversal of the israeli attitude to the potential visit the statement from the israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talked of the sole purpose of this visit being to strengthen the boycott and digital mys israel because both congressman support the b. D. S. Movement boycott divestment and sanctions against israel saying that they were not not to meet any israeli officials or opposition figures not that they had any plans apparently to meet any p. A. Officials either and saying that this would harm israel and incite against it the key difference between what appeared to be the previous position of the israelis you have to remember that the u. S. The israeli ambassador to the United States wrong damage just last month indicated this visit would go ahead the key difference seems to be the attitude of donald trump there was report
So now holder has more from beirut. Lebanon has mediated the release of a Canadian National who was being held in syria the one of the top Security Officials in lebanon about for him was the man involved in this mediation effort he said that the Canadian National mr baxter was detained last year for violating laws in syria they really didnt divulge much details concerning the circumstances of his detention this is not hes not the 1st Foreign National to be released in the past months a few weeks ago an American National was released about him himself playing a crucial role now hes calling this a humanitarian gesture but many here believe that these are messages messages that the Syrian Government wants to give to the west as it tries to gain legitimacy as it tries to end sanctions at the end of the day these 2 these 2 Foreign Nationals who were held and in syrian jails are not among the high profile people who went missing and believed to be held by the Syrian Government so messages po
Cspan3, online at cspan. Org or listen with the free cspan radio app. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] and the house coming in, getting down to legislative work after the fourth of july recess, taking up seven bills this afternoon. All from the Financial Services committee, including a whistleblower protection bill. Also, the house has announced theyll vote friday on the 9 11 Victim Compensation fund bill which passed by the Judiciary Committee unanimously last month by voice vote. And tomorrow, the house will 733 k on the 7 3 defense appropriations bill. The Senate Passed their version. 750 billion measure. Votes in the house this evening at 6 30 eastern. Theyll be here shortly. Live coverage on cspan. The speaker pro tempore the chair will postponefurther proceedings today on motions to suspend the rules on which a recorded
That it is politically motivated. Facebook is in favour of an Oversight Board to regulate the platforms content, says its head of Global Affairs sir nick clegg. Foreign Office Minister Andrew Murrison warns that iran needs to stop attacks in the gulf of oman amid rising tensions between the country and the us. The party of turkeys president erdogan suffers a crushing defeat to the opposition in a re run of the Mayoral Election in istanbul, which was seen as a key test of his authority. The uks first gambling addiction clinic for young people is to be opened by nhs england. Its thought more than 50,000 children have a problem. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Sky news say they will postpone a planned tv debate between the two candidates for conservative leadership unless Boris Johnson agrees to take part. Jb hunt had said he will participate but mr johnson has so far declined the invitation. Jeremy hunt. Johnson has so far declined the invitation. Jeremy hunt. Mr hunt has acc