security trumps whatever their anti-immigrant views are. senator, some of your republican colleagues in the senate and house decided not to go and witness the prime minister of israel s speech today. you are going to be there. why? i agree with many fellow democrats that the process and political timing of the prime minister s speech to congress you know are problematic, but i am going to go because in fact this is the elected representative of the people of israel, the one true democracy in that part of the world, a major ally of the united states major trading partner of the united states, a major security ally of the united states. maybe if you understand the history of the jewish people and the efforts in the past to annihilate them and you understand the geography of israel and its challenges with back to the sea, surrounded by neighbors that are generally