Practice English Speaking&Listening with: Israeli ambassador to UN calls on Dems, GOP to condemn Omar, Tlaib

OCCUPIED.

DAVID: WELL NOW THE

CONGRESSWOMAN WANT TO BOYCOTT MA

HER, SO ARE THEY GAINING OR

LOSING SUPPORT FOR THEIR CAUSE?

>> HOPEFULLY, LOSING.

LOOK I HAD NO IDEA ANTI-SEMITISM

CAN DO STANDUP COMEDY.

THE FIRST TIME I WENT TO ISRAEL,

SEVEN OUT OF THE 10 DAYS I WAS

THERE, WE HAD ROCKETS GOING

OVERHEAD, WE HAD TO RUN OUT OF

THE MARKET BECAUSE OF IT AND

THAT WAS COMING FROM THE

PALESTINIAN LEADERSHIP JUST NEXT

DOOR.

THAT'S WHAT'S CAUSING THE

PROBLEMS THERE.

THEY PLUNDER ALL OF THE ASSETS,

ALL OF THE MONEY THEY KEEP THEIR

PEOPLE DOWN, ISRAEL IS ONE OF

THE GREATEST PLACES ON EARTH.

WE HAVE MUSLIMS, JEWS,

CHRISTIANS, EVERY RACE, CREED,

COLOR, GENDER, LIVE, PLAY, AND

WORK SIDE BY SIDE.

THIS WAS AN ABSOLUTE JOKE AND

I'M AT HOPES THE DEMOCRATIC

PARTY SAYS NO TO THIS BUT I'M

NOT SO SURE.

>> I MEAN IT'S ALMOST

BEWILDERING GARY TO YOUR POINT

ISRAEL IS THE MOST OPEN

PLURALISTIC PROTECTIVE OF FREE

SPEECH, THE PROPERTY, CAPITALISM

, IN THE ENTIRE MIDDLE

EAST.

THEIR NEIGHBORS ARE THE ONES WHO

STONE ADULTERS AND THROW

HOMOSEXUALS OFF BUILDINGS.

THEY ARE SAVAGE AND TRIBAL AND

TO YOUR POINT MAYBE THE BEST

THING WOULD HAVE BEEN TO LET

THESE CONGRESS PEOPLE VISIT THE

MIDDLE EAST AND VISIT ISRAEL.

EVERYONE SHOULD VISIT ISRAEL AND

JUST SEE WHAT A LITTLE BIT OF

FREEDOM AND CAPITALISM CAN DO

WITH IT REALLY UGLINESS.

DAVID: THERE IS ANOTHER LAYER

TO ALL OF THIS.

THERE ARE NEW REPORTS OUT SOME

SENIOR HOUSE DEMOCRATS MAY BE

WEIGHING LEGISLATIVE ACTION

AGAINST U.S. AMBASSADOR TO

ISRAEL DAVID FRIEDMAN AND ISRAEL

'S AMBASSADOR TO

WASHINGTON, RON DERMER, AS

RETALIATION AGAINST ISRAEL'S

BAND LET'S BRING IN THE

AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS

, DANNY DANNON FOR AN

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW.

SO HOW WOULD ISRAEL RESPOND TO

SOME KIND OF CONGRESSIONAL

SANCTION?

>> WELL WE'RE VERY PROUD OF IT.

WE WELCOME EVERY AMERICAN TO

COME AND VISIT ISRAEL AND BY THE

WAY LAST WEEK WE HAD MORE THAN

70 COMMON WHO CAME IN WITH A

BIPARTISAN DELEGATION, BUT WHAT

HAPPENED HERE WE SAW TWO

REPRESENTATIVES AND I WOULD CALL

THEM SANTA FE I SEMITES AND WHEN

YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY, THE

TWEET, THEY ARE ANTI-SEMITES.

THEY TRIED TO COME TO ISRAEL TO

INSTIGATE, TO CREATE PROVOCATION

AND WE CAN SAY NO.

THE U.S. WOULD BE THE SAME IN

THE PAST WHEN YOU ADD OTHER

LEADERS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES

WANTED TO COME AND CREATE

PROVOCATION IN THE U.S. SO WE

ARE SAYING IT'S NOT ABOUT

DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICANS.

THOSE TWO REPRESENTATIVES SHOULD

BE ISOLATED.

SHOULD BE CONDEMNED BY DEMOCRATS

, AND REPUBLICANS, AND

IF YOU TALK ABOUT DEMOCRATS AND

REPUBLICANS, WE VALUE THE

BIPARTISAN SUPPORT OF BOTH

PARTIES.

DAVID: BUT AMBASSADOR VERY

QUICKLY YOU DIDN'T ANSWER MY

QUESTION.

IF THERE IS A SANCTION BY THE

U.S. CONGRESS AGAINST ISRAEL HOW

WOULD YOU DEAL WITH THAT?

>> I'M WORRIED ABOUT THAT WE

HAVE MANY FRIENDS AND SUPPORT IN

CONGRESS AND IN THE DEMOCRATIC

POLICY AND I DON'T AGREE WITH

WHAT THOSE CONGRESSWOMAN ARE

SAYING, WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

THIS IS NOT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY

THIS IS AN EXTREME RADICAL

CONGRESSWOMAN AND THEY SHOULD BE

ISOLATED.

>> AMBASSADOR ONE OF THE

REASONS THEY WERE NOT LET IN

PRESUMABLY IS BECAUSE THE

MEETINGS THEY WERE NOT GOING TO

BE ATTENDING THE MEETINGS WITH

ISRAELI OFFICIALS.

AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT WE'VE READ

IS THAT THE CASE THAT BASICALLY

THEY HAD SORT OF LAID OUT A TRIP

THAT WAS GOING TO BE VERY SORT

OF POLITICALLY CHARGED?

>> ABSOLUTELY AND LOOK WHO

INVITED THEM.

AN ORGANIZATION INVITED THEM TO

COME TO A RADICAL EXTREMIST

ORGANIZATION ANTI-SEMITISM I'D

AND CONNECTION TO TERRORIST

ORGANIZATION, SO ONCE WE LEARN

ABOUT WHO IS INVITING THEM WE

SAW THE ITINERARY AND WANTED TO

CREATE IT THERE AND WE SAID NO

THANK YOU.

YOU CAN DO THE PROVOCATION HERE

IN THE U.S. , BUT NOT IN THE

MIDDLE EAST.

>> AMBASSADOR YOU'RE BRINGING

UP HARSH WORDS FURTHER ADDING TO

THIS POLARIZATION AND IF WE TAKE

POLITICS OUT OF THE GAME BOTH

GARY AND JONATHAN BROUGHT IT UP

ABOUT FREE SPEECH AND BEING A

DEMOCRACY.

ISN'T THIS JUST TAKING AWAY FROM

YOUR IMAGE ON THE INTERNATIONAL

STAGE?

>> SO THERE WAS A DEBATE IN

ISRAEL.

MANY PEOPLE SAY WE SHOULD HAVE

ALLOWED THEM TO COME IN, MEET

THE PEOPLE, LOOK AT THE HISTORY,

MAYBE THEY WILL LEARN SOMETHING

BECAUSE YOU CAN TELL THEY DON'T

KNOW THE HISTORY, WITH TWEETS

AND FACEBOOK PAGES.

>> A FEW TWEETS I DON'T THINK

YOU CAN COME TO THAT CONCLUSION.

>> WELL YOU SEE WHAT THEY SAY I

DON'T THINK THEY ARE THAT

KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE MIDDLE

EAST.

THEY ARE INCITING AGAINST ISRAEL

, ABOUT THE JEWS IN THE

U.S. , SO YES, SOME PEOPLE

ALLOWED THEM TO COME IN IN

ISRAEL BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT

THE PROVOCATION WHAT CAN HAPPEN

IF WE CREATE PROVOCATION IN

ISRAEL, WE DECIDED NOT TO ALLOW

THEM TO COME IN AND IT WAS NOT

AN EASY DECISION FOR US, BECAUSE

TODAY EVERY AMERICAN CAN FLY TO

ISRAEL AND WE WELCOME EVERYBODY

TO COME.

>> CAN I JUST ADD ONE THING?

I NOTICE THAT THESE TWO WOMEN

TODAY DID NOT MENTION THAT THE

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY BANNED

LGBTQ ACTIVITIES IN THE WEST

BANK BECAUSE IT SAYS IT HURTS

THEIR WHATEVER THEY DO OVER

THERE.

SO ALL THIS TALK ABOUT ISRAEL

AND YOU'VE BEEN RIGHT, THEY MAY

NEED TO LOOK INTO THEIR OWN

HOUSE BEFORE THEY START

COMMENTING ON OTHERS AT THIS

POINT IN TIME.

>> YES.

>> AMBASSADOR HOW IS THIS BEING

PLAYED OUT IN TERMS OF THE

ELECTION COMING UP IN ISRAEL?

>> IT'S NOT A MAJOR ISSUE IN

ISRAEL.

TO THOSE REPRESENTATIVES, AND

PEOPLE COMING AGAINST US, TAKE

ENGLAND FOR EXAMPLE.

YOU HAVE BEEN LIVING ON THE

OPPOSITION, WHO IS ALSO AN

ANTI-SEMITISM I'D WHO SPEAKS TO

BOYCOTT ISRAEL, SO WE ARE

UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE USED TO IT.

IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT IT'S

COMING NOW TO THE U.S..

WE SAW IT IN EUROPE FOR MANY

YEARS AND NOW UNFORTUNATELY WE

SIGH IT ALSO COMING HERE.

DAVID: JONATHAN GO AHEAD.

>> QUICKLY AMBASSADOR THANK YOU

FOR BEING WITH US.

WHETHER OR NOT THESE PEOPLE WERE

LET IN HOW SHOULD AMERICANS WHO

WANT TO FIGHT BDS APPROACH IT?

HOW SHOULD THEY ADDRESS IT AND

FIGHT THESE IDEAS HERE AT HOME?

>> SO I THINK WE DO HAVE THE

SUPPORT AND WE SPOKE ABOUT THE

CONGRESS AND THE CONGRESS PASSED

LEGISLATION, CONDEMNING BDS, SO

I THINK THE MORE WE SEE THE

DEFLATION AT THE STATE LEVEL THE

MORE WE HAVE THE BOYCOTT ISRAEL,

THE U.S. WILL BOYCOTT THE

BOYCOTTERS THAT IS VERY

EFFECTIVE AND WE DO HAVE THE

SUPPORT IN THE U.S..

DAVID: BY THE WAY BDS WANTS A

PALESTINIAN STATE FROM THE RIVER

TO THE SEA.

ANYBODY WHOSE SEEN A MAP KNOWS

THAT THAT COMPLETELY EXCLUDES

ISRAEL.

WHAT HAPPENS TO ISRAEL IF THEY

GET THEIR WISH?

>> WE ARE NOT HERE TO TRY IT.

WE HAVE WHAT WE WANT TO

ACHIEVEMENT WE ARE HERE TO STAY

AND WHEN WE HAVE A DIALOGUE WITH

MUSLIM LEADERS AND WE SPEAK

ABOUT THE FUTURE AND NOT THESE