>> 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