Inside Israel Today: The Likud Contender’s Moral Clarity

anti-semitism is pure darkness when we look at the BDS movement and when we look at labeling issues it's the darkness of hatred that's bringing those about you're listening to inside Israel today with your Hoffman on the Land of Israel Network hello and welcome to inside Israel today here on the land of Israel network on the Land of Israel calm we are here when it is the last day before the deadline to form a government it is not looking good at all it's probably too sad to even deal with it so we've decided to take you today to the Israel allies foundation event at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel where you don't saw candidate for Prime Minister against Netanyahu and Italy could primary whose date has not yet been set is speaking about the what's going on in the world right now for Israel and about foreign policy and I think it was very important for listeners to hear a candidate for Prime Minister speak in English so here is gone [Music] I want to go to you about something that I think we are missing today around the world when we talk about Israel and the conflict here in the region and that is moral clarity today around the world I feel the suffering from a lack of moral clarity when it comes to a number of key issues moral clarity in the ongoing war against Islamic extremism and terrorism and moral clarity when it comes to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians we see around the world so many trying to explain or drive to make excuses for Islam together sometimes they won't even call it down there the surprised when their terror attacks on the streets there is no more clarity in trying to understand there is only more very inviting then there are attempts from far away to solve it here by the way we would be very happy solving for the vision of our children and the future of our state but there is no bigger stage to try to understand our region the Middle East quite a unique region according to norms or standards from totally different name [Music] they have big moves that people justify as morale because they think they have this but they do not understand what they are really doing what impact they are having here and that they are not promoting peace and just recently we saw the European polls make a decision that we've made huge communities in Judea Samaria should be marked differently to the resolution something you want to paint this as moral decision let's comprehend for even a minute but we do not know the motives the real reason behind this decision this is an attempt to delegitimize the right of the Jewish people to live and build a future in the land for forefathers this is Jordan Samar who comes from Judea just the same way and Israeli supporters now advance that Jesus was Palestinian when of course in whatever energy in Judea in the days when the Jewish temple stood each other but its lack of more clarity and historical clarity as well is not just offensive it is dangerous this lack of more clarity does not further peace it promotes violence targeting Israeli business at war with Palestinians does not support begins they may lose their jobs in the business is been badly affected who will be there ready to help them instead Hamas Hamas might give them free education teach the children to hate each other be suicide bombers market Jewish foods made it to deaths American flags for whatever you hear today you have shown great moral clarity suspend against another issue EU and additional international funding for Palestinian Authority this seems to people around the world like the more thing to do but work does not Monica [Music] it goes to bathe terrorist cells and support the families of people who murder Jews the Palestinian Authority pages like rosy is supported by the date the see from governments around the world and I don't see this is what he says says something simply stopping don't encourage children by a street Palestinian mouse there is no more clarity I'm going from this meeting to visit Canada where European and other governments have been preventing Israel carried out the sovereign right to clear an illegal busting caps I'll try at least the people who live there the families and children have been in talks with Israel about an alternative safer place for them to live but the foreign powers and some Israelis as well having been keeping them there stopping them have better lives so they score political points against this I asked all of you when you return to your countries take this message with you it is time for more clarity on this issue I do not doubt that some people do have good intentions not everyone is driven by and when they did nothing Israel seizures but they led sometimes the understanding of the decision to mark Israeli goods from the Golan Jerusalem Judea Samaria that he was not acting morally or legally applying these foods to Israel and autism is against trade organization your announcement that you are making here today isn't clear and the important voice making clear the rights of the Jewish people in our homeland may be clear georgette BDS and recognizing BDS as a clear expression of anti-semitism may be clear you reject the Jews from Jerusalem Judea Samaria and the Gullah making clear that the Jewish people cannot be occupiers in their own nation making clear bonds between our communities based on shared values today I accept warning this important statement you made on behalf of all Israel enjoy every colony on the EU on governments around the world do not be blind to the truth it is time show more clarity when it comes to the country and all the issues and friends from all over the world I want to thank you I want to thank you for your freedom step for your moral clarity when it comes to some the issues we are dealing with you are here to stand with the Jewish people and our rights of freedom and independence as a people in our heart I want to thank you each and every one of you I'm sorry the candidate for Prime Minister thought it was very important to give our listeners around the world an opportunity to hear him because he will be running against Netanyahu and the Likud primary we also spoke at this event to Josh Weinstein the head of the Israel allies foundation about the success of faith-based diplomacy this conference has been extremely important especially in this time because of the decision of the European Court of Justice to label goods from Judea Samaria Jerusalem and the Golan Heights this is an illegal decision illegal according to the World Trade organization's because you cannot single out not only one part of one conflict but one conflict but even more egregiously they've only singled out the Jewish owners of the businesses and not the Arab Israelis so it's only Jewish Israelis that have to sign it so we started the conference with a trip to BARC on industrial regions so that the members can see this for themselves to understand the issues we went to go to the winery that took the took these agreements to the European Court of Justice thinking that for sure they would rule against it's a regulation because it's anti-semitism they were surprised to see that the regular the ruling was that they uphold it anti-semitism as an official regulation in European Union yesterday we met with very distinguished leaders of the government of Israel Yair ela peed we met with the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with bougie I alone to understand from a more of a strategic side what was going on in Jerusalem I was 100 and Samaria we also had for the for the only conference while he was here the president-elect of Guatemala our dear friend whom is there embassy to Jerusalem and now is seeing putting as just decided to put Hezbollah on the terrorist watch list and I was discussing maybe adopting Mike Pompeo is a decision to declare that Judea and Samaria is not illegal compete communities and of course we ended it with this resolution that was signed by all the members twenty-five members of parliament against the labeling laws in support of united jerusalem which we gave to get on SAR on behalf of the government of israel so from this this event was very significant the fact that we were able to bring 25 members of parliament from our israel allies caucuses around the world ministers members of parliament government leaders and we will be leaving from this event this afternoon straight to brussels for a conference together with the European Christian political movement a political party within the European Union against the labeling laws as well this has been a very significant ramp up for the last 15 years what we have today is 40 israel iz' caucus and parliaments around the world including the congressional israelis caucus it's allowed us to operate all over the world we have over a thousand members of parliament our network shortly coming out will be a resolution from the Congress against the decision of the European Court of Justice so we're moving in very powerful ways faith-based diplomacy today it's the most effective weapon that Israel has in its diplomatic arsenal and before that we were really just trying to get Christians to understand the issues now we're in a situation where we've been able to pass an tibi Deus legislation in 27 States in America because of Christian support we moved the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and now we're going after these anti-semitic declarations of the European Court of Justice so I see today unlike 15 years ago we have a powerful vibrant and new support around the world of Bible believing Christians and Jews who are taking their biblical support for Israel and turning it into real political action did any of the politicians who met with your group surprised you in any of the remarks that they told them I think for them what I was most surprised is there the fact that they're so dedicated to fighting these anti-semitic labeling laws in Europe they are very offended that in night 2019 they're once again labeling Jewish goods and it has I knew with the Palestinians it's not it's not just in Jerusalem in Judea Sumeria it's also in the Golan Heights where there aren't any Palestinians so it's it's really anywhere there's a spewed a territory that Jews are involved you label them but the 200 other disputes whether it be in Cyprus or sub-saharan Africa and Morocco or crow Mira you don't and and it's really shocking to some of the people that that this is what's coming about it and we've seen incredible success stories in our network whether it be from a member of parliament in South Africa to stop the labeling in South Africa which is a very hostile a nation to Israel we're gonna see I think people are going to surprised how strong our response to this decision is that was Josh Weinstein the head of the Israel allies foundation while we're here we also spoke to representative Allen Clements from South Carolina who has been a big success in passing anti BDS laws in the United States he started there in his home state of South Carolina which was really the model for states around America here is representative Clements from South Carolina so what are the new challenges that we're facing today well first of all I think nikki Haley has has gone above and beyond everything that I could teach we're excited to be here in the chairman's Conference of Israel analize foundation we've been here now for three days we have met with various leaders of Israel from Knesset members to the prime minister of the country and it's been an informative enlightening opportunity to talk important policy issues it's been important for me to be involved so that I could I can get to know the parliamentarians from 20 other countries that are here with us who are making the difference on the ground where they live with regard to pushing back on the darkness of anti-semitic lies involving Israel and replacing those with the light of truth anti-semitism is pure darkness when we look at the BDS movement when we when we look at labeling issues it's the darkness of hatred that's bringing those about that can be changed that's changed by people opening their mouths with the truth that's what the parliamentarians are being armored with here in this conference you've got a bill on anti-semitism that you're spreading around America I do we're working we've passed in South Carolina in my home state a bill that codifies the internationally recognized definition of anti-semitism that also equates anti-zionism with anti-semitism anti-zionism is anti-semitism and you're trying to get that now passed in other states that's correct well how you doing we're doing well there's a lot of interest particularly in light of what we've been seeing in the Democratic primary presidential candidates we're seeing a real race to the bottom with regard to Israel each candidates trying to outdo the other on de legitimate legitimizing the Jewish nation that I'm afraid is adding fire to anti-semitism in my country so it's important and I think it will become more important as we proceed towards elections in in America so I think the bill is timely last question because our guest of honor has arrived at this event what's it like being here in the middle of a political mess in Israel doesn't make it you feel better about what you deal with back home well we had this television series back home called house of cards I feel like I'm living in house of cards while I'm here in Israel and watching this political drama unfold it is a mess my heart bleeds for my friends here in Israel because it's it's it's not a fun time to be watching and participating and in politics here in Israel I understand that it is an increment for a political junkie it's an incredible thing to be a fly on the wall to watch though and it'll be interesting to see how things proceed in the next few days indeed sad but true thank you very much for your time representative Clements that was representative Allen Clements from South Carolina the man who initiated the anti BDS laws that have passed in 27 states in the United States and now is working on anti-semitism laws the defining would at the summit ms which already passed in his home state of South Carolina he's also the man who taught the governor of South Carolina who then later became our in the United States ambassador to the UN nikki Haley everything she knows thank you for listening ladies and gentlemen here at inside Israel today it's been a pleasure we'll talk to you next week back in the dregs of Israeli politics bye-bye this week on the ishe Fleischer show Yishai tells the story of how he came back to Israel you know what I felt right there I felt this is my son there are times in life where you just don't know and then there are times in life when you know and I knew this was my son and I want to tell you in three weeks mark and I were living in beta we packed up then we were out of New York City and the rest is history right that's the 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