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Way to persuade the american administration to support the formation of a jewish state. he saw the holocaust coming. and he said we need a refuge. we need a jewish state. he couldnt get anywhere. he was a great president, i will give you that. but he was against the formation of a jewish state because he said that would upset the arabs. my father couldnt do anything with the government. so he did something unusual. he went to the republican and persuaded them to adopt on the republican platt for...

Way to persuade the american administration to support the formation of a jewish state. he saw the holocaust coming. and he said we need a refuge. we need a jewish state. he couldnt get anywhere. he was a great president, i will give you that. but he was against the formation of a jewish state because he said that would upset the arabs. my father couldnt do anything with the government. so he did something unusual. he went to the republican and persuaded them to adopt on the republican platt for...

Administration to support the formation of a jewish state. he saw the holocaust coming. and he said we need a refuge. we need a jewish state. he couldnt get anywhere. he was a great president, i will give you that. but he was against the formation of a jewish state because he said that would upset the arabs. my father couldnt do anything with the government. so he did something unusual. he went to the republican and persuaded them to adopt on the republican platt form support for the formation o...

Ousted benjamin netanyahu last year collapsed in june with the upcoming vote, netanyahu, already the longest serving prime minister in israels history, has another shot at power. in his time out of power, he wrote a memoir called "bb, my story" and he joins me from jerusalem. welcome, sir. >> good to be with you, fareed. >> let me ask you about one of the central issues of your time in office, and that is the abraham accords and the more broad approach with the moderate arabs. for a long time, p...

>> let me ask you about one of the central issues of your time in office, and that is the abraham accords and the more broad approach with the moderate arabs. for a long time, people believed in the middle east that unless you could get anything done on the palestinian issue, the israeli/palestinian issue, you could not make peace with the arabs. actually, what you did was reverse that. you and the gulf states in a sense. what do you think changed? was it that the palestinian issue has just decl...

A look at the TV stars of Lebanon and the larger Arab world that have influenced a burgeoning drag scene in Beirut.

>> tony is cooking his version of the sicilian classic, spaghetti. >> [speaking non-english] >> i see, it creates texture to it which helps the sauce stick to it. >> what can be more italian than spaghetti? wrong, it is said that spaghetti was invented by the arabs that brought it 1000 years ago that they ate it with raisins and cinnamon, different from the dishes of today like this one. >> [speaking non-english] it is a solid block of dried fish eggs. tony is so proud of his signature dish, he ...

In summer. >> eggplants are a gift left by the arabs and in sicilian cooking they replace meat because they are cheaper and grow everywhere. >> we cook it for maybe one hour. >> what kind of pasta are you using? >> this one is macaroni. >> of course homemade fresh-cut macaroni. and it wouldnt be norma without salty baked dakota on top. >> what do you think? >> i love it, it is so simple and really delicate. it is so good. >> for the next dish, she promised me something special. >>

>> eggplants with cheese. >> tell me about the tradition. >> they came from france. all of the families thought it was smart to have a french cook. they brought things here that was considered french cuisine because we had more arab cuisines. >> i find it fascinating that even this most sicilian of dishes has origins from elsewhere. >> does it remind you of the one your family made? >> yes it took a huge amount of work. you need to make it with somebody. >> this one is with rice. as well as chee...

A lot of it is mostly old structures, much of which are falling apart but they are beautiful. it is not what i expected. i am excited to go through it and explore. >> it was first settled by venetian traders, then the arabs and the normans arrived and these waves of migration created a beautiful city. >> it is almost like new orleans. when you look down it is almost like the french quarter. >> its beauty has come at a cost. this magnificent architecture is the legacy of wealthy landowners that b...