studies. norah returning to the program, and jeremy executive director, pro israel pro peace lob jig group. great to have you here. i thought this trip was fascinating. so here s my first thought and i m curious to hear your thoughts. you said in this your new very excellent book, you said something about no president had faced quite the intense backlash that was a combination of domestic backlash and backlash in israel where he had low approval ratings, a lot of mistrust. this president had. this deep mistrust of his intentions vis-a-vis israel. watching the israel trip where he gets off the plane, says shalom people go nuts on the
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