Today’s Red Sea skirmishes raise multifaceted concerns, which range from the war in Gaza widening and awakening old wounds, to geopolitical frontlines being rewritten by shifting chokepoints.
single day. we the jewish people, we the israeli people, we preserve life, we believe in the sanctity of life. hamas believes in killing people, in holding people hostage, in putting their own civilians as to save them as terrorists. so a clash of civilizations. and so the family of those being held want the government to it more because that is the only one that they can call out to. hamas ignores our calls. hamas doesn t care. the people have only one address and that is the government of israel. we ll have to leave it there. we appreciate your analysis. thank you so much. thank you. in washington protestors gathered in front of the white house and elsewhere, many calling for a ceasefire demanding u.s. president biden withdraw support for israel. gabe cohen was there.
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and you know that s one of the interesting things here. this is not just about politics and the judiciary. that falls along some familiar fi sures. a lot of them don t even work. they receive a lot of benefits from the, wo. that s angered a lot of people in this crowd who are mostly left liberal, secularist, many opposed to the occupation of the palestinian people. we ve been seeing a lot of signs like this. many holding rainbow flags. something that netanyahu and his people and his right wing cabinet, the most right wing cabinet israel has ever seen in its history. they very much oppose that kind of rhetoric. so again, you re seeing a clash of civilizations here and it s not just about the judiciary and netanyahu. it really is about what the vision is for israel s future. that s right. matt, thank you very much. coming up next, from historic flooding to record breaking heat, what all of this extreme
call for congress. there is a race between washington and beijing. one you would typically hear from our friends in the indo-pacific region, oftentimes, don t force us to choose between washington and beijing. but i think it is becoming clear to countries in the region that it s not a choice between washington and beijing, it s a choice between sovereignty and servitude. the biggest concern for many lawmakers as the threat china poses to taiwan. some lawmakers want to give taiwan the weapons it needs to stave off an invasion. we must deter the aggression by the ccp. we do not want a war with the prc. not a cold war, not a hot war. we don t want to clash of civilizations. but we seek a durable peace, and that is why we have to deter aggression. for all of the success of the west in ukraine, we have to