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tel aviv spawned by italia prime minister benjamin now wh far-right power grab my alte plans for a democratic congressional delegation tri to israel, led by hous minority leader hakeem jeffries it is a rule who s who o rising stars within th conference, includin representatives like jos gottheimer, that pete washroom insults, all of them have been on the show. whether any of the lawmakers will be pressed abou normalizing the anti democrati authoritarian tactics of israel s current extremist government remains to be seen. writing in foreign policy last month, stephen cook argued, it is not appropriate for the united states to tell israel a the live or organize their society, but let s no longer pretend that the two countries share democratic values. cook observes accurately tha israel has long had so-calle democratic deficits bu netanyahu s government i making them impossible t ignore any longer. his regime as personally sough to weaken the checks and
of rising stars within the conference, includin representatives like jonah goose, josh gottheimer, debbie wasserman schultz. normalizing the anti-democrati authoritarian tactics of israel s current extremist government remains to be seen. writing in foreign policy last month, steven cook argued, i is not appropriate for the you know it s a tell israelis have to live or organize thei society, but let s no longer pretend that the two countries share democratic values. cook observes accurately tha israel has long observed had democratic deficits, wha netanyahu s government i making it impossible to ignore any. longer his regime has brazenly sought to weaken the checks an balances in israel s political system, to redefine israel identity along religious lines the majority of israelis did not share, to undermine th security of lgbtq citizens and to empower government minister with long notorious historie of making racist genocidal remarks.
joining me now is steven cook columnist at foreign policy an a senior fellow for middle eas and african studies at the council of foreign relations steven cook, it s great to see you tweeted out at the time it was thought-provoking and democrats, they have voiced vociferousl defended the democrati minority - here in the united states. but they seem to not have problem flying overseas an embracing a far-right hard-lin israeli politicians who ar basically trying to block thei own country checks and balance and crack down on politica rights in that country it is a rather extraordinar moment in which you have thi very significant congressional delegation going i suspect what they re tryin to do is thread the needle i the same way that the bide administration has, which is t deal with perhaps prim minister netanyahu but not the far right zealot ministers tha make up the majority of hi government