be at the white house as tensions continue to simmer. america s commitment to israel is firm and it is it is ironclad. president biden meeting with israel s symbolic figure head president isaac herzog not the head of its government prime minister b.b. netanyahu amid high tensions controversial bans to overhaul the israeli judicial system and growing sentellments in occupied territories. this recent be comment in the back grounds. this is one of the most extreme members of cabinets that i have seen. getting a response in the oval office. israeli democracy is sound, strong and resilient. we are going debates. we are going through challenging moments. democrats having a challenging moment of their own after congre jamila jayapal. something the white house was are reticent to say outright.
doing it because it serves their interest to be sure, in ukraine, nato s interests, and the american peoples interest, to make sure that russia does not succeed in changing the rules by breaking them. former secretary of defense william cohen. thank you sir, we appreciate it. all right, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was hospitalized today as a result of what appears to be dehydration. netanyahu posted this video after he was admitted saying he spent time at the sea of galilee without a hat and water. the prime minister now says he is feeling very good. the white house and some republican presidential candidates offer their best wishes as well. meanwhile, protesters, they are back on the streets of tel aviv tonight, they are continuing to push back on netanyahu s attempted overhaul of the israeli judicial system. all, right coming up in 60 seconds, it sounds like something from an episode of black near. production companies able to use an actress likeness through a.i. for
this is what his country looked like this week. tens of thousands took to the streets to protest prime minister netanyahu s blatant un-democratic power grab. he s attempting to weaken the independence of the israeli judicial system and make its judges subject to political control. he s trying to increase his own power. india s prime minister, also a speaker at biden s summit today and particularly notable because india is in theory the world s largest democracy, at least it should be. this is a member of the indian parliament and the most prominent opposition leader. gandi was just sentenced to two years in prison for the supposed crime of defamation. that two-year sentence is significant, because it s a harsh penalty to be sure but in
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday dismissed Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. Gallant has recently spoken out against Netanyahu’s highly-disputed plan to overhaul Israel’s judicial system.
ignatius, foreign columnist and associate editor for the washington post. france where it s estimated a million people took to the streets of paris yesterday alone, and they ve reached fare from the capitol. this was the scenexd in bordeau overnight whenq protesters apparently lit city hall% fire. macron is making the hard choice, yesterday he said this reform isn t a luxury, it s a necessity, but do you think he can keep this up? well, i have sympathy for macron in trying to deal with the demographic realities in france. but i m struck in france and israel by the away in which democratic elected leaders are trying to change what s seen as the social contract. change fundamentals of how people live, how the laws work. in france, this retirement issue, it goes to the heart of what people think of as the social deal they have with the government, and they re furious.