for those from new york who most people don t, what does it mean to you haven t acolyte of the late mallorca hana in the government and netanyahu s current stance? the fundamental reality is that in the west bank you have jews and palestinians live leaving side by side but until the jews are citizens of the state around, they can vote for its government, they have free movement, due process, the palestinians have none of those rights. they live under military law. they need military permission to travel, for instance, from the west bank into jerusalem. what itamar ben-gvir believes is that that is not harsh enough. this is already what has been characterized by israel s own human rights organization as a part. but itamar ben-gvir wants to go further. if you look carefully at what he has written and what other far-right leaders in this israeli government have written, and their long term goal is the expulsion of palestinians from
the president of israel is not the head of government. that is prime minister benjamin netanyahu, who leads the most right-wing government in the country s history, which includes continuing to expand the settlements. he s also attempting to completely overhaul and take control of the country s judicial system, which israelis have been protesting for months. amid all, this president biden announced yesterday he has invited netanyahu to the white house. joining me now is the editor at large at jewish currents and msnbc political analyst. it is always great to talk to you, peter. let s talk about this. this is a far-right wing government. it includes a gentleman who called it mueller ben-gvir who is the minister of securities into charge of the police. this is what i will read about him from the new yorker. his role model and well spring has been argued that the idea of a jewish democratic state, nonsense, arabs were dogs who sit quietly or get the hell out.