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.
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 the tory sisters o making racist genocidal remarks. joining me now is steven cook, a calm isn t foreign policy an senior fellow for middle eas and african studies on the foreign council of foreign relations. it s good to see you again thank you for coming on to discuss this i really enjoyed the article as i tweeted out at the time it was thought-provoking and democrats, they voiced - the democratic norms and minority rights here in th u.s., but they seem to not hav a problem flying overseas an embracing hotline far-righ israeli politicians, who are trying to basically blow u their own countries checks and balances and crackdown o political rights in that country. it is a rather extraordinar moment in which you have thi very significant congressional
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