This is gps, the Global Public square. Welcome to all of you in the United States and Around The World. Im Fareed Zakaria coming to you from new york. Today on the program, the knesset votes to take away a key power of israels Supreme Court, and as Benjamin Netanyahu urges calm, the nations Political Center and left erupt in anger. Ill talk to the New York Times Paul Friedman about the politics involved and with his colleague Emily Bazilon about the legal issues. Then the secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas on the good news and the bad news from americas Southern Border. Finally, did President Putin lose or gain power after prigozhins failed mutiny . Ill ask russian journalist in exile mikhail zigov. But first heres my take. The mysterious disappearance of chinas Foreign Minister qin gang is a timely reminder that the future of u. S. China relations will be determined not just by american policy and whats happening domestically in the United States such as the president i
Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. And we start today of course with our world lead. And a new warning about the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crisis in gaza. Today u. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken returned to israel after meeting with multiple allies throughout the middle east. Trying to get a humanitarian corridor open for innocents to evacuate from gaza before israel ramps up attacks on hamas. Right now israel is pointing the civilians toward the Southern Gate into egypt, known as the Rafah Crossing which is still clowes. Video shows dozens families including babies waiting next to locked gates. A u. S. Government memo showed more than 250 u. S. Citizens in Southern Gaza waiting for the crossing to open. And earlier reports suggested that it was the Egyptian Government to open the gate when i pressed Jake Sullivan on this issue yesterday, he blamed the closure on on altogether different group. The egyptians have in fact agreed to allow americans to depart to get safe p
israel finds itself embroiled in deep political crisis days after the parliament passed the first major step in prime minister s netanyahu judicial overhaul. this part of the legislation eliminated the israeli supreme court s power to block government actions that the court deems unreasonable. the controversial move drove crowds of israelis back into the streets in protest upon the white house weighed in, as well, saying the move was unfortunate. to understand the complexities of israel and the middle east, who better to ask than the new york times kohl am nift tom friedman who won two pillulitze prizes reporting from the region. welcome, tom. it feels like a small step, but it is a part of a series of moves planned to curtail the
Netanyahu on Monday delayed a decision on bitterly contested plans for a judicial overhaul until next month. The United States welcomes the decision on Monday by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to delay a decision on divisive plans.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Yoav Gallant, a day after he called for a halt to the planned overhaul of Israel's judiciary that has fiercely divided the country.