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
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