Contrasting welcomes for Israel’s prime minister in the US divisions over the war in Gaza on show with protests outside a cheering Congress. In a week of dramatic politics in Washington, how is Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit being viewed there – and back in Israel?
Presenter: Sami Zeidan
Guests:
Phyllis Bennis — Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and an international adviser to the advocacy organisation, Jewish Voice for Peace in Washington DC
Gideon Levy — Columnist for the Israeli daily, Haaretz, and author of ‘The Punishment of Gaza’, a book about the development of the Israeli policy that led to the 2009 invasion of the Gaza Strip
Niall Stanage — Political analyst and the White House columnist for the political newspaper, The Hill, in Washington DC.
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