And yet, if you look at Prime Minister Netanyahu's extremist government that, as you know, includes people like Smotrich and Ben-Gvir, since they came into power, and while the war in Gaza has been raging, we have witnessed the largest land seizures in the West Bank in decades.
Chris Van Hollen: “And yet, if you look at Prime Minister Netanyahu's extremist government that, as you know, includes people like Smotrich…”
On the recordMay 21, 2024
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Van Hollen critiques the Israeli government's actions that hinder the two-state solution.
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