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Israeli leaders such as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu \u201clook like shells of their former selves,\u201d commentator Morgan Ortagus says, following meetings in Israel earlier this month.\xa0\nBut Ortagus, who was State Department spokesperson under President Donald Trump, says the weariness extends to the people of Israel, many of whom remain \u201ctraumatized\u201d from the Hamas terrorist attacks Oct. 7.\xa0\n\u201cThe very existence of the state of Israel is threatened whenever they are attacked,\u201d she says, adding, \u201cIt's a tiny country. It's a tiny people."\n"So when they are attacked, it's existential to their surviva," Ortagus says. "And we of course know that more Jews were killed on Oct. 7 than on any other day since the Holocaust. So I know that has to weigh with the leadership.\u201d\xa0\nAs host of \u201cThe Morgan Ortagus Show,\u201d a new Sunday offering on SiriusXM Patriot, the former State Department official is using her platform, and her nearly two decades of national security experience, to communicate the history of tension in the Middle East and what America's role should be.\xa0\nOrtagus joins this episode of \u201cThe Daily Signal Podcast\u201d to explain what she learned after meeting with Netantahu and other senior leaders in Israel and Saudi Arabia, and visiting some of the kibbutzim where Hamas terrorists tortured, raped, and slaughtered Israelis on Oct. 7.\xa0\nEnjoy the show!\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.