Warning From Knesset Member: Those Who Attack Israel Are After the US Just the Same
Terrorists in the\xa0Middle East\xa0do not despise America only because the U.S. supports Israel, but because America is a Western society, according to Simcha Rothman, a member of the Knesset, Israel\u2019s parliament.\n\u201cBut people that attack us, they are after the U.S. just the same,\u201d Rothman says.\xa0\n\u201cThe chant in Iran\u2014\u2018Death to America, Death to Israel\u2019\u2014it\u2019s not a typo that America comes first,\u201d Rothman asserts, adding that terrorists in the Middle East\xa0view Israel\xa0\u201cas part of Western society that is stuck in the middle of the Middle East.\u201d\xa0\nBecause Western ideals threaten the radical ideology\xa0Islamic terrorists\xa0hold, this makes Israel, and America, an enemy, according to the Knesset member.\xa0\nWithin the Knesset, Rothman serves as the chairman of the Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee and as a co-chairman of the \u201cLand of Israel\u201d caucus. \nRothman joins \u201cThe Daily Signal Podcast\u201d to discuss what is driving the anti-Israel protests on America\u2019s college campuses, where the hostage negotiations stand between Israel and Hamas, and how Israel should navigate the ongoing war with Hamas to ensure there is not another Oct. 7-style attack.\xa0\nEnjoy the show!\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.