Good evening. It's Monday, April 28th. Welcome to a new episode of System Update,

our live nightly show that airs every Monday through Friday

at 7 p.m. Eastern, exclusively here on Rumble,

the free speech alternative to YouTube.

Tonight, whether one likes it or not, Israel,

and its various wars continue to shape

and dominate American politics.

That's so for multiple reasons.

First, the U.S. pays for and finances Israel's military and wars, even though Israelis have a higher

standard of living than millions of Americans who are forced to subsidize their society.

Then there's the fact that the atrocities which Israel has been committing and continues to commit in Gaza

not only erodes their international standing around the world, but America's as well,

given that the whole world knows that none of what Israel is doing in Gaza would be possible without American support.

And finally, and perhaps most importantly, our domestic politics and our core free speech

rights continue to be eroded in the United States in the name of protecting Israel and

punishing its critics.

Israel, like any country, has always had its share of violent extremists, including those

who want to steal all the West Bank, Gaza, and even

parts of Lebanon and Syria for Israel.

But those extremists have in Israel become rapidly mainstreamed are at the highest levels of its

government, and the fruits of their extremism can be seen in the full destruction of civilian life

in Gaza, as well as the ongoing annexation of land by their

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