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#Israel: What is the morale? Congressman Josh Gottheimer – D (NJ). Josh Gottheimer is a member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey’s Fifth District. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1

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🗓️ 26 January 2024

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#Israel: What is the morale? Congressman Josh Gottheimer – D (NJ). Josh Gottheimer is a member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey’s Fifth District. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1

https://gottheimer.house.gov/posts/release-gottheimer-leads-official-intelligence-trip-to-israel

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0:00.0

It's the CBSi on the world. I'm John Bapser with my colleague and friend Malcolm,

0:08.8

online at the Conference of Presidents, and we're very pleased to welcome a very busy member of Congress, the

0:14.4

5th Congressional District of the great state of New Jersey, Josh Godheimer, just

0:18.8

back from the Holy Land at the end of twenty three uh... congressmen a very good evening to your most recent trip you're on the

0:27.2

intelligence committee now

0:29.0

but i speak to the question about the the people Israel, their morale during this contest.

0:35.3

How would you characterize it in your most recent visit?

0:38.0

I think anyone who's been there recently you can feel a huge difference between pre-October 7th and

0:48.4

post-October 7th and just and frankly every aspect of society there and with good reason right I mean it is after

0:59.9

you know the savagery of October 7th and the fact that you still have 130

1:05.9

hostages including by the way six Americans and 40 Americans killed you you

1:11.0

understand why and with the world increasingly you know filling it as

1:17.3

I think most Israelis do that the world's not with them largely I mean thankfully

1:20.8

the United States America has stood strongly by as we should and some

1:24.3

of our other key allies.

1:25.7

But the bottom line is if you turn on Al Jazeera or look on Tik-Tok, you can't believe the

1:31.0

world's with you if you're in Israel and with anti-Semitism

1:33.2

surging everywhere as well. It is it's a tough time.

1:37.8

You were there and I had the privilege of running into you at the Prime Minister's

1:40.9

office so you got very high-level briefings. Do you see where US-Israel relations are

1:47.0

headed right now? Is there a real common understanding both for the immediate

1:51.5

conflict and the regional challenges and what you said

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