Warning From Knesset Member: Those Who Attack Israel ‘Are After the US Just the Same’

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🗓️ 3 May 2024

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Summary

Terrorists in the Middle East do 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’s parliament.

“But people that attack us, they are after the U.S. just the same,” Rothman says.

“The chant in Iran—‘Death to America, Death to Israel’—it’s not a typo that America comes first,” Rothman asserts, adding that terrorists in the Middle East view Israel “as part of Western society that is stuck in the middle of the Middle East.”

Because Western ideals threaten the radical ideology Islamic terrorists hold, this makes Israel, and America, an enemy, according to the Knesset member.

Within the Knesset, Rothman serves as the chairman of the Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee and as a co-chairman of the “Land of Israel” caucus.

Rothman joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss what is driving the anti-Israel protests on America’s 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.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Daily Signal Podcast for Friday, May 3rd. I'm Virginia Allen.
0:09.4	It's been seven months since Hamas attacked Israel, killing 1,200 people.
0:15.6	And right now what we're seeing in America over the past two weeks is widespread pro-Palestinian
0:21.5	and anti-Israel protests on college campuses.
0:26.4	Simka Rothman is a member of the Israeli Kaneset
0:30.2	and he joins us on the show today
0:32.3	to talk about from an Israeli perspective what they see among these protests.
0:37.5	What is the ideology that is driving them?
0:40.0	He also provides an update on where hostage negotiations stand and what Israel needs from America.
0:47.0	Stay tuned for our conversation after this. Hi, I'm John Carlo Conoparo.
0:55.0	And I'm Zach Smith.
0:57.0	And we host Scotis 101.
1:00.0	It's a podcast where you'll get a breakdown of top cases in the highest court in the land.
1:04.4	Hear from some of the greatest legal minds? And of course, get a healthy dose of Supreme Court trivia.
1:09.7	Want to listen? Find us wherever you get your podcasts, or just head to Heritage.org
1:14.5	slash podcasts.
1:17.0	Case is submitted.
1:19.0	I am absolutely privileged today to welcome to the show Simka Rothman.
1:25.0	He is a member of the Israeli Knesset.
1:27.0	He serves as chair of the Constitution Law and Justice Committee
1:31.0	and co-chair of the Land of Israel Caucus.
1:34.4	Thank you so much for being here today.
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