US Foreign Relations

Antisemitism is surging too after doubling between 2021-2022.

Tom gets the congressional perspective on Israel and Hamas with Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger. He also speaks with experts stateside and overseas regarding the conflict.

After a surprise coordinated attack on Israel by the militant group Hamas, the region is engulfed in pitched combat with more than 1,000 dead and many more displaced.

This week Israeli lawmakers voted to limit their Supreme Court's powers, a big win for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu while those in opposition took to the streets and were met with extreme force. Will this change U.S. support for Israel?

Today Midday focuses on foreign affairs as Tom discusses Ukraine and Russia, last week's NATO summit and Israeli President Herzog's address to Congress.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered a surprise address to graduates at Johns Hopkins University’s commencement ceremony via livestream Thursday morning.

The Haaretz reporter and author discusses the recent upheavals in Israel's domestic politics and its US relations. Plus, Putin's war on Ukraine's Jews.

Businessman and global finance expert Eric Hontz weighs Ukraine's mounting economic and human losses, one year after Russia's full-scale invasion.

Tom Hall reports on mass protests in Israel against a right-wing plan to weaken Israeli courts. Haaretz reporter Samuel Sokol joins us from Tel Aviv with analysis of that controversy, and the recent violence between Israelis and Palestinians.

We assess the extraordinary contributions of former US President Jimmy Carter before, during and after his White House years, with Middle East policy expert Dr. James Zogby.