As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledges “total victory” against Hamas in a fiery, combative speech to US Congress, FRANCE 24's Mark Owen is joined by Jasmine El-Gamal, Political Analyst and former Middle East advisor to the United States Department of Defense. Netanyahu used the high-profile address to a joint meeting of Congress to emphasize longstanding and close ties between the United States and Israel. But the speech put in sharp relief the divisions in American society stirred by the war, with dozens of Democratic lawmakers boycotting the address and thousands of protesters outside the Capitol condemning the war and the humanitarian crisis created by it.
