diana buttu, inc. for being with us, palestinian lawyer and former adviser to the negotiating team of the palestine liberation organization. we will link to your piece in the new york times "israelis , have put benjamin netanyahu back in power. palestinians will surely pay the price." and gideon levy, israeli journalist columnist for the , newspaper haaretz and a member of its editorial board. coming up, the house of representatives is it right now because without a house speaker, no congressmember can be sworn in. we will look at the far right republicans continuing to block kevin mccarthy's attempts to become speaker and did he in a sense open the door i supporting the pro insurrectionist congress members -- six rounds of voting against him so far. how long will this standstill last? stay with this. -- stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: "too much pressure" by the selecter. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. congressional chaos. ye