he is a professor of israel studies and political science at the university of california, los angeles, and he joins us now from london. a very good day, sir. welcome. give us a sense of the is rarely perspective, you know, as the prime minister gets ready to meet with the president. bind in the oval office and with families of chapters still held in gaza. how are people looking at this and what i think the 1st place many is right is i think the entire trip was unnecessary and inappropriate that they really weren't mentioned yahoo to focus on making the deal that will bring the hostages home. and i think there was a lot of public prostration written engine yahoo, which has been existing now for months about plus ration. we're going to get into washington. and then once he was in washington speaking to congress, not announcing a deal to bring the hostages haven and each of these 5. so i think for many his reading is really this is the kind of side show. and they want him to be dealing with the word problems that they face not only the, the hostages, but also the situation on these roles

and off waxman is a professor of israel with studies and political science at the university of california, los angeles, and explains how prime minister benjamin netanyahu his visit to the united states is aimed at garnering further support from president biden. he wants to ensure a continued support for the duration of the buy them as ministration. israel's war and garza, he wants to ensure, in particular that the united states continues to supply israel with the weapons that it needs to carry on that war. but i think even more important from this younger than his meeting with by didn't, it was off to now. elaine doc, president is these meetings. we've come on our house and especially with donald trump, he's really going to try to uh, re and appreciate himself with donald trump. the obviously, i think cope's, that trump will be back in the white house in january. and he wants to ensure that trump is going to support him personally. and his, his policy is, it's very tricky to both try to build this relationship. we've come all the how is not the same time um restore it's relationship with donald trump