Top political stories this week: War in Israel and in the GOP U.S. House Conference

The AJC’s Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy, Greg Bluestein and Bill Nigut talk with Homerville State Senator Russ Goodman, who was on a personal trip with his mother to Israel when the Hamas terrorist attacks broke out. He describes being surrounded by small arms fire and explosions and eventually made a harrowing journey to Jordan to get a plane back to the United States. And as Georgia political leaders rally around Israel, Governor Kemp announces he’s authorized the state to buy $10 million in Israel bonds to aid in the war effort.

Then, Tia Mitchell and the panel look at the chaos that continues to roil U.S. House Republicans as Steve Scalise drops out of the race for speaker.

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Links to today’s topics:

Kemp back Israel war effort with $10 million in Israel bonds

Georgia House members speak out on speaker chaos

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