Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) on Tuesday said critics have “appropriately” described Israel as an “apartheid state” and argued that the current leadership under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has given the U.S. no choice but to reconsider its military support. Gavin Newsom also called out the Trump administration and its newly formed Board of Peace. Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu/Getty ImagesNewsom decried that Israel and the U.S. have been discussing regime change in Iran, arguing they haven’t been able to resolve “the Hamas question” in Gaza despite having had several years to do so. The U.S. military death toll in Iran on Tuesday rose to six. Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner last month said “people are not personally profiting from this.” A permanent seat costs $1 billion.

Source: Huffington Post March 04, 2026 21:59 UTC