MAGA world rallies to Hegseth’s defense

Merav Ceren, her defenders say, was only a fellow at the Israeli Defense Ministry and has strong regional policy expertise and Republican bona fides. “Merav is an experienced professional, we’re lucky to have her in this role, and she wasn’t an official of Israel’s Defense Ministry. She did a fellowship there,” said Jason Brodsky, policy director at the advocacy group United Against a Nuclear Iran, in reaction to the news story. “Take the antisemitism back in the gutter where it belongs.”