A progressive congresswoman's refusal to give a straight answer on arresting Benjamin Netanyahu has become a flashpoint over how weak Democrats look on Gaza.

• Asked whether Netanyahu should be arrested when he lands in the US for the UN General Assembly, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gave a long, hedged answer instead of yes.
• Her reply leaned on the fact that the US never joined the International Criminal Court, which has an arrest warrant out for him.
• The dodge is read as political self-protection ahead of a possible Senate or 2028 run, not conviction.
• Meanwhile the war in Gaza grinds on with almost no coverage, including harrowing accounts from foreign doctors of babies left to die and a detained surgeon tortured to death.
• So many journalists have been killed that reliable news out of Gaza is now hard to get.

Outlook: Netanyahu is due in New York within the week, and Democrats will face the same question again with no comfortable answer.