'SNL' Takes On Chuck Hagel Israel Comments In Unaired C-SPAN Spoof (VIDEO)

WATCH: Unaired 'SNL' Sketch Spoofs GOP's Israel Stance

In this sketch performed at Saturday's dress rehearsal but which was ultimately cut from the show, "Saturday Night Live" spoofed the contentious confirmation hearings for President Obama's nominee for secretary of defense, Chuck Hagel (played here by Jason Sudeikis).

In the "SNL" parody, Republicans are portrayed as going over-the-top in giving Hagel a tough time for being, in their view, insufficiently pro-Israel. Senators such as John McCain and Lindsey Graham balk at Hagel's record of statements about the Middle East, and Sen. Tim Scott, an African-American Republican from South Carolina, gets emotional over how deeply his allegiance to the state goes, proclaiming that Israel has the nicest people, the tallest mountains and the best hip-hop.

McCain even asks Hagel if his devotion to the Jewish state would include performing sex acts on a donkey at the insistence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which led to several of the "SNL" cast members to break character (this was a dress rehearsal, after all).

Check out the clip above to watch the Republicans fight over who is the most pro-Israel.

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