WEBVTT - Rush's Timeless Wisdom - Benjamin Netanyahu

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<v Speaker 1>We have Prime Minister notting Yahoo on the phone with

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<v Speaker 1>us from his Knesset office in Jerusalem. Only have ten minutes,

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<v Speaker 1>so I want to get right to it first. Welcome

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<v Speaker 1>to the program and great to talk to you again, sir. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>it's very good to talk to you Rush. All right.

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<v Speaker 1>Some observers in the United States are sensing a new

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<v Speaker 1>Israel here, less willing to commit to total victory as

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<v Speaker 1>as in the past, on the basis of the way

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<v Speaker 1>current conflict with the Hesbaala groups being way. Is that true?

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<v Speaker 1>I hope not. I've given my support his opposition leader

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<v Speaker 1>to the government. People of Israel overwhelmingly have given the

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<v Speaker 1>support for victory, that is, to remove the threat, much

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<v Speaker 1>as the US during the Cuban missile process said those

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<v Speaker 1>missiles have to go. We stay Isabella and those missiles

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<v Speaker 1>have to go because otherwise there'll be no no peace

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<v Speaker 1>for leban or no peace for Israel, no peace running.

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<v Speaker 1>Now we're hearing, UM, I'm hearing some some discontent in

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<v Speaker 1>this country that there's some concern that the current Prime

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<v Speaker 1>Minister isn't willing to unleash a full complement of Israeli

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<v Speaker 1>ground forces. Um. If that's true, what's the reason. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know. We're in the middle of the war and

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want to start second testing. I think the

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<v Speaker 1>important thing is to six year I and the goal,

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<v Speaker 1>the goal led by the government is to remove eliminate

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<v Speaker 1>the missile thread and eliminate and breakfast Bala's fighting ability

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<v Speaker 1>and whatever means required, and then those means should be

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<v Speaker 1>used planned air, see you name it. I think it's

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<v Speaker 1>it's important to understand Rush that we're not just dealing

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<v Speaker 1>with his Bala Islamic militant thread. We're dealing with an

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<v Speaker 1>Iranian UH back the salt in a western country, and

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<v Speaker 1>we're just the first target. And they openly say that

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<v Speaker 1>we're the first target. We're the small state. You are

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<v Speaker 1>the big states Europe, though it doesn't understand it's a

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<v Speaker 1>middle side state, so he doesn't really started up with us.

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<v Speaker 1>When a two million of our people are hunker down

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<v Speaker 1>in bunkers and UH cities are rocketed, are killed in

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<v Speaker 1>are murdered, and when we respond against these terrorists or

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<v Speaker 1>hiding deliberately in civilian areas, UH they attack us, they're

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<v Speaker 1>actually in doing so attack themselves. I don't think I

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<v Speaker 1>don't think that the US has any such misunderstanding, any

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<v Speaker 1>such lack of clarity. I hope that Disraeli government doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>have lack of clarity. We need clarity in our target,

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<v Speaker 1>and the target is to remove our common enemy committed

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<v Speaker 1>to our destruction, uh and something that we have to

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<v Speaker 1>remove as a clear and present threat to our future,

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<v Speaker 1>to our security. I couldn't agree with you more. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not I'm not trying to foment discord between you and

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<v Speaker 1>the Prime Minister either. It's just that so many of

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<v Speaker 1>us who support you remember past Israeli involvement six Day

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<v Speaker 1>War on Kipper War um, and it just looks different

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<v Speaker 1>this time, and so we ask questions why, because like you,

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<v Speaker 1>we all know that the focus of this is sere

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<v Speaker 1>you in Iran. We don't hear our government talking to

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<v Speaker 1>us like that. We don't hear our government telling us

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<v Speaker 1>that uh in this country. Do you ever sit there

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<v Speaker 1>wonder as an individual? I know, and there may be

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<v Speaker 1>tough questions for you because you're you're leader Likud party

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<v Speaker 1>and you are very united today in this latest battle

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<v Speaker 1>with with with hes Mala. Do you ever wonder your

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<v Speaker 1>to yourself why the US doesn't act now to take

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<v Speaker 1>out the regime in Iran. The entire world knows who

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<v Speaker 1>is behind this. They've been helping Al Qaida attacking troops

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<v Speaker 1>in Iraq. They're not far from getting nuclear weapons. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>I think this is the greatest question of our time.

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<v Speaker 1>It is not only of monumental importance to Israel, because Iran,

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<v Speaker 1>while denying that the Holocaust took place, is openly declaring

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<v Speaker 1>it in its intentions to make another Holocaust with the

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<v Speaker 1>sixman and Jews of Israel that they intend to eliminate.

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<v Speaker 1>Iran also intends to become UH nuclear power and empire.

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<v Speaker 1>The long range missiles that now reach every capital in

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<v Speaker 1>Europe and within a decade would reach the eastern seaboards UH.

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<v Speaker 1>And they have a crazy particular shi i Uh steps

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<v Speaker 1>of a grand apocalypse that is supposed to right about now,

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<v Speaker 1>which millions will die on all sides, on both side,

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<v Speaker 1>and this brand of Sheism will will rule the world. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>you may ask, how is it possible religious wars died

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<v Speaker 1>in the seventeenth century. Not for them, not for them,

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<v Speaker 1>not for the likes of Altida who smashed into buildings

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<v Speaker 1>New York, and not for Iran that is building an

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<v Speaker 1>atomic arsenal for that effect. So what they've really done

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<v Speaker 1>here is fired the first best album. And the question

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<v Speaker 1>of our response, by our response, I mean not only

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<v Speaker 1>Israel's response because Bala, but the international response to Iran

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<v Speaker 1>in its waystation steream. I think that's a crucial question

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<v Speaker 1>that you're raising. Our President Brush has said, and he's

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<v Speaker 1>had something very important just recently a month ago, he

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<v Speaker 1>said that he would not let Iran acquire nuclear weapons.

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<v Speaker 1>That is very important. How he plans to do it,

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<v Speaker 1>what means he plans to use. Of course he leaves

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<v Speaker 1>with himself. But there's no question right now that there

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<v Speaker 1>ought to be a division of labor, the US and

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<v Speaker 1>the responsible members of the international community. If you can

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<v Speaker 1>find something, they should press Iran and serious sees him

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<v Speaker 1>assists of support and army of his blah, and Israel

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<v Speaker 1>should be left to do the job that it must do,

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<v Speaker 1>that is to disarm and destroyer spissile arsenal to be done.

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<v Speaker 1>Is anybody stopping you from doing that? Anybody putting the

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<v Speaker 1>brakes on you? I don't think so, not not yet.

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<v Speaker 1>I have to day. I don't think that. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>we've had all wars have limited time. Uh, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not an unlimited amount of time anyway, and I

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<v Speaker 1>said that from day one and the time that you

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<v Speaker 1>have available, you should use with the power that you

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<v Speaker 1>have available. The more power you use, the less time

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<v Speaker 1>you need. So obviously we don't have unlimited time, and

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<v Speaker 1>therefore we should use more power, a lot more power. Crush.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what's required. And I think if Israel shows this dissolve,

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<v Speaker 1>as Israeli government shows this dissolved, then America, first of all,

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<v Speaker 1>America would respect it at the end of the day,

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<v Speaker 1>they are Let me try this quite a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>of a lengthy question, and I know the phone connection

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<v Speaker 1>here is not the best, but I want to ask

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<v Speaker 1>you this because it's it's a it's a topic that's

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<v Speaker 1>really royaling much of the American population, and that is

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<v Speaker 1>that the war has two aspects, the PR spin war

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<v Speaker 1>and the reality and the and the media. Mr Prime

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<v Speaker 1>Minister uh suggested Israel is losing the PR media war

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<v Speaker 1>and has got to change its tactics so that it

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<v Speaker 1>can win the PR media war. I don't think that

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<v Speaker 1>Israel can ever win a media war, and I don't

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<v Speaker 1>think George Bush can ever win a media war because

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<v Speaker 1>the world's media is not interested in the facts of

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<v Speaker 1>reality in this current conflict. Uh, you can, you can

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<v Speaker 1>point out the reality of the he has a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of people using civilian human shields all day long. It

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<v Speaker 1>still will be ignored. Uh. Do you think you can

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<v Speaker 1>lose the real conflict uh with with Hebllah if you

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<v Speaker 1>also lose the spin war? Or do you not care

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<v Speaker 1>about that? Just focus on the reality of actually winning

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<v Speaker 1>the war as that used to be defined. First of all,

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<v Speaker 1>win the war, win the war on its gons, and

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<v Speaker 1>win it quickly and decisively. That would be always my

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<v Speaker 1>first presence. But secondly, you're quite right that. Indeed, from

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<v Speaker 1>the twentieth century on, we've learned that too. The meant

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<v Speaker 1>a military victory, you must have a political victory. To

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<v Speaker 1>have a political victory, you must win the battle for

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<v Speaker 1>public opinion. To win the battle for public opinion, you

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<v Speaker 1>must convince that public that your cause is just and

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<v Speaker 1>the cause of your enemy is unjust. There's never been

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<v Speaker 1>a more just war than this one. That's obvious. We

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<v Speaker 1>were fired upon from Lebanon and from Gaza when we

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<v Speaker 1>left and vacated every square inch in a totally unprovoked manner.

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<v Speaker 1>Our soldiers were didn't have been murdered, our our studies

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<v Speaker 1>were walking upon. So this is a just war. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>can Americans understand that? I happen to think that Americans

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<v Speaker 1>understand that very well and overwhelmingly. So. I don't believe

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<v Speaker 1>that is the case in Europe, in Western Europe, at least,

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<v Speaker 1>perhaps in Eastern Europe, where they understand power a little better.

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<v Speaker 1>But Western Europe shows signs of abilitation, signs not understanding

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<v Speaker 1>where their interests are and where morality is. Uh. They

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<v Speaker 1>view everything in a post colonial prison as though we

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<v Speaker 1>are colonialists. We who are living in our land, who

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<v Speaker 1>are gripping onto our land for three thousand years, we're

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<v Speaker 1>supposed to be the colonials. But nevertheless, I sense a

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<v Speaker 1>crack in Europe too. It is not that they support Israel.

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<v Speaker 1>It is that they don't support the England and they

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<v Speaker 1>don't support the Islaments because they are being plagued by

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<v Speaker 1>the same plague. So for them, it's a pox on

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<v Speaker 1>both your house. But what America knows. Europe doesn't know.

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<v Speaker 1>It's our house. It's sustained out Israel, America, the free

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<v Speaker 1>societies of Europe were the same house. And the likes

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<v Speaker 1>of Iran and Kristala and al Qaeda. They want to

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<v Speaker 1>destroy our house. Israel, to be sure, would be their

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<v Speaker 1>number one target. But we're only their first target. And

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<v Speaker 1>they save those they want eventually to get you. And

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<v Speaker 1>they have no problem and no inhibition firing supon civilians

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<v Speaker 1>hiding among civilians. These are by the way to war climbs.

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<v Speaker 1>According to the Geneva Convention, not only can you not

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<v Speaker 1>deliberately fire on civilians, you cannot deliberately hide among civilians.

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<v Speaker 1>You have here this criminal organization supported by criminal regimes,

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<v Speaker 1>with a criminical, criminal goal of destroying Israel, but ultimately

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<v Speaker 1>destroying the West. Let's not be food. Let's gear ourselves

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<v Speaker 1>and fight this battle, and let's win it. Well. We

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<v Speaker 1>admire every effort you're making, we really do. It's tough

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<v Speaker 1>to wage war on an enemy that considers the death

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<v Speaker 1>of its own children victory. Uh. Just one more question

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<v Speaker 1>is I know your time is limited and you have

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<v Speaker 1>to go, but I'm trying to figure out how you

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<v Speaker 1>have a ceasefire. How we can have a ceasefire with

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<v Speaker 1>terrorists who are backed by Iran, which has their goal

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<v Speaker 1>the destruction of Israel. Has anybody, any country, anybody from

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<v Speaker 1>the United Nations or anybody else explained to you in Israel,

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<v Speaker 1>how this this ceasefire, a sustainable, meaningful ceasefire with a

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<v Speaker 1>bunch of terrorists would actually work. No, I don't think so.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think the ceasefire by itself will work. I

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<v Speaker 1>think it will work the other way. Uh. I think

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<v Speaker 1>running away from terror or not finishing there gets there

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<v Speaker 1>to come back and bite you, bite you, even with

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<v Speaker 1>greater bites. I think that the important thing is what

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<v Speaker 1>what are the condition that leads to a ceasefire? And

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<v Speaker 1>it seems to me that the most important thing is

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<v Speaker 1>to do Dismalla's fighting ability and destroy that missile Arsenal.

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<v Speaker 1>That's when you should have a ceasefire. They can't fire anymore. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>So what you're describing here is a ceasefire the results

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<v Speaker 1>from your victory. Yes, exactly, makes perfect sense to everybody. Well, look,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm glad you made time for us today, Mr Prime Minister.

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<v Speaker 1>I know it's hectic for you right now. We appreciate

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<v Speaker 1>the time very much and the best to you always.

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<v Speaker 1>Good to talk to us, all right for you, bet

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<v Speaker 1>As Former Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netan Yahoo