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>> this isn't going anywhere. >> our cameras take you on an exclusive tour of the iron dome air defense system. >> they have been incredibly active and have intercepted more than 500 rockets and more than 3,000 rockets have been launched from gaza. >> and you'll meet the brave men and women of the idf. >> our people in israel are being attacked every day, are being threatened and i believe we're the only country in the world that has to face such a threat. >> hannity on the ground in israel and it all starts right here, right now. a senior israeli official says that the government has accepted an egyptian cease-fire. the truce is said to begin on tuesday morning but given the records on the past cease-fires, rick is on the ground in gaza

city. rick? >> reporter: sean, it's a good question. fresh hope or false hope. the security cabinet approving this new 72-hour cease-fire with hamas scheduled to begin at 8:00 a.m. tuesday. but we've seen this movie before. it is the same deal that was in place last week. 90 minutes later, hamas killed three israeli soldiers and broke that cease-fire agreement. this one was proposed by the palestinians, encouraged by the palestinians, supposedly an israeli delegation will head to cairo to negotiate a permanent cease-fire agreement with hamas. today is expected to be quieter and it was for the most part. although, we saw dozens of rockets fired and more than 10,000 homes and businesses have been heavily damaged and destroyed. the palestinians report more than 1800 deaths here and more than 9,000 wounded.

many of them civilians. of course, israel blames hamas for these civilian casualties says it is using weapons from civilian strongholds. it is firing weapons from homes, from schools, from businesses and israel says it has little choice but to respond when its nation is fired on. there were also some casualties in jerusalem today, sean, in a sort of bazaar attack carried out by the israeli police by a palestinian who is living in east jerusalem. he stole, according to the israeli police a. construction excavator and then used it to knock over a city bus. the bus was empty except for the driver who was injured. unfortunately, there was a passerby, a pedestrian who was killed, a 29-year-old father of five, before police opened fire and killed the man who stole the construction excavator. they are on alert for more possible attacks because of the animosity on both sides. >> you know, rick, we keep hearing -- well, you said we've

seen this movie before but even when we arrived here in israel earlier today, supposedly they were in the middle of a cease-fire. we keep hearing this but the israelis remain committed to break up the infrastructure and the funnel infrastructure that i went into earlier today that leads into israel. do you have any indication that this has been fixed? >> reporter: well, it really depends on hamas if you talk to the israelis. they make the agreements and then hamas continues to break those agreements. it's a wait and see kind of situation. israel is taking, as you know, a barrage of rockets on a bailey bay basis. we saw a number of them fired near our position here and we saw the iron dome that you're near put to good use. we saw three rockets shot out of the sky as they headed in your direction. so the iron dome is being used. it's working for the most part. again, this barrage of rockets

continues from hamas, from the gaza territory. >> by the way, rick, we heard a big explosion and we're going to go back to you later in the show. rick leventhal, thank you so much. earlier i spoke with idf troops who had just returned from a mission to search and destroy hamas tunnels. this is what they told me earlier today. so here we are, we are literally at the gaza border and this idf team just got back from a mission. successful? >> he's from st. louis, missouri, right? >> i am. >> how did you get here? >> i moved here two years ago. it was my dream to serve here and here i am. >> so how long were you in gaza? >> we've been here 3 1/2 months altogether. been here since the very beginning. >> not much sleep? >> not too much, no. >> right behind us is where the

gaza is. how many rocket-launching places did you see? >> we didn't see too many. we're here for the tunnels. that's what we're doing. >> how many have you seen of those? because we just got out of a tunnel? are you as shocked as i am about the level of sophistication? they are using israeli mortar, israeli electricity and instead of helping the palestinian people, they are building tunnels so they can go into israel and kill people. >> just tunnels to kill us. that's why we're here. >> have you lost any friends? >> yes. >> tell us about -- >> i'm from north carolina. >> we have two americans over here. why did you come? >> my family moved five years ago. my dad still works there. >> why did you feel you wanted to serve? >> same thing. it's always been my dream. i would have been like sort of -- to do it. >> so you've been out there since it started? >> yeah.

>> mostly tunnels? >> yeah. lots of tunnels. >> how many -- when all is said and done, how many tunnels do you think you're going to find? are you surprised at the level of engineering and sophistication that goes into them? >> well, i'm not sure how many tunnels but, yeah, they are very sophisticated. lots of things we didn't think we'd see and then -- >> for example? >> just the amount of money and time spent into making one of them. >> right. look, any time you're in a war zone, any time you're in a tank, any time you're next to an enemy that has in their charter that they want to kill you and destroy your country, it's dangerous. do you think about it? >> sure. of course we think about it. they are our neighbors, unfortunately. and -- >> what about people -- both of you have this perspective, because you've both lived in the united states and yet there are some people that keep saying, israel needs to engage in a cease-fire. what would you tell them, having seen all of these tunnels,

having seen the rockets being fired, some 3,000 of them. from your perspective living here, what do you tell them that maybe they don't understand? >> that it began with three weeks of rocket fire. we didn't do anything. we met with calm and peace and it continued. for thei we're here to destroy the tunnels. make israel a safer place to be. >> pretty sick that they have a group of people for no real reason that has a charter that wants to object literate israel. that's what is in the charter. >> that's the people we have to make peace with. >> is it possible? unless they change, i don't see it is possible. >> not with hamas in power. >> do you agree? >> yes. and there were a couple of cease-fires in the middle and the last cease-fire they killed a bunch of -- >> within two hours?

>> yeah, within two hours. >> they kidnapped supposedly a soldier? >> yeah. >> and it's supposed to be a cease-fire today. we saw one of the iron domes. so there's no cease-fire today. >> that's every cease-fire. that's how it is. it's just one-sided. >> you can see life in the war zone, these guys every day, imagine if you lived in a country 3,000 rockets being fired into your cities and a sophisticated tunnel network that was designed to kidnap your sons and daughters. how do i get up here? how y'all doing? >> how are you? >> you just got out of gaza? >> yeah. >> how was it? >> it was exciting, a lot of pressure. the soldiers are very -- they are excellent. >> how many tunnels did you find and how many rocket launching areas did you find?

>> every one of those monsters, we found about an average of five tunnels. and rocket launchers. some we didn't see. >> now, this particular piece of machinery, this goes in front of the tanks for the purpose of what? >> okay. this leads the path for mines underground and on the first day we cleared around 50 miles or 50 bombs on the way to the -- >> so this would hit a bomb and it would go off and would the guys inside be protected? >> exactly. >> how many friends did you lose? >> i specifically in my department, everyone is okay.

thank god. but i have some people that i knew very well that i lost and also my soldiers, a lot of people. >> last question. obviously you've seen the tunnels. you've seen the rockets. you see two-thirds of the israeli population now they've been in bunkers in the last month. why is risking your life so important? >> for the good guys, we can't send people attacking us from hate and reasons that are not reasonable. >> and coming up next, right here tonight on "hannity," when we come back, we'll take you inside this tunnel that hamas has dug. look at the level of sophistication and engineering, time, money, not spent on the people of palestinian, it was to create a terror function against israel. coming up next, my report

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welcome back to "hannity." we're on the ground in israel. prime minister benjamin netanyahu has made it clear there can be no end to this until all of the tunnels are destroyed. i saw with my own eyes just how extensive and sophisticated they really are.

take a look. >> you, meaning the israelis, actually dug down. you knew this tou that's deep. >> it's very deep. we know that the tunnel in front of us is about 14 meters deep. in order to allow us access to it and really operational flexibility to deal with the tunnel, we had to dig and to get down there. >> look how far down. it's a pretty steep hill. >> yeah. >> and you guys actually excavated this. watch out there. it's steep. so that you can have this is actually a midpoint of the tunnel? >> yes. this is an access point. we know that the projected exit point was actually about 300 meters from the nearest community, residential community right here. so it's clear to us and it's obvious from what we see on the ground that the goal was to have -- >> exactly. 10, 15 hamas terrorists in the middle of the night surprise

that entire community and just pop up from a tunnel. >> this may surprise us. we'll go down, a lot of the cement that was here was provided to the palestinians by israel? >> yes. we know that the tunnel here has been built with cement and it's come in as aid to the gaza strip. >> this is really sophisticated, engineered tunnel network. >> tens. >> 15, 16 more? >> yeah. it wouldn't be a crazy estimate. we know when we look inside you can see the engineering and architecture. this is not dug haphazardly. >> this is a real tunnel network with wiring? >> with wiring. it's important to note that when we found this tunnel, there were

track along the ground to allow for exit of material that was being dug. there was electricity. >> israeli electricity? >> yes. >> okay. and israeli cement? >> exactly. >> that would have otherwise have been used for schools and infrastructure and building people's homes? >> exactly. >> okay. this is one of maybe 50, 60. all right. you found a number of them and israel is in the process of breaking up this infrastructure? >> exactly. >> did they leave it in place and then they have the infrastructure to come in and kidnap three israelis, maybe like they did with the three students? >> exactly. there's clear tunnels and passageways to a community here. >> if you can look at the excavation here, this is really important. if we can pan out and look straight up here, i can't estimate the feet. what are we, 40, 50 feet? >> easily. >> easily down into the ground. and so that's how deep this is and how, again, they did this

not in one place but in 50, 60, 100 locations. >> exactly. >> it makes this -- the state of israel vulnerable. >> very much so. the fact that we have these tunnels possibly under our feet, under the >> this is all here this is all wiring? >> yes. we found tracks along the floor. >> okay. what are these here? what are these tracks for, re-enforcement? >> this is also for re-enforcement and electrical wires, to be able to really wire the place for electricity. >> and how far back will this tunnel take us? >> we know that it started

within the strip. >> right. >> goes for about a kilometer, 300 meters. >> 300 meters, miles? >> i would say probably about half mile wide. >> half mile wide. now, i used to be in a contractor. look at the level of sophistication here. you've got the walls and blocks. >> all the same size. all built out. all pieced together. by the way, the construction overall, very solid. >> very. >> this isn't going anywhere. so they worked their way all of the way through. >> it takes years. i mean, we estimate the progress that we make -- >> you have to have a lot of people working. >> and a lot of money. >> and a lot of digging to do this. >> cement, incredibly valuable prize wise. >> unbelievable. all right. we're going to move back and move further. literally we could walk this for an entire mile. and still i'm 6 foot tall, and

you can stand, i can't. >> i can stand. >> i would say it's about 5'9", up in the air. what's this thing here, this canister? >> these are canisters from trips when they were in here understanding what was going on. keep in mind destroying these tunnels requires troops to go inside, possibly face hamas terrorists in the tunnel, booby traps. >> we're now beginning to see the tracks. >> tracks. >> these tracks, i assume, are used as they bring the re-enforce ms as they get further and further along. the helpses to expedite the building of the tunnel. >> it helps to shovel out the sand and dirt that you're seeing in here. >> if we look down here, i'm actually standing on what seems like tracks. obviously they would use something to go along the tracks. that's unbelievable. all right. again, this infrastructure is here. this wiring sophisticated behind me. the cement blocks. unbelievable. >> this is, again, we project

this is millions of dollars. >> has to be. >> per tunnel. >> what happened to feeding the people, the palestinian people? >> right. rather than take the cement and build schools, build homes, businesses, instead we have a terror tunnel. tunnels that literally bring hamas terrorists to the homes. >> this is what the prime minister talks about when the talks about the tunnels and infrastructure this is the very thing he's trying to break up here. this is one you found pretty early on. >> correct. >> since then you've found 30, 40? >> yes. several dozen. >> looking for many, many more. >> yes. >> okay. now, if you can, turn your camera around. let's see how far, because there are steps back there, what looks like steps. that part of the tracking. seems to -- seems to go into a curve. right. let's just walk down and through that and go back a little further. and see what things look like back there.

>> the cement stops here. that seems to be the natural -- so if that is the natural rock that is broken up, obviously there's a lot of jackhammering going on. >> we found drills. we found high quality drills here as well. >> yeah. unbelievable. and this will go for another full mile into either a mosque -- into either a mosque or hospital or school. >> exactly. any kind of civilian location. >> coming up, i travel to the site of the iron dome. we get a firsthand look at israel's missile defense system. that and much more as "hannity on the ground in israel" continues straight ahead. i make a lot of purchases for my business. and i get a lot in return with ink plus from chase. like 50,000 bonus points when i spent $5,000 in the first 3 months after i opened my account. and i earn 5 times the rewards on internet,

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by the way, that's right behind me. that prevents strikes on major cities all across the country. idf spokesperson libby wise gave me a tour of the dome site earlier today. again, we have another one right behind me. take a look at this, though. >> we are at one of nine operational iron domes which is literally protecting the entire country of israel and joining us now is lieutenant libby weiss who interestingly is from oregon, right? >> yes, yes. >> how long have you been with the idf? >> about three years. >> okay. now, nine operational. >> correct. >> iron domes. when you pulled up, literally we heard an explosion. it was a rocket being taken out of the sky. >> yes. >> how often is this happening? >> this is happening constantly. in the last 20 something days of this operation, nearing 30 days, these iron dome have been

incredibly active. enter setted more than 500 rocks and more than 3,000 rockets have been launched from gaza into israel. they are working 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. >> what's fascinating the is intricacy and how complicated it is and how computer generated it is. for example, the entire system is all interconnected, right? all nine iron domes that are operational. a rocket is fired. walk us through that process where they decide if it's going to hit a heavily populated area or not. >> of course. the system is able to calculate the trajectory of the incoming rocket to calculate will it land in the heart of a civilian area and tel aviv and jerusalem or will it land in an open area where no civilians are at risk. if the calculation indicates that it will land in the civilian area then it's intercepted and this whole process is truly a matter of seconds. we unfortunately don't have a lot of time to intercept these

rockets and really the calculation that's made within seconds. >> it's sort of computer to computer talking amongst each dome knowing which one should fire? >> of course. >> where the anticipated -- where it would -- where they anticipate it would land? >> yes. all the systems are connected with each other and the human element, our sealed churs are sitting and able to be part of the system. >> what about the 15 seconds that we hear from the time the alarms go off that you really have to get to a shelter? is it literally 15 seconds? >> it's literally 15 seconds. unfortunately for most of the israelis the 15 seconds escape is really part of their daily routine. everywhere they go they search for shelter. it's the first thing they do. bus stops here are all shelters as well. playgrounds, there are play shelter or structures as well. this is unfortunately part of the everyday routine of millions of israelis in rocket fire. >> we're about three miles from

gaza. >> uh-huh. >> as we were down at the gaza border earlier we were watching idf troops and tanks come back from an operation, daily occurrence. >> daily occurrence. >> what is it -- for those, for example, there's all the my call talk about, you know, whether or not this is the right thing to and i noticed that a lot of people seem to say, well, we need a cease-fire. what if israel doesn't take out the infrastructure of hamas? what does that mean for israel? >> for us i think daily life here as impact to such an extent. i can't imagine any where else in the world people would be able to live this way and would not feel the need to defend themselves. the life here, life for millions of people has truly become intolerable and unlivable. this is the summer vacation. kids can't play outside. families can't travel. for us this is a truly a matter of survival. >> one thing that had an i'm market on me was down close to gaza we saw a playground. multiple shelters surrounding the playground. so i guess the alarm goes off and the kids run into the shelter?

>> they run into the shelter. >> that's what they grow up knowing. >> to us it makes it clear, having to target, hams mass terror organization and to stop the ability and impact their ability to carry outer reporter. to us is a very natural goal of this operation. >> it seems like for all the talk of cease-fire, i don't know if many people have gone back and red hamas' charter has called to obliterate israel. >> it recognized as one by the united states by the european union, a terror organization. and it operates in such a way by target israeli civilians. >> you've been here three years. how many in that period of time even prior to this conflict, how many rockets on an annual basis are being fired into israel? >> it's constant. it's truly a constant occurrence. becomes to the point that we get used to it. it starts to feel a normal part

of life and it shouldn't be. it shouldn't be for anyone. >> thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you. coming up next, right here on "hannity" -- >> our people in israel are being attacked every day, are being threatened, something that i believe that we are the only country in the world that have to face such a threat such as people that's coming out of the tunnel. >> i spoke with more idf troops who are in charge of protecting and patrolling the gaza border. that's coming up next as we continue "hannity on the ground in israel." much more to come straight ahead. but my mom got migraines,e knew this would help. excedrin migraine starts to relieve my pain in 30 minutes. plus, sensitivity to light and sound, even nausea. excedrin migraine works. save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance.d

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hey, guys, how you? nice to see you. you doing okay? >> doing great. >> come on in. say hi. >> so a little less than a mile from gaza? where the fighting is going on. have you been out there? >> yeah. >> tell us. >> pretty crazy. but we're very selective about where we hit the spot, not killing children, not killing women. it's very hard but we're the hamas is standing is where school, hospitals, all that kind of stuff. >> so that's the direct order, to avoid civilian casualties whenever possible? >> no doubt. >> how many tunnels have you been in? >> me myself, i've been in one. but, you know, there's hundreds and the whole idea, they're all around gaza. >> yeah. what do you say to people that they make a moral equivalence between hams mass, which is a terror organization, and israel, which only wants peace and you

trying to protect your citizenry from getting hit with these rockets. what do you you say to the people that don't understand? >> you know, it's like surreal. all i can say is look at the pictures, look at the reality, you know? that's all i can say. >> 3,000 rockets is a lot of rockets. >> exactly. >> were you surprised by the number of tunnels that were dug and built? >> yeah. i was. yeah. took a few years, but, yeah, i was. >> how does -- israel seems to, everybody i've spoken to here seems to come together as a country. less divisive? >> we're always coming together. i believe all over the world, when there's war, especially war like this, we all come together, yeah. >> but not everybody, you know, everybody says israel should have a cease-fire. a lot of people around the world says cease-fire. if you have a cease-fire, doesn't that infrastructure stay in place. doesn't that increase the likelihood of a future attack? >> but you're always going to have two opinions. one like this and one like this. never going to have one side. >> did you drop any -- we have

images of the israeli military. you guys are -- >> the air force does that. >> the air force droops the leaflets. >> exactly. a few hours before. they do it all the way. >> and they even text and call? >> everything, yeah sfw when you are in gaza, how do the palestinians themselves treat you? >> i guess it depends. depends on each person, i guess. some of them want peace, just to live in peace. but some of them, it's hamas. you've can't speak for everyone, you know? >> when you go to just -- we're a little over a mile away from the border where the fighting is going on. we were earlier today at a playground. at the playground you have all of these bomb shelters. when you see that, what do you think? >> i grew up like that. it's not new for me. >> how are you? >> you speak english, right? >> yeah, that's right. >> what do you say to how

important the operation is and to finish it? >> the operation is very really important. we are waiting for the -- for a long time for such a serious operation. our people in israel are being attacked every day, are being threatened, something that i believe that we are the only country in the world that have to face such a threat such as the people coming out of the tunnel. and as an israeli and as an idea for your soldier, i really hope that this operation will put on end or start to put an end to this threat and resolve this situation that calls gaza and the terrorists over there. >> how do you have peace with a group whose own charter calls for your destruction? >> you don't. >> you don't, yeah. exactly. >> you don't. >> not because we don't want to. we want peace. >> yeah. >> all right, guys.

good to see you. nice to meet you. thank you. earlier today while we were on the ground we met a cab driver who has lived his entire life in constant fear of the radical group hamas' rockets and he explained the real toll that it takes every day on the israeli people. >> very, very difficult to live here. you have 50 seconds to find shelter. the terrorists from the border. this is my taxi. and no wars, no wars. the people are afraid to come outside. the children are afraid to somehow -- direct missiles inside the house. all the family, lucky because this is all the building like this. this is old building.

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. welcome back to hannity, we're on the ground in israel tonight. my next guest is a general who spent his career with idf and intelligence. this is his take on hamas and gaza director general of the israeli ministry of strategic air affairs. general, how are you, sir? nice to see you. >> thank you. >> since we've been here one of the most fascinating things is right behind me. explain the level of sophistication where you have nine operational iron domes, 3200 rockets fired. tell us how that works. >> really a miracle, this system. which enables us to hit short-range, medium-range rockets with the logic of being able to hit only those rockets

about to hit a target inside our city. but also smaller city. and to avoid the damage that can be happening if those rocks hit. one has to remember in this operation alone, the hamas has launched more than 3,000 rockets. about 500 of them were knocked down by the iron dome. we have nine deployed all over. >> the whole country. >> pretty much. >> most of the country. the relevant areas of the country. and 500 were knocked down. just everybody speaks about what's happening in gaza. what would have happened in israel without the batteries? 500 rockets that would have hit populated area, we would have now something like 2,000 dead people. >> but those nine operational iron domes, they talk to each other. how do they determine so quickly, within seconds, whether or not it's going to hit a

densely populated area or not. >> calculate the way the rocket is going to make. >> trajectory? >> the trajectory. and they know which battery should take, which rocket. and computerized, of course. immediately they reach a point where they have to make decision whether to shoot it or not. >> it makes its own decision. all right. here's the biggest question i have. you may have as many as 100 tunnels. we were at the tunnels earlier today. we have the iron dome behind us. we're at another iron dome location earlier today. we're in these tunnels. it is so sophisticated. and that's, by the way, the entrance. 50, 60 feet down below the earth. and you go inside there. and it's tall. it's re-enforced. they have tracks so they can get things in and out, meaning weapon weaponry. you keep hearing cease-fire, cease-fire. why would you have a cease-fire if those tunnels continue to exist which is guarantee that they're going to continue what

they're doing? >> first of all, they're not going to continue to exist. we just managed to take care of most of them. >> you think so? >> yeah. we are about to finish taking care of all of those we are aware of before we leave gaza probably tonight. and if there are some left we cannot guarantee that there's none left, it's much less than what hamas had prepared for so many years lately. and the idea of hamas was to have a stra tstrategic asset. in this war they lost this strategic asset. as a matter of fact, when you look at the fact that hamas is ready now to have a cease-fire, you have to ask yourself why. >> why are they ready to do it now when they could have had the same cease-fire about three weeks ago. >> here's my question. >> the evidence -- like i said -- >> i've always admired israel's defense capability. you go back to 48, '67, '7 3,

and recent years. incredible defense record of which you spent your entire career. did you not know that this vast tunnel network existed? >> no, we knew that this tunnel existed. and maybe we were not aware of each one of them but we knew that the system is there. and if we didn't know about it, even three weeks were not enough to take care of it because just looking for them on the ground is very difficult. >> right. >> we have the information that led us directly to the intercept of those tunnels and enabled us in those three weeks to take care of the tunnel. >> general, we've got to run. appreciate you being with us. coming up, the rise of antisemitism and radical islam. does the rest of the world need to wake up to what's really happening where we are in israel and how to deal with radical islamists? we're going to speak to somebody who knows as we can't from israel, "hannity."

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welcome back to "hannity." we are on the ground in israel tonight. every since israel launched its military operation to defend citizens against hamas in gaza, we have been witnessing antiisraeli protests around the globe. so what is behind this rise of antisemitism? joining me now is commander of british forces in afghanistan, colonel richard kemp is with us.

colonel, how are you? it's great to see you. you see what's happening in france. you see what's happening in germany. even in great britain and the united states. i put up a map the other night. it's all around the globe. why this rise is in antisem technology? >> you've got to ask the question why have we got seen these protests directed against the almost 200,000 people that have been killed in syria? we haven't because these protests are not aimed at the killing of arabs in gaza. they're aimed at israel. they're antiisrael and antisemitic proprotests. >> isn't it scary to see it in europe, africa, middle east. israel, it's bad enough they're surrounded by islamic jihad and hezbollah and isis and al qaeda. now you've got it in europe and africa and surrounded by a country? >> part of this is is is the result of hamas' policy of using human shields and causing the media to be more around the world dead palestinian children

caused by their use of mu man shield which insights hatred, insights violence against jews around the world. they're using jews as proxy. >> the propaganda campaign by hamas has been effective in creating a backlash against the israelis who are only defending themselves. >> extremely effective. unfortunately our world leaders in many cases have not stood up and told the truth as they know it to be. they've been pandering too much to the minority communities sometimes in their country and to islamic feeling which is a hugely significant. >> with the rise of antisemitism simultaneously we are seeing a rise in radical islam. is the world standing up to these radical groups the way they should? >> i think many people for the world and europe in particular think that you can apiece your way out of the threat that radical islam presents. going back to the 1930s when there was huge appeasement of hitler. it's moral code. think that you can buy it off or

talking it off by attacking. >> does this remind you of the ideology if you want to wipe israel off the map that that is the equivalent of wanting a modern day holocaust. are you saying that europe and the world is taking a chamber han piece in our time attitude? >> i think that's a huge element of the problem that we face. and it's got -- horrible, eerie similarities to to what was happening in the '30s, particularly when you think of what's happening in germany and french. the french collusion with the nazis were responsible for the destruction of them. we are seeing a similar kind of appeaseme appeasement. >> i'll ask one political question of you. what do you think of the united states under this president, israel is one of our closest allies. has he done a good job? >> i think you have to look not just to israel. you've got to look at the reaction to the united states now of countries like saudi arabia and egypt who feel

themselves let down by the failure of what was their closest ally and the most powerful ally to back them up and support them against the threats, not just from sunni global jihad but also from the perhaps the even bigger threat they face with iran. >> all right. colonel, thank you so much. all right. that is all the time we have left this evening. i want to give you one programming note. tune in tomorrow night 10:00 p.m. eastern we'll be back here in israel. ly sit down with a one-on-one and we will be interfering israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. tomorrow night 10:00 eastern on the fox news channel from the iron dome right behind us, 3200 rockets have been fired in israel, we're going to show you more of the inside of this battle and conflict tomorrow. thank you for being with us. we will see you back here tomorrow night.

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