israel h relations with tamara cofman wittes. also, ray takeyh.nk you for being here. >> the speech was very effective as a speech. particularly at the end when netanyahu was saying to his domestic audience and cortical base. -- political base. he said, if we need to, we will stand alone but we are not alone. america stands with us. that is the video clip his party will use. >> i thought it was unusually modest speech. the prime minister is accused of being maximalist. his demands were at a modest level. he wanted to deal with the sunset clause and ballistic missiles. those are not -- >> are these conditions iran will accept? >> what he highlighted were not criticisms limited to the being in yahoo! -- benjamin netanyahu. these are the criticisms of numerous democratic legislators. that is the consensus position in many ways. >> i think those involved in the negotiations would agree, in principle, if they could get those things, that would be great. they just don't think that is realistic. what was striking to me and policy terms about the speech t