the eichmann trial was exactly david ben gurion wanted it to be. it was a massive success in terms of alerting the israeli youth and reminding and telling the world what happened in the holocaust. eichmann was tried, convicted, and again, if you remember what he looked like in the war in that proud uniform, what he looks like here, 15 years later. two remarkably different individuals. he was convicted, hung, cremated, his ashes were spread at sea to make sure that there was no memorial for him. and all those individuals from the mossad and el al, for years, for decades, were never able to tell their role in what happened. their experience, their stories. so i'm very proud to be one of those telling that now. thank you all very much. so i'm more than happy to take questions as long as they're easy ones. does anyone have an easy question? >> yes, sir. >> i got three easy ones for you. >> first, did israel have the death penalty at the time eichmann was sentenced? or did they make special exception for him? >> they made the special exception. and it w

there was a famous saying by david ben-gurion about wanting to change of people when they voted againstis will. ? ? what can you do there is a paralysis baked on the fac-- based on the fact that there is a divide in the israeli public. i think the bigger problem is that -- it's a leadership crisis . even a person like benny gantz, he's not a rookie, he didn't come just out of nowhere. he has managed to galvanized big support to become a leader with enough support and the feeling in israel is -- each round helps build up the political stand and position of netanyahu's. brent: that's a very good point. amazing that israel is heading r what could be the fourth election in two years. reporter: the thing to keep in mind is the american -- change in the american regime, with having died in the wte house, that might make everything more complicated for netanyah we will see if theres a eltion and ithere is, i'm sure netanyahu will find a way to survive. brent: janry 20, we will see what happens if joe biden becomes president. let's look at some of the other stories making headlines around the w

the eichmann trial was exactly what david ben-gurion wanted it to be.t was a massive success in reminding and telling the world what happened in the holocaust. eichmann was tried and convicted, and again, if you remember what he looked like in the war and the proud uniform, and what he looks like here, 15 years later, two remarkably different individuals. he is convicted, hung, cremated, disasters were spread at the sea to make sure there was no memorial for him. all of those individuals from the mossad were never able to tell their role in what happened, their experience and their stories. i am very proud to be one of those telling that now. thank you all very much. [applause] i am more than happy to take questions as long as they are easy ones. . does anybody have an easy question? >> i have three. did israel have the death penalty? or did they make a special exception for him? >> they made a special exception, it was a massive controversy, one to even try him in israel. they believed the west german state should try him or some other body. but they w

david ben-gurion season opportunity here. an opportunity to make and define history. the states very clearly why he wants to go after i come in. he does not want to kill him, he wants to capture him and bring him back to israel and put him on trial. he wants to do that to remind the israeli youth why the state of israel needs to exist. and number two, he wants to remind the world, or rather inform the world, about what happened to the jewish people during the holocaust. this information that the world and that the teachers are teaching and that the world sort of wants to put away happened. it must be exposed. so a mission is put together to go after eichmann. and after all of this happens, by 1960, an interrogator. again, not much investigative experience, but one of the top interrogators is sent to argentina to make sure that eichmann is till there. he speaks spanish. then the team will be sent. the problem is, when he gets there, he discovers that adolf eichmann is now gone. he's no longer living in the area and he cannot find him. now, not only did they need to cap

a book by michae piper says the assassination was planned and plotted by david ben-gurion because -- i'm not making this up -- who says they were angry at kennedy for trying to limit israel's development of nuclear weapons and alleges a gangster was involved and also the anti-defamation league. enough of the nonsense conspiracy theories. let's hear a nonsense conspiracy. jim garrison and oliver stone. jim garrison, 6'6" prosecutor in new orleans with an ego to match. he began investigating in 1966 and came to the conclusion that it was a right-wing extremist plot to kill kennedy together working with the cia in the overall conspiracy. the reason was the cia was angry that kennedy wanted to get out of vietnam and possibly make peace with cuba. lee harvey oswald, according to garrison, did not fire a single shot. the fact that lee harvey oswald was a pro-castro marksman and it was a right-wing plot, claims garrison, is proof they got the right guy because he was masquerading as a left-winger but was actually a right-winger. garrison never explained that if you was a right-we are, when