why are we always bring a shoulder on israel threatening israel's existence, israel's defense, israel'surrounded by these individuals all of these countries and we act like it is israel that is the problem. >> that is not just bad for israel. it's bad for the united states because israel is our best ally in the region. i think a lot of this is democratic politicians towards a benjamin netanyahu. just think about it. he has outlasted bill clinton and barack obama, and now joe biden. he served as prime minister with all three of those men serving as president. all of whom tried to undermine him, and defeat him in elections. and also, i want to remind you that a couple of years ago we had israeli president come and speak to a joint session of the congress. he is a member of a distinguished center left israeli political family. a center left family. you still had democratic congressman i'm boycotting his speech. when you're boycotting that speech is not because the democratic party has a beef with benjamin netanyahu they have a beef with israel and unfortunately there is a large and growing

israel shares our values. israel is a liberal. and the enemies of israel are the enemies. america. likewise, those who hate israel, hate america. the benefits that america gets every year from the $3 billion in military assistance we provide israel, those benefits are if we were not providing that money, if we were trying recreate for america's national the intelligence of the mossad. if we were trying recreate the military benefits of the israeli military right now israel is killing hamas and killing hezbollah every time do so we should say thank you, because hamas and, hezbollah and let's be clear, the head of the serpent is iran. they want to murder us. there is a reason that the ayatollah refers to israel the little satan and america's great satan and look october, seventh of last year we'll go down in history as one of the most horrific days, the history of humanity. it is the day of the single worst mass murder of -- in a day since, the holocaust, 12 israelis murdered women, girls raped systematically because they were jewish. you had deaths, squads going door to door, murder

a wake-up call for israel.he same goes by the way for southern lebanon. we unraveled about 85000 weapons of all sorts throughout the little strip we took over and clean up in southern lebanon. meaning we have an issue how to make sure this does not recur. we are still the trauma and post trauma of october 7. let's not delude ourselves we have to learn the lesson make sure there is clear security. when i spoke in congress three months before the war, a joint session is only terror blocking peace. and now especially at lack of president trump speech yesterday about their organization i truly believe there has to be a major world effort this is one of them. they're creating havoc in africa, all sorts of regions of the world you talk about transforming the region. part of that clearly is of israel and saudi arabia could have relations. almost certainly trigger the saudi government has made it clear in order for that to happen when you see the foreign minister's words toward a palestinian state and talk about her tu

saudi arabia and israel. saudi arabia is a very important country in the region and is of course the the basin for islam, and i believe that this must be moved forward. i say it openly. i supported it and i still support it wholeheartedly and i think that there is an opportunity now to move forward regarding the nitty gritty or the conditions. i would ignore some of all the statements. i think these things need to be discussed. in closed rooms, i assume the oval office will be involved in it as well. i think that everybody realizes that this is a step that should radiate to the entire universe. israel is here in this region forever, and that's why we should aim for it, apart also from the fact that saudi arabia itself is a key to regional stability. for example, i can envision. that our region will supply energy, solar energy, to europe, asia, and africa. we need for that a combination of all the states. there is an infrastructure available. there was a vision which was laid out by the previous outgoing admin

support for israel and her own. as the israel war with hamas in gaza was ongoing. [applause] >> thank you. thank you, speaker for your kind introduction and for inviting me here today. mr. speaker, mk danny, distinguished guests and dear friends. i am profoundly honored to speak in the hallowed halls and your internal capital the holy city of jerusalem at this time of historic consequence for israel and the jewish people. today i stand before you not just as a leader in the united states congress, but as a lifelong admirer, supporter and true friend of israel and the jewish people. i am lucky to have had the privilege of traveling here many times before. but i must confess at this time heals different. the stakes are higher. our sense of moral patriotic duty feels heightened renewed. 226 days ago, we witnessed the most vicious brutal attack on israel and the jewish people since the holocaust. our barbaric terrorist attack that claimed more than 1200 innocent lives. civilian women, children and the elderly were ripped from their homes and massacred. raped, beheaded,

now consistently about the dangers within israel, of an israel that is at war with itself, between thosend their supporters, who want a very different kind of country from the country you believe in. look, i'm not out of a genuine understanding of the different forces that are now influencing the public opinion in israel. there are messianic groups. they are very dangerous. i call them "the enemy within". and i use every single channel that i have on the media and in public meetings, in private meetings, in order to warn of the possible dangers that they pose to the state of israel. however, at the same time, i am not unaware of the fact that more and more and more people are sick and tired of fighting and of defeating and of killing and of continuing this bloodshed which is taking place in our part of the world. and we have to change it. it's a difficultjob. it's very complex. it will not be easy, but there is a... these days, let's be honest, mr olmert, it would probably lead... ..it would probably lead to civil war, would it not? i was in israel in 1995 when rabin was shot by a messia

military helped defend israel from a rainy and missiles and supported israel's military response. look across the region. in lebanon there is an opportunity for a future free from the grip of hezbollah. in syria, a future free from assad. for the palestinian people, and incredible path to a state of their own and for the region, a future of normalization and integration of israel with all of its arab nations including saudi arabia. we've had many difficult days since hamas began this war. we've encountered roadblocks and setbacks that we have not given up. a special thanks to my team, particularly brett mcgurk who spent weeks and months working nonstop to reach this deal, many of those weeks and months out of the country. today's a cease-fire in gaza and the release of hostages is the result of a principled and effective policy that we have presided over for months. we got here without a wider war in the middle east. now it falls to the next administration to help implement this deal. i was pleased to have our teams speak as one voice in the final days. it was necessary, effective

remember, israel put them in prison in the first place and nobody does that better than israel. is it a great deal? it's not fantastic. but i agree with the rabbi. this is about making a decision to get the hostages home, which has always been priority number one. the destruction of hamas will be decided if hamas decides to break the deal in phase two. and with trump and mike waltz, the new national security advisor behind israel, moving forward and not biden, i think that israel is not going to hesitate and trump will let israel do whatever it needs to do to crush hamas if they falter. one hair. that's where i'm at with this. >> rabbi. would you agree with that, that it is a different paradigm now with president trump about to move into the white house, does that make a difference here? >> i hope so, because, i mean, i hope that, you know, he's never going to go and say i'll hold back, you know, weapons, etc. but the big question that a lot of people are asking, if it all boils down to we release, let's say, 200, 300, 3000 prisoners and we would have gotten all the hostages out

israel, but they didn't take any measures and israel learned to totally ignore biden.re is a new boy in town and within a week netanyahu has left all his oppositions and surrendered, there is no other way to put it, and agreed to the ceasefire. so will donald trump continue to be as tough and harsh as he is, or will he lose interest and go for his next problem to be solved? this will depend on donald trump. if he will be as strong and really decisive as he was in the last week, then there will be a second phase. journalist and gideon leavey. some negotiations being kicked into the long grass of the second and third phase of the ceasefire deal, including who could run gaza after the guns fall silent, with israel's western allies wanting a greater role for palestinian authorities that currently run the other part of the palestinian territory in the west bank. but israel is fiercely opposed to that. earlier we heard from a doctor who is a palestinian political leader in the west bank who gave his reaction to the ceasefire agreement. it's a relief that finally we have an a

as, as israel put it. so potentially this is what we're seeing now, that this is a more organized effort. and, of course, bear in mind that there has been a week of ceasefire now. so hamas, palestinian islamic jihad are able to be more organized because they have not been under fire. they have not been engaging the israeli military in gaza. so potentially that is why we're seeing a calmer and more organized picture here as well. but you can see there that there's at least dozens of of hamas fighters, of pij fighters. you can see both of the flags being flown along with the the palestinian flag. we also saw somewhat of a stage, a podium with a table and chairs set up as well. it's unclear at this point what the point, what the reason for that is, whether there will be an address to the crowds at this point. but there are also a lot of bystanders there that you can see. you can see men, women, children, all part of this, this melee. but as i say, a far more calm situation than we did see back on sunday. so w

israel. this comes after a deal struck this week, whose first phase will see 33 israeli hostages released from gaza and some 1000 palestinian prisoners released by israel over the course of six weeks. under the deal, israeli troops have begun to withdraw from parts of gaza and much needed humanitarian aid has begun to pour in. the second and third phases, which are still to be negotiated, could see all remaining hostages return from gaza. israel fully withdraw its troops and rebuilding begin in gaza. haviv rettig is a senior analyst at the times of israel. he joins me now. so tell me, what does this mean in israel? because, you know, in gaza, we understand. i mean, this has been this this war, the massive destruction, tens of thousands of people dead. you can understand what it means for this to end, even even temporarily. what does it mean for israel, and what does it mean to see the see these 33 hostages released? >> two things happen to israelis on october 7th. the first was the real deep

it was israel. through our resilience, we not only defended our people but created an opportunity for lebanon to reclaim its sovereignty. here colleagues. it is time for this conflict to recognize what israel's actions have achieved by dismantling hezbollah's -- have achieved. by dismantling hezbollah's terrorist and researcher, we have given the lebanese government the breathing room. this is a moment of opportunity. an opportunity to free lebanon from being a failed state held hostage by a terrorist organization. but let me be clear. this opportunity will not last forever. already we have seen attempts by hezbollah to rebuild. weapons are being smuggled across the syria-lebanon border. hezbollah operatives remain active south of the litani river in blinged violation of resolution 1701. we will not allow history to repeat itself. this with regards to the situation in syria -- there were hundreds of document and breaches of the 1974 disengagement of forces agreement. military positions have been est

and that's because israel's bundle just data from operating inside israel. okay, we're now gonna look ahead to the present or exchange where it took us through or your understanding is of how that's gonna work out how the mechanism works. well, these really army has said that it is ready to receive them. it believes not fully confirmed, but it believes that they will be released from the central gaza strip. and the way that this works in terms of the mechanism is that how mass hands them over to the red cross tool, the transfer them to is really special forces inside gaza. would then take them into israel, or these really army has cordoned off of roads on these really side saying this is for the hostage privacy protection they will be assessed by medical examiners by psychologists debrief and then taking on to hospitals inside israel, where they will be released, i mean, we're united with our families at the same time you will have around 90 posting and prisoners that should be released from is rated jails and taken to the occupied westbank. some talk you bo

she's in petah tikva, israel. uh, i was with you last hour with those emotional, emotional scenes that were playing out behind you. take us through exactly where you are and and about those emotions that are just spilling over on this monumental day for the families behind. >> you. >> yeah. we are just so fortunate to have been invited into the home of the aunt and uncle of daniella gilboa. we've been here for about two hours and witnessed with them in real time. these four female hostages come out seeing their reaction in the moment when they saw daniela. friends, family have gathered here, the entire community here has been supportive of this family. we were here for the moment. then when daniela's mother got on the phone with her brother, her uncle here behind me and just the sheer joy, the screams, the popping of champagne bottles, they're still glued to the television here, watching every moment we saw the mothers of these four hostages on television here in local news a few moments ago, seeing their daughter

israel -- since the war began.efore hamas deadly attack on israel and israel's subsequent war in gaza, around 500 truckloads of aid entered every day according to the united nations. that plummeted to nine per day in the period after the war started and although that number has improved, it was still only averaging truckloads daily. the beginning of this month, just 10% of what gaza previously relied on. wednesday's deal if it comes into effect offers some hope. it includes the commitment to allow the 600 truckloads per day into gaza. they have been traveling with an aid convoy from jordan and a warning that his report contains some pictures of children in distress. >> help is coming. down along the valley, the biggest aid convoy since the war began. solidarity from the kingdom of jordan. in two deliveries, 120 trucks on the road to gaza from a country that is home to many palestinians. >> we are carrying aid messes my says mustapha al cadre, this is a good deed and we are happy to be part of this operation. >> we

prisoners released by israel in exchange. red cross vehicles, theirfirst glimpse of post—war gaza, and the people who still make it home. this man's niece and nephew, running to meet him with their mother. "it's been 20 years," she said. "my brother, my heart." near gaza's coastal road today, families waited for israeli troops to leave. filmed by our cameraman there, israel doesn't allow outside journalists in to report independently. the promise that gazans could return to homes in the north delayed, as israel accused hamas of breaching the deal by not releasing civilian female hostage, arbel yehud. across the border, 15 months of waiting ended... ..in the relief of hugging a parent, holding a child. their love and thanks, a reminder of 90 hostages still held in gaza. this is, for israel, the start of a long and precarious road home. lucy williamson, bbc news, tel aviv. 0ur correspondent nick beake was in tel aviv where the families are gathered to celebrate the latest release of hostages and explained what might be the reas

in israel. 3 w, israel. on the choreography of - israel. let's go on the choreography of it. i israel. let's go on the. choreography of it. add israel. let's go on the i choreography of it. add a israel. let's go on the - choreography of it. add a large number of heavily armed fighters from hamas's military wing. a show of force. they have been massively diminished over the past 15 months but there are still there. then the four hostages in their israeli military fatigues. hamas wanted to get it across that these are military hostages, not civilians in their eyes. as for the view from the israeli right. they say that the israeli government has done a deal with the devil. they say that they are letting hamas off the hook, that they are still empowering gaza and they do remain the only real authority in gaza and there are few from the israeli far right is that israel is leaving itself open to further attacks, more israeli lives lost. they will say these palestinian prisoners who are due to arrive here in the n

your grandfather was an israel lobbyist, are you compromised by israel? why did you allow the whole, the cost of our time to happen? to have your legacy, the genocide? how does it feel to have your legacy be during the whole thing every day? thank you. mark. thank or question i look forward answering questions the part 2 or 3 people. this is the free press right press. you pardon me. 2 may i ask questions every, all, please please sir, respected respect. the process will have an opportunity to take questions. you 2 minutes please, or respect the process. thanks. by the way. yeah. you see you, that's what happens when you're not a team player and you don't ask the right questions. we were speaking earlier with john, listen, i'm with martin j and he says, you know, when you have these press conferences and various western governments, while the role just the to have a list. these press conferences are very, very contrived environments. and um, what people don't realize what the great, the great to probably to realize that in london, in washington, in brusse

saudi arabia among them, they know israel is not the enemy, they don't have a threat from israel. real threat remains iranian regime. that's what the problem is and then there are other concerns and other parts of the region but there are arab countries that want the peaceful coexistence with israel because everybody wins. >> huckabee's and trumps apartheid. have you noticed a difference in trump about to take power 48 hours for putting his hand on the bible now? >> he's experienced and well prepared, it's almost as if the four years have given him an opportunity to prepare for the best presidency in u.s. history and that's what i'm looking forward to. >> he made it great pick with you. great to see you. president elect trump and operation to liberation away tonight right here in the nation's capital. spectacular fireworks show has begun at his sterling club in virginia. let's watch and listen. he [background noises] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ should. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ de. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> are right, everybody. that's all thank donald j trump, 47th president of the uni

what is the feeling in israel at the - the feeling in israel at the moment do you think? hostages breathing a sigh of relief. correct. i think the overwhelming filing, even though there was a small part of israeli society, i think there was a poll on friday that showed about 65 to 70% of israelis support this deal and support the first phase of the deal, in particular, but even those who didn't support it, you have two of the far right ministers in netanyahu's government come out and say after these three hostages were released, welcoming them home, seeing how heart—warming it is to see them return to their families. even if they didn't vote for the deal that allowed it to come about. overwhelmingly i think today there is definitely a massive support for the deal. yesterday and tomorrow they will be more disagreement and frustration over the thames but right now seeing those photos of those three families being able to reunite for the first time is something that i think nobody in israel could have a dry eye towards. a plan to rebuild gaza is not yet in place, and will fo

and he argues that the us commitment to israel stems primarily from the influence of the israel lobby works to shape u. s. foreign policy in a pro israel direction. but other, say it's the other way around at the us as much to gain from having are kind of stones out. and then it's a strategic motivation rather than all right in the lobby issue. what's your perspective? i mean i, i respect john, he was a former colleague as a friend and i think is right about the lobby, but only up to a certain extent. it's really clear that for a lot of american military officials and strategist, they see 1st of all, their interventions, they believe in force. and israel is a tool in that arsenal it during the cold war, it helped united states to beat down. so get proxies defeating countries. on by the soviet union and then in the cold war, you know, that, that black and white, you know, 0 sum a game that was an advantage to the united states. and that was, that was the anchor of the, of the strategic aspect of the american is really relationship. and united states is at odds with iran. and so is real

and yet israel continues its assault. everyone from 8 workers to join this women and children are in the firing line. israel has real keep wide moving, gaza forcing palestinians into the sense that and south of the strip it would take more than 39 years to attend the funeral a day for every palestinian child kills. and also how much flight to norton as a whole tour, an age worker, or a journalist, a child, victoria gay to be out using her son barrario is a professor of international affairs. it costs the university. he points to the 2 state solution for lossing piece of to the things that they will come to this realization that the only way just to divide the left. there's no other way as they've been fighting for now. since 1917, they've been fighting to f. next, wednesday, the parasites have an order for the fine defense and they will not be able to succeed in this end of our. so the only thing for them is if they want to live in peace, is to divide it before the day that their students to see a solution. and this is th

and yet israel continues its assault. everyone from aid workers to join this women and children are in the firing line. israel has real keep wide moving, gaza forcing palestinians into the sense and south of the strip. it would take more than 39 years to attend the funeral a day for every palestinian child kills. no. so how much flight to norton as a whole tour, an age worker or a journalist, a child, victoria gay to be out of them? well, the deal was proposed last may, but the parties wrangled over several tools as before. finally reaching consensus, abundance smith breaks down what was finally agreed, a phase one of the sci fi deal. we'll see the release of psalm is ready to comp, tips palestinian prisoners, the gradual withdrawal of israeli forces from the central gaza, a search and humanitarian aid. i'm the return of displace palestinians to the north of the street. so the 3 is rarely comp davis will be released over a 6 week period. is available for you almost 2000 palestinian prisoners on detaining 600 truckloads of

the fairness of maybe the far right in israel?— the far right in israel?far right in israel? i can understand that _ the far right in israel? i can understand that but - the far right in israel? i can understand that but it's - the far right in israel? i can . understand that but it's always the far right in israel? i can understand that but it's always been a problem from the days of the shall eat deal, people were against up at the very same reason. when i was doing the deal it was explained to me that the reason why hamas take israeli soldiers it is to force reviews of long—term lifers in israeli prisons. people who were convicted and given 990 years, no chance of them coming out. this was a way of getting some sort of review of their case. in explaining that i don't endorse it. let me underline that. i think it's important to understand that that is the reasoning behind it.- understand that that is the reasoning behind it. great to get our reasoning behind it. great to get your perspective _ reasoning behind it. great to get your perspective on _ reaso

this is not an ordinary agreement between israel and egypt, or israel and syria or israel in jordan.nd i think we have to bake that into this, to our analysis as this goes forward. so, yes, hope, a moment of elation, mourning for those hostages that will not return alive, and certainly mourning for those palestinians who have been killed during the course of the last year. >> i want to ask you about something. i was talking to daniele hamamdjian about. there are these ratios about how many palestinian prisoners, some of whom are in administrative detention, get released per israeli hostage. a little complicated, more than than than our viewers probably need to know about. but there are a couple of very well-known prisoners. israel has no interest in getting rid of them. one of them is marwan barghouti. and the palestinians would really like him released. he is one of the few people who enjoys what you might call popular support in the palestinian street. there is a question of palestinian leadership. hamas has decimated the plo, is not well regarded by a lot of palestinians, includin

yeah, we're said moment moment in history, but he lives in israel and israel is under threat. he's under threat to that. see who's become prison? the point of view, i assume he has a center, but that he was, it was taken prison. prison. there by trump, with these practicable philosophy, he felt he's now in the hands of trump. and what does is there off want to state solution? it points to stay solution. it's a piece with so with the or idea because so, so the ro, buick is federal and is money. and, and these like being friends with our for reach eric epps. it's a some, some kind of fun to see if i'm like a, like a trump. now, i'm strong, i'm powerful, i'm rich. is it any scenario where you would accept this as a working plan or it's out of the picture completely? there's no sense whatsoever that we ever ever get the idea of a to space solution. you mean on the ground or like, you know, i told you, and i told you you're physically, we will not accept it. well, you heard all the views there, all the comments where you could get all the details of all the stories of following thi

the trump is going to reward israel. and the idea that somehow a state that has been genocide of has perpetrated genocide for over 15 months is going to be rewarded. is obviously very troublesome. this is where it becomes very important for the rest of the world to step to and to actually make clear that genocide is not acceptable. that colonialism is not acceptable. and we already have some decisions by the international court of justice saying that the world now must act. so the idea that the, the trump is going to give away pals, city and territory, and that this is going to be accepted is obviously false. and it's up to the world now to put into place measures to make sure that that does not happen. well, the world has been when the world has filed, let's be honest when it comes to putting pressure on is really a politicians domestically, as well as been able to withstand the pressure just because the americans are backing them. is that any thing international community can do if this indeed is a potential deal this

she can go to focus the world's attention on israel's occupation. the mass load attack was as swift as it was brutal. 1139 is where these will killed 251 will capture. many will kills at the hands of their own military use. they foot back during the tales of the day and investigation by the is where the newspaper horwitz was clear. israel used the hannibal doctrine choosing to kill its own people rather than have them captured on october. the 8th is world class. the state of war includes out $300000.00 reserves. it's day today is our destruction of how mass and the return of the captives. then defense minister announces a complete siege of gaza. salvation becomes a weapon of who knows what the leading look. so it's a lot of i have order to complete siege on the gaza strip. there will be no electricity, no food, no fuel, everything is close. come we have flashing human animals and we are acting accordingly. dylan's comment cements israel's as cheat. this is north of the mass, but on the palestinian people between the noise and the 25th of october. is

yet israel would not accept that. government of israel, only one force can run and could run gaza. namely the israeli army. no other palestinian or arab force is accepted by israel. with all the respects, it is not about is bound to decide how we run gaza. it is about international community and gaza itself. international community should... the palestinian authority is, you rightly mentioned, prevented by israel. let's be frank, i'm not sure the palestinian authority is capable of running gaza because it has its own problems and weaknesses. i don't see hamas letting them in. hamas is still the only browser in gaza, we have to face it. and we have to draw the consequences. namely, either negotiate with hamas about the yunnan metis or continue the occupation for ever. —— about the unanimity. thank you very much indeed for your time this morning. under the terms of the ceasefire deal, 600 tracks of humanitarian aid would be allowed to be delivered into gaza. this is trying to alleviate the dye needs on the ground. at th

once back in israel, the women were reunited with their loved ones.he soldiers were captured in the october 7th attack 15 months ago. they were seized from an army base on the border with gaza. israel has accused hamas of breaching the terms of the ceasefire because female civilian hostage arbel yehud was not included in saturday's release — and has delayed the planned return of displaced palestinians to northern gaza. now on bbc news, newscast. laura, you've been mixing with a beatle. yeah, not like a, like an earwig or something. yeah, a real beatle, an actual beatle. like a living legend beatle, a musician beatle, yes. much to my surprise, if you'd said to me last weekend, "what are you doing this week?", i would not have said, well, "i'm going to "end up interviewing sir paul mccartney." but yes, we ended up interviewing sir paul mccartney, which was, yeah, even for a crusty old sceptical hack, it was incredibly exciting, and i felt incredibly lucky to meet him. yeah. surreal. that's great. and we'll get to the colour and the content with him, it'

what is the feeling in israel | what is the feeling in israel at the moment?reathing sigh of relief?— sigh of relief? correct. the overwhelming _ sigh of relief? correct. the overwhelming feeling, - sigh of relief? correct. the| overwhelming feeling, even though there was a small part of the israeli side, there was a poll on friday that showed about 65— 70% of israelis support this deal and support the first phase of the deal in particular but even those who didn't oppose supported. you saw ben give ear, —— came out saying how heartwarming it was to see them return to their families —— ben—gvir, even if they didn't vote, —— today there is definitely a massive support the deal. i think yesterday and tomorrow they will be more disagreement and frustration over the terms but right now seeing photos of those three families being able to reunite for the first time is something that i think nobody in israel can have a dry eye towards. nobody in israel can have a dry eye towards-_ eye towards. let's talk about tomorrow — eye towards. let's talk about tomorrow. netany

israel is a miracle. israel is foundational to the united states and the american dream.rlier this year, as i mentioned, i had the humbling offer of addressing israeli leaders in the hallowed halls. after we witnessed the most vicious brutal attack on the jewish people since the holocaust. and i assured them that the vile anti-semitism spewed on so-called elite campuses and even, yes, from this white house under joe biden and kamala harris, those views do not reflect the views of the american people. let me be clear. the american people stand firmly behind israel and the jewish people. [cheering and applause] i see this in the small towns in my upstate new york district and among college students i have met with and heard from. every day americans understand that israel's fight is not israel's alone and that the same pro- hamas terrorist sympathizers who chant death to israel also chant death to america. these terrorists want to topple israel, top of the united states and we must never yield. we will never surrender. that is part of why i have sponsored and supported ever

and frankly, israel, the government of israel, has taken an approach which has been destructive in a way that it certainly caught the attention of the world. it is harmed israel's reputation as a state in the world community. its last israel, a tremendous amount of goodwill, without improving is real security one bit, you know, or, or without treating the return of hostages or any other significant number of netanyahu has played a hand where he's strengthened his hand within, within israel and within his government. but he is where you can himself around the world. now, what is the, is it, what do you guys have? i should say, anthony, blinking has done how mazda is work for me blinking for some reason this week was saying, there are more how about us members than they were before october, the 7th. but in a sense was, you know, everything, the families of us policy itself. and i mean to that if that is true, if that is true, then it's a confession of abject failure. if there are more, how much members? but you know, this isn't a game a waka model here we're talking about the survival

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tzipi livni is the former vice president, vice prime minister of israel, former foreign minister of israel, former minister of justice of israel. back with me. nbc's danielle hamamdjian in beitunia in the west bank. danielle, what's the situation where you are? >> well, we're still waiting for the prisoners to be dropped off by bus. we've moved a little bit from our previous location because we saw some preparation for some rock throwing. put it that way, they were starting to break up some pieces of stone and rock. so we've moved down here. there's a big presence of medics here because i think they're getting ready. they're expecting perhaps a confrontation between the young men here in the community and idf soldiers. but it is for now, quiet, although a bit chaotic and noisy. i was asking some of the people here why they came. and they said, and i quote to you, we're here to stand with our country. and they'll tell you that they have known other men, young men over the years who were arrested, whether it was because of a social media post, because it was throwing rocks, which is the numb

we supported israel against hezbollah. we supported israel going after hamas.have defanged the proxies around the nation. that led to get the deal today. that's how we got to this point. >> okay. i have to take a break here, brett. don't mean to cut you off. we will have more questions but we have to take a quick break. stay with us. mi gonen. emily da marry. do remember ron stein breaker. m. do remember ron stein breaker. >>> and this just came >>> this just came in. president-elect trump has just announced he plans to issue an executive order tomorrow to postpone the ban on tiktok. all you tiktok users could see it back online, possibly very soon. i got the power of 3. i lowered my a1c, cv risk, and lost some weight. in studies, the majority of people reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. i'm under 7. ozempic® lowers the risk of major cardiovascular events such as stroke, heart attack, or death in adults also with known heart disease. i'm lowering my risk. and adults lost up to 14 pounds. i lost some weight. ozempic® isn't for type 1 diabetes or children.

ships and planes to come to israel's defense, it shaped israel's strong and calibrated response, in destroying iran's air defenses and avoiding aest came la tore cycle of an -- escalatory cycle of an all out war. and then hezbollah and other of hamas' strongest backers was significantly weakened on the battlefield and leadership was destroyed. with our support, israel negotiated a cease-fire with them and after that, lebanon finally elected a new president who is not beholden to hezbollah. and can begin a new chapter for the lebanese people. all told, these developments in the region which the united states helped to shape changed the equation and so now the terror network that once protected and sustained hamas is far weaker p. iran is weaker. iran is weaker than it has been in decades. hezbollah is badly degraded. after 15 months of war, thousands of hamas fighters are dead and military formations have been destroyed with nowhere to turn. hamas finally agreed to releasing hostages. you know, there was no other way for this war to end than with a hostage deal. i'm deeply satisfied this day ha