two days that there is a possibility that several other ministers will be transferred in likud. what is the effect of these differences and problems within the political system of the zionist regime on the ground attack? this political support that it takes from the decision makers will cause them to falter in their decisions or not make the right decisions or not receive the support that should come from other sectors. because, as you know, in the zionist regime, every ministry and within the government is practically the scene of several political trends and every party has one of these ministries. he has several of them at his disposal and if they are not able to cooperate well, they will probably lead to the failure of the overall result of the operation. the next point was observed in the polls. we saw that netanyahu of the likud party actually fell below 20 seats for the first time , while the beginning of this government was with more than 30 seats, and actually benny ganses is the figure who can probably form the next government. and ganses to waste, probably leaning tow

we saw that there are many tensions within the likud party, the party that is in power now. obviously , one of the ministers of this party, mrs. at least iran is close to netanyahu it is considered that he resigned from his position in protest of the management of the war scene, and in the same way, we have seen the ministry of health, whose minister was changed because he was unable to deal with the issues of the wounded. it has been raised and there is talk of this in the last two days that there is a possibility that some other ministers will be transferred in likud. what is the effect of these differences and problems within the political system of the zionist regime on the ground attack? definitely, this political support that he gets from the decision makers will probably affect their decisions if they falter or don't make the right decisions or don't get the support that should come from other departments, because as you know, in the zionist regime, every ministry and within the government is practically a stage for the shareholding of several political currents, and

my guest is danny danon, an mp in the ruling likud party. to israelis, to palestinians, to the outside world, this feels like a moment of maximum danger. where will it end? danny danon in tel aviv, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me, stephen. we are having this conversation some two—and—a—half days after hamas launched that unprecedented, brutal assault on israel. you've had a little bit of time to reflect. i just wonder how you are feeling and how you would characterise the mood of israel right now. stephen, we are in pain. we are in deep pain when we are actually still counting the number of casualties. we are not even burying the dead yet. the numbers are beyond imagination. we are talking about almost 800 people who were killed, massacred. the barbaric terrorists went into the villages, communities, and during a morning of a quiet holiday, they committed a horrible massacre. and today, we actually seeing those pictures and we are in deep pain. at the same time, we are regrouping. we realise that we have no other choice but to d

even the members of the likud party officially identify mr.hu as the culprit of this big failure, although some of them believe that this gap that mr. netanyahu caused due to those judicial reforms. it caused the zionist regime to engage in internal disputes and to receive this basic military security information blow. last night, a change took place, and that was that the spokesman of the zionist regime announced that if hamas releases the prisoners unconditionally. if he releases unconditionally, we will also cease fire. well, this is a very important development because the zionist regime and its leaders have previously announced that this war will not end except with the complete destruction of hamas, and this shows that the zionist regime is a hamas has taken a step back, of course, hamas does not accept this demand. the reason for this is that hamas did not take these prisoners, but only took them captive to get justice for the palestinians and to force israel to recognize the legal rights of the people of the gaza strip. create an openi

in the zionist regime, unofficial news reports that three of the likud ministers are preparing to resign. in the second week of the war, we saw that one of the ministers, who is also a member of netanyahu's party, resigned from the ministry of health and welfare. we also saw the minister of health, who was changed because he was not able to manage the situation well, and before the start of this conflict, a significant number of soldiers and the air force of the zionist regime resigned from that time. maybe we can say that it has actually started to refuse to serve it was in protest against the judicial reform law, which, of course, now an analysis is always raised here that this war that hamas took the initiative and started to fight for the first time , did it actually cause the chaos that exists in the israeli society? it was due to the judicial reforms that it was destroyed and turned into an alliance , but as we can see, this did not happen, that is, the same division that used to be between moderates and rightists, along with leftists, is now opposing the internal differences waste

it is said that three of the likud ministers are preparing to resign. in the second week of the war, we saw that one of the ministers is a member of netanyahu's party . he was not able to manage the situation well and at all before the start of this conflict a significant number of soldiers resigned from the air force of the zionist regime. since then, the wave may be said to have started. in fact, the refusal to serve was a protest against the judicial reforms law, which of course, now an analysis is always brought up here. . that this war that hamas did and took the initiative for the first time and started to fight, did it actually cause the chaos in the israeli society due to judicial reforms to disappear and become an alliance if it did not happen, that is, the same division as before between moderates and rightists and besides, of course, the leftists were also opposing it, now it reached the differences within the coalition and beyond that, the differences within the likud. we have plans that were raised against smotrich in relation to because sm

my guest is danny danon, an mp in the ruling likud party.

we've heard ariel colner who is a member of kenneset from the ruling likud party, call for a nakba 2.0, which is essentially a call for genocide and the ethnic cleansing of palestinians as 850 or dead in gaza, so what do you think of that rhetoric in light of your previous condemnation? let me say. few things about that, number one, um, we expect, as we said, that israel will conduct its operations in accordance with international law. number two, there are going to be number of statements made over the course of this conflict, and when we have disagreements with them, we will uh make those known privately, you acknowledge that 80 palestinian children have been killed, do you acknowledge that? will you even acknowledge that 80 palestinian children were killed this week? again babies, do you acknowledge that? you ask a question, i will answer the question. okay, that's my question. i'm sorry , i'm sorry, i'm getting rid of my heart or my heart, by god, we're in trouble , but how are you doing? it doesn't matter, you didn't say how much weight i should put on, it doesn't matter, sir, whi

bringing things up and even the likud party announced that netanyahu berker should step down and tell us the internal situation of the zionist regime on the 20th day of the crimes against the oppressed people of palestine. yes, regardless of the crimes that the zionist regime is committing against the women and children of civilians in gaza, it is trying to pretend this. it is a sign of his authority and power, but he suffered a severe blow in the al-lefsa storm , which the israelis themselves witnessed, which means that in their history such an event has never happened. was to that's why i'm sorry, that's why now this issue has been reflected inside israel and the public opinion there is completely against it, to the point of holding a demonstration and pretending to announce to hamas that we are ready to hand over netanyahu in person for him. free our evenings. today, the political situation inside israel has become completely explosive, and i feel that the americans themselves have absolutely no opinion about netanyahu. from the beginning, the democrats did not have a 100% positive

protests against the cabinet, has reached such an extent that some ministers, including members of the likud party and supporters of netanyahu , refuse to appear publicly in circles because they are worried about anger. there are also public opinion polls about the demand of 66 zionists for netanyahu's resignation . in the past few days, several rallies have been held in tel aviv against netanyahu. a large gathering of international students of medical sciences universities in tehran was held with the presence of 600 international students in support of the oppressed people of gaza. the president of tehran university of medical sciences said: the thing that determined their movement was the media. the recent media movement showed that the hegemony of the media empire of the zionist regime has been broken. raja , an indian medical student in iran, who came to express his disgust at the war crimes committed by the zionists. ready they are not few like raja. the students who these days express their solidarity with the people of the world and the oppressed of palestine, our international studen

the next year, benjamin netanyahu, an outspoken critic of theccords and leader of the right-wing likudty, was elected prime minister. >> netanyahu basically said oslo is a mistake. this was the position of the settlers, the position of the right wing. netanyahu very much rode to power presenting himself as the expert on terrorism. john: by 1999, likud had been defeated and netanyahu replaced as party leader by ariel sharon, a former military commander. a year later, sharon led a march on the temple mount to assert israeli claims to the bitterly-contested site. the streets of east jerusalem and ramallah in the west bank erupted in violence. the second intifada was underway. five years of palestinian suicide bombers detonating themselves in israeli buses and cafes. sharon, by then prime minister, ordered israeli troops into the west bank and gaza. the second intifada's death toll surpassed 4300 people. again, more palestinians than israelis. >> rather than immediately clamp down in order to preserve the peace process, arafat cynically thought that the violence would act as leverage. this

the gallant, his partner from likud, is a former commander of southern command, in charge of the areaprimary area that was attacked. he has demoted, essentially, the most controversial, most right-wing members of his cabinet in a way, itamar ben-gvir giver, another person named -- they are not part of what's called this new war cabinet that has been formed to determine the next steps in gaza. >> i know israelis are not a monolith with one voice and one opinion, but here we are, five, now israel -- 60s in. what are israelis saying about netanyahu tonight? >> there's a lot of anger, there's a lot of anger right now. already, going into this, you had half the country on a weekly basis protesting against him. hundreds of thousands of israelis going out. now, you've had the worst massacre of jewish people since the holocaust. and as the previous guest was saying, hours, and days, without rescue, as people were hiding from hamas terrorists. so, there's a lot of confusion and frustration, just today, earlier today, you haven't seen a lot of government ministers out and about. one member of p

which are very serious sources, she has already written that the bulk of the members are from the likudty, this is the largest parliamentary, er, faction, they understand perfectly well that natanyao should resign immediately after the war, in my opinion, he should quickly run away from retirement, therefore that the commission that will be created after the war will not just send him away, there will also be a lot of all kinds of questions for him, and he will have to pay a high price for the failure that we had on october 7, mr. if we have already mentioned hezbollah, there is a danger of opening a second front in the north of israel, could hezbollah start military operations on the lebanese-israeli border, or are they still preventing such actions? maybe, it can start, that's the whole problem, the fact is that, well, it's possible, there are two scenarios development, one is that hezbollah will continue these small skirmishes on the border, which have been going on for several days, they are trying to kill some of our soldiers, or some rocket will be sent to our territory to kill ci

my guest is danny danon, an mp in the ruling likud party.world, this feels like a moment of maximum danger. where will it end? danny danon in tel aviv, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me, stephen. we are having this conversation some two—and—a—half days after hamas launched that unprecedented, brutal assault on israel. you've had a little bit of time to reflect.

against the cabinet, is such that yer aharot also wrote: some ministers, including members of the likud party and supporters of netanyahu , refuse to appear publicly in circles. because they are worried about public anger. polls also report that 66 zionists demand natanio's resignation. in the past few days , several rallies have been held in tel aviv against nathanio. a large community supporting palestine in malaysia. thousands of men and women. in the meeting of the supporters of palestine, together with the prime minister of their country , they shouted the slogan of death to israel, peace to gaza and long live palestine, the cry of anger and disgust of thousands of malaysian men and women loudly chanting the slogan of death to israel in the capital of this country. it means that palestine has no smell of humanity, palestine is in our heart and part of our body. we came to the great gathering of supporters of palestine support the defenseless people of gaza. a nation and a government that raised a single voice to defend the oppressed. in this ceremony, the prime minister of malaysia

include all opposition parties, and after that, let the task be set, we hear today voices from within likudfrom within the government coalition, ministers who say that if netanyahu is going to leave hamas, then they will simply withdraw from his coalition, he will be left without a government, the same is said by some members of the opposition, who conditioned their joining the government, precisely because of this, netanyahu must announce that we are going to the end of hamas with hamas, there will be no more hamas, well, we still do not know what to do with gas, there are different scenarios and they all look like probable, but we are in a new situation, this has never happened before, this is the most terrible blow, this is the largest massacre of jews since the holocaust, and i do not know, maybe some complex and global international decisions will be made, it is very difficult for me to by this judges, but if you hold a plebiscite today, 90% of israelis will vote for the fact that it's time to end hamas, look, did you just remember? about this is a very important point, that is, exactl

israel, it was, by the way, on rashi today, literally yesterday on facebook, as he spoke there, from likud, he directly rushed there and said that russia supports hamas, and when israel wins, after the victory, we will do everything to make you so that you are with that, that is, with the israeli, well, i hope there is an understanding, what is necessary to help ukraine, and there are many things to help, for example, lancets and arlan, this does not mean that he said that it is necessary to help ukraine, i will wait a second. a window of opportunity, look, there is a window of opportunity that we should use in order to, among other things, expand our cooperation along the line, the military line, well, they sold the orlans and lancets, the orlans and lancets are israeli, well, it’s true, they are a little outdated, the luxuriant benefits of these years, but they are licensed, they are israeli, they sold them in 2010, which means that a window of opportunity is opening again, which must use it in order to increase the technology of its own army, that is why arab countries are much less, th

point out that in the oslo according there was never a mention of the gaza to be established, and the likuds point -- >> if i can come in, to ask you what type of conversations can be taken place between hamas and antony blinken? >> an end of hostilities and all human life is sacred, and immediate end of the hostilities and we can address the root of this, which is the brutal occupation of the palestinian people that they have been enduring for 56 years now, and when that end, and when israeli ap par tiz of the palestinian land and people then there can be a just end for all peoples, and that going to help us to achieve the vision of peace for all. >> and i know that they also want some help with the some 150-hostages being held now inside of gaza. thank you for joining us. we will be right back.

but as this much is a member of the prime ministers likud party. >> we shall never put our friends in america in a position where they will feel uncomfortable, meaning we're not going against civilians. >> and biden, is he going to tell you that to respect that and for you to take that very tough decision, do not go into gaza right now because that will just inflame the region? >> i think that president biden any american president knows exactly the morale of the israeli army, and we know how to put limits to herself. but this one thing will not put a limit, it's the fact that hamas will not exist. >> to do that, the military ground incursion into gaza appears inevitable. along the border with gaza here there is a real sense of calm before a possible storm. the number of strikes compared to the last few days seems to be down. that town you can see there with the tower blocks, that was one of the first places israelis targeted in their 2014 incursion. and it could be again now. tour guide roddie berlin came to tell journalists about his fund to offer gazans money for helping free hosta

. >> and now obviously, you know, likud and everything taken likud and everything is taken over we hada of really a huge number of really, really famous mp, sydney, you famous jewish mp, sydney, you know, silverman, you know, barnett silverman, you know, barnett silverman, you know, that clinton, davis know, people that clinton, davis great people. that now seems to be very, very be something very, very different the left and different on the left and i don't know what it is, but it's almost an overidentification with the palestinians in a way thatis with the palestinians in a way that is actually historically nonsensical and ultimately it's demonising a group of people . demonising a group of people. now, i the probably charitably, you can say, well , maybe people you can say, well, maybe people are trying to see both sides of the argument. the other thing is, of course, the large number of the way which of muslim mps, the way in which the concentration of muslim voters in constituencies inevitably concentrates the mind. i don't care what you say. and i think in some ways the fact tha

. >> and now obviously, you know, likud and everything taken likud and everything is taken over we hada of really a huge number of really, really famous mp, sydney, you famous jewish mp, sydney, you know, silverman, you know, barnett silverman, you know, barnett silverman, you know, that clinton, davis know, people that clinton, davis great people. that now seems to be very, very be something very, very different the left and different on the left and i don't know what it is, but it's almost an overidentification with the palestinians in a way thatis with the palestinians in a way that is actually historically nonsensical and ultimately it's demonising a group of people . demonising a group of people. now, i the probably charitably, you can say, well , maybe people you can say, well, maybe people are trying to see both sides of the argument. the other thing is, of course, the large number of the way which of muslim mps, the way in which the concentration of muslim voters in constituencies inevitably concentrates the mind. i don't care what you say. and i think in some ways the fact tha

boaz bismut is a member of the prime minister's likud party. >> we shall never put our friends in america in a position where they will feel uncomfortable, meaning we're not going to go against civilians. >> reporter: and biden, is he going to tell you that to respect that, and for you to take that very tough decision, do not go into gaza right now because that will just inflame the region? >> i think that president biden and any american president knows exactly the morale of the israeli army, and we know how to put limits to ourselves. but there is one thing we shall not put the limit is the fact that hamas shall not exist. >> reporter: to do that, a military ground incursion into gaza appears inevitable. along the border with gaza here, there is a real sense of calm before a possible storm. the number of strikes compared to the last few days seems to be down. and that town you can see there with the tower blocks, that's beitanun, one of the first places targeted in their 2014 incursion, and it could be again now. tour guide robbie berman came to sderot to tell journalists about his fund

security adviser, israel's agricultural minister, all members of benjamin netanyahu's center-right likudarty, have all talked about removing palestinians from the country during the past few years. you can see them in peter binot's slept essay, "could israel carry out another nakaba?" that was written six months before any of this took place. you have people like smodrich, a senior member of the israel knesset, tell his palestinian israeli colleagues in the knesset that they were there by mistake because the founder of israel didn't finish the job and throw them out in 1948 when the state was fountded. so yes, there are serious concerns about whether or not palestinian refugees would be allowed to return when the dust settles. >> we will have to leave it there for now. we appreciate your insight and knowledge on this issue, h.a. hellyer at the carnegie foundation for international peace, thank you. >> thank you. >>> i spoke last hour with a lieutenant colonel, peter lernor, a spokesperson for the israeli defense forces. he had a warning for hezbollah and iran. >> i would caution hezbolla

another instance, i remember we interviewed shimon peres, the leader of the likud party, in israeli termsnd he said the problem with benjamin netanyahu and he told the cis before he always wanted to win to that he is on top. he now as sebastian says runs a very hard—line cabinet where there is no appetite for making concessions to the palestinians but that said they were offered in 2001 by the israeli leader at the time, the best deal they could have got which was 90% of they could have got which was 90% of the west bank, eastjerusalem is the capital, all of the gaza strip, compensation for any areas israeli settlements had encroached on palestinian territory. yasser arafat to the mic turned down because it did not include the right of the return of 1948 refugees. mentioning the lan, return of1948 refugees. mentioning the plan. this— return of 1948 refugees. mentioning the plan, this move _ return of 1948 refugees. mentioning the plan, this move towards - return of 1948 refugees. mentioning the plan, this move towards a - return of 1948 refugees. mentioning the plan, this move towards a s

and then you have netanyahu, who has told his allies in the likud party repeatedly as reported in thecrush palestinian aspirations for statehood you need to keep the palestinians divided. this division has been supported and bolstered by an israeli agenda that first and foremost doesn't want to end this reality of occupation, that is more invested in controlling palestinians against their will than in actually reaching a resolution to the conflict. in actually reaching a resolution to the conflict-— the conflict. thank you very much for “oininr the conflict. thank you very much forjoining us— the conflict. thank you very much forjoining us this _ the conflict. thank you very much forjoining us this evening. - the conflagration in the middle east was, i imagine, at the forefront of people's minds today at the labour party conference. in the opening minutes of his speech, keir starmer said he utterly condemned the senseless murder of men women and children — including british citizens — in cold blood by the terrorists of hamas. and not entirely unrelated he insisted, "we've dragged this

netanyahu told his likud knesset members. this is part of our strategy.o what you have now in israel are hurting agonizing family members and friends of i don't know how many people who say that this strategy has failed, that it has betrayed the country, and today there were three separate press conferences held by family members, improvised because the government has not provided them with any support structure, and they were saying the government owes us. the government has to bring our loved ones back. but the israeli cabinet made a decision two days ago, saying it was not going to take these hostages into account in planning its counteroffensive. so what these families were saying today was, explicitly, and this is almost a quote, we are going to cause an earthquake here if you do that. and yeah, i don't know that the israeli government has a strategy right now to address the entire issue that you just brought up. >> i should just note that that quote, which is, i think, reported by reporter for haaretz in a statement that netanyahu had given to fello

who said that israel's intelligence failure he called it is a little suspicious in light of how the likudovernment will benefit from this crisis both domestically and internationally. what do you see to a statement like that? >> that is totally outrageous. you know, this garbage out there, you hear things people are saying that the babies really somehow weren't killed, that this is i understand there are conspiracy theories that could go on, but we have to put that garbage aside and we have to stand with israel, and yes, we have to condemn the antisemitism that has motivated these attacks and that has motivated attacks around the world. >> let me just ask you then on nick fuentes for a second. he ate at mar-a-lago with donald trump in 2022 and he also said "i love hitler." how do you feel about republicans associated themselves with him? >> well, i reject all conspiracy theories of that nature. i think that we just have so much garbage in our society right now. i mean, it broke my heart to see those demonstrators. it breaks my heart to see -- >> should republicans be putting this out -- >

tonight where the principal opposition party, and blue and white of benny guys has joined with the -- likud coalition. that is a silver lining. the terrorists have forced us to come together again and remember who we are. >> and mr. oren, could you stay with us across a commercial break? i have one more question. we heard the president say that he has known bibi netanyahu for 40 years. he has also known you for 40 years. i would love to get your assessment of how these two people, these two men, can work together in this crisis. we're just gonna take a quick commercial break here. we're going to be back with former israeli ambassador to the united states, michael oren. we'll be right back. we'll be right back. i brought in ensure max protein with 30 grams of protein. those who tried me felt more energy in just two weeks. -ahh, -here, i'll take that. woo hoo! ensure max protein 30 grams protein, one gram sugar, 25 vitamins and minerals, and nutrients for immune health. (♪♪) ♪ ♪ and nutrients for immune health. [ indistinct chatter ] [ cars unlocking and honking ] [ engine starting ] [ "danci

one member of prime minister netanyahu's cabinet from the likud party, she tried to go to a hospital,creaming at her to get out of there. you've ruined the country. there's a lot of anger that you normally don't see against the government at this time. but frankly, stephanie, right now, at this moment, i would say most israelis are worried about the soldiers. this mass call up where people from the bay area, where i am, all the way to denver, new york, to everywhere. they are going back to israel right now to fight. and israelis are, i mean, literally, they don't know what to do. they are cooking food and bringing it to the army bases, to the point where the army bases are saying we don't need any more shtetl. we don't need any more chicken right now. they just want to help right now. they are scared. in the announcement of the national unity government today, they were very open. there was a lot of tough words about killing all the members, the hamas members. it was very oblique, the messaging. this is in contrast to, say, 2014, the last major flare-up. israel was a little more defin

according to various ports, netanyahu made a similar point at a likud faction meeting in early 2019 when he was quoted as saying those whoapone a palest sta should support the transfer of funds to gaza becauseaintaining the separationen the palestinian authority in the west bank and hamas in gaza would prevent the establishment of a palestinian state. they have a piece today about how a lot of that money was passed through qatar. where does prime minister netanyahu stand vis-a-vis his own interactions with hamas and what seems to be boosting them as a way of preventing there from ever being a two-state solution? >> well, that's a really big question right now. i will tell you in my experience, prime minister netanyahu kind of repeatedly undermined if not humiliated the palestinian authority. peace talks have led to nowhere. peace talks followed by really aggressive settlement announcements that made mahmoud abbas look feckless. to be clear, the palestinian authority has plenty to answer for itself. there's plenty of krupg there, that kind of money coming in from qatar and other places ha

where the principal opposition party, and blue and white of benny gantz has that and joined with the likud coalition. that is a silver lining. the terrorists have forced us to come together again and remember who we are. ambassador oren, could you stay with us across a commercial break? -- that he has known bibi netanyahu for 40 years. he has also known you for 40 years. i would love to get your assessment of how these two people, these two men, can work together in this crisis. we're just gonna take a quick commercial break here. we're going to be back with former israeli ambassador to the united states, michael oren. we'll be right back. you're replacing me? customize and save with liberty bibberty. he doesn't even have a mustache. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ my name is marie. i'm 49 years old and i'm a business owner. i own a lemonade and ice cream shop in florida, so i can feel and see that my lines have gotten deeper just from a year out in the sun. i'm still marie and i got botox® cosmetic. i did not want a dramatic change. i wanted something s

now yoav kisch — he's israel's education minister and a member of benjamin netanyahu's cabinet and likudry much forjoining us. as i said, you are the education minister. you deal with the lives of children day in, day out. what do you make of that statistic? in the last few hours we have heard that more children have been killed in this conflict in three weeks, more than 3000, in any year since 2019. is that collateral damage? israel is doing whatever it can to avoid collateral damage. we are fighting evil, we are fighting hamas isis is taking the palestinians as hostage and using them as a shield and they are trying to behind them. i myself used to be a fighter pilot, i can tell you that we are doing all what we can to avoid that. they are trying to be behind civilians. we have more than 30 children, the youngest is nine months old, that is being held hostage. they have been kidnapped from their homes. i am not talking about the hundreds that they killed and burned alive in israel. this is evil that you cannot imagine. this is evil that you cannot imagine-— this is evil that you cannot

just evidence, this is just evidence of his reduced intelligence, no, well , there is a leader in likudwho came... bibi put him in his party, because according to bibi's psychology , he is an american, he was always surrounded by americans, and he wanted to take this american too , stick him in, what does he represent, except for himself, well, now to quarrel with russia , it will be good, well, now israel will quarrel with russia, it will be good because of what, because of such statements, if we were because of your statements, then we would never be able to speak. in russia there were more anti-semitic statements at this level of politicians, well politicians, well, who in our ruling party has ever allowed themselves such a noise ska politicians, it doesn’t matter the ruling party, how important, of course it is important, but one question, we are talking about the party, and the other, you have a ruling party, and today we have one, today ruling, tomorrow she is not ruling, what difference does it make? big for us, we don’t know, we just look that this is an official, a former russi

published today, i think published tomorrow, see that the public in israel, the support to netanyahu and likud netanyahu was carrying out his autocratic move by many in this country, his judicial overhaul, he was being warned by his intelligence individuals that that would leaf israel vulnerable to a strike from one of israel's enemies? >> repeatedly. he was warned on two, i would say, two different ways which are connected. one is that as much as this judicial continues and more and more reserves quit serving, the israeli security, much of it dependent, especially the pilots, dependent on the operational capacity is dependent on the reserves. and the second is that the israeli enemies, secretary general of the hezbollah, the supreme leader from iran, and leaders of hamas and the palestinians, they are all saying, if there is time to attack israel, now is the time. israel is weak. israel is like spider web. that's the famous phrase used, very strong from afar but when you touch it, it melts in your hands. israel is disintegrating, and if according to this intelligence that was given many times

we can talk now to boaz bismuth, he is part of the majorfar—right likud national liberal movement partyountry. yes, indeed. this is a very. very _ for your country. yes, indeed. this is a very. very sad _ for your country. yes, indeed. this is a very, very sad day _ for your country. yes, indeed. this is a very, very sad day for - for your country. yes, indeed. this is a very, very sad day for israel. i is a very, very sad day for israel. what _ is a very, very sad day for israel. what hamas_ is a very, very sad day for israel. what hamas think in gaza is their biggest _ what hamas think in gaza is their biggest victory is going to be their biggest _ biggest victory is going to be their biggest defeat. what has happened today is— biggest defeat. what has happened today is something where the response will be very great towards hamas. _ response will be very great towards hamas, they will pay a very big price _ hamas, they will pay a very big price for— hamas, they will pay a very big price for what they did.- hamas, they will pay a very big price for what they did. what does that trice

they have said that they are that the a minister from likud, the ruling party, has said this is goingrophe like 1948, worse than 1948. >> they how should israel respond to what happened this weekend? so in your view? >> so i would look to the paper of record of israel, haaretz , of record of israel, haaretz, whose editorial committee yesterday said that the atrocities that were carried out over the weekend and are continuing saying that, yes, the atrocities that were carried out over the weekend are the responsibility of benjamin netanyahu and his government's policies. this is the paper of record of israel , haaretz. that record of israel, haaretz. that is their editorial that is their editorial position because violence like you're justifying. >> no, i am not. >> no, i am not. >> violence begets violence. if you are going to displace people from from their land, put them in an open air prison, 2.3 million people under the most extreme blockade in the entire world. this when it says complete, it already is a siege. this is an occupied land and an occupied the tories. >> again, he rec