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. >>> let's talk now with former prime minister naftali bennett. he's enlisted in the idf reserve. bennett, can you tell us what you were hearing about another extension of this pause, or this truce? >> well, this truce is -- or pause is very temporary. it's the sole goal from israel's perspective is to get out as many hostages as we can. one way or another, it's going to end a few days at max. or tonight might be the last batch if hamas can continue providing at a rate of ten hostages a day, we'll continue. but i believe over the next few days, we'll continue, resume the attack to eliminate hamas. >> what about getting male hostages out? >> look, i'm not in the negotiation team. i'll just say that one way or another, idf is ready, like a spring coil ready to attack on the southern part and dismantle hamas. we have to end this war without hamas existing anymore. >> but, it sounds like, as you're talking about the time line here, the expectation is get as many women and children hostages out, but resume the war before negotiating to get male hostages out. is that correct? >> again,

let's pose that question and more with former israeli prime minister naftali bennett. he also served in an elite unit of the israel defense forces and recently enlisted in the idf reserves. mr. bennett, thank you so much for sharing part of your day with us. let's start with the deal that qatar brokered to open that rafah crossing to some palestinians and foreign nationals. is it your understanding that the idf has effectively agreed to a ceasefire around the rafah area of gaza as part of the deal? >> israel does not citizens who are moving away from harm's way. in fact, israel has allowed 800,000 gazans to move away according to laws of war from northern gaza to southern gaza and also from gaza through rafah into egypt. so whenever we're talking about human beings, we bend over backward to allow them into safe havens. >> would you like to see the arrangement that's in place right now around that crossing extended and perhaps widened to allow more palestinians to leave gaza? >> we will not prevent anyone from leaving gaza, assuming it's a civilian and not a terrorist o

former israeli prime minister naftali bennett joins us. mr. prime minister, thank you very much for joining us. we appreciate it. what is the latest, do you think, on the hostages? and these numbers are fluctuating from time to time. that's to be expected. but i know that the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has said there's not going to be a cease-fire unless more hostages come out. do you think we could see that in the coming days? >> i don't know. it's tough. we have to apply tremendous pressure on hamas. they're holding 240 hostages, including young babies, for exa exa example. one child lost her mom and dad who were murdered by hamas. her two brothers were hiding in a cupboard. she's there alone. imagine a young girl alone after knowing her parents are dead. so we have to do everything and increase the pressure in order to get hamas to release these hostages. >> and you're in the u.s. right now meeting with members of congress. what are you planning to tell them? what are you talking about? and what about some of the pressure that is s

means giving radicals the opportunity to accumulate strength, says former israeli prime minister naftali bennette country's current authorities are preparing for a long war. a different position is not welcome, the supreme court of the country for a few days. take your time, we don't want to harm civilians. and the war would have continued in 1946, in 1947. the middle east conflict is already affecting kiev’s ambitions; it is reported that israel has decided to refuse the sale of morocco and cyprus mothballed merkava 3 tanks, and cyprus, in turn, after the news about this , abandoned plans to supply ukraine with the soviet tanks available in the country, in tel aviv it will help us fight the war, a strong front in the rear allows us to create a strong front in the war. there is no ceasefire in sight. hamas refuses to release prisoners while explosions are heard in the gas. pavel melnik, vladimir overin and evgeniy kononov, news from israel. western israeli army with palestinian resistance units. one of the most hot spots, now jenin, where the army is. conducts sweeps in the city itself in the re

naftali bennett, grateful for your time, sir. thank you so much, have a wonderful day. >> thank you. mike: for more on the biden administration's handling of the hostage situation, let's bring in mark dubowitz who just returned from a week-long trip to israel where he met with senior diplomatic and military officials. welcome. >> thank you, mike. mike: you heard president biden suggesting a longer pause in fighting to get more prisoners out. your thoughts. >> look, there's overwhelming pressure on prime minister netanyahu and the israeli government to get the hostages out, right? the israeli society that cherishes every life, they celebrate life, and unfortunately, they're dealing with a terrorist e enemy that celebrates death, and so they have no choice but to agree to this ceasefire to get these hostages out, to get these babies, children, women, mothers and fathers out. and hamas will, of course, play games with the psychological fragility of the country in order to try and advance their own terrorist aim as. mike: you heard y

means giving radicals the opportunity to accumulate strength, says former israeli prime minister naftali bennettthe current authorities of the country are preparing for long war. any other position is not welcome. the country's supreme court rejected the request to hold anti-war rallies. it's not the right time, there aren't enough police officers. this would be equivalent to the fact that the war would have continued from 1946 to 1947. the middle east conflict is already affecting kiev’s ambitions. it is reported that israel decided to refuse to sell mothballed merkava 3 tanks to morocco and cyprus. and cyprus, in turn, after the news about this, abandoned plans to supply ukraine with the existing ones in the country soviet tanks are being prepared in tel aviv. a strong front in the war. a ceasefire is not in sight, netanyahu stresses. only local pauses are possible to open humanitarian corridors to residents. for the hostages' loved ones, this is a bad sign; hamas refuses to release the prisoners while explosions are heard in the gas. pavel melnik, vladimir overen and evgeniy kononov, news fro

means giving radicals the opportunity to accumulate strength, says former israeli prime minister naftali bennettthe country's current authorities are preparing for a long war. any other position is not welcome. the country's supreme court rejected the request to hold anti-war rallies. it's not the right time, there aren't enough police officers. this would be the same as, say, january 1945 . the allies would say to germany: you know what, we're going to pause the war for a few days. take your time, we don't want to cause harm to civilians. and the war would have continued in 1946, in 1947. the middle east conflict is already affecting kiev’s ambitions. it is reported that israel has decided to refuse to sell mothballed tanks to morocco and cyprus3. and cyprus , in turn, after the news of this, abandoned plans to supply ukraine with i. has the economic strength to withstand, and this will help us fight the war. the front in the rear allows us to create a strong front in war. a ceasefire is not in sight, netanyahu stresses. only possible local pauses to open humanitarian corridors to residents of

. >>> former israeli prime minister and defense minister naftali bennett joins me now. we have only seen one american hostage in this round of hostage releases. obviously there were two american hostages released in the beginning. in this round of hostage releases, only one american has been released despite u.s. pressure. why do you think that is? >> i think it is just random from israel's perspective. we don't make a distinction between the israelis that are in captivity, kidnapped by hamas regardless of their particular foreign citizenship. we don't care. we want them all back. so we are working hard to do that. >> who is deciding who gets released? is that just random by hamas? >> no. the negotiations going. on it is done primarily by criteria that hamas is not abiding to but by and large, getting the children and their parents out together. hamas is deliberately keeping one or two of the parents back in gaza. but children, young people, and the parents of children first. and then later on the rest. >> even though you were not in office on october 7th, you still say

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naftali bennett, that's the last word. the 11th hour starts now. >> tonight, secretary of state anthony blinken's return trip to israel, pressing for a humanitarian pause as israeli forces continue launching targeted attacks. then, president biden's visit to maine after a mass shooting. his message to a grieving community. and an alarming wave of antisemitism across the country, causing rising tensions on college campuses. we'll speak with three students about their experiences, as the 11th hour gets underway on this friday night. >> good evening once again. i'm stephanie ruhle. there are now increasing concerns within the biden white house about how israel is carrying out the war against hamas. today secretary of state anthony blinken made his second 's visit to israel since the october 7th terror attacks, and while he reaffirmed u.s. commitment to israel, he also made the case for a pause in the fighting, even as the war reaches a crucial stage. nbc's raf sanchez as the latest from israel. >> tonight, as israelis targeti

israel's former prime minister naftali bennett gives us an update on the war in israel, next. but i wonder if you just take a few seconds to pray with me real quick. in the name of the father and son, holy spirit. amen. lord jesus, come to us now. help us to surrender ourselves completely to you. help us to listen to your voice. even when we're distracted or tired, we pray this in the name of the father and of the son of the holy spirit. amen. thank you so much. i just want to encourage you that if you want to join me in more prayer, check out hallow it's the number one prayer app in the world. >> smoke rising from gaza as israeli troops continue to push forward into the region. prime minister benjamin netanyahu reiterating that operations will not stop until all hostages are released by hamas. >> let's go to trey yingst live on the ground in southern israel. trey. >> reporter: yeah, hey, guys, good morning. as we speak, the israelis are operating behind us inside the gaza strip. i just want to step out of the frame and we'll show you what it looks like. some of that smoke rising up from t

that was the phrase used in israel, not only by netanyahu, but by naftali bennett and others.hamas, quote unquote, privileges to work in israel and it will go away. and then you concentrate on the west bank. that was what is weakening the palestinian authority. and we just get from one year to the next, well, that was a delusion, a gigantic delusion. and this was netanyahu thought himself as the great winston churchill of israel. now that has been shattered. but also israel cannot be expected to live on its border with the threat is the experienced on a tour seventh either. so how do you, again, we're back to the original question, how can israel live in security, and how can the palestinians be given their dignity and eventually their statehood and their own security and their own personhood? and that has to occur because neither of these people are going anywhere. and they both deserve to live decent, secure lives, and have decent and secure politics. and that is a question of immense complexity. >> yeah and the only way, the only way that you get there is one step at a time

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sort of argument that i have heard israeli officials made, and speaking to things specifically naftali bennett, who is an israeli politician, who is asked by an israeli interview in about these casualties and something along the lines of, i can't believe you are asking me about, this we are fighting nazis here, and i've made similar points made by members of the unity government and netanyahu, and they basically say, this is existential, is akin to the nazis, and no one second guess the allies when they firebombed dresdent and did what they had to do to win the war. that's the position we find ourselves. and how do you question the position we are in. >> yeah. well, listen, i think there is a lot of second-guessing about the decisions that the military's have made in the past. and i referenced the second guessing that we are still undergoing in our operations of afghanistan, where we killed tens of thousands of civilians, and it ended up hurting, us not helping us. i think everyone admits here that there is going to be some level of civilian casualty. this is war. but, when you were talking ab

the former prime ministere fo of israel, naftali bennett, is witrmerh us. mr. prime minister, good to see you. for the life me, i do not not understand the united states of america. israel stood strong with america. post-9-1d 1 and you guys never wavered, ever. yos the worst terror attack in israeli history. and we have an president and administration pressuringon israel to put a pauseri on defending your homeland, defendinng isrl tog your countr. >> has that been happening? well, i want to explain, sean, n the meaning of a pause in the the war right now. we've embarked on the inevitable war to eliminate hamas. there's no way that we can accept the terrorist state that did what it did on our border. the moment we pause in the middle of the war, it gives o time for our enemies i to replenish themselves, reple to rearm, to freshen up, and ini effect that lengthens the war. every day of pause is another two weeks of war, which means p manyause i more dead people on a sides. it would be tantamount to, say, january of 1945 that the allies would tell germany, you kno

now under the previous government of naftali bennett, the expansion of roads here in the west bank was have professors at university. we are people of the book and not of the sword, and that is the way we would prefer to live. this war has been forced on us, we didn't choose it. 15,000 people live in this community, just across the valley from bethlehem. they say they have always had good relations with their arab neighbours, but october the 7th changed everything. i hope and belief other relations with our neighbours, the relationships will continue to be good. having said that, obviously, there is security concerns, because there is security concerns, because there were instances near the gaza strip of kibbutz where they had fantastic relationship with arabs working on the kibbutz and later discovered maps, describing the kibbutz village with the names of the family, how many people were living in each house. the people that live here are separated from their nearest a arab neighbours but a couple of hundred metre, a few farmsteads and a couple offences. the last month has seen a mas

we will ask that question to former prime minister of israel naftali bennett, who has served as chiefemendous mistake and wrong, because we're in a fight to eliminate hamas. we cannot have hamas exist. we're also in a fight to release the hostages. right now hamas is taking big hits. it's on the floor. now after they murdered and raped 1400 israelis, suddenly they want a humanitarian pause. we should not allow them to refresh, to rearm so they can continue this war on and on. we have to win. >> okay. so what are the other options? >> that's the option. victory. >> that's it? so just continuing with an offensive. let me ask you this -- >> i just want to give you an analogy. if you asked me in january of 1945, what are the options of the allies, a pause? no. total victory to eliminate hamas because hamas is not part of a conflict or some complex situation. hamas wanted to destroy israel, full stop, period. we have no choice. you would do exactly the same thing. we have to eliminate hamas. >> let me ask you, do you think prime minister benjamin netanyahu is the man for this moment? there

giving radicals the opportunity to accumulate strength, says the former prime minister of israel, naftali bennettsouth. massive rocket attacks in different time of day, israel is in a state of war, we did not want this war, we will set a price that they and other enemies of israel will remember for a decade to come, there is no ceasefire in sight, the israeli prime minister said this again on his social networks. benjamin netanyahu denies information about any deals with militants; this is a bad sign for the relatives of the hostages; hamas refuses to release prisoners while explosions are heard in the gas. in the gas sector in the south in the center, most importantly in the north it still forces palestinians to move from the same city of gaza, directly, where there is also unrest and shelling of hospitals and hamas continues, but the number of deaths among the civilian population that exists speaks exactly to the fact that the very indiscriminate israeli army is using its force, already over 10,000 this tragic figure has exceeded the number of dead, most of the dead are women, children, old peo

means giving radicals the opportunity to accumulate strength, says former israeli prime minister naftali bennettice officers, it would be the same as, say, in january 1945, the allies would say, you know what, we 're going to pause the war for a few days. take your time, we don't want to harm civilians. and the war would have continued in 1946, in 1947. the middle east conflict is already affecting kiev’s ambitions. it is reported that israel decided to refuse to sell mothballed mirkava 3 tanks to morocco and cyprus . and cyprus, in turn, after the news of this, abandoned plans to supply ukraine with soviet tanks available in the country. in tel aviv they are preparing to create reserve battalions. the state of israel has the economic strength to endure, and this will help us fight the war. a strong front in the dark allows us to create a strong front in war. a ceasefire is not expected, netanyahu emphasizes, only local pauses are possible to open humanitarian corridors to the residents of gaza. for close hostages, this is a bad sign. hamas refuses to release prisoners while explosions sound in