Ben Shapiro

And China's support for Iran has not resulted in greater support for China, but in less support for China in the region.

I now see the possibility of the expansion of those agreements and the expansion and the deepening of the agreements we do have to alliances with Arab states of the kind that we never even dreamed of.

And that's the result of the change in the relative power of Israel.

The fact that we face down this neighborhood bully, this killer regime in Iran, that's brought

quite a few of the Arab countries closer together with Israel, and that's good for peace.

I'm hearing the fact from Arab countries, which I won't get into, who say... All of them?

No.

But some of them, and I never heard that before, let's strengthen our alliance with Israel because that, in fact, deters Iran.

Let's strengthen our alliance with Israel because we can work up our defenses as a result of it.

Let's strengthen our alliance with Israel because we can do amazing things with Israel.

Now, worth noting that in this interview, Netanyahu said that his goal is to draw American aid to Israel down to zero.

So for all those people who are claiming that Netanyahu wants to increase American aid to Israel over time and spend more American taxpayer dollars in Israel, and there's a very strong case that the memo of understanding between Israel and the United States actually benefits the United States.

Number one, it all goes back to our military industrial complex.

That's the reality.

It goes to our defense contractors.

Number two, we get access to Israeli military tech.

And number three,

For better or for worse, the United States is frequently yanking the chain of the Israelis when they're in the middle of aggressive military action based on that MOU.

So Netanyahu wants to cut it off.

It's why President Trump said, what are you doing?