Benjamin Netanyahu
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I think it's a combination of that, but I think it's the question of interest and whether you have to get both sides to a point where they think that that conversation will lead to something useful. I don't think they're there right now.
I think it's a combination of that, but I think it's the question of interest and whether you have to get both sides to a point where they think that that conversation will lead to something useful. I don't think they're there right now.
I think it's a combination of that, but I think it's the question of interest and whether you have to get both sides to a point where they think that that conversation will lead to something useful. I don't think they're there right now.
Yeah, I don't think they're in a position to enter a room right now, realistically. I mean, you can posit that it would be good if that could happen, but entering the room is sometimes more complicated than what happens in the room. And there's a lot of pre-negotiation on the negotiation. Then you negotiate endlessly on the negotiation. They're not even there.
Yeah, I don't think they're in a position to enter a room right now, realistically. I mean, you can posit that it would be good if that could happen, but entering the room is sometimes more complicated than what happens in the room. And there's a lot of pre-negotiation on the negotiation. Then you negotiate endlessly on the negotiation. They're not even there.
Yeah, I don't think they're in a position to enter a room right now, realistically. I mean, you can posit that it would be good if that could happen, but entering the room is sometimes more complicated than what happens in the room. And there's a lot of pre-negotiation on the negotiation. Then you negotiate endlessly on the negotiation. They're not even there.
It took a lot of work for you to get to Handshake in the past. It's an interesting question. How did the piece, the Abraham Accords, how did that begin? I mean, we had decades, 70 years or 65 years where these people would not meet openly or even secretly with an Israeli leader.
It took a lot of work for you to get to Handshake in the past. It's an interesting question. How did the piece, the Abraham Accords, how did that begin? I mean, we had decades, 70 years or 65 years where these people would not meet openly or even secretly with an Israeli leader.
It took a lot of work for you to get to Handshake in the past. It's an interesting question. How did the piece, the Abraham Accords, how did that begin? I mean, we had decades, 70 years or 65 years where these people would not meet openly or even secretly with an Israeli leader.
Yeah, we had the Mossad making contacts with them all the time and so on, but how do we break the ice to the top level of leadership? Well, we broke the ice because I took a very strong stance against Iran. And the Gulf states understood that Iran is a formidable danger to them. So we had a common interest.
Yeah, we had the Mossad making contacts with them all the time and so on, but how do we break the ice to the top level of leadership? Well, we broke the ice because I took a very strong stance against Iran. And the Gulf states understood that Iran is a formidable danger to them. So we had a common interest.
Yeah, we had the Mossad making contacts with them all the time and so on, but how do we break the ice to the top level of leadership? Well, we broke the ice because I took a very strong stance against Iran. And the Gulf states understood that Iran is a formidable danger to them. So we had a common interest.
And the second thing is that because of the economic reforms that we had produced in Israel, Israel became a technological powerhouse. And that could help their nations, not only in terms of anything, just bettering the life of their peoples.
And the second thing is that because of the economic reforms that we had produced in Israel, Israel became a technological powerhouse. And that could help their nations, not only in terms of anything, just bettering the life of their peoples.
And the second thing is that because of the economic reforms that we had produced in Israel, Israel became a technological powerhouse. And that could help their nations, not only in terms of anything, just bettering the life of their peoples.
And the combination of the desire to have some kind of protection against Iran or some kind of cooperation against Iran and civilian economic cooperation came to a head when I gave a speech in the American Congress. which I didn't do lightheartedly.
And the combination of the desire to have some kind of protection against Iran or some kind of cooperation against Iran and civilian economic cooperation came to a head when I gave a speech in the American Congress. which I didn't do lightheartedly.
And the combination of the desire to have some kind of protection against Iran or some kind of cooperation against Iran and civilian economic cooperation came to a head when I gave a speech in the American Congress. which I didn't do lightheartedly.
I had to decide to challenge a sitting American president on the so-called Iranian deal, which I thought would pave Iran's path with gold to be an effective nuclear power. That's what would happen. So I went there. And in the course of giving that speech before the joint session of Congress,
I had to decide to challenge a sitting American president on the so-called Iranian deal, which I thought would pave Iran's path with gold to be an effective nuclear power. That's what would happen. So I went there. And in the course of giving that speech before the joint session of Congress,