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We're going to try to break it down and play segments of it.
Before I go to Poso, last night Netanyahu addressed the nation through a video he made.
And in a video he made, he said, hey, the Gaza part of this –
war is over, but the overall war continues on.
He said this in Hebrew.
And I think President Trump was asked about this on Air Force One, and he reiterated, the war is over.
And he couldn't have been more definitive.
What are your thoughts about this?
What Netanyahu is telling the people in Israel in Hebrew versus President Trump's mindset about this?
Well, Netanyahu stated early on and has consistently said that there are dual goals.
One is to release the hostages, and secondly is to disarm and dismantle Hamas and make sure that Gaza is no longer a threat to Israel.
Now, this came about because Israel had the foolish idea that by turning over Gaza to the PLO, to terrorist groups, that peace would break out back in 2006, and they were woefully wrong.
Now Israel has said, okay, we were getting the hostages back, but I think that Hamas has no intention of disarming.
I think Hamas is looking to do the Hezbollah model in Lebanon.
Hamas doesn't want to govern anymore.
They don't want to be in charge of governing.
But they would like to be a heavily armed group that really controls everything and can still threaten Israel.
I don't see any mechanism whatsoever that any international body is going to want to go into Gaza and disarm Hamas.
So Bibi has kind of been cornered a little bit from the situation.
Trump is saying, no, the war is over.