Joe Kent

I think that's pretty clear to your explanations.

So you've talked, you know, I think in some vaguer terms about, you know, they presented shifting red lines, et cetera.

But what did they do to get him to accept those red lines?

Because ultimately, he's the one who has to agree.

So how did that play out?

So, look, if I were to give very, very specific examples, I could put myself at a lot of peril.

However, like what's already publicly out there, I think the Secretary of State and the president's own statements about, well, Israel is going to go, so we had to go, really tells you pretty much everything you need to know about the off-balance relationship that we currently have with the state of Israel.

But it works very simply.

The Israeli officials would come to us either through intelligence channels or through official engagements with the president, with members of his cabinet, their counterparts.

And look, these guys are good.

A lot of them, they're very good at what they do.

A lot of them are dual citizens, native English speakers.

When you deal with the Israelis,

It's different than dealing with any other foreign government, really, because they sound like us.

They look like us.

You can get pretty comfortable with them.

And they have a very competent intelligence service.

They're good at what they do.

And so you're kind of like a little bit – you can be impressed by the intelligence that they can offer.

And so these officials would come in, and they would kind of shop around intelligence.