Joel Gilbert
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Both the Israeli side and, of course, now the Gaza side with these security guarantees.
This is a touch paper that could easily explode moving forward.
And there are obviously interests, you know, the Haredim, the Orthodox Jews there.
And I think the government could easily fall at some point.
Important to remember, Steve, that only the first...
phase of the Trump plan has actually been agreed to in the Knesset.
The substantial long-term peace will hinge around the more substantial non-hostage issues.
And that, I think, is where the difficulties Israel is going to face moving forward.
Look, you mentioned in your question, of course, the Europeans, our beloved Europeans.
Apart from Phony Maloney, who's also in Egypt now,
The three primary countries you've mentioned, Britain, Germany, France, all of them, as you were indicating, all of them are suffering massive domestic turmoil right now.
And I can't help but think that their eagerness to fly over to Cairo to be part of the peace negotiations is an attempt to distract from the failures of their own domestic agenda.
And that is something...
And I'll hand back to you on this point, Steve.
This is something that I hope the hierarchy, that the political MAGA hierarchy in the United States is attentive to.
I'll close with this point, right?
I'll close with this point.
20 hostages being released is an incredible thing, but 200 Americans are dying every day of fentanyl.
And the political camera needs to be focused directly on that and on other domestic issues, I think, Steve.
No, no, no, no.