Nick Jonas
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And he came to power four years after the Yom Kippur War.
And Israel, in 1967, had seized the Sinai.
And then they fought another war in 73 over it.
And so he comes to power in 77.
And everybody says, oh, my God, you know, this is not the person who can make peace with Egypt.
And he specifically said, I will never under any circumstances give back the Sinai.
And 80 percent of Israeli Jews agreed with him.
Don't give back the Sinai because we've just fought four wars in 30 years.
against Egypt that keeps invading us through the Sinai.
And then, you know, two years later, he's sitting on the south lawn of the White House signing the peace deal with Egypt.
And, you know, sometimes this sort of Nixon to China moment happens in history.
I don't think history is pre-ordained and pre-written.
It is in Israel's long-term interest, and this is the case that Jason will continue to make, you know, as long as we are around, we will make the case that Israel can only have a future that is worth it for the Jewish people if it
compromises and allows there to be a Palestinian state.
And what it gets out of that is normalization of its relations with Saudi Arabia and the whole Gulf and the extension of the normalization of Israel as a country in the region.
That's what
Israelis can get for this.
And that can shift that 82% opposition quickly.
And it needs political leadership.
And I will fight for it.