Why Israel won’t stop
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What recent events led to tensions between Trump and Netanyahu?
Israel and Lebanon agreed to a U.S.-backed ceasefire last night. A ceasefire.
That part of the world, ceasefire is when you're shooting in a more moderate manner.
This morning, Israel admitted it is still targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon. So point for Donald Trump, maybe.
What does the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon entail?
Though Trump said yesterday Hezbollah had agreed to stop shooting at Israel.
We actually spoke with Hezbollah for the first time ever. We didn't know they spoke.
Trump is growing frustrated with Benjamin Netanyahu. He copped to cussing him out in a phone call on Monday. Congress is growing frustrated with Trump. The House voted yesterday to demand that the president withdraw U.S. forces from the region or get congressional approval. The yeas are 215 and the nays are 208. Underpinning all of this, the question of what Israel is actually trying to do here. Today on Today Explained from Fox, the Greater Israel Project. What it is and why it means Israel doesn't want to stop.
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Mark Caputo, I'm a senior political writer and White House correspondent for Axios.
And you've been writing about something that happened between President Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday. What happened exactly? What went down?
Over the weekend, President Trump was hopeful that he was close to a deal, a peace deal with Iran.
Earth Social. Talks are continuing at a rapid pace with the Islamic Republic of Iran. Thank you for your attention to this matter, President Donald J. Trump.
And behind the scenes, according to some of our administration sources, Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister Netanyahu, had been advocating to have Lebanon as sort of part of the peace deal. But President Trump thought that that was sort of too many moving parts. Well, next thing everyone knows on Sunday, Netanyahu unleashes a pretty ferocious attack on Hezbollah and Lebanon. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his defense minister announced that they had ordered the military to strike Beirut.
The Israeli military said it launched its heaviest ever strikes across Lebanon, hitting 100 targets in just 10 minutes alone. It's unclear what what the goal of this expansion is going to be. But attacks have certainly increased since a nominal ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon went to effect in April 17.
And Iran then says, we're done talking about a peace deal. You know, it's sort of a little bit of kabuki that they do. And Trump got very angry, picked up the phone, and according to our sources, really lit in to Prime Minister Netanyahu. He says, you know, what the fuck are you doing? We were told, Trump said to Netanyahu, you're fucking crazy. You'd be in prison if it weren't for me.
Why is the Greater Israel Project significant in current conflicts?
I'm saving your ass. Everybody hates you now. Everybody hates Israel because of this. And Trump also had told Netanyahu that you just got to stop. You've got to stop. After that call, Netanyahu did signal he was going to scale it back a little, but not completely. And now there's allegedly some sort of detente.
All right, so President Trump was asked about this in a New York Post podcast on Wednesday. Did you say it? He says, yeah, I did. How exactly did the president characterize what happened in that meeting?
Well, he said he wasn't angry, but he was a little bit perturbed.
I wouldn't say angry. I was a little bit perturbed at his constantly fighting with Lebanon. You know, at some point I said, maybe... We got to stop this.
So to the degree he was disputing our reporting, it was the description of how mad he was. Understand that Trump and Netanyahu, as I like to say, they have sort of a brotherly relationship between the two of them, but sometimes brothers fight.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What recent events led to tensions between Trump and Netanyahu?
0:00–0:17
2
What does the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon entail?
0:17–3:24
3
Why is the Greater Israel Project significant in current conflicts?
3:24–7:36
4
How has Trump's relationship with Netanyahu evolved over time?
7:36–12:54
5
What are the implications of Israel's military actions in Lebanon?
12:54–17:44
6
How do the U.S. and Israel's interests align or diverge?
17:44–23:23
7
What role does public opinion play in Israel's expansionist policies?
23:23–26:57