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Joel Rosenberg: Who Will Be Israel’s Next Prime Minister? | The Rosenberg Report

April 23, 2026 | 23:24

Joel Rosenberg: Who Will Be Israel’s Next Prime Minister? | The Rosenberg Report
Naftali Bennett joins Joel Rosenberg to discuss the next prime minister of Israel.
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The Rosenberg Report | Joel Rosenberg: Who Will Be Israel’s Next Prime Minister? | The Rosenberg Report | April 23, 2026
  • Tonight on the rosenberg report,
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  • An exclusive interview with the once and possibly
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  • Future prime minister of israel.
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  • Naftali bennett,
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  • As 10 million israelis celebrate independence day.
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  • Elections are only six months away.
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  • Is bennett definitely running?
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  • If so, what's his vision for the country?
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  • The region and u.s-israeli relations?
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  • And why should israelis
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  • Turn to him rather than reelect benjamin netanyahu?
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  • Tonight, the first of a two part conversation with the man
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  • Who's leading in the polls.
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  • It's former israeli prime minister naftali bennett, up
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  • Close and personal.
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  • And it all starts right here, right now on the rosenberg
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  • Report.
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  • War. peace.
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  • Drama.
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  • So much happening in the middle east.
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  • But also israelis are going to the polls in october
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  • For the first election in four years.
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  • Can israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu
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  • Remain in power?
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  • He was first elected prime minister in 1996, 30 years ago.
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  • Can he convince israeli voters that he's the guy
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  • To take israel into the future, or is change coming?
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  • The number one potential opponent of netanyahu
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  • Is netanyahu's former chief of staff, naftali bennett.
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  • Naftali bennett, who ousted netanyahu and became prime
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  • Minister several years ago before netanyahu then ousted him
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  • And regained his position as prime minister.
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  • So much going on, and we have an exclusive
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  • Interview with netanyahu's main challenger, naftali bennett.
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  • Is he really running?
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  • And what would he be running on?
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  • Good evening, and welcome to the rosenberg report.
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  • So glad you're with us.
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  • In a very dramatic time, a very dramatic week.
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  • Lots to cover.
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  • One thing i want to mention right
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  • Upfront is that something horrible
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  • Happened over the weekend in which
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  • An israeli soldier in southern lebanon was photographed,
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  • Desecrating, attacking a statue,
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  • A catholic statue of jesus christ.
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  • It was despicable.
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  • It was discussing i condemned it on social media,
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  • And i want to talk about it in a few moments.
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  • Most israeli leaders condemned it,
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  • And it's an important thing to talk about in a moment.
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  • So, like i said, we'll cover more later in the show.
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  • But right now,
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  • I want to take you to a beach in northern tel aviv,
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  • Where i met, former israeli prime minister naftali bennett.
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  • You know,
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  • I've interviewed him
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  • A number of times on this program,
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  • But this is a moment where i asked him, are you running?
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  • Great to be with you. thanks.
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  • This is an interesting time, right?
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  • I mean, we're here.
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  • We've at the moment, we've got,
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  • We've got a cease fire with the iranian regime.
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  • We've got a cease fire, in lebanon with hezbollah.
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  • Let's get to that in a moment.
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  • Your assessment of the war.
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  • But i got to ask you first.
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  • Everybody wants to know you're running.
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  • You're running in 26, right?
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  • Yes, yes, i am, running.
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  • And my intent is to win,
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  • Become
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  • Israel's next prime minister, unite israel,
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  • And then bring in the best era israel has ever
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  • Seen of growth, of security and of unity, of unity.
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  • It's going to be an israeli renaissance.
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  • Well, let's talk about that
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  • Because i want to talk about your vision.
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  • But i also want to start with, last week on the show
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  • Was your old, political ally turned, maybe nemesis.
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  • I don't know, amichai chikli.
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  • Good man, i like him.
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  • But i you know, it was interesting because i asked him.
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  • So the premise of the next
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  • Campaign, i mean, october 7th, was the worst disaster
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  • In the history of the jews since the holocaust.
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  • Prime minister netanyahu was was in the chair.
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  • Right. and it's not like he was new to the job. right?
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  • Doing this for 30 years.
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  • So i asked.
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  • Do you think the israeli population,
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  • The public, is going to
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  • Punish netanyahu for that, or is he going to reward him
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  • That we fought so bravely and made a lot of success?
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  • Now, his view was,
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  • We've done things that no one would ever do.
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  • Yes. there's more to be done,
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  • But, but, but it's gonna be a huge victory
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  • For netanyahu and, and his coalition.
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  • Obviously. you don't think so.
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  • What's your what's your analysis?
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  • The israeli public is gonna be asked one big question.
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  • Who can fix israel?
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  • Who can lead israel?
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  • Who can unite israel and we're going to have to go
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  • Through really a renaissance of of, rebuilding israel.
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  • And, you know,
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  • Netanyahu has done good things, has done less good things.
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  • It's been 30 years.
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  • So i'm not going to attack him.
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  • I'm just going to say the israeli people
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  • Are looking to the future and not asking backward.
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  • Is he to blame?
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  • How much blame, how much responsibility?
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  • And all of that?
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  • They're going to ask, how do we build a better future?
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  • And they're looking for the younger generation
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  • That will unite israel.
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  • And in that sense, i think we're going to look at a
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  • Big victory, for change and for growth.
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  • All right.
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  • Well, let me press you one more point on that because,
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  • You know, we all everybody knows that
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  • If you if you know netanyahu, and you obviously do,
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  • You know that winston churchill is his great hero,
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  • Warning the world, warning the west of the nazis
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  • Before anybody got it, and then building an alliance
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  • With the united states to defeat the nazis. right.
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  • So hasn't he become winston churchill?
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  • Look, i don't want to attack netanyahu.
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  • I will just say that winston churchill did not feed
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  • The nazis with,
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  • $360 million
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  • A year, during the 30s,
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  • You know, talking about.
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  • The payments that he authorized from qatar to come.
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  • On the the big mistake of,
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  • The past 20 years is, there was a policy
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  • Of feeding the monster because we had a monster
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  • Building up in then in the lebanon, and then hamas.
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  • And instead of,
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  • Neutralizing it
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  • And, and removing it when it was small,
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  • Every time they threatened,
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  • The government caved in and paid
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  • The money, allow them to grow to such a huge threat,
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  • Where we were surrounded then and
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  • That is really the main responsibility
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  • Of the previous governments led by mr.
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  • Netanyahu.
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  • But i have to say that that over the past
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  • Two and a half years, the israeli people when when the,
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  • The israeli government collapsed on october 7th,
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  • The israeli people rose like a lion
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  • Because thousands of young israeli men and women
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  • Rode down to, the kibbutzim
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  • And to the cities there and saved lives.
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  • Some of them lost their lives, heroes.
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  • And then when the world sort of wrote israel off
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  • And said, we're no longer strong, we're no longer clever.
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  • We showed that during the past two and a half years
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  • That we're strong, we're,
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  • Persevering, and we're as clever as ever.
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  • So i don't want to say by any stretch
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  • Of the imagination that,
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  • We've not achieved, we've achieved a lot.
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  • We've hit iran badly.
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  • Hit hezbollah. hamas?
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  • Yes. hamas still is there.
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  • And growing. hezbollah is there. iran is there.
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  • So there's work
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  • To be done in the next governments.
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  • But all of this can be achieved
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  • Only if we unite israel from within and rebuild israel.
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  • Coming up next on the rosenberg report.
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  • More of my exclusive interview with the once
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  • And possibly future israeli prime minister naftali bennett.
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  • How would he lead israel differently than bibi netanyahu?
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  • And what should be done about an israeli soldier
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  • In southern lebanon desecrating a statue of jesus?
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  • Find out when the rosenberg report continues.
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  • And right after the break.
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  • And right after the break.
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  • Let's let's shift them to your vision.
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  • All right.
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  • You're what you said already twice
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  • In this conversation is an israeli renaissance.
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  • I've heard you give interviews, talk about like. yes,
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  • Israel's had to fight hard, and there's more to be done, but.
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  • But essentially the next, you're positioning yourself
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  • As the builder of of of a of a new and an a better israel.
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  • Right?
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  • So i do want to say one thing, though.
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  • I actually expected you to say a moment ago
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  • When i asked you about churchill.
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  • I expect you to say, will
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  • Churchill won the war, and then that's all selection.
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  • You didn't say that. but anyway.
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  • That's true.
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  • Very aptly, aptly won.
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  • And what happened there is the
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  • The british public,
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  • Wanted to to open a new page
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  • And rebuild the britain after the war.
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  • The israeli public wants to open a new page.
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  • The there were so many mistakes that led to this war.
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  • Like,
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  • Accepting hezbollah and hamas on our borders.
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  • The whole containment strategy.
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  • And then domestic, internal fighting.
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  • People are fed up with that.
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  • They want to, a better israel, better education, stronger
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  • Economy, strong high tech, and stop all the internal
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  • Fighting and recruit the carrot and bring them into.
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  • Ultra. religious who are.
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  • Avoiding military service.
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  • Well, i gotta ask you one more question before we shift.
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  • I'm realizing to, to your vision.
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  • And that is, do you bear any responsibility on the,
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  • The qatar cash transfers to hamas?
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  • You did serve in in netanyahu's cabinet.
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  • Multiple positions, including his defense minister.
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  • So how do you how do you.
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  • Actually.
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  • Deal with people saying, well, no,
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  • But you're just complicit, as he was?
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  • Well, actually, i inherited, a system where
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  • Every month they brought in $30 million in cash in suitcases.
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  • This is almost unbelievable.
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  • I stopped that.
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  • I said no more suitcases of cash going to hamas.
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  • I am willing that the,
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  • Gaza population for families
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  • Will get $100 prepaid cards.
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  • So we converted that money into prepaid cards,
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  • Which we could monitor and went to buying food.
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  • I'm okay with that.
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  • But i stopped the the cash transfers to hamas.
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  • Used for building weapons.
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  • It was weapons.
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  • It was used for building weapons, for building tunnels.
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  • Just unbelievable.
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  • Policy in real time.
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  • And certainly now.
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  • Are you satisfied
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  • With where we are now in terms of the massive damage done
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  • To the iranian offensive, military capabilities,
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  • Obviously, to the
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  • To the regime itself and hezbollah and hamas, are you
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  • Do you feel
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  • Good about where we are as americans and as israelis?
  • 00:11:33.416 --> 00:11:36.486
  • Well, i think, this operation, the joint israeli american
  • 00:11:36.486 --> 00:11:41.658
  • Air force.
  • 00:11:41.658 --> 00:11:42.359
  • This is historic. really? what?
  • 00:11:42.359 --> 00:11:43.627
  • It is historic. it's historic.
  • 00:11:43.627 --> 00:11:45.395
  • It's important, to we push back the nuclear program.
  • 00:11:45.395 --> 00:11:50.100
  • I don't know exactly how much, the ballistic missiles.
  • 00:11:50.100 --> 00:11:54.371
  • And we showed that we will act on iranian soil.
  • 00:11:54.371 --> 00:11:59.142
  • You know, for years, i've been talking to you
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  • About the first doctrine which said we should
  • 00:12:01.878 --> 00:12:05.315
  • Not only be fighting
  • 00:12:05.315 --> 00:12:06.550
  • The arms of the octopus, but go for the head.
  • 00:12:06.550 --> 00:12:08.785
  • And that's what we did.
  • 00:12:08.785 --> 00:12:10.320
  • So that was, a vital move and a very successful one.
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  • We need to see it through.
  • 00:12:15.458 --> 00:12:17.027
  • We need to ensure that all the enriched uranium is taken out.
  • 00:12:17.027 --> 00:12:20.497
  • We need zero enrichment forever.
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  • No sunset.
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  • We need to stop the ballistic missile production, and stop
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  • The octopus of terror.
  • 00:12:31.141 --> 00:12:32.375
  • So as to the final results,
  • 00:12:32.375 --> 00:12:35.412
  • We'll see where it goes over the next few days.
  • 00:12:35.412 --> 00:12:37.380
  • Yeah. so that really is the pivot.
  • 00:12:37.380 --> 00:12:40.150
  • Because whatever happens,
  • 00:12:40.150 --> 00:12:41.818
  • Even if even if all the fighting stops today, like,
  • 00:12:41.818 --> 00:12:44.354
  • I mean, it is not to date, but i mean, as we
  • 00:12:44.354 --> 00:12:46.156
  • If we're at the end
  • 00:12:46.156 --> 00:12:47.390
  • Of military operations and president trump is pushing
  • 00:12:47.390 --> 00:12:49.860
  • Everybody on, on, diplomacy, you know.
  • 00:12:49.860 --> 00:12:52.963
  • Good. yeah.
  • 00:12:52.963 --> 00:12:54.731
  • We're in a world in which the you know,
  • 00:12:54.731 --> 00:12:56.900
  • You mentioned calling yourself the supreme leader.
  • 00:12:56.900 --> 00:12:58.835
  • I mean, you know,
  • 00:12:58.835 --> 00:12:59.769
  • The so so-called supreme leader, he's
  • 00:12:59.769 --> 00:13:01.304
  • Now seen his supreme leader, and i think he's burning in hell.
  • 00:13:01.304 --> 00:13:03.506
  • I mean, i have no doubt,
  • 00:13:03.506 --> 00:13:05.041
  • But they're gone,
  • 00:13:05.041 --> 00:13:06.176
  • Like the iranian regime that you and i
  • 00:13:06.176 --> 00:13:08.078
  • Were talking about over the years.
  • 00:13:08.078 --> 00:13:10.113
  • It effectively is gone.
  • 00:13:10.113 --> 00:13:12.215
  • Hezbollah is radically degraded, if not if not quite broken,
  • 00:13:12.215 --> 00:13:16.853
  • And hamas is just hanging on by a thread. so.
  • 00:13:16.853 --> 00:13:19.389
  • So you are describing, as i hear you in interviews and,
  • 00:13:19.389 --> 00:13:23.026
  • Discussions, we're heading into a very different
  • 00:13:23.026 --> 00:13:26.529
  • Middle east than we've had for our entire lives or mine.
  • 00:13:26.529 --> 00:13:30.834
  • So what opportunities that that grant, what are you
  • 00:13:30.834 --> 00:13:35.171
  • Beginning to say to israelis and to americans
  • 00:13:35.171 --> 00:13:37.807
  • And to others in the region and around the world,
  • 00:13:37.807 --> 00:13:40.343
  • What's possible and and how does naftali bennett
  • 00:13:40.343 --> 00:13:44.180
  • Make that a reality?
  • 00:13:44.648 --> 00:13:46.850
  • Well, first of all, domestically, our region.
  • 00:13:46.850 --> 00:13:50.186
  • But a moment before we talk about the, domestic issues,
  • 00:13:50.186 --> 00:13:55.792
  • Un, un defense, we have to also be very open eyed and not,
  • 00:13:55.792 --> 00:14:02.132
  • Put ourselves in illusions
  • 00:14:02.699 --> 00:14:04.134
  • Like in the past, we've achieved amazing achievements.
  • 00:14:04.134 --> 00:14:08.305
  • But hamas is there and growing.
  • 00:14:08.305 --> 00:14:10.840
  • There are 30,000 hamas warriors
  • 00:14:10.840 --> 00:14:13.777
  • Growing by the day, and rami, we have to know that.
  • 00:14:13.777 --> 00:14:17.180
  • Battle hardened they're living on. i understand.
  • 00:14:17.180 --> 00:14:19.582
  • Yeah, yeah, yeah.
  • 00:14:19.582 --> 00:14:21.151
  • I, the days of, of,
  • 00:14:21.151 --> 00:14:24.721
  • Writing off our enemies as weak.
  • 00:14:24.721 --> 00:14:27.390
  • Those days are over. i take every threat seriously.
  • 00:14:27.390 --> 00:14:30.060
  • So we've got hamas, we've got hezbollah,
  • 00:14:30.060 --> 00:14:33.229
  • Who's also rearming and producing missiles.
  • 00:14:33.229 --> 00:14:36.433
  • We've got iran, who obviously is going to rebuild.
  • 00:14:36.433 --> 00:14:38.969
  • So i don't want to say by any way that the threats are over.
  • 00:14:38.969 --> 00:14:43.940
  • Okay.
  • 00:14:43.940 --> 00:14:44.874
  • But in order to deal with these threats,
  • 00:14:44.874 --> 00:14:47.210
  • And i'm looking not only over the next two
  • 00:14:47.210 --> 00:14:49.646
  • Months, but also years and decades,
  • 00:14:49.646 --> 00:14:52.515
  • We need a strong, robust, united israel.
  • 00:14:52.515 --> 00:14:57.320
  • And so basically, the my vision for israel
  • 00:14:57.320 --> 00:15:02.659
  • Is a very strong foundation, strong
  • 00:15:02.659 --> 00:15:05.862
  • Economy, strong military, strong society.
  • 00:15:05.862 --> 00:15:09.799
  • And on it, we have to become a light upon nations.
  • 00:15:09.799 --> 00:15:14.237
  • We have to be what we need to be.
  • 00:15:14.237 --> 00:15:16.806
  • What our mission or our raison d'etre is.
  • 00:15:16.806 --> 00:15:21.177
  • Be strong, do good.
  • 00:15:21.644 --> 00:15:23.713
  • And here i see immense opportunity.
  • 00:15:23.713 --> 00:15:26.716
  • So, i would envision,
  • 00:15:26.716 --> 00:15:30.487
  • You know, on my first week as prime minister,
  • 00:15:30.487 --> 00:15:34.257
  • Going out to the emirates and to egypt and,
  • 00:15:34.257 --> 00:15:36.893
  • And inviting them and rebuilding their, regional relationship.
  • 00:15:36.893 --> 00:15:41.364
  • The emirates have done extremely well.
  • 00:15:41.364 --> 00:15:43.133
  • They've been amazing.
  • 00:15:43.133 --> 00:15:43.900
  • They've had almost twice as many,
  • 00:15:43.900 --> 00:15:46.269
  • Missiles and drones as we have, and i didn't know.
  • 00:15:46.269 --> 00:15:49.005
  • I mean, i love them. i've spent time with mohammed bin zayed.
  • 00:15:49.005 --> 00:15:51.708
  • I mean, i'm i mean, you have to.
  • 00:15:51.708 --> 00:15:53.243
  • But you were a prime minister, and i'm not.
  • 00:15:53.243 --> 00:15:55.512
  • I didn't know
  • 00:15:55.512 --> 00:15:56.446
  • They had the capabilities to shoot down
  • 00:15:56.446 --> 00:15:57.881
  • 95% of what was getting shot at them.
  • 00:15:57.881 --> 00:16:00.183
  • We just never seen that in action before.
  • 00:16:00.183 --> 00:16:02.252
  • It's been very impressive.
  • 00:16:02.252 --> 00:16:03.386
  • Yeah.
  • 00:16:03.386 --> 00:16:04.387
  • Sheikh mohammed bin zayed, what we call mbc,
  • 00:16:04.387 --> 00:16:07.123
  • He's an amazing leader.
  • 00:16:07.624 --> 00:16:08.958
  • Yes, he's an amazing leader for an innovator.
  • 00:16:08.958 --> 00:16:11.961
  • And he's strong. he's tough.
  • 00:16:11.961 --> 00:16:15.098
  • And he didn't cave in
  • 00:16:15.098 --> 00:16:16.599
  • And that's the sort of allies that we want.
  • 00:16:16.599 --> 00:16:19.869
  • And i really like that guy.
  • 00:16:20.470 --> 00:16:22.639
  • And we're going to do amazing things together,
  • 00:16:22.639 --> 00:16:24.774
  • But it's going to be way beyond that.
  • 00:16:24.774 --> 00:16:26.409
  • I'm talking about the saudis. i'm talking about indonesia.
  • 00:16:26.409 --> 00:16:29.212
  • I'm talking about india.
  • 00:16:29.212 --> 00:16:30.914
  • I mean, do you think lebanon will come into a peace treaty.
  • 00:16:30.914 --> 00:16:34.250
  • When we, neutralize and dismantle hezbollah?
  • 00:16:34.250 --> 00:16:38.655
  • Here's the rule of thumb.
  • 00:16:39.222 --> 00:16:41.491
  • You can't build peace, or you can't have a tree of peace.
  • 00:16:41.491 --> 00:16:45.929
  • Grow on a soil of terror. so,
  • 00:16:45.929 --> 00:16:49.532
  • Likewise in
  • 00:16:49.866 --> 00:16:50.834
  • Gaza, we have to defeat us, and it's doable.
  • 00:16:50.834 --> 00:16:54.637
  • Now, i'm not going to give a timeline.
  • 00:16:54.637 --> 00:16:56.739
  • This is going to be my problem in in a few months.
  • 00:16:56.739 --> 00:16:59.409
  • And we're going to have to use a mix of tools.
  • 00:16:59.409 --> 00:17:02.912
  • But we cannot no longer let these monsters
  • 00:17:02.912 --> 00:17:06.549
  • Grow and grow on our borders.
  • 00:17:06.549 --> 00:17:09.586
  • We're going to turn into the world's,
  • 00:17:09.586 --> 00:17:12.555
  • One of the world's leaders in ai, in quantum
  • 00:17:12.555 --> 00:17:16.826
  • Mechanics and quantum computing, in biomedicine.
  • 00:17:16.826 --> 00:17:21.030
  • Israel is going to be the place everyone wants to come to.
  • 00:17:21.030 --> 00:17:24.667
  • We have the best technologies in so many areas now.
  • 00:17:25.735 --> 00:17:29.172
  • You know, my pet project was the laser defense project, right?
  • 00:17:29.172 --> 00:17:32.408
  • So, so everyone's knocking on our doors wanting to make money.
  • 00:17:32.408 --> 00:17:36.079
  • Instead of buying a $50,000,
  • 00:17:36.079 --> 00:17:39.149
  • Rocket to knock. out fire and go.
  • 00:17:39.849 --> 00:17:41.651
  • Another rocket. you know, it's.
  • 00:17:41.651 --> 00:17:43.386
  • I don't know, $0.50 a dollar, $5. i'm not sure.
  • 00:17:43.386 --> 00:17:45.922
  • A ten bucks for a beam of lasers.
  • 00:17:45.922 --> 00:17:48.224
  • I mean, literally it.
  • 00:17:48.224 --> 00:17:49.292
  • Well, literally is star wars a star wars, people.
  • 00:17:49.292 --> 00:17:51.761
  • My visit, by the way, is is full blown star wars right.
  • 00:17:51.761 --> 00:17:55.398
  • Now that a laser can shoot a missile out of the sky.
  • 00:17:55.398 --> 00:17:57.500
  • There's all that works. that's amazing.
  • 00:17:57.500 --> 00:17:59.035
  • It's, it can shoot a missile.
  • 00:17:59.035 --> 00:18:01.037
  • It can shoot a drone.
  • 00:18:01.037 --> 00:18:02.172
  • It can shoot down, rockets and mortars.
  • 00:18:02.172 --> 00:18:05.308
  • It's done it.
  • 00:18:05.308 --> 00:18:06.509
  • But that's only the first layer we that's the ground layer.
  • 00:18:06.509 --> 00:18:09.879
  • Then we're going to have.
  • 00:18:09.879 --> 00:18:10.880
  • And now the u.s. wants to buy it. yeah, yeah.
  • 00:18:10.880 --> 00:18:13.283
  • But we're also going to have an outer space right out in space.
  • 00:18:13.283 --> 00:18:17.921
  • We're going to have, lasers that can neutralize
  • 00:18:17.921 --> 00:18:22.292
  • Intercontinental ballistic missiles
  • 00:18:22.292 --> 00:18:25.061
  • Out of our
  • 00:18:25.361 --> 00:18:26.429
  • Atmosphere because there's there's a vacuum there.
  • 00:18:26.429 --> 00:18:29.265
  • So the laser beam remains strong.
  • 00:18:29.265 --> 00:18:32.135
  • Yeah.
  • 00:18:32.135 --> 00:18:32.969
  • We're going to do amazing things.
  • 00:18:32.969 --> 00:18:33.903
  • But in medicine and in ai and all of that,
  • 00:18:33.903 --> 00:18:37.540
  • Israel is going to be, you know, i would call it the solution
  • 00:18:37.540 --> 00:18:41.044
  • Nation.
  • 00:18:41.044 --> 00:18:41.978
  • We're going to bring solutions to the world's
  • 00:18:41.978 --> 00:18:43.546
  • Biggest problems while being strong.
  • 00:18:43.546 --> 00:18:47.050
  • Coming up next on the rosenberg report, an israeli
  • 00:18:47.050 --> 00:18:50.320
  • Soldier in southern lebanon desecrating a statue of jesus.
  • 00:18:50.320 --> 00:18:55.091
  • Is the israeli government taking it seriously?
  • 00:18:55.091 --> 00:18:57.927
  • And what exactly should be done?
  • 00:18:57.927 --> 00:19:00.230
  • Find out when the rosenberg report continues on tbn
  • 00:19:00.230 --> 00:19:04.467
  • Right after this break.
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  • Right after this break.
  • 00:19:07.007 --> 00:19:10.775
  • Welcome back to the rosenberg report.
  • 00:19:11.576 --> 00:19:13.378
  • I want to talk about one more topic,
  • 00:19:13.378 --> 00:19:16.448
  • That i mentioned at the top of the show.
  • 00:19:16.448 --> 00:19:18.049
  • That really bothers me.
  • 00:19:18.049 --> 00:19:19.918
  • In the last few days, an israeli soldier in southern
  • 00:19:19.918 --> 00:19:23.288
  • Lebanon was photographed attacking, desecrating a statue.
  • 00:19:23.288 --> 00:19:28.493
  • A catholic statue of jesus christ.
  • 00:19:28.493 --> 00:19:31.863
  • Now, at first, i didn't even believe
  • 00:19:31.863 --> 00:19:33.064
  • That the picture with real.
  • 00:19:33.064 --> 00:19:34.299
  • I thought maybe it was i maybe it was something that,
  • 00:19:34.299 --> 00:19:37.102
  • Our enemies would put out. but.
  • 00:19:37.102 --> 00:19:38.870
  • But actually, it was confirmed first by israeli foreign
  • 00:19:38.870 --> 00:19:43.241
  • Minister guideon sa█ar, who condemned it
  • 00:19:43.241 --> 00:19:46.011
  • Quickly and confirmed it was real,
  • 00:19:46.011 --> 00:19:48.213
  • But said there was
  • 00:19:48.213 --> 00:19:49.314
  • An an ongoing investigation that had been started
  • 00:19:49.314 --> 00:19:52.117
  • To find out exactly what in the world happened and why.
  • 00:19:52.117 --> 00:19:56.254
  • But he condemned it quickly
  • 00:19:56.254 --> 00:19:58.023
  • And forcefully and i appreciated that.
  • 00:19:58.023 --> 00:19:59.724
  • Then the idf international spokesman,
  • 00:19:59.724 --> 00:20:02.627
  • A friend of mine nadav shoshani.
  • 00:20:03.328 --> 00:20:04.896
  • He officially condemned it from the idf perspective.
  • 00:20:04.896 --> 00:20:08.099
  • Then israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, came out
  • 00:20:08.099 --> 00:20:12.070
  • With a forceful condemnation as well.
  • 00:20:12.070 --> 00:20:14.139
  • And israeli leaders across the board have been very,
  • 00:20:14.139 --> 00:20:16.508
  • Very good at saying this is not our values.
  • 00:20:16.508 --> 00:20:18.843
  • We we totally condemn this.
  • 00:20:18.843 --> 00:20:20.645
  • This will be investigated and it's wrong and it is wrong.
  • 00:20:20.645 --> 00:20:23.848
  • It's actually atrocious.
  • 00:20:23.848 --> 00:20:24.949
  • It's despicable.
  • 00:20:24.949 --> 00:20:27.152
  • And i immediately,
  • 00:20:27.152 --> 00:20:28.787
  • Thanked each of those,
  • 00:20:28.787 --> 00:20:30.322
  • Israeli leaders for coming out forcefully against it.
  • 00:20:30.322 --> 00:20:32.490
  • But i also said, look, in a in a post on x, i said, look,
  • 00:20:32.490 --> 00:20:36.461
  • This needs there needs to be a moment here
  • 00:20:36.461 --> 00:20:38.563
  • Where the idf, every israeli soldier in the idf,
  • 00:20:38.563 --> 00:20:43.101
  • Needs a refresher course on how to treat,
  • 00:20:43.101 --> 00:20:46.638
  • Religious minorities correctly, wisely.
  • 00:20:47.472 --> 00:20:50.475
  • Certainly christians. i mean, we are,
  • 00:20:50.475 --> 00:20:52.410
  • 2.5 billion people around the world,
  • 00:20:53.211 --> 00:20:55.213
  • And we are the number one friends of israel
  • 00:20:55.213 --> 00:20:57.182
  • And the jewish people. so this is
  • 00:20:57.182 --> 00:20:58.550
  • Absolutely unacceptable at every possible level.
  • 00:20:58.550 --> 00:21:01.586
  • But israeli soldiers, most of them,
  • 00:21:01.586 --> 00:21:03.822
  • Would never do something like this.
  • 00:21:03.822 --> 00:21:05.056
  • The israeli public would never do some like this.
  • 00:21:05.056 --> 00:21:07.292
  • This is a, you know, this and it right now it's one person.
  • 00:21:07.292 --> 00:21:10.261
  • So i don't want to blow it out of proportion.
  • 00:21:10.261 --> 00:21:12.564
  • And i am grateful for how quickly
  • 00:21:12.564 --> 00:21:13.798
  • Israeli officials have condemned it.
  • 00:21:13.798 --> 00:21:15.100
  • But, but,
  • 00:21:15.100 --> 00:21:16.101
  • But we are at a moment where these young people
  • 00:21:16.101 --> 00:21:18.370
  • In the army, they need a refresher course.
  • 00:21:18.370 --> 00:21:20.505
  • They everybody need to know, who are the christians
  • 00:21:20.505 --> 00:21:23.875
  • And why do they love israel and stand with israel?
  • 00:21:23.875 --> 00:21:27.612
  • And why should they be treated respectfully
  • 00:21:27.612 --> 00:21:30.548
  • As every religious minority should be?
  • 00:21:30.548 --> 00:21:33.218
  • And, i hope that's what's happened.
  • 00:21:33.218 --> 00:21:35.153
  • And i hope this
  • 00:21:35.153 --> 00:21:36.354
  • Particular soldier is punished, but also, really educated
  • 00:21:36.354 --> 00:21:39.991
  • Why this was not only wrong, but a terrible black eye.
  • 00:21:39.991 --> 00:21:44.162
  • To the nation of israel.
  • 00:21:44.162 --> 00:21:46.831
  • Well, that is our show for today.
  • 00:21:46.831 --> 00:21:48.199
  • I want to thank,
  • 00:21:48.199 --> 00:21:49.601
  • Former israeli prime minister
  • 00:21:49.601 --> 00:21:51.102
  • Naftali bennett, and he may be the future.
  • 00:21:51.102 --> 00:21:52.837
  • We don't take a position here on the rosenberg report about,
  • 00:21:52.837 --> 00:21:56.508
  • You know, who we support. we don't have a, we're not a
  • 00:21:56.508 --> 00:21:59.110
  • We're not partizans on this show.
  • 00:21:59.110 --> 00:22:00.879
  • We are trying to take you into the, into the relationships.
  • 00:22:00.879 --> 00:22:04.416
  • We want you to meet.
  • 00:22:04.416 --> 00:22:05.483
  • Benjamin netanyahu and i have asked multiple times
  • 00:22:05.483 --> 00:22:07.952
  • For an interview with the prime minister,
  • 00:22:07.952 --> 00:22:09.587
  • And we'll keep working on that
  • 00:22:09.587 --> 00:22:10.889
  • So that you can meet him directly.
  • 00:22:10.889 --> 00:22:13.525
  • We've done multiple interviews with naftali bennett
  • 00:22:13.525 --> 00:22:15.627
  • And with other israeli leaders across the board.
  • 00:22:15.627 --> 00:22:18.096
  • Will continue to do that
  • 00:22:18.096 --> 00:22:19.597
  • So that you can understand where they're coming from, what
  • 00:22:19.597 --> 00:22:22.500
  • Their vision is for the future, and what israelis
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  • Have to decide from, here in elections in october.
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  • But that's our show for tonight.
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  • Thank you so much for watching.
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  • Please keep praying.
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  • So much going on in this region.
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  • These are very high stakes moments.
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  • Please pray for the current prime
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  • Minister, benjamin netanyahu, and his team.
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  • Pray for president trump.
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  • And pray for peace.
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  • For quiet, but ultimately for victory
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  • Over our enemies and liberation from this evil
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  • And this wickedness
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  • That we are facing and have been facing
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  • For more than two and a half years. thank you.
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  • I hope you have a great week with your family and friends.
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  • Walking in the power of the holy spirit.
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  • Spending time in the word.
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  • This has been an amazing, week of, of celebrating,
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  • Israel's independence day.
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  • And we'll talk more about that
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  • Next week on the program as well.
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  • But just i just hope you have a great week
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  • With your family and friends.
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  • And lord willing,
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  • I'll see you next week right here on the rosenberg report.
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