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Israeli diplomat says Trump's plan is a 'great achievement' but warns 'the devil is in the detail' · THE DAILY BRIEF

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  Speaker 1: You know what I mean now is Danny island Film
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  Speaker 1: a definitely farm minister and is really ambassador to the US.
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  Speaker 1: Good to see again. Thanks very much for your time
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  Speaker 1: this evening. How confident are you that the cease far
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  Speaker 1: will hold and all of the hostages will be released?
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  Speaker 2: Well, Jonathan, at this moment, I am more hopeful than
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  Speaker 2: knowledgeable about what will happen. I think this is a
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  Speaker 2: great achievement of President Trump and the United States diplomacy.
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  Speaker 2: But at the end of the day, you know, the devil,
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  Speaker 2: as we say, is in the details. For US israelis
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  Speaker 2: we are all holding our breath until Monday to see
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  Speaker 2: all the hostages back and hopefully you know, after almost
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  Speaker 2: two years languishing in the tunnels, it would be very
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  Speaker 2: very difficult rehabilitation. So this is where we are now.
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  Speaker 2: After that, we would like to see implementation of the plan,
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  Speaker 2: whereby it is to dismantle the infrastructure of Hamas in
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  Speaker 2: terms of the tunnels and of course their weapons, and
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  Speaker 2: then the construction of Gaza, which is also dependent upon that,
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  Speaker 2: and the day after in Gaza should be as we
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  Speaker 2: all understand that there would be a new regime which
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  Speaker 2: will not include the terrorist organization, the HAMAS.
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  Speaker 1: We spoke to a senior spokesperson from HAMAS yesterday on
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  Speaker 1: Sky News who said that HAMAS simply isn't prepared to
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  Speaker 1: fully disarm. How serious is that as a situation given
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  Speaker 1: where we are.
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  Speaker 2: Well, it will be very serious. And of course what
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  Speaker 2: could really bridge between this, let's say these two opposite
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  Speaker 2: stances would be maybe time over time. And here also
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  Speaker 2: we should give a chance to the governing committed, which
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  Speaker 2: of course is headed the chairman is President Trump himself,
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  Speaker 2: but basically on a day to day basis, it will
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  Speaker 2: be former Prime Minister Blair, which is very much respected
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  Speaker 2: here in Israel and in the region. So it will
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  Speaker 2: be up to him and to the people under him,
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  Speaker 2: including maybe some skipping force which will be an international one,
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  Speaker 2: maybe Arab countries, maybe more than just Arab countries, and
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  Speaker 2: they will have the task of fulfilling the agreement.
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  Speaker 1: Of course, it will be golf countries. As you say,
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  Speaker 1: you will need to provide what will be billions of
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  Speaker 1: pounds to rebuild Gaza. But of course in order for
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  Speaker 1: them to give that money to give those reassurances, they're
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  Speaker 1: going to want guarantees, aren't they that the cease far
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  Speaker 1: will remain in place, and yet we've heard from benjaminssan
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  Speaker 1: Yahoo saying that he can't necessarily give those guarantees in full.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think the guarantee is conditional. That is, if
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  Speaker 2: indeed the implementation of this agreement will go smoothly, then
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  Speaker 2: there shouldn't be any question about Israel doing anything in Gaza.
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  Speaker 2: We do not want to be in Gaza. We are
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  Speaker 2: most Israelis, ninety percent of Israelis are happy that we
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  Speaker 2: are out of Gaza. We also feel bad, not just
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  Speaker 2: for our own hostages, but also the people of Gaza.
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  Speaker 2: As you mentioned, Jonathan, they'll come back to ruins. But again,
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  Speaker 2: who is responsible for all of that is the Hamas.
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  Speaker 2: This is why we also hope that the people of Gaza,
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  Speaker 2: who were held hostage by Hamas for the last two years,
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  Speaker 2: for sure, maybe they from within Gaza will not allow
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  Speaker 2: Hamas to continue and govern or even all their arms.
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  Speaker 1: The twenty point plan is pretty very it on many
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  Speaker 1: of the points that you've just talked about. As you say,
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  Speaker 1: a lot of credit goes to Donald Trump for getting
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  Speaker 1: us to this stage, but it is going to be
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  Speaker 1: very difficult, very fragile over coming days and indeed coming months.
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  Speaker 1: What do you think the main sticking points for you
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  Speaker 1: will be.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think at this point will be the dismantling
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  Speaker 2: of Hamas and take you know, letting them or taking
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  Speaker 2: their arms. This could be a long time. I think
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  Speaker 2: that Israel does or will have the patience if we
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  Speaker 2: see a credible process starting. We understand it's not going
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  Speaker 2: to be overnight. But if a credible process will start,
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  Speaker 2: then I think we have a good hope for implementation.
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  Speaker 2: And we have to remember that this is just phase
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  Speaker 2: one of a much major plan. I mean, the reconstruction
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  Speaker 2: of Gaza is very important, but that should lead also
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  Speaker 2: to a new regional architecture whereby there is peace between Israel,
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  Speaker 2: Saudi Arabia and all the other Arab countries, and of
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  Speaker 2: course the Palestinians would also need to have a place
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  Speaker 2: at the table and a political process with them as well.
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  Speaker 1: And looking even further ahead than that, where do you
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  Speaker 1: stand on the idea of a two state solution?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I believe that this is something that has to
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  Speaker 2: be discussed, and I believe most Israelis would not oppose
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  Speaker 2: to that, as they did not opposed to that back
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  Speaker 2: in ninety three when the Oslo process started, eighty percent
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  Speaker 2: of Israelis were for two state solutions. But what happened
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  Speaker 2: was that when the Tifata started and we realized that
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  Speaker 2: the Palatina authority was not only corrupt but continued with terrorism,
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  Speaker 2: that kind of changed our views. But if really the
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  Speaker 2: Palestine and also the call Jonathan, all the program calls
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  Speaker 2: for also ref form in the Palatine authority that means
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  Speaker 2: changing the curriculum, not spewing hatred and not teaching and
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  Speaker 2: then inciting and of course stopping and supporting financing for terror,
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  Speaker 2: then I think there is a good chance for it.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, well, we keep our fingers crossed, of course, that
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  Speaker 1: all the hostages are safely released and the cease far
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  Speaker 1: it's maintained. Daniel Island, Israeli diplomat, Thank you so much.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, Jonathan,