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Ophir Falk | Foreign Policy Adviser to Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu | 07-09-26 · Sid & Friends In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: The foreign policy advisor for Israeli Prime Minister of my
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  Speaker 1: friend Bib Natanyao. He's in the room with BB all
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  Speaker 1: day every day, so he knows exactly what's going on,
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  Speaker 1: even doing those BB Trump phone calls. So with that said,
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  Speaker 1: let me welcome him in making his debut on Sitting
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  Speaker 1: Friends in the morning from Israel, Doctor ofir Falk, Doctor Falk,
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  Speaker 1: good morning, or in your case, good afternoon.
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  Speaker 2: How are you hey, good morning? Thanks for having me.
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  Speaker 1: It is great to have you and so much to discuss.
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  Speaker 1: I guess we'll start with Iran. You know, I was
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  Speaker 1: just in Israel a couple of weeks ago. I was
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  Speaker 1: there speaking Alex Trainman JNS dot Org. In fact, I
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  Speaker 1: saw BB speak on that Sunday night. I was sitting
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  Speaker 1: right there in the front row. And I think that
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  Speaker 1: Israel and me we want the same thing, which is
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  Speaker 1: why we talk about the economics of the war and
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  Speaker 1: the nuclear stuff. We want to make sure basically that
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  Speaker 1: Iran can't continue to hurt America and Israel people in
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  Speaker 1: the Middle East. That's the Botom line, right. So I
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  Speaker 1: think we all want to see some type of reason
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  Speaker 1: to believe that Iran will not be able to do
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  Speaker 1: that in the future. Is that fair to say, doctor Folk? Right?
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  Speaker 2: So the bottom line is that Iran cannot have new
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  Speaker 2: clear bombs. That's the bottom line. The President's been very
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  Speaker 2: clear on that, the Prime Minister has been very clear
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  Speaker 2: on that, and dealer no deal, they will not have
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  Speaker 2: any atomic bombs. The Rand's weaker than it's ever been before, because,
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  Speaker 2: along with the United States as well, has hit them
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  Speaker 2: very hard. They've been calling death to America and death
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  Speaker 2: Israel for forty seven years and we're putting an end
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  Speaker 2: to that today.
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  Speaker 1: They did that just yesterday again they chanted the same thing.
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  Speaker 1: So is it fair to say, then, based on what
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  Speaker 1: you just said that you and BB you're happy with
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  Speaker 1: where we are in this war.
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  Speaker 2: Well, we have a fantastic relationship obviously with the United
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  Speaker 2: States as where the United States have a fantastic relationship.
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  Speaker 2: We are America's model ally and obviously the United States
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  Speaker 2: are is indispensable ally. Never has there been a cooperate,
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  Speaker 2: such cooperation and coordination between a prime minister and a
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  Speaker 2: president and between our armed forces. The idea if there's
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  Speaker 2: really defense forces and American military forces in this in
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  Speaker 2: this war, in the Rising Lion and then epic furry.
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  Speaker 2: We've hit Iran like they've never been hit before. They're
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  Speaker 2: weaker than ever. We've taken out twenty of their top
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  Speaker 2: nuclear scientists, We've taken out Tier one of their leadership,
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  Speaker 2: Tier two of their leadership, and now we're basically dealing
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  Speaker 2: with the d week Now. If the President can do
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  Speaker 2: a deal and prevent them from having to a nuclear bomb, great,
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  Speaker 2: But as the President said, and as the Prime Minister
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  Speaker 2: has said, a dealer, no deal, Iran cannot have nuclear
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  Speaker 2: weapons and they can no longer be the bullies of
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  Speaker 2: this neighborhood.
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  Speaker 1: You know, you just talked about the relationship between Israel
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  Speaker 1: and America and BB and Trump specifically. Yet you know,
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  Speaker 1: the media here in the United States would lead you
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  Speaker 1: to believe the last couple of weeks that relationship is
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  Speaker 1: very strained. To say the least that Trump. You know,
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  Speaker 1: he's out there and he says things about BB. They're
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  Speaker 1: not all that nice, and that those two guys aren't
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  Speaker 1: necessarily best friends these days. Now again, doctor Falk, you
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  Speaker 1: are in those rooms. You're in the room with BB
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  Speaker 1: just about every time he speaks to President Trump. Is
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  Speaker 1: there any truth to the American media stands that Trump
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  Speaker 1: and Bbe's relationship is at the very least strained.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think it was. The President said that the
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  Speaker 2: relationship has never been better. They've met seven times, the
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  Speaker 2: Prime Minister and the President, and have met seven times
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  Speaker 2: since President Trump was reelected. They talk During the war,
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  Speaker 2: they talked almost every day, and they talked very frequently,
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  Speaker 2: and they're set to meet soon. They're going to set
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  Speaker 2: a data and they're going to meet soon. There's never
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  Speaker 2: been better partners than war, and never been better partners
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  Speaker 2: in peace. They've forged four peace agreements together, The Abraham
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  Speaker 2: Accords and those piece agreements were done peace through strength,
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  Speaker 2: and that's exactly what we're going to continue to do.
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  Speaker 2: We have, as a Prime minister said, there's ninety nine
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  Speaker 2: percent agree on everything, or they agree at ninety nine
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  Speaker 2: percent of the of the items. But just like in families,
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  Speaker 2: he sometimes you don't you don't agree on some things,
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  Speaker 2: but they always work it out. They work it out,
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  Speaker 2: and the President has a great way of expressing himself.
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  Speaker 2: Of course, in the Prime Minister also expresses himself freely
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  Speaker 2: to the to the President.
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  Speaker 1: Look, I love both guys. I've got relationships with both guys.
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  Speaker 1: You know, Trump has been really good to me, and
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  Speaker 1: I see BB every time I go to Israel some function,
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  Speaker 1: whether it's jo MAT's my oat, you know, at a
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  Speaker 1: winery or Joazi could own at Mount Herzel, or again
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  Speaker 1: last week at JNS. So I love both guys and
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  Speaker 1: they're both great. But ninety nine percent may be a
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  Speaker 1: high number, doctor fault, because just look at the last
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  Speaker 1: couple of days with Turkey. I mean, you got President
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  Speaker 1: Trump saying nice things about Erdawan. I actually played Trump
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  Speaker 1: saying nice things, and then bib Box News two days
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  Speaker 1: ago saying he's a terrible guy, and the fear that
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  Speaker 1: we may end up selling f thirty five jets to Turkey.
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  Speaker 1: So I know that you wanted to go well with Trump,
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  Speaker 1: so do I. I want American issue to be best friends.
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  Speaker 1: But this Turkey deal the last couple of days didn't
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  Speaker 1: seem to make you guys very happy.
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  Speaker 2: Right, So first of all, we've never had a better
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  Speaker 2: friend in the White House and President Shoup. As for Turkey,
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  Speaker 2: you know, they harbor hamas they threaten Israel daily. Earny
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  Speaker 2: one calls Jerusalem his city. His foreign minister the other
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  Speaker 2: day said the Jews don't have a place in humanity.
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  Speaker 2: Turkey threatens Greece, which is a NATO nation, They occupy
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  Speaker 2: half of Cyprus, which is an EU country, and you know,
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  Speaker 2: they did absolutely zero in the war against Iran. So
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  Speaker 2: these guys should not have F thirty five. That's what
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  Speaker 2: our position is. And again, the President and the Prime Minister agree,
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  Speaker 2: i would say, on ninety nine percent of the issues,
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  Speaker 2: and there are lot of things that they don't agree
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  Speaker 2: completely upon and they talk about it.
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  Speaker 1: This is doctor Ophio Paulk happens to be bb Nittanyahu's
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  Speaker 1: foreign policy advisor. Where are we, doctor Faulk, in this
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  Speaker 1: peace deal with Lebanon? You know, much like the ceasefire
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  Speaker 1: between America and Iran. This is kind of a strange
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  Speaker 1: piece of ceasefire because it included powering out each other
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  Speaker 1: almost every day, and you had a very similar situation
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  Speaker 1: with Krisbola in Lebanon. Where are you actually in that
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  Speaker 1: peace deal with the Lebanese.
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  Speaker 2: Well, actually, we struck an historic agreement with Lebanon, fostered
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  Speaker 2: by the United States in DC. Secretary of Rubio led
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  Speaker 2: that and we set it a trilateral framework for peace
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  Speaker 2: between between Israel and Lebanon. It's an historic agreement. Because
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  Speaker 2: it's the first time in forty five years that Lebanon
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  Speaker 2: actually recognizes the ceremony of Israel. That's a big deal.
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  Speaker 2: Now we don't have a bar with Lebanon. We are
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  Speaker 2: fighting Hisbelah that's been holding Lebanon hostage for forty five years. Now,
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  Speaker 2: how is this deal? How is this deal made possible?
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  Speaker 2: We've degraded his Ballah significantly. They're on their knees. They
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  Speaker 2: had one hundred and one hundred and fifty thousand missiles
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  Speaker 2: aimed at us, add our civilians, at our city centers.
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  Speaker 2: We've knocked that down to a handful, maybe eight thousand missiles.
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  Speaker 2: We still have to take that out. We've taken out
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  Speaker 2: eight thousands Kibola terrorists since the beginning of this war,
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  Speaker 2: and that has enabled the Lebanese government to step up
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  Speaker 2: to the plate. If there's one lesson that we've learned
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  Speaker 2: from October seventh atrocities where the Hamas ran into Israel,
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  Speaker 2: invaded Israel and butchered a two hundred innocent people, If
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  Speaker 2: we've learned one thing from that is that we cannot
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  Speaker 2: allow genocidal terrorist organizations or regimes anywhere near our border,
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  Speaker 2: not in the south. With Hamas and not in the
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  Speaker 2: north with his Beelah. The main objective of the agreement,
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  Speaker 2: all right, the main objective of the agreement is to
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  Speaker 2: demilitarize thousand Lebanon to this arm Zbelah and that there
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  Speaker 2: will be no threat posts to Israel. If we have
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  Speaker 2: all that, we have a real chance for peace and
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  Speaker 2: a story of peace that will build upon before Abram
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  Speaker 2: mccor agreements that President Trump led.
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  Speaker 1: So even though you've got a peace plan with Lebanon,
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  Speaker 1: if Chris Pola decides to fire on you guys, even
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  Speaker 1: though they're in Lebanon, you guys are going to FIREBYX. Yes.
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  Speaker 2: No, absolutely, of course absolutely. Security for US is number one,
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  Speaker 2: and Lebanon understands this as well. Everybody understands that. Lebanon
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  Speaker 2: understands that. Of course, the President understands that if ISRAELA
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  Speaker 2: hits us, we're going to hit them much much harder,
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  Speaker 2: for sure.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I saw some frustration with the Prime Minister
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  Speaker 1: a couple of weeks ago when he was speaking on
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  Speaker 1: that Sunday night, and I said the same thing here.
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  Speaker 1: You know, President Trump, I believe in his heart he
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  Speaker 1: does love Israel, loves baby. He is as you said,
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  Speaker 1: There's been no president, not even Truman, who's come close,
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  Speaker 1: come close to doing for Israel what p that in
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  Speaker 1: Trump is done. There's no question about that. Okay, But
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  Speaker 1: sometimes when Trump gets aggravated with Bibe, I think people
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  Speaker 1: need to remind President Trump that when rockets start flying
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  Speaker 1: in Iran or in Beirut, guess who gets hit next.
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  Speaker 1: Not Cincinnati, doctor fulk, not Brooklyn, not Sacramento. You poor
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  Speaker 1: guys in Tel Aviv I just was two weeks ago.
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  Speaker 1: You are the guys who take the brunt of the fire.
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  Speaker 1: When in fact, somebody messes with one of these folks,
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  Speaker 1: that puts Bibi and Israel in a much different situation
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  Speaker 1: than Trump and the United States. Is that not fair
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  Speaker 1: to say?
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  Speaker 2: Well, that's true that the threat is not our doorstep,
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  Speaker 2: But surely the Iranian threat, the nuclear threat, is also
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  Speaker 2: a threat to America. They stayed death to America every
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  Speaker 2: day for the past forty seven years. They're building, or
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  Speaker 2: they were building, ballistic missiles that could eventually reach every
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  Speaker 2: city in America. So the threats in America is also real.
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  Speaker 2: But of course the threat to US is much bigger.
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  Speaker 2: It's a cresistential threat that we thank removed for the
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  Speaker 2: time being, but we have to be very vigilant. We've
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  Speaker 2: got to make sure that you know that they don't regroup,
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  Speaker 2: and we have to make sure that they don't have
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  Speaker 2: any nuclear bombs. Dealer, no deal, They heck cannot have
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  Speaker 2: nuclear weapons.
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  Speaker 1: How disappointing is it for you, doctor Ophia Falk that
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  Speaker 1: here in America we have this lady Mardrie Taylor Green.
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  Speaker 1: I used to be friends with her. Now I can't
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  Speaker 1: stand her. She was a congress person. I think you
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  Speaker 1: know who she is. And she was on the view
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  Speaker 1: this horrible TV show in America yesterday going on and
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  Speaker 1: on about how Israel is genocidal and all the big
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  Speaker 1: donors in America have put Israel first. It's not about
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  Speaker 1: America first anymore. It's Israel first, and Israel is killing babies,
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  Speaker 1: all that nonsense, which is very widespread in America these days.
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  Speaker 1: It's continuing to grow because of the Democrat Party. How
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  Speaker 1: do you, guys, you and BB feel in Israel when
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  Speaker 1: you hear that nonsense?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think you're right, it is absolutely nonsense. But
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  Speaker 2: those who demonize Israel don't stop with Israel. They end
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  Speaker 2: up demonizing America too, and I think that's what we're seeing.
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  Speaker 2: People that have a problem with with with Israel, and
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  Speaker 2: the people who have a problem with the Jews, they
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  Speaker 2: usually have a problem with America. We see that throughout
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  Speaker 2: the whole, you know, everywhere you look at that. So
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  Speaker 2: it's not really a problem only with Israel. It's a
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  Speaker 2: problem with America.
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  Speaker 1: You know what about that last one? I love Bebe.
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  Speaker 1: I want him to win every election. And I love
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  Speaker 1: Sarah too. I spent many many times with the good
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  Speaker 1: times with Sarah and the falls. So the question is
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  Speaker 1: very simple, election coming up. I guess October. I saw
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  Speaker 1: something this morning that some other guy not worth mentioning
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  Speaker 1: may have edged ahead of BB here in the last
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  Speaker 1: couple of days in the polls. How confident are you guys,
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  Speaker 1: because you know, Mark Levin made a speech in Israel
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  Speaker 1: and he said, you know, I want BB to win,
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  Speaker 1: and BB said moments after him, well I plan on
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  Speaker 1: being here for a long time. How confident are you
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  Speaker 1: guys that BB will in fact win the next election?
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  Speaker 2: Well, hey, they try minister as a fighter, and I
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  Speaker 2: would never have been against Natignielle. That's all I could say.
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  Speaker 1: That's a great answer, Doctor Falk It's really really special
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  Speaker 1: and great to talk to you. You know how much
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  Speaker 1: I love you guys and respect you guys. So continued success.
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  Speaker 1: They're in that beautiful holy land of Israel, and next
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  Speaker 1: time they get back you will probably in April. I
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  Speaker 1: look forward to seeing you in person.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you so much, Thank you, sir, thank you for
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  Speaker 2: every much.
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  Speaker 1: Oh God bless you. Thank you. There he is a
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  Speaker 1: great guy. Senior policy advisor for BB Netanyahu doctor Opier
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  Speaker 1: Falk making his debut right here on Sitting Friends in
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  Speaker 1: the Morning, thanks to David Menser