We're one-tenth of one percent of the world's population.

The countries above us are billion people, hundreds of millions of people,

and we're nine million people, and we rank eighth in the world.

And that, there's more than a rationalist triumph here.

It's the triumph of the spirit. I'll tell you what it is.

It's a triumph of faith.

Former Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, is the first Prime Minister to be born in Israel

after the country's Declaration of Independence, the still relatively recent reestablishment of the country

74 years ago.

The prime minister's whole life has been, in some way or another, centered on and in service to the state of Israel, from mandatory service in the Israeli defense force to serving five

terms as prime minister, more than any other Israeli prime minister, and Netanyahu has shown

no signs that he has done yet. He's currently in the running for Israel's upcoming election.

Back in the 1990s, during his first term, the prime minister was foundational in tearing away

at the roots of Israel's socialism. From there, his ongoing strategies resulted in fundamentally

remaking the country, particularly on economic freedom and military strength. In our episode,

Benjamin Netanyahu explains how that happened and what it looks like to continue keeping peace well on the edge of disaster and destruction at all times.

Plus, Prime Minister Netanyahu tells us how he's managed his relationship with the United States over the years, especially with our presidents, the profundity of the Jewish people's perseverance,

and what Benjamin Netanyahu has on the agenda, if indeed he becomes prime minister again.

Hey, hey, and welcome. This is the Ben Shapiro Show Sunday special. This show is sponsored by ExpressVPN.

Thousands of my listeners have already secured their network data. Join them at ExpressVPN.com slash Ben. Just a reminder, we're doing some bonus questions at the end with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The only way to get access to that part of the conversation is to become a member. Go over to Dailywire.com slash Sunday. You can click that link in the episode description. Use code Ben for 25% off. They'll have access to all of the full conversations with every one of our awesome guests. Prime Minister, thanks so much for joining the show. What an honor. Welcome. I wanted to start by asking you a question that I think a lot of Americans, you know, don't know much about. And that is sort of the roots of Zionism. So when people see you,

they see, frankly, the Jewish state, because the simple fact that matter is, you're the longest serving prime minister in the history of the state of Israel, the most years. And so a lot of people don't really understand the fundamental basis of the Jewish state. Is the Holocaust, is a Jewish history. How do all these parts tie in? Well, it's first of all Jewish history. We came here, the Jewish people came here with Abraham.

Remember Abraham? parts tie in? No, it's first of all Jewish history. We came here, the Jewish people came here with

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