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art media podcast. I think that when an Arab government that's been at war with Israel says

we are willing to sit down at the table with you, Israel should say yes every time. That doesn't mean you say yes to everything they ask for,

but you say yes to that meeting. When the president of the United States says, let's meet in my office,

you say yes, and you explore what is possible. So Israel's not going to ever just put its security

in someone else's hands and go to sleep. But if the Lebanese armed forces can be deployed in the South to reclaim their own territory

and to remove the Hezbollah threat from Israel's border, that's something worth exploring.

Music It's 10 a.m. on Sunday, April 26th here in New York City. It is 5 p.m. on Sunday, April 26th in Israel.

Today, we are taking a closer look at what's been happening along Israel's

northern border since the 2024 ceasefire with the government of Lebanon. And why, despite the

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