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Sid & Friends In The Morning

Ellie Cohanim | Former Deputy Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism | 09-30-25

Sid & Friends In The Morning

77 WABC

Sports, Comedy, News

4.2828 Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Ellie Cohanim, former Deputy Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, joins Sid to discuss a proposed plan to end the war in Gaza, emphasizing its potential to achieve Israeli war aims without further bloodshed. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu supports the plan, which involves dismantling Hamas' military and political capabilities and ensuring Gaza poses no future threat to Israel. Ellie Cohanim, a former Trump administration official, expresses optimism about Hamas potentially accepting the deal due to various pressures. The discussion highlights the vision of transforming Gaza into an economic hub akin to Dubai, supported by moderate Sunni Arab countries. Concerns about the enforcement and acceptance of the deal by Hamas are addressed, with emphasis on the potential consequences if Hamas does not comply. The conversation touches on the broader implications for peace in the Middle East, including normalization of relations between Israel and other Muslim-majority countries. Lastly, Cohanim debunks rumors about Jared Kushner's stance on Israeli leadership and emphasizes the significance of the peace plan over other regional issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I support your plan to end the war in Gaza, which achieves our war aims.

0:06.0

It will bring back to Israel all our hostages, dismantle Hamas's military capabilities,

0:15.0

end its political rule, and ensure that Gaza never again poses a threat to Israel.

0:21.6

I think we should understand that we're giving everybody a chance to have this done peacefully,

0:29.6

something that will achieve all our war objectives without any further bloodshed.

0:36.6

But if Hamas rejects your plan, Mr. President, or if they

0:42.3

supposedly accept it and then basically do everything to counter it, then Israel will finish

0:50.3

the job by itself. This can be done the easy way or it can be done the hard way,

1:01.0

but it will be done. We prefer the easy way, but it has to be done. All these goals must be achieved

1:10.0

because we didn't fight this horrible fight, sacrificed

1:13.6

the finest of our young men to have Hamas stay in Gaza and threaten us again and again

1:21.6

and again with these horrific massacres.

1:24.6

We can do this the easy way or the hard way. That was pretty good from BB. You know how much I love BB. I love him. I can't stand all the criticism, all these idiots that gather in Tel Aviv and New York. I think he's great. I do want to correct him, though. Not really a correction, but he should have

1:45.5

added something. He talked about how it would not be good when you consider all the great

1:52.5

young Israeli men that died. And I will tell you that I spent Yom Hazikaron, which is Israel's

1:59.4

Memorial Day in Israel this year.

2:01.7

Me, Danielle, Gabe, we were there.

2:04.3

And we went to the...

2:05.6

to Mount Herzl, the grave sites.

2:10.7

And there's a lot of young ladies that have been killed, too, a lot.

2:15.1

And a lot of young ladies that were there that day. So I would just advise

2:21.2

my friend, Bibi Netanyahu, I love dearly, that it's men and women, boys and girls that have

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