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How much responsibility, Monica, asks, does Netanyahu bear for the October 7th war?

More than 50% for three different reasons.

One, he was the prime minister when it happened.

Second, he had been the prime minister for almost 13 years prior to the attack.

So he actually had shaped the Israeli policy that led to October 7th.

And the third thing, in my opinion, is there is no point in having an elected office,

if this office doesn't there any responsibility

for the most dramatic event in Israel's history.

So, Netanya, who bears the lion's share of responsibility?

There is no doubt about it. It's 6 p.m. on Saturday, December 20th here in New York City, Shavua Tov.

It is 1 a.m. on Sunday, December 21st in Israel, where Israelis are beginning a new week.

According to reports, Prime Minister Netanyahu is planning to brief President Trump on

possible Israeli plans for new strikes on Iran when they meet in the U.S. on December 29.

This comes amid concern that Iran is rebuilding and even expanding its ballistic missile

program in the wake of the Israel-Iran war that took place in June of this year. As a reminder

during that war, Iranian ballistic missiles impacted multiple sites across Israel, resulting in a number

of casualties and severe infrastructural damage. Meanwhile, over the courts of

this weekend, a meeting took place in Miami between U.S. Special Envoy Steve Whitkoff, the

Qatari Prime Minister, Egypt's Chief of Intelligence, and the Turkish Foreign Minister,

to, according to reports, pressure Israel and Hamas to officially agree to the second phase of Trump's Gaza peace

plan. All parties express their support for the so-called Board of Peace, which President

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