One On One: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

The Bret Baier Podcast

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🗓️ 26 September 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the United Nations last week in a speech that touted progress toward normalization with Saudi Arabia. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu joins Bret to discuss his thoughts on the Saudi's advancements over the last two decades and provides insight on what peace between Israel and Saudi Arabia could mean for the world. Later, the Prime Minister talks about the threat that Iran continues to pose on the region, how his government is handling peace talks with the Palestinians and defends his efforts to reform the Israeli judicial system. Follow Bret on Twitter: @BretBaier Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Fox News Podcasts Presents the Brett Bear Podcasts with Fox News Chief Political anchor Brett Bear.
0:14.8	Mr. Prime Minister, thanks for the time.
0:16.7	My pleasure. Always.
0:18.5	You know, we just got back from Riyadh.
0:20.5	I know you heard those words from the Saudi Crown Prince.
0:22.6	What was your response?
0:24.6	Well, I was delighted to hear what he had to say and to borrow a phrase.
0:29.6	I think we're getting closer to peace every day that passes.
0:34.6	You talked about it today in your UN speech. You talked pretty optimistically about it.
0:40.3	I believe that we are at the cusp of an even more dramatic breakthrough, an historic peace
0:49.3	between Israel and Saudi Arabia. Yes, I did, and that's not to minimize the hurdles before us, but
0:57.0	I think when you have three leaders and three countries that avidly want a result, the United
1:05.0	States under President Biden, Saudi Arabia under the Crown Prince, Muhammad bin Salman,
1:10.0	and Israel under my premiership,
1:13.6	I think that that really raises the possibility that will succeed.
1:18.7	Here are the specific words, he said.
1:20.9	So you think if you were to characterize it, are you close?
1:24.6	Every day we get closer.
1:26.6	It seems it's for the first time, real one, serious. We're going to see how it goes. For us, the Palestinian issue is very important. We need to solve that part.
1:37.3	How do you solve that part? Are you willing to give concessions when it comes to the Palestinians specifically? I think the Palestinians should be part of the process, but I don't think the Palestinians
1:49.0	should have a veto over the process. And the reason we didn't have for a quarter century
1:54.0	any new peace treaties after we made peace with Egypt and Jordan, we didn't have for 25 years
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