S8 Ep1127: David Daoud — Prime Minister Netanyahu uses theatrical tours of the border to project strength ahead of the October elections; he faces criticism for being unable to say "no" to President Trump, and ultimately the fate of Israeli military deployments in L
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John Batchelor
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🗓️ 14 July 2026
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David Daoud — Prime Minister Netanyahu uses theatrical tours of the border to project strength ahead of the October elections; he faces criticism for being unable to say "no" to President Trump, and ultimately the fate of Israeli military deployments in Lebanon and Gaza depends more on Washington than Jerusalem. (8)
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| 0:51.0 | Now we're going to watch Jerusalem and Netanyahu's government. |
| 0:56.3 | The likelihood of his election, I'm told, is credible. But does he have an answer for Lebanon? No. What we have now is |
| 1:02.9 | an uncertain border. People evacuated, no safety whatsoever. Does anyone have an answer about the |
| 1:09.4 | Lebanese threat running for PM? |
| 1:15.0 | No. To the extent that it's being addressed, it's being addressed as a political sniping points. |
| 1:22.9 | Look, the prime minister, as you mentioned, has an upcoming election. He's doing a lot of both he and his |
| 1:29.2 | cabinet are engaging in a lot of theatrics, I guess is the best word, to demonstrate that they're |
| 1:35.1 | approaching Lebanon from a position of strength, right? I mean, this is one of the major threats |
| 1:40.3 | when it comes to Israeli security. If you think of October 7th, right, Netanyahu is Mr. Security. This is what he's been running on for most of his career and Mr. |
| 1:49.5 | Economy. The greatest security failure in Lebanon and Israel's history happened on his watch, |
| 1:55.7 | October 7th. And October 7th was created as a blueprint by Hezbollah. |
| 2:02.7 | This is their invasion of the Galilee that they've been talking about and drilling |
| 2:05.4 | about and drilling for since 2011. |
| 2:08.4 | They dug tunnels, if we remember, into northern Israel that were discovered in 2019. |
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