The Fight for Israel: Prime Minister Netanyahu on War, Terror, and Survival
The Dr. Phil Podcast
Dr. Phil McGraw
4.3 • 13.5K Ratings
🗓️ 7 January 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
In a candid conversation with Dr. Phil, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the surge in antisemitism, Israel's mission to destroy Hamas and what the future holds for the Middle East.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm about to sit down with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. |
| 0:05.0 | You have to understand we're fighting Hamas, we're not fighting Palestinian civilians. |
| 0:10.0 | We're very close to finishing off the terrorists. We have to complete the job. |
| 0:15.0 | Do you think that October 7th gave people a sense of moral authority to express their anti-Semitism. |
| 0:25.0 | Do you believe there will be a lasting peace in your lifetime? |
| 0:32.9 | We're not in the studio because I am in West Palm Beach, Florida, |
| 0:36.8 | where I'm about to sit down |
| 0:38.3 | with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Now we've spoken before and it was in the |
| 0:44.9 | spring of 2024 at the height of the war with Hamas, of course after the October 7th invasion. |
| 0:55.0 | And at that time, Prime Minister Netanyahu was really wrestling with getting |
| 1:03.0 | Hamas under control, and he looked me in the eye at that time and said, |
| 1:09.0 | I will not stop until we have militarily eradicated Hamas. We have taken |
| 1:17.0 | them out of governance on the Gaza Strip. He was very much committed to that, and I intend to ask |
| 1:25.8 | him where he thinks that is now if he thinks |
| 1:29.0 | it's been accomplished militarily and governance wise. I'm also going to ask him |
| 1:34.7 | how he feels about the criticism of the humanitarian crisis that people say have |
| 1:41.5 | been created in the Gaza Strip and if he believes that there is a chance |
| 1:47.8 | for peace in the Middle East. I want to know how he feels the Israeli populist is doing, and |
| 1:55.0 | whether he believes that the objectives that he set back in May of 2024 have been achieved. |
| 2:03.6 | I'm really interested in how he looks at this because this has been one of the longest wars they faced |
| 2:10.6 | and the cost has been really high politically, humanitarian-wise, and has taken a tremendous toll on him and the Israeli people, |
| 2:23.4 | both domestically and internationally. So take a look at the interview, and we'll talk afterwards. |
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