It's why Vice President Vance said this week that America's interests and Israel's interests are divergent. But I just bristle when everyone says this whole war is Israel's self defense for October 7th. Because It was indeed Netanyahu who wanted to keep Hamas in power for his own political domestic interests. And in doing so, I think Bibi Netanyahu was one of the greatest contributors to October 7th. And on that topic, I want to segue a little bit because we're talking about Israel. (43:14–43:22)
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Asserts that Netanyahu wanted to keep Hamas in power for political domestic interests.
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