Shadowing Practice: Extended interview: Benjamin Netanyahu discusses alleged pilot stabbing on flight to Israel - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Mr. Prime Minister, thank you very much for joining us tonight.
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Thank you.
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Good to be with you.
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This is a day that could have ended very differently.
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What do you know at this hour about exactly what happened?
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I think what happened is a tremendous act of heroism that prevented another 9 -11 style crash of an entire airplane.
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What we know is that this plane that was heading from Dubai to Israel,
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as they approached Israel, One of the co -pilots stabbed or hit with an axe the other pilot, an Indian pilot.
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And the pilot that was hit, bleeding profusely, fighting for his life, managed to unlock the pilot's door.
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But the plane was going into a nosedive.
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When they heard the screaming, a passenger, an Israeli passenger,
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sitting in row 18, rushed to the cockpit, trying to open it.
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When the plane started to nosedive, he was thrown aside in that area where the stewards are, the flight attendants are.
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And somehow he managed, there was a moment where I think they hit an air bump or something.
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Anyway, he had the opportunity.
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He went through the door, bus through.
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He saw the pilot that attacked the other co -pilot between the two seats, trying to jam the equipment, the flight equipment.
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Obviously, it looks like he wanted to obviously bring the whole plane down.
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Grabbed him from behind, pulled him back, then unbelievably took the stick, pulled it back.
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This is not a pilot.
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This is a plumber.
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This is what he does.
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I asked him, what do you do for a living?
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Because I met him at the airport when they all came back to Israel.
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And I said, what do you do for a living?
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And he said, well, I'm, you know, I unclog sewage clogs.
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And I said, well, he certainly unclogged a big one this time.
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He was joined by another Israeli and one of the aircrew.
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They overcame the attacker.
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And then the reserve flight crew that were sitting with the passengers came in, stabilized the airplane.
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It was difficult to do because the rudder and the tail had been damaged, but they managed to stabilize the plane,
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bring it down in Saudi Arabia and save the day.
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It's incredible heroism.
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I don't know how he did it.
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I have to tell you, I'm a veteran of a special unit.
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I've been in tough places, but never like this.
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It's incredible.
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Mr. Prime Minister, it is an incredible story.
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I've seen the pictures of that plane.
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I'm curious at this hour what evidence you have
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that this was an attempted hijacking and 9 -11 style attack and not something else.
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I don't think it was a hijacking.
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I think it looks like a suicide attempt simply because of what this hero Yaniv has described.
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When he went in, this guy was trying to jam the equipment between the two flight seats, the pilot seats.
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He wasn't sitting in the pilot seat trying to stabilize the plane.
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He was trying to jam the equipment.
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So that's pretty good evidence, I'd say.
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But this is being, this pilot, the attacking pilot is now being interrogated in Saudi Arabia.
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He'll be, I assume, moved very quickly to Dubai.
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He's an Omani national.
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He'll be investigated, interrogated, and we'll join the interrogation and find out what happened there exactly.
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Mr. Prime Minister, the reason I ask is
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because what makes you sure this is attempted terror and not a mental health issue of some description?
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Well, it could be.
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I don't know.
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We'll find out soon.
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We've had signs that Iran, and particularly through its proxies,
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was intending to heighten terrorist attacks against Israel and Israeli nationals abroad.
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BUT I THINK IT'S TOO EARLY TO SAY WHETHER THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THERE WAS THIS IRANIAN COLLUSION HERE.
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I THINK WE 'LL FIND OUT.
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WON'T TAKE A LONG TIME.
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ARE YOU CONCERNED RIGHT NOW ABOUT OTHER FLIGHTS BOUND FOR ISRAEL?
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YES, WE ARE, TONY.
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WE AGREED WITH THE EMIRATIS.
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I SPOKE TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATIS, SHEIKH MOHAMMAD BIN ZAYED, THAT WILL,
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YOU KNOW, WILL SUSPEND NOW FLIGHTS FOR A FEW DAYS FOR A FLY DUBAI.
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PLANES, TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, MAKE SOME SECURITY ADJUSTMENTS, BUT, YES, WE ARE CONCERNED WITH THAT AND WE'RE TAKING THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS.
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WHO IS LEADING, WELL, WHAT PRECAUTIONS ARE THOSE, MR. PRIME MINISTER?
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WELL, THE FIRST THING IS YOU WANT A BACKGROUND CHECK ON PILOTS.
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I MEAN, ONE THING, AS YOU SEE, THERE'S PROBABLY A LOOPHOLE HERE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE EVEN IF YOU HAVE METAL DETECTORS, THEY'RE USUALLY FOR THE PASSENGERS,
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AND IT'S QUITE POSSIBLE THAT PILOTS Just don't go through that.
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So, obviously, that's a loophole that has to be corrected, probably also bolster the actual checking of planes and so on.
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So, in the meantime, we're going to have Israeli planes go fly to Dubai
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and take the thousands and thousands of Israelis who are there.
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You know, that's one of the great fruits of the Abraham Accords, this peace that we have with the United Emirates, Morocco and others.
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Just a million Israelis have visited the United Arab Emirates.
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I don't think people know that.
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And that's been the case throughout the war.
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The war didn't stop it.
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This alliance or this relationship withstood the Iran war.
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And so we have to now clear out some Israelis who are there, adjust, tighten the security arrangements.
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And I'm very happy with the fact that the Emirates are cooperating with us.
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We're working together to make sure this doesn't happen again.
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It's been reported that the Israeli Air Force was scrambled after this APPARENT HIJACKING, IS THAT TRUE, AND WHAT IS THE POSTURE TONIGHT OF THE ISRAELI AIR FORCE?
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ARE THEY ON ALERT FOR SOMETHING SIMILAR STILL TO COME?
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YEAH, YES, WE ARE, BUT I THINK WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CIVILIAN AIRCRAFT, IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF SCRAMBLING AIRCRAFT, IT'S MORE A QUESTION OF,
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WHICH IS ALWAYS THE CASE WHEN YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, A STRANGE OR A SUSPECT, A PLANE APPROACHING OUR COUNTRY,
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But in this case, the most important thing is to tighten the security arrangements, which we're doing.
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Is there a specific fear?
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Do you have intelligence about a planned 9 -11 style attack on Israel?
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Not a specific 9 -11 attack.
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That is not the issue.
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The issue is terrorist attacks against Israelis abroad and Israel and inside Israel itself.
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That's what we have.
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We do have indications that the Iranian proxies, Hamas and Hezbollah in particular,
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are planning attacks on us before the election, but I can't say specifically about airline hijacking.
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Obviously, that's now coming to the roster, and we're going to look very carefully at that.
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What do you think this day's event say about the broader security situation in the world for Israel right now?
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Well, I think that we are aware of the fact that there is a very strong sense of
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ISRAELIS AND ISRAELIS AND ISRAEL ISRAELIS AND ISRAELIS AND ISRAEL
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ISRAELIS AND ISRAELIS AND ISRAEL AND ISRAELIS AND ISRAELIS AND ISRAELIS
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AND ISRAELIS AND ISRAEL AND ISRAELIS AND ISRAELIS AND ISRAELIS
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AND ISRAELIS AND ISRAEL AND ISRAELIS AND ISRAELIS AND ISRAELIS
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AND ISRAELIS AND ISRAEL AND ISRAELIS AND ISRAELIS AND ISRAELIS
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AND ISRAELIS AND ISRAEL AND ISRAELIS AND ISRAELIS AND ISRAELIS
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AND ISRAELIS AND ISRAEL AND ISRAELIS AND ISRAELIS AND AND THE MEANS TO DELIVER THEM TO EVERY CITY IN THE UNITED STATES.
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IT WILL TAKE THEM SOME TIME, BUT THEY'RE WORKING ON THIS.
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SO I THINK THAT THE FACT THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS TIGHTENING THE ECONOMIC BLOCKADE ON IRAN IS VERY EFFECTIVE.
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I THINK THAT'S, IT'S REALLY BEARING FRUIT.
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MR. PRIME MINISTER, WHILE WE'RE TALKING AT THE MOMENT ABOUT THIS APPARENT TERROR ATTEMPT, THE MEMORY OF ANOTHER TERROR ATTACK IS STILL ON PEOPLE'S MINDS.
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WE'RE COMING UP ON THE THREE - YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE OCTOBER FOR THE NUMBER SEVENTH ATTACKS
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AND THERE ARE RECENT REPORTS THAT MULTIPLE FOREIGN COUNTRIES,
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THE QATARIS, THE UAE, THE EGYPTIANS WITH A PERSONAL TRIP WARNED YOU ABOUT HAMAS'S WILLINGNESS AND DESIRE TO ATTACK ISRAEL.
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DID YOU IGNORE THE WARNING, SIR?
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I DIDN'T IGNORE ANY WARNINGS BECAUSE I DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY WARNINGS.
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I MEAN, THAT'S A COMPLETE HOAX.
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But it's politically propagated by certain countries or by certain elements abroad, and they're simply false.
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We are also coming up on about the one -year anniversary of the ceasefire in Gaza.
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On October 6th, there was no Israeli presence within Gaza.
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Now you control by the latest estimate, I saw 60 % of Gaza.
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Is the intention tonight still to give all of that back?
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NO, THE INTENTION RIGHT NOW IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT HORRIFIC ATTACK, WHICH OCCURRED ON OCTOBER 7TH, WHICH IS TANDEMONT TO THE MURDER OF,
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PROPORTIONALLY, OF 40 ,000 AMERICANS IN ONE DAY, LESS THAN 24 HOURS, THAT IT NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN.
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AND HAMAS, OF COURSE, IS COMMITTED TO DESTROYING ISRAEL.
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IT DOESN'T HIDE IT.
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IT SAYS SO OPENLY.
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SO WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT THEY CAN'T WE HAVE A SECURITY COORDINATE AROUND IT, BUT I THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE GIVING HAMAS A PASS.
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I MEAN, THESE ARE MURDERERS, MURDEROUS MONSTERS WHO, YOU KNOW, WHO RAPED OUR WOMEN AND THEN MURDERED THEM, BEHEADED MEN, BURNT BABIES ALIVE IN FRONT OF THEIR PARENTS.
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MR. PRIME MINISTER.
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AND I CHALLENGE YOU, TONY, AND EVERYONE ELSE LISTEN TO ME.
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WHAT WOULD AMERICA DO IF I'M A NEIGHBORING TERRITORY?
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you had that kind of attack on Americans.
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You'd make sure that never happens again.
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And that's what we're doing in Gaza right now.
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But, Mr. Prime Minister, that's not the question.
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The question is this 60 % hold that the Israeli military has inside Gaza.
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Is your intention today still to reach a point where all of that is given back to the Palestinians?
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No, my goal right now is to make sure that the Hamas terrorists who are still in Gaza, still planning to murder us every day,
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to kidnap our soldiers, to fire rockets into our cities, that they don't have the capacity to do so.
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And they, indeed, we reduce that capacity greatly.
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But obviously, as long as Hamas is there, as long as we haven't dismantled their military capability, their terror capability, and their governance there,
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that's going to be continue to be an Islamist stronghold, spitting distance from Tel Aviv, that is out to destroy us.
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So when we're there, we're not there because we have great colonialist impulses.
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It's ridiculous.
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I mean, Israel is one -third of one -tenth, one -third of one percent of the entire landmass of the Arab world.
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We're in Gaza, which is a tiny area, to make sure that they don't launch from this terrorist bastion more attacks on us.
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And that's why we're there.
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I think once Hamas is removed, once Hamas is neutralized, once we disarm Hamas, other possibilities come into mind.
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But until that happens, yes, we're going to protect our people.
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You're damn right we're going to do it.
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But these goals are not incompatible.
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You can pursue the terror threat, which you talk about often, while also speak to the future when that land is back in Palestinian control and there is some vision for the future.
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Could you say a few words tonight about the latter?
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Yes, I can.
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I think what we can see is that once we eliminate Hamas, or for that matter, Hezbollah and Lebanon, Lebanon would make peace with us in two seconds IF HEZBALLA WASN'T THERE.
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SO IF WE ELIMINATE THOSE TWO MALIGN FORCES, YES, WE CAN HAVE A FUTURE OF PEACE BOTH WITH GAZA AND THE FUTURE OF PEACE WITH LEBANON,
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BUT I THINK FIRST WE HAVE TO GET RID OF THESE TERRORIST BASTIANS THAT ARE AS CRUEL AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, AS MONSTROUS AS YOU CAN IMAGINE.
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I MEAN, IT'S JUST AMAZING TO ME THAT PEOPLE IN THE WEST SAY, WELL, OKAY, THEY MURDERED 40 ,000, THE EQUIVALENT OF 40 ,000 AMERICANS AND ONE DAY,
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AND WHY ARE YOU STILL IN GAZA? because they're still in Gaza.
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That's why we're there.
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And we should be there.
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And you would be there, too, if you have faced similar circumstances.
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In fact, you sent, and rightly so, you sent your forces against al -Qaeda, and you went into Fallujah,
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you went into Mosul, and so on.
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And of course, I'm not sure
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that America took more security precautions than we did to make sure that civilians are out of harm's way,
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sending millions of text messages to the ENEMIES POPULATION TO THE PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS, GET OUT OF HARM'S WAY BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO GO AFTER HAMAS,
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AND HAMAS AT GUNPOINT KEPT THEM IN HARM'S WAY.
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SO ISRAEL DID UNBELIEVABLE THINGS, TEXT MESSAGES, PHONE CALLS, MILLIONS OF LEAFLETS, AND HAMAS TRIED TO KEEP THEM THERE.
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THAT'S WHY YOU HAD THE CASUALTIES.
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THAT'S NOT THE QUESTION.
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THE QUESTION THAT I'M TRYING TO POINT YOUR MIND.
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IT'S NOT THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THE QUESTION, you don't like my answer.
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It is the question and that is the answer.
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The future.
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When you think about the future there, you mentioned a future in which peace is a possibility.
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If and when there is peace, what is the status of Gaza?
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I think whatever the status of Gaza is, it's not going to have Hamas there.
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And I'll tell you one other thing.
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Because the distances are so tiny,
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from Gaza to Tel Aviv to Jerusalem to the Kibbutzim and the Israeli communities that are literally meters away,
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I cannot see a future in which Israel does not have the overriding security responsibility over this territory.
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And I think rightly so.
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Otherwise, you know, it's just a question of time that Hamas will reestablish itself.
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I DON'T KNOW IF IRAN WILL POUR IN THE MONEY AND THE WEAPONS TO RE -ESTABLISH THIS BECAUSE THEY ARE FANATICS.
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THEY ARE COMMITTED TO OUR DESTRUCTION.
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THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT THEIR PEOPLE.
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THEY BUILT THESE UNDERGROUND TUNNELS, HUNDREDS OF KILOMETERS FOR THEMSELVES.
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THEY DIDN'T LET ANY CIVILIANS GO IN THERE.
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SO THEY DON'T CARE ONE HOOT AND ONE BIT ABOUT THEIR CIVILIANS.
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THEY ARE WILLING TO KILL AND KILL AND KILL.
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SO THE ONLY WAY YOU ARE GOING TO STOP THIS IS BY DESTROYING THEM.
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And it's like the only way you got peace in Germany is by destroying the SS.
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You didn't say, oh, well, we'll leave an enclave of the SS and then we'll have peace.
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No, you destroyed this murderous regime and then you got peace.
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We have to destroy this murderous regime of Hamas and then we'll get peace.
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Hamas is being glorified on American networks and especially in social media.
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You know, I have, I hear gays for Gaza.
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That's, I liken it to, you know, chickens for KFC.
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These people shoot gays.
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They're the worst offenders of human rights on the planet.
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And people have, you know, just been taken in by this vast campaign of propaganda against Israel.
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Israel is fighting for civilization.
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Israel is fighting these barbarians.
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We fought shoulder to shoulder with the Americans against their patron, Iran, the head of the octopus, if you will.
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But we are committed to cutting off these tentacles that can threaten us and can kill a lot of Americans.
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And by the way, on that day of October 7th, they killed dozens and dozens of Americans.
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Mr. Prime Minister, I'm aware of the Israeli security situation, and I've heard you say those things before.
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My goal with these final questions was just trying to turn your mind to some future state of conditions, of status.
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I've heard your answer on that as well.
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And I I'M GLAD TODAY, TOTALLY, HERE IT IS, I THINK IT'S THREE THINGS.
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ONE, YOU HAVE TO DEMILITARIZE GAZA,
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AND THIRD, YOU HAVE TO DERADICALIZE THE SITUATION IN GAZA BECAUSE THEY IMBIBE WITH THEIR MOTHER'S MILK THIS HATRED,
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THIS INSANE HATRED FOR JEWS AND FOR ISRAEL, AND BY THE WAY, FOR AMERICANS, TOO, AND THEY HAVE SUICIDE KINDERGARTEN CAMPS.
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You got to understand this.
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I do.
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I've been there multiple times and covered it, Mr. Prime Minister.
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I am aware.
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I was just creating some space to say something new tonight.
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If you were ready in the context of today's events and the campaign there in Israel, I understand you don't see this as the time for this conversation,
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but I wanted to ask the question anyway.
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No, I do see it as the time.
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My view hasn't changed.
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I think we need to disarm, DEMILITARIZE AND DERADICALIZE GAZA.
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THAT WAY IT WILL GIVE GAZANS A FUTURE AND GIVE US A FUTURE OF PEACE.
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THAT'S A SENSIBLE AND REALISTIC PLAN.
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THE PLAN THAT SAYS, NO, ISRAEL, JUST WITHDRAW, SHUT YOUR EYES AND HOPE FOR THE BEST.
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NO, THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT.
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WE HAVE TO BE REALIST.
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WE HAVE TO HAVE A HOPE FOR THE FUTURE, BUT WE HAVE TO CREATE THAT FUTURE.
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AND THE WAY YOU CREATE IT
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WHEN YOU'RE SURROUNDED RIGHT NEXT DOOR WITH THE WORST TERRORISTS ON EARTH IS TO GET RID OF THE TERRORISTS.
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Mr. Prime Minister, I'm glad today it turned out differently than it could have.
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It could have been a much worse day, and I thank you for your time tonight.
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Thank you, Tony.
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I appreciate it.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 236 sentences and 2884 words to shadow. The speech runs for 17:28. The speaker talks at a natural 165 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 82% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| terrorist noun | /ˈtɛɹəɹɪst/ | A person, group, or organization that uses violent action, or the threat of violent action, to further political goals. |
| terror noun | /ˈtɛɹɚ/ | Intense dread, fright, or fear. |
| passenger noun | /ˈpæs.ɪn.d͡ʒɚ/ | One who rides or travels in a vehicle, but who does not operate it and is not a member of the crew. |
| civilians noun | /sɪˈvɪl.jənz/ | Synonym of civvies |
| abroad adverb | /əˈbɹɔːd/ | Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries. |
| commit verb | /kəˈmɪt/ | To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto. |
| intention noun | /ɪnˈtɛnʃn̩/ | A course of action that a person intends to follow. |
| tighten verb | /ˈtaɪ.tən/ | To make tighter. |
| ignore verb | /ɪɡˈnɔː/ | To deliberately not listen or pay attention to. |
| apparent adjective | /əˈpæɹənt/ | Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view. |
| regime noun | /ɹəˈʒiːm/ | Mode of rule or management. |
| arrangement noun | /əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒmənt/ | The act of arranging. |
| differently adverb | /ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt.li/ | In a different way. |
| eliminate verb | /ɪˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/ | To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to. |
| capability noun | /ˌkeɪ.pəˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/ | The power or ability to generate an outcome. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| find out verb | To discover, as by asking or investigating. | |
| go through verb | To travel from one end of something to the other. | |
| clear out verb | To completely empty. | |
| cut off verb | /ˌkʌt ˈɔf/ [ˌkɐɾ ˈɔf] | To remove by cutting. |
| get out of verb | To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of. | |
| turn out verb | To end up; to result. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've been · I've seen · has described |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | was hit · was thrown · was joined |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 78 contractions and reduced forms, such as we're, don't, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: seventh /ˈsɛvənθ/, withdraw /wɪðˈdɹɔ/, threaten /ˈθɹɛt.n̩/, tenth /tɛnθ/, withstand /wɪðˈstænd/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: intention /ɪnˈtɛnʃn̩/, regime /ɹəˈʒiːm/, rush /ɹʌʃ/, establish /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/, destruction /dɪsˈtɹʌkʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: differently /ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt.li/, eliminate /ɪˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/, capability /ˌkeɪ.pəˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/, ridiculous /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/, investigate /ɪnˈvɛs.tə.ɡeɪt/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
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- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like terrorist, terror, passenger.
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