Recent Update From Israel

NEW YORK CITY'S MAYOR RELEASED A VIDEO ON SOCIAL MEDIA RECENTLY URGING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ACT ON AN ARREST WARRANT ISSUED FOR ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU BY THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT. IN RESPONSE, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP REAFFIRMED THAT NETANYAHU WILL NOT BE ARRESTED IN THE UNITED STATES. THE ICC ISSUED A WARRANT FOR PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU IN NOVEMBER OF 2024. ON WAR CRIMES CHARGES INCLUDING STARVATION AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY. IN THE RECENT VIDEO, NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ZOHRAN MAMDANI CALLED THE PRIME MINISTER A WAR CRIMINAL AND CONDEMNED ISRAEL'S ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF THE CEASEFIRE THAT WAS AGREED TO WITH PALESTINE IN 2025. >> AS HUMAN BEINGS, WE HAVE SPENT GENERATIONS BUILDING A SHARED UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE ARE CRIMES SO GREAT IF AND ALL OF HUMAN. WITH THEIR EYES WITH THEIR HEART. BUT THEIR CONSCIENCE SHOULD RECOGNIZE THE DEVASTATION. HE IS ROTTEN, UNDERSTAND HE BELONGS BEFORE A COURT OF LAW. AS I'VE SAID, I AGREE WITH THE ICC. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SHOULD BE ARRESTED AND TRIED FOR HIS CRIMES. >> FOR MORE ON THE LATEST ON ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST. I AM JOINED BY NEIL RUGGED CHESKY. HE'S A PROFESSOR OF HUMANITIES IN THE HAMILTON SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, MR. RUGGED CHESKY. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. >> SO DELIGHTED TO BE WITH YOU. >> AND YOU LITERALLY JUST RETURNED FROM A TRIP TO ISRAEL HOURS AGO. WHAT IS THE REACTION IN ISRAEL TO THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY CALLING FOR THE U.S. TO EXECUTE THE ARREST WARRANT FOR ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN >> YES, IT'S A VERY INTERESTING QUESTION. I'D SAY PEOPLE WERE INDEED TALKING ABOUT IT. IF YOU LOOKED AT THE NEWS, YOU KNOW, THE NIGHTLY NEWS LAST NIGHT, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS I WOULD SAY THE 4TH AND THE 5TH ITEM AND PEOPLE ARE YEAH, VERY WORRIED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF U.S. ISRAEL RELATIONS FROM THE ISRAELI SIDE. HOWEVER, I MUST SAY IT'S SORT OF YET. THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S ONE WAY TO PUT IT RIGHT BEFORE 35TH ITEM ON THE NEWS. IT'S KIND OF DWARFED BY THE GRAVER, YOU KNOW, MORE IMMEDIATE QUESTION IS REGARDING POTENTIAL ESCALATION WORTH YOU'RE ON AND THE SAUDI NUCLEAR ENRICHMENT HILL TO SOME DEGREE AS WELL. SO IS THERE. IT'S JUST SORT OF HIM DURING NAGGING QUESTION, THE FUTURE OF THE U.S. ISRAEL RELATIONSHIP. BUT THERE ARE, AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST SO MUCH HAPPENING. >> NETANYAHU IS EXPECTED TO ATTEND THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN SEPTEMBER IN NEW YORK. HOW WILL THESE CALLS BY THE MAYOR FOR HIS ARREST IMPACT HIS ATTENDANCE? YOU HAVE AN OPINION ON THAT. >> YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF IT YEAH, THAT IN IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THIS IS THIS IS STILL WEEP FOR MANY, MANY MILES TO GO BEFORE WE REACHED THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY. OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THE ESCALATION IN IRAN PROMISES AND PITFALLS OF THAT CAN TAKE OUT CAN CAN TAKE THIS AND SO MANY DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. BUT I THINK THE ISRAELI VIEW HERE SHARE, YOU KNOW, PROMOTED BY PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU AND OTHERS. IS IT QUITE EASY TO SAY YOUR HELP ON HEALTH ACRA SEE OF THIS YEAR? THE NBA? NO, NO, NO, NO STATEMENTS FOR WERE MADE AGAINST THE LEADERS OF OTHER REGIMES. ONE COULD THINK OF WITH ABYSMAL HUMAN RIGHTS RECORDS. I MY PERSONAL OPINION IS THAT PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU AS WELL AS OTHER NO PLAUSIBLE LEADERS OF THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT. I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S TOO MUCH HISTORY OF STRONG COLLABORATION BETWEEN UNITED STATES AND ISRAEL AND TOO MANY INCREDIBLY SOLID REASONS, BOTH AT THE LEVEL OF VALUES AND INTERESTS IN THE ISRAELI U.S. RELATIONSHIP FOR ITS SIMPLY TO ERODE. OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THEIR DISAGREEMENTS AND A JURY OF QUESTIONS AS AMERICANS AND ISRAELIS ARE RECKONING, A USE. WHAT WE BELIEVE, WHAT WHAT IS WHAT IS OUR ROLE IN THE MIDDLE EAST OF THE WORLD? THESE QUESTIONS ARE NOT COME UP, BUT I THINK THERE'S SOME UNDERLYING CONFIDENCE THAT THE LOGIC OF THE U.S. ISRAEL STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP WILL BE MAINTAINED. >> A RECENT GALLUP POLLS SHOW AMERICANS ARE SPLIT ON FAVOR ABILITY TOWARDS ISRAEL DROPPING FROM 75% BACK IN 2021. 2, APPROXIMATELY 50% TODAY. WHY DO YOU THINK THIS IS HAPPENING IN YOUR OPINION? >> YEAH, IT'S A REALLY THIS IS A REALLY HARD ONE AND IT SHOULD BE SHOULD BE STUDIED ALONGSIDE OTHER ISSUES ARE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE SWIFT CHANGES. AND THE MAYOR AND AMERICAN SOCIETY WRITES, I'M NINA TO DIFFERING DYNAMICS, CHANGING GENERATIONS. NOW THE RISING OF THE MILLENNIALS AND GEN Z VERY DIFFERENT DIFFERENT DIFFERENT SENSIBILITIES. SO I SEE THAT AS A SPECIES OF ONE OF HIS LARGER RECKONING, AMERICANS ARE HAVING ON THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT. YOU KNOW, AND YOU KNOW, INTERESTINGLY HAPPENING IN AMERICA'S 200 50TH YEAR ABOUT WHO WHO ARE WE? WHAT ARE WE BELIEVE? WHAT'S A ROLE IN THE WORLD AND WHAT'S WHAT'S ARE ALL AT HOME. AND THIS QUESTION OF, YOU KNOW, ALLIANCES WOULD IT WOULD IT WOULD EMERGE IN CONTEXT. AND I THINK FROM ISRAEL'S POINT OF VIEW AND I TRY TO LOOK AT YOUR TRUCK, TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHY HOW IS THERE IS REALLY THINK ABOUT THIS? I I THINK THAT THERE'S A SENSE THAT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DEEP DISAGREEMENTS. THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE THAT. WE ASSUME THAT THIS, YOU KNOW, US U.S. ISRAEL REOPEN ALWAYS HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, ROCK SOLID. BUT ACTUALLY, THAT'S QUITE A RELATIVELY NEW PHENOMENON IS REALLY ONLY WITH ISRAEL'S VICTORY BY THE 1967 WAR AND THAT ITS ROLE IN WASHINGTON AS A SIDE, LOOK, WE CAN WE CAN TRUST THESE GUYS. THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL. THEY THEY THEY'RE THEY'RE STRONG MISSION TO SHARE OUR PRINCIPLES. BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THIS THIS IS, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC OPINION CAN BE CAN BE FICKLE. IF YOU ASK ME ISRAELIS, I TO DO BETTER AND ARTICULATING IT'S A STRONG INTEREST SPACE REASONS FOR THE ENDURANCE OF THE US'S RELIANCE. BUT OF COURSE, IT'S UP TO AMERICANS TO MAKE MAKE MAKE UP, MAKE UP THEIR MIND EYE ON THAT ISSUE. >> MR. RATHER CHESKY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY WITH YOUR EXPERTISE. >> ANY TIME IS A DELIGHT TO BE HERE.