Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel supports Trump’s naval blockade on Iran

[0:00] now israel's prime minister says he's spoken to u.s vice president jd vance after the failed [0:05] peace talks in pakistan benjamin netanyahu says he's in close contact with the trump administration [0:09] supports the blockade on iranian ports i spoke with vice president jd vance he called me from [0:19] his plane on his way back from islamabad he briefed me in detail as officials of this [0:24] administration do on a daily basis about the developments and negotiations in this case the [0:29] collapse of the talks the collapse came from the american side which could not tolerate iran's [0:34] blatant violation of the agreement for entry negotiations he also made it clear that the [0:41] central issue on the table from the perspective of president trump and the united states is the [0:46] removal of all enriched material and ensuring that there will be no enrichment in the years ahead [0:51] that is their focus and of course it is also important to us because iran violated the rules [0:57] president trump decided to impose a naval blockade on them we of course support this tough stance and [1:02] we are fully coordinated with the united states at all times let's speak to nora she's near ramallah [1:09] and is following the israeli government's uh reaction uh good to see you no uh let's um expand on what [1:14] we just heard from from uh donald trump there uh as regards to his position on the strait of hormuz [1:19] uh uh what has netanyahu been been saying well the israeli prime minister is very keen to anchor his [1:32] statements by uh reminding the israeli public that he is in close coordination with the uh american [1:39] administration that he's a personal friend of the american president who by the way according to the [1:45] polls is far more popular in israel than the prime minister himself now netanyahu did not hide the fact [1:53] that he was nervous about the potential of reaching an agreement uh between the u.s and iran and all [1:59] those lines that he talked about no enrichment getting out all the enriched uranium those were [2:05] israeli uh red lines now having said all of that the blocking the heart of the strait of hormuz [2:12] which is something that the israelis will not be involved in it was welcomed by netanyahu but former [2:18] officials like the former head of the iran desk in the israeli military intelligence was asked [2:26] in israeli media what he thought about that and whether he thought it was effective this is what [2:31] he had to say what wasn't achieved during five weeks of war won't be achieved by imposing a blockade [2:40] on the strait of hormuz this step might have made sense as an escalation before the war but not now [2:45] the iranians clearly understand at this point that trump is hesitant to use force none of the war's [2:52] objectives were achieved over 40 days of fighting but after those 40 days iran may well conclude that [2:59] acquiring a nuclear weapon is now essential given that north korea appears to enjoy a degree of [3:04] immunity precisely because it possesses one nor meanwhile israel is continuing to attack lebanon even with [3:12] talks set to take place uh tomorrow on tuesday in the u.s that's right and those that this escalation [3:23] in attacks the fact that the israeli prime minister appeared on occupied lebanese land less than 24 hours [3:30] ago was all intended to reiterate the message that israel intends to stay in southern lebanon it intends to [3:37] invade as much territory as possible before it gets to the negotiating table because it understands [3:44] that has a lot of leverage and this is not something that people are having to guess about israeli [3:49] officials are being very straightforward about the fact that they will apply maximum pressure on the [3:56] lebanese government even if that is at the cost of civil war have a listen the pause in talks with [4:06] iran gives us breathing room to erase villages in southern lebanon and complete the evacuation of those [4:12] areas beirut should also be put on the target list and turn into a ghost city the most likely outcome [4:18] in lebanon should the government fail to fulfill its responsibilities is the outbreak of a civil war [4:25] in lebanon there are essentially two camps one that backs hezbollah and another that believes hezbollah [4:30] is actively undermining the interests of lebanese society and the state this presents an opening for [4:36] israel to pursue a classic divide and rule approach further widening those internal divisions so there [4:47] you have it the israeli government very aware of the divisions and the tensions in lebanon also aware [4:55] that it has most of the leverage here it is invading the land it has the support of the u.s administration [5:01] it plans to stay in southern lebanon and use all of that to pressure the lebanese government [5:08] to disarm hezbollah even though many have doubts that that is possible even if it's at the cost [5:15] of a civil war in lebanon neve many thanks noah live near ramallah norah odiza