Security analyst: Netanyahu faces right-wing pressure

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Al Arabiya’s Security Analyst Riad Kahwaji says Israeli PM Netanyahu is under pressure from far-right coalition members, who threaten to leave if he ends the war in Gaza. #Netanyahu #Gaza

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00:00Let's just shift gear back to something that Donald Trump said earlier this week.

00:05He basically said he's always said he'd like the war in Gaza to stop.

00:10And he said this could happen relatively soon, Riyadh.

00:13But would you agree with the president's view?

00:16Because it doesn't seem to be moving that way at the moment.

00:20I think President Trump, according to the Israeli media,

00:25gave Netanyahu a piece of his mind in this last Oval Office meeting

00:32that President Trump was clear, was very forceful in stressing the need

00:41to bring this war to an end within a few weeks

00:45and to have all the hostages released.

00:50That's why many believe that the press conference was canceled

00:55because Netanyahu did not want to hear this or to make this go out public

01:00because it's going to cause Netanyahu a problem at home with his right-wing ministers

01:05because if it came out that he will have to end the war within,

01:10and he has like three or four weeks to do this,

01:13this is going to, might end up, you know, disbanding his coalition back home.

01:19Some of the right-wing ministers have threatened that if Netanyahu ends the war in Gaza,

01:24they're going to quit the government.

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