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00:00off today. As the U.S. president picks up the phone and looks to work things out with Vladimir Putin,
00:05the EU is taking an entirely different approach. It's approved the 17th package of sanctions
00:11against Russia, something it's been talking about for some time now. And the bloc's foreign policy
00:16chief claims the effect will now somehow be bigger than before. We will agree on the 17th
00:24package of sanctions today, but we continue on working on the next strong package of sanctions
00:30to put more pressure on Russia so that they would also want peace. There are sanctions regarding the
00:37oil price gap, the energy, also banking sector, the sanctions that will hurt Russia's economy.
00:47Kaya Kalis, I don't even think she's even believing the crap that she's peddling these days. Marina,
00:52by the way, the same woman who was threatening European leaders for going to Moscow for May 9th
00:56Victory Day, don't go to Moscow, you will be punished. Meantime, here she is announcing the,
01:01what, 17th sanction package against Russia? What do you know? Yeah, this is her way of trying to help
01:06the situation in the eyes of Europe. This is how they will do it, by blackmail. Well, this time it's
01:12the same old story we have once again. They're targeting Russian officials, they're targeting
01:16Russian companies and the so-called Russian shadow fleet, companies that are supposedly helping Russia
01:24bypass the already existing Western restrictions. Foreign entities in China, Belarus, Turkey, the United
01:32Arab Emirates, they think that this will do the trick this time. The 16 other packages didn't work,
01:37but this one will definitely do it. And earlier, we heard from the French foreign minister who said
01:42that this new package absolutely must suffocate the Russian economy and also make Vladimir Putin
01:48end the war. We have to increase the pressure. And this is why we're working on a new package of
01:56sanctions. We need to put more pressure on Russia. We are prepared for massive sanctions. We are in a
02:03position to impose more sanctions. We must prepare to brandish devastating sanctions that could suffocate
02:10the Russian economy once and for all. It's unclear, again, why they think that these new measures will work,
02:17because, again, it's part of the same old thing as we've seen before. The previous ones haven't worked,
02:23and this form of blackmail is never received well by Russians, let me tell you. Yeah, yeah, look, they've just got
02:28nothing left, Marina. I mean, honestly, you know, military-wise, they've got the equipment. They're scraping the barrel
02:36these days. What's the best they can do? Sanction Russia for the 17th time? What is the definition of stupid?
02:43Let's not go there. Tell me about the Russian economy. How did it fare on the last batch of sanctions?
02:49It actually did much better. Why? Because Russians managed to basically be able to stand on their own two feet.
02:56This is what sanctions always tend to achieve. And in fact, we have numbers, because Russia is now in the top four
03:03countries in the world when it comes to its, what is it, purchasing power parity in the increase in global GDP.
03:11And these are figures from the International Monetary Fund. This is not just Russia saying it.
03:16Also, when it comes to Russia, what it says is that the presidential administration says that the Russian economy grew
03:21by 9 percent in the last two years. You have, OK, let's go back to international experts and what they say.
03:27They say that these European sanctions are being talked up, that they're not this magic weapon.
03:32They're not having the desired effect and they're not bringing the Russian economy down.
03:36So, no, the last 16 haven't worked and this one will not work either.
03:41But they don't know what else to do.
03:42Well, yeah, I mean, exactly. If you look at the latest top 10 of economies in the world,
03:46it used to be the G7 were the top five.
03:49Now they are at the bottom of the 10 and the top five are Russia, India, China and a couple of others.
03:54I mean, my God, if you don't see the writing on the wall, Miss Kaya Callis, you're just destined for failure here.
04:02By the way, where's Washington in all of this? Are they a part of the sanctions package?
04:06Well, Europe really wants their help and they're really saying, come on, join our team.
04:09We said that we would punish Russia if it doesn't agree to this unconditional ceasefire.
04:14We're all in this together. We had a phone conversation. We agreed that we would punish Russia.
04:18Well, what did we hear from Donald Trump after that phone conversation with Vladimir Putin?
04:22He actually said, oh, no, we will not be adding any more sanctions on Russia.
04:28Why haven't you increased the sanctions on Russia yet?
04:32Well, because I think there's a chance of getting something done.
04:35And if you do that, you can also make it much worse.
04:39But there could be a time when that's going to happen. Yep.
04:43Trump understands that blackmail will not get the job done when it comes to Russia.
04:47Russia is not afraid. It's not scared of any more sanctions.
04:50Donald Trump understands this. Europe doesn't.
04:52They want to continue acting like babies, harming the negotiation process.
04:56And you can't even say harming because their actions, their opinions are not having any effect on the negotiation process at all.
05:03And this is what they really don't like.
05:06Yeah. Meantime, as we all know, crap rolls downhill.
05:10And these sanctions by the European Union are only going to end up sanctioning the everyday European taxpayer.
05:16These people, Marina, honestly, they need to be put out to pasture.
05:20Marina Cosareva with the updates on this breaking news story. Thank you.
05:25Well, let's take this conversation further and discuss the different reactions between European states after the Putin-Trump phone call.
05:31There she is right there. There's Rachel Marsden.
05:33Rachel, great to get you on. I guess it's night and day, black and white, whatever you want to call it.
05:36But it seems the EU approach to end the war, or lack thereof, is opposite to what Trump and Putin are working on.
05:44Yeah. What's going on between the U.S. and Europe right now feels like when you and your buddy agree to go skydiving together on a dare,
05:54and you count one, two, three, jump, and you leap, and then you realize your friend is still up there in the plane,
06:00maybe sipping a juice box, waving to you.
06:03And in Europe's case, the parachute looks like it was all made from recycled climate summit lanyards,
06:09and maybe a little bit of blind optimism.
06:12Because just on Monday, a German government spokesman was saying that Washington would be joining the EU in the latest round of sanctions.
06:20But now, Brussels has gone over that edge with its sanctions announcement.
06:25Trump's still on board, waving down from the hatch.
06:28And it sounds like the German chancellor is pretending not to notice what just happened after Trump's call with Putin.
06:38Europe and America are very united on this point.
06:41We will closely support Ukraine on its path towards a ceasefire.
06:45Europe will increase pressure on Moscow through sanctions.
06:48We agreed on this with Donald Trump after his conversation with Putin.
06:53All right.
06:54So, what happened there, basically, is that the EU went,
06:58hey, Trump, we're going to slap even more sanctions on Russia.
07:00Sound good?
07:01And Trump's probably thinking, oh, you mean the sanctions that wrecked the EU economy,
07:06cut you off from Russian trade, and left you hooked on American gas, LNG.
07:12All right.
07:13Then be my guest, you fools.
07:15Meanwhile, despite what Berlin said would happen,
07:17Trump has now come out and said he's not really into sanctioning Russia at all.
07:22Not feeling it.
07:23He doesn't think it's productive.
07:25He just wants peace and trade.
07:27Now, he's made it pretty clear he's annoyed by the whole Ukrainian situation
07:31because he sees it as Biden's war, not his.
07:34It would never have happened if he was president.
07:35He keeps repeating that mantra.
07:36In his view, it's really just Europe's mess to clean up now.
07:40This was a European situation.
07:45It should have remained a European situation.
07:48They got a problem.
07:49It's a big, big problem.
07:51It's a terrible war.
07:53It's very hard to extradite.
07:55And I did say also, if I thought that you couldn't do it, I'd step away, because what are you going to do?
08:03What else is really interesting is that Trump world isn't branding this as a retreat from Ukraine,
08:09like Afghanistan or any of the other foreign military adventures that Washington has ghosted on lately.
08:13Instead, they're spinning this as a peace-first American presidency,
08:18one that's refusing to sign on to what it sees as another forever war, this time pushed by the Europeans,
08:25the same Europe that keeps insisting peace talks can't even start until there's a ceasefire,
08:31because that's the script that they've come up with.
08:33And now, mic drop, even the actual men of God are on Trump's side, they're saying.
08:39We have a president of peace.
08:42In fact, I'll tell you, kind of an aside, one of the cardinals I was meeting with, Mr. President,
08:47the day before the papal mass said to me, you know, it's very unusual for us.
08:51It's, you know, we have an American president that wants peace,
08:54and it's some of the Europeans that are constantly talking about doing war stuff.
08:58So it's kind of the world's upside down in their mind right now.
09:00It's usually the other way around.
09:03All right, so who's going to argue with something that has God's stamp of approval?
09:07So it's looking more and more like Trump is limbering up to launch the whole Ukraine file straight into orbit.
09:14J.D. Vance, Rubio, and Trump have all made it clear this negotiating cannot drag on forever.
09:20Not their problem, and really they have other things to do at this point.
09:24If nobody can close the deal soon, then Russia and Ukraine can slug it out without Washington in the loop, they're saying,
09:32And let the EU deal with it, if it even wants to.
09:36But something else is kind of interesting.
09:38The tone in Brussels is now shifting.
09:41That old whatever-it-takes energy is starting to sound a lot more like whatever we can still afford.
09:48Over the past five years, time and again, our budget has punched above its weight.
09:59And we must also see now today that we have reached the limits of what is possible.
10:06Our current budget was designed for a world which no longer exists.
10:11All right, so maybe the EU is finally waking up after its years-long fiscal bender,
10:20or maybe they're just about to hit the snooze button again, time will tell.
10:25And, well, that's got to be a real buzzkill in any case for the folks in the nosebleed seats,
10:30like Estonia, a net recipient of EU funds,
10:33who seem to treat permanent war in Ukraine as a sort of subsidized means of keeping Russian troops occupied,
10:42which is great, the Estonian prime minister says,
10:45as long as Estonia doesn't have to play directly.
10:50The 800,000 Russian soldiers in Ukraine will not simply return home to live on 200 euros a month.
10:57They will likely continue to be paid by the Russian army.
10:59They currently receive between 2,000 and 3,000 euros a month.
11:05This means that the threat to us will increase if the fighting in Ukraine stops.
11:11So, better keep Ukrainians fighting forever then, huh?
11:16Wonder if anyone actually asked Ukraine how they feel about that,
11:19or these guys being the ideological standard bearer for European policy
11:26on when exactly Ukraine can actually have peace.
11:30Solid work and solid commentary as always from Rachel Martin.
11:34As they've said in Washington before, it's not about winning wars,
11:37it's about forever wars, bringing in the profits to the military industrial complex
11:42and all their paid and bought for politicians on Capitol Hill.
11:46Rachel, good to see you.
11:47We'll see you again soon.
11:48Now, the EU is cracking down on freedom of speech, but I guess you knew that already.
11:59Two German journalists, Alina Lipp and Thomas Roper, have found themselves in the crosshairs of the EU.
12:05They've been accused of being a part of Russia's destabilizing actions abroad.
12:11Let's get some more details on this breaking news story.
12:15There he is right there, author and war correspondent, Thomas Roper.
12:18It's hard to keep a straight face anymore.
12:20I'm sorry, man.
12:21Now it's gone personal.
12:22Why do you think, what do you believe prompted such a personal move on the part of the EU?
12:30Well, first of all, please call me Mr. Destabilizer right now.
12:35OK.
12:35It's funny, you know.
12:40J.D. Wendt said it very well on the Munich conference when he said if some 100,000 bucks are able to destabilize your democracy,
12:47it was maybe not so good or so stable.
12:51Same with the EU.
12:53I'm a blogger sitting here in my kitchen and writing articles, and I'm destabilizing the EU,
12:59which has a billion euro budget for media work.
13:03Yeah, funny.
13:05Some are funny, but not really.
13:07On the other hand, well, of course, it's because I'm one of the biggest platforms in Germany,
13:11so people read me and the government doesn't like me.
13:15But not funny, and this is the point for all people in Germany,
13:19because if this gets through, there was no court, nobody said which law I have violated, whatever.
13:26So without anything, without any court decision, some bureaucracy decided to freeze my money,
13:33to forbid working somehow.
13:37Now I'm not able to broadcast in Europe anymore.
13:39So, and this without any court decision.
13:43So they're trying to shut you down, Thomas.
13:45They're just trying to shut you down, as they've done to RT in Europe and America.
13:50The average taxpayer has to pay their taxes, but must not know what we are saying on RT International.
13:58Thomas, you know, the act undertaken against you, separate, of course, from this package of sanctions.
14:03We understand, though, African activists made the list as well.
14:07You're in good company.
14:09I mean, in your view, why does the EU see the so-called promotion of Russian influence in Africa as a threat?
14:17How is that a threat, Thomas?
14:19Well, this is a threat because RT is very successful in Africa,
14:23and the people in Africa now see what's going on.
14:26Take Mali and Niger and so on.
14:28So the people see what's happening.
14:31So the so-called French troops, which helped their so-called to fight terrorism, didn't have any success.
14:38They put them out, and with Russians, they have some success.
14:41They see what's happening there, and the lies, sorry, from the Western media in Africa, they don't work anymore.
14:48The people are living.
14:49They see it.
14:50But let me add one thing I want to say.
14:51This now is a signal for all people in the European Union, because if they do this to us, and this goes through,
15:00tomorrow they will start doing the same and prevent sanctions against any critics who are criticizing the policy of the European governments.
15:09And I can laugh about it.
15:11I'm living in Russia.
15:12Okay, do it.
15:12I don't have a problem.
15:13But look at the people.
15:15If you live there, and tomorrow they block your bank account, how do you pay for your apartment and all this stuff?
15:20It's not funny.
15:21It's the first step, and I think it's a test to see how the public is reacting, and whether the other people are going to court, whatever,
15:30because otherwise they will close down the opposition this way.
15:34Yeah, yeah, yeah.
15:35But, you know, people are scared, you know, Thomas.
15:37A lot of people in Europe are actually genuinely afraid of just being frank, posting comments online that are honest.
15:44They want to speak their hearts.
15:45But no, no, no, no.
15:46You'll go to prison.
15:47You'll get detained.
15:48You'll have your bank account frozen.
15:50And yet, you know, Europe's always talking about communist China and scary Russia.
15:54But actually, Europe has just turned into a dictatorship now.
15:58And the average taxpayer, I hope they are waking up.
16:02Meantime, sanctions against Russia.
16:05The EU approves another package, Thomas.
16:08I mean, as if the last 16, I guess they didn't do the job.
16:12What do you make of the latest package?
16:15Well, I've checked it before.
16:17I was searching for my name.
16:19I've read on German news already on Friday that I will be in the package.
16:22So, I read them already.
16:24And, well, there is really nothing much I know.
16:27Well, big companies or whatever.
16:30So, you see, everything they could sanction.
16:33They sanctioned already in 16 packages.
16:35And even the German Handelsblatt, so let's say the German Wall Street Journal, wrote already that the EU doesn't know what to sanction.
16:44So, that's why they are not sanctioning their own people like me.
16:49It's, you know, if it wouldn't be a really dictatorship, it would be funny.
16:54Yeah, yeah.
16:55I mean, what, Russia is the most sanctioned country in the world, at least 25,000 sanctions.
16:59And yet, what happened to Russia?
17:00Russia is now the fourth most powerful economy in the world in terms of PPP and GDP.
17:06And yet, the European guys, I don't know what they're smoking, Thomas.
17:09But whatever they're smoking, it ain't good.
17:11I would like to try it.
17:12I would like to try it.
17:12Well, man, you'll be living in another Netherlands in that case.
17:15Thomas Roper, great to get you on.
17:17War correspondent, appreciate your work.
17:19We'll see you soon.
17:20Shifting gears here on RT International, India's foreign secretary has reportedly debunked Donald Trump's claim that the ceasefire between India and Pakistan was reached thanks to U.S. mediations, saying it never happened.
17:35Well, tensions between New Delhi and Islamabad peaked weeks ago when what had seemed that the brink of an all-out war, with each side deploying jets and drones and missiles and more,
17:44it all sparked in April after terrorists killed 26 tourists in Kashmir, which New Delhi blamed on Pakistan.
17:51Islamabad has denied everything.
17:53But after the escalation, the two nuclear-armed nations reached a ceasefire deal with India, reportedly saying the truce was reached bilaterally without a third party involved.
18:01But Donald Trump praised the people of Pakistan, saying they want to trade with Washington.
18:06Also, Pakistan, great conversations with Pakistan.
18:13You know, we can't forget them.
18:15And because it does take two to tango.
18:19And with India, I felt very certain.
18:23And with Pakistan, I also talked about trade.
18:26Oh, they would love to trade.
18:27They would love to trade.
18:28You know, they're brilliant people.
18:30They make incredible products.
18:33And we don't do much trading with them.
18:35And yet I have a good relationship.
18:36I have a good relationship with a lot of people that you wouldn't believe.
18:40But I stopped that war.
18:41That was going to be a nuclear war, I think, or close.
18:44Well, you can read more about the American involvement in the Pakistani relationship and how it affected Washington's reputation in India.
18:52Retired Indian foreign secretary and veteran diplomat, Kanwal Sibyl, has a detailed article on RT.com.
18:57You can head there for analysis.
18:58Just after we cross live to him now, here on the program, India's former foreign secretary, Kanwal Sibyl.
19:06A very warm welcome to you.
19:07So a bit of a back and forth, taking credit and then pulling it away.
19:11Tell us how it really is.
19:12And what concerns have Trump's claims actually stirred up in India?
19:18Well, a couple of things.
19:19To begin with, if you recall, Trump himself said, let the two countries sort it out.
19:24And the vice president once said that India can act, but it should not lead to a regional conflict, in the sense they didn't want this conflict to develop in such a way that China may be pulled in.
19:41But otherwise, they were leaving this, India and Pakistan, to settle this themselves, because India has for a long, long, long time complained about Pakistani abetted terrorism.
19:54And we have suffered this for years, and I think eventually, after this terrible, horrific attack at Palgam, government felt that this can't carry on.
20:05We can't leave it to Pakistan to periodically try and destabilize Jammu and Kashmir.
20:11And generally, it causes a lot of disruption in our own country, because when such terrorist attacks happen, then the political class, the society itself, gets rattled.
20:23The economy also begins to move in a direction in which we don't want.
20:29I mean, we want development.
20:31We are already now the fourth largest economy, according to the IMF.
20:35We have overtaken Japan.
20:36So we want to go down that path.
20:37So we don't want Pakistan to continue to disrupt the growth.
20:43So we had a very robust reaction this time.
20:47Now, what has happened really is that the Americans, for some reason, began to feel concerned that Pakistan may suffer a serious military setback,
20:59and this may, therefore, affect internal stability in Pakistan, because the country is held together, essentially, by the armed forces.
21:08They are the really real power in this country.
21:11And if the Pakistan army is defeated, then the fear is that the internal fissures in Pakistan will become even bigger,
21:19and Pakistan may have a lot of internal trouble.
21:21Also, eventually, they wanted to prevent this kind of collapse, potential collapse of Pakistan.
21:27And they did intervene to the extent that we once spoke to our prime minister, and Rubio spoke to the Pakistani prime minister.
21:37But amazingly, they went ahead and announced a ceasefire, as if they were the people who decided on the ceasefire.
21:44And in the process, embarrassing India, as if we were being pressured by the United States,
21:50and we have no independent agency of ourselves to decide on what we should do with this conflict.
21:57And the fact is, and we have said that officially, there was no mediation of any kind by the United States.
22:04Mediation means that both sides agree.
22:05But what is it, I'm sorry, Mr. Sybil, I do apologize for jumping in.
22:09Please forgive me, but you're giving me such a full, well-rounded statement here.
22:13But why is it the Pakistani leader thanked Washington for playing such a constructive role in the peace efforts?
22:22Why is Washington's involvement viewed differently in Islamabad?
22:26For the same reason that right from the start, it has been the case.
22:30Pakistan joined all the possible military blocs of United States.
22:34The Baghdad pact, the CENTO, to the point that one of their presidents, Yook Khan,
22:39said that Pakistan is the most allied country, most allied ally of the United States.
22:44They have used the United States against India,
22:48because India has always had a very difficult relationship with the United States.
22:51And even now, though the relationship has much improved,
22:55there are underlying tensions in the relationship.
22:59But Pakistan has always considered the United States as an ally of sorts against India,
23:05because the United States has armed Pakistan, given them F-16s and AMRAM missiles.
23:10And much of the capability that they have is of U.S. origin,
23:15though now, today, China is the biggest partner of Pakistan.
23:19If you remember, in the Kargir war in 1991, when Clinton felt that Pakistan was on the verge of a serious setback,
23:29he called Nawaz Sharif to Washington and read him the riot act
23:32and asked him to cease violating the ceasefire line in Jammu and Kashmir,
23:36and Pakistan stepped back.
23:38Pakistan has always wanted the United States to intervene in the Kashmir issue on the side of Pakistan,
23:45which they have done right from the time we took the issue to the United Nations.
23:50And therefore, they have a team that the United States stays involved,
23:54because they also want to disregard, discard the similar agreement of 1972,
24:01which clearly lays down that all issues between India and Pakistan will be solved bilaterally.
24:05Now, that doesn't...
24:06That's right. That's right.
24:07But they want a third-party intervention,
24:09and they think that if America intervened, it will be a kind of a check on India.
24:14Yeah. That's why they are lauding the U.S. intervention.
24:18I see.
24:18In a way, indirectly, they are slighting India also,
24:21that they can use the United States to put pressure on India.
24:25Well, it's a win-win for Trump, as many have said, Mr. Sybil.
24:28You know, he's a great winner, that American President Donald Trump,
24:31and he's always fond of winning, sir.
24:33Yes, it's a good commentary you've given us,
24:34and certainly you're addressing both sides of it beautifully.
24:37India's former Foreign Secretary, Kanwal Sybil, it's been a pleasure.
24:40Thank you so much.
24:41An Israeli politician causing an uproar over the deadly war the nation is waging in Gaza.
24:48In a revealing quote, he laid bare what the IDF seems to have as its, quote, hobby.
24:54Israel is on the path to becoming a pariah state among the nations,
24:58like the South Africa of old, if it does not return to behaving like a sane country.
25:04A sane country does not wage war against civilians,
25:07does not kill babies for a hobby,
25:09and does not set goals involving the expulsion of populations.
25:13Well, emotions are running high in Israel after a former IDF general and prominent opposition leader
25:18gave a scathing interview on local radio,
25:21warning that Israel is on the path to becoming a global pariah,
25:25comparing it to apartheid-era South Africa.
25:28Yair Golan accused the government of losing its sanity and waging war not just on Hamas, but on civilians.
25:36You have just heard.
25:37He even claimed Israel was killing babies as a hobby.
25:41Within hours, no surprise, outrage exploded across the political spectrum.
25:45An Israel defense minister called the remarks at his grace and said Golan had crossed a dangerous line.
25:52National security minister accused him of echoing Hamas propaganda,
25:56and other ministers demanded he be banned from public life.
26:00Prime Minister Netanyahu called it a blood libel.
26:03The IDF is the most moral army in the world,
26:07and our soldiers are fighting in a campaign for our very existence.
26:11While we are waging a multi-front war and are leading complex diplomatic efforts to free our hostages and defeat Hamas,
26:18Golan and his friends on the radical left are echoing the most contemptible anti-Semitic blood libels
26:23against IDF soldiers in the state of Israel.
26:26Well, the IDF chief of staff also issued a rare political statement saying the army condemns any claim that casts doubt on the ethics of IDF operations.
26:36Golan tried to walk it back somehow, saying his criticism was aimed at the government uniquely, but not the army.
26:43The damage was done. It was too late.
26:45Some reactions were even more extreme.
26:47One came from a former deputy speaker of the Knesset, Israeli parliament,
26:51and now head of Israel's far-right Identity Party, who openly called for intensifying military pressure in Gaza, fighting every child.
27:01Every child, every baby in Gaza is an enemy.
27:05We need to colonize Gaza and not leave a single child there.
27:09There's no other victory.
27:11And while such rhetoric could be shocking, it's hardly new, I have to say.
27:15Just last week, an Israeli reservist doctor made headlines for all the wrong reasons.
27:20In a now-deleted post on social media, he referred to Palestinians in Gaza as cockroaches.
27:27Yesterday, the guys from the battalion killed dozens of terrorists.
27:31I applied to participate in assassinations as a doctor in preventive medicine.
27:37One of the medics corrected me and said,
27:39this is in the framework of the NHS, the acronym for public health.
27:43On second thought, he's right.
27:44It's about killing bugs and other insects.
27:47Well, the Israeli Medical Association condemned the remarks and launched an ethics probe,
27:53reminding that a doctor's role is to save lives, not take them.
27:57But I have to say that in today's Israel, comments like this barely surprise anymore.
28:02When political discourse becomes this extreme, when hatred becomes normalized,
28:07it's no wonder that even doctors sometimes echo the language of extermination.
28:11And such statements are heard at the time when Israel continues its bombardment, heavy bombardment of Gaza.
28:18Local health ministry reports dozens killed every day.
28:22And also, the humanitarian blockade has stretched for almost three months now.
28:27No food, no fuel, no medicine has been allowed in since March, a situation the UN has repeatedly called catastrophic.
28:34Netanyahu, and to have a U.S. pressure that he, by the way, admitted earlier, agreed to a so-called limited aid deal.
28:42And the result, just five trucks entered Gaza on Monday.
28:47That's it.
28:48Obviously, international patience is wearing thin.
28:51The U.K., France, and Canada have warned of concrete action, potentially maybe even sanctions, if Israel expands its operations further.
29:01And even Israel's closest allies pulling back.
29:03As you remember, last week, Donald Trump skipped Israel on his Middle East tour.
29:08Before that, the U.S. Secretary of Defense canceled his visit to Jerusalem.
29:12And now, American vice president has also called off a planned trip, reportedly due to concerns of a growing international backlash.
29:22But on some more serious things, like how do we provide security, how do we make sure that we get all the assets that we need in order to do the right official delegation.
29:31So, I'm sure we'll visit Israel sometime in the future, but not today.
29:34Well, publicly, Israel and the U.S. insist it's business as usual, but the cracks are showing, and it's obvious.
29:41With growing pressure from all sides, maybe Yair Golan's words that we have heard before hit too close to home,
29:48and maybe that's exactly the reason why they caused such fury in Israel.
29:53Hi, Maria Fenochner, our Middle East Bureau chief.