Ex-Israeli negotiator: Trump pressuring Netanyahu

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00:00Okay, and obviously there's growing pressure.

00:03I mean, there's been pressure for some time, but I would say it's grown in recent months,

00:06especially from regional powers, for the recognition of a Palestinian state.

00:12I mean, do you feel that Prime Minister Netanyahu and those in his inner core are feeling that pressure?

00:20I don't think there was a really tangible pressure on Netanyahu up until recent weeks

00:26when it seems that the Trump administration of all players has begun to be impatient

00:33with the current positions of the Israeli government.

00:36So we saw a visit by President Trump to the region that from an Israeli perspective was stunning.

00:42Israel thinks that or holds itself to be the closest ally of the United States in the region.

00:47And there you have President Trump, who is really perceived to be a great friend of Israel.

00:54He's coming to the region without even stopping in Israel, going to Riyadh, going to Doha, going to Abu Dhabi,

01:01signing all these massive agreements about top technology, which really chip away on what we call in Israel

01:09the qualitative edge of Israel.

01:12On top of that, he's meeting the president of Syria, El Jilani.

01:15He's removing the sanctions without even talking to Israel.

01:17Before coming to Israel, he signed some sort of a ceasefire deal with the Houthis

01:22that allows them to continue to fire at us in Israel.

01:25Last week I was in Israel, two nights, you know, the Houthis are firing and there are sirens.