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David Friedman: Trump told Israel, ‘Do whatever is necessary’ to win the war

“The Caroline Glick Show” with Ambassador David Friedman, Ep. 84.

Caroline Glick sits down with former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman to discuss the current state of antisemitism in the United States and the Biden administration’s weak policies on Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza.

Friedman says re-establishing the power of deterrence would go a long way towards solving both problems, and that Hamas would never have attacked Israel if American and Israeli strength were firmly established in the region.

Glick and Friedman also discuss the current U.S. Jewish leadership and what it can do to help; where today’s antisemitism comes from; the inability of the left to deal with Jew-hatred in its ranks; and how U.S. President Joe Biden’s Israel policy may play into Trump’s hands.

Caroline B. Glick is the international affairs advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“This political environment could discourage congressional committee staff and federal agency personnel from pursuing investigations or enforcement actions involving antisemitism,” Karen Paikin Barall of the Brandeis Center told JNS.
“They get social credit within their political bases in terms of talking about settler violence and and taking up the side of the Palestinians on issues between them and Israel,” Rafael Mangual of the Manhattan Institute told JNS.
The U.S. envoy also said antisemitism “didn’t exist” during his upbringing and warned of an unintended clash between Israel and Turkey.
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In a wide-ranging pre-election interview with JNS, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discusses his alliance with U.S. President Donald Trump; the necessity to act against Iran; expand the Abraham Accords; tackle domestic challenges, including reintroducing judicial reforms; and further strengthening the Israeli economy.