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TOI COMMUNITY ONLY - In Paralyzed Nation's 2nd episode, we hear about pros & cons of unique coalition building that has brought Israel to this 5th election. Transcript included
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TOI COMMUNITY ONLY - In Paralyzed Nation's 2nd episode, we hear about pros & cons of unique coalition building that has brought Israel to this 5th election. Transcript included
We'll have incred i believe survival stories as people begin to rebuild. rising covid cases and party scandals leaves boris johnson feeling the heat. and natali bennett visits the united arab emirates. we're live for the historic visit. >> announcer: live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with isa soares. welcome to the show, everyone. it is monday, december 13th. we begin with the aftermath of the deadliest december tornado outbreak in u.s. history. dozens of people were killed when powerful tornadoes swept right across the midwest and south. now at this hour crews are still searching...
Again, i think rhetoric is easy when you're not in power. it's a little different when you have to govern. and do now have the weight of people's lives on your shoulders, the decision making power to promote peace or war. and i believe natali bennett will do everything he can to promote peace. >> just to be clear, he was the minister in government when he said that to me in 2017. look, i'm hoping you're right. that he is moving on these issues. he is changing. and time will tell. but natali bennett said on records many times he doesn't support a palestinian state and never will. has he done a ...
To the extreme. let's say, you know, east of jordan river, syria, southern lebanon. you know, it all belongs to the state of israel too. i don't think that natally bennett is saying that either. again, i think rhetoric is easy when you're not in power. it's a little different when you have to govern. and do now have the weight of people's lives on your shoulders, the decision making power to promote peace or war. and i believe natali bennett will do everything he can to promote peace. >> just to be clear, he was the minister in government when he said that to me in 2017. look, i'm hoping you'r...
Is a con, that navtali bennett shouldn't join this government and he's trying to woo these coalition partners away from this new agreement. again, it isn't a done deal until off of these coalition partners sign on a dotted line and are sworn in by the kinesset. they have until wednesday to do this. just to underline the obvious, a few days is an eternity in israeli politics. as one of my colleagues here says. and anything can change in the next couple of days. but at this point, it looks as those natali bennett, the former protege of benjamin netanyahu, agreed to form a coalition with an oppos...