WEBVTT 00:00:00.009 --> 00:00:02.008 I think that what you'll hear from Sun is similar 00:00:02.019 --> 00:00:04.150 to what you've heard from a lot of Western leader 00:00:04.158 --> 00:00:05.980 with maybe a bit more nuance, with each of 00:00:05.988 --> 00:00:08.500 them contributing slightly differently. But what we heard from 00:00:08.509 --> 00:00:12.500 Biden yesterday, which is basically unflinching support for Israel 00:00:12.509 --> 00:00:15.359 . And again, this sort of deterrence factor one 00:00:15.368 --> 00:00:17.940 that can be really summarized from the United States standpoint 00:00:17.949 --> 00:00:20.329 in a single word, which is don't a single 00:00:20.399 --> 00:00:23.370 a word that is backed by two aircraft carrier groups 00:00:23.379 --> 00:00:26.239 that are headed for the Eastern Mediterranean right now. 00:00:26.269 --> 00:00:27.989 And then there is this third question and this is 00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:30.548 really where everyone wants to see progress made. And 00:00:30.559 --> 00:00:32.908 that is a question of aid getting aid through the 00:00:32.918 --> 00:00:36.298 southern border of Gaza, through Rafah, from Egypt 00:00:36.310 --> 00:00:38.609 into Gaza where there are literally hundreds of tons of 00:00:38.618 --> 00:00:41.509 aid just sitting there. We've heard some positive sounds 00:00:41.520 --> 00:00:43.868 from the Israeli side, positive sounds from the Egyptian 00:00:43.880 --> 00:00:46.658 side. But today, that aid still sits there 00:00:46.668 --> 00:00:49.109 and we had a resolution overnight, put forward to 00:00:49.118 --> 00:00:51.259 the UN to kind of create a sort of cease 00:00:51.270 --> 00:00:53.969 fire or a safe zone to get that aid in 00:00:54.000 --> 00:00:56.109 . It was vetoed by the United States because that 00:00:56.118 --> 00:01:00.139 resolution did not include a part that stood for Israeli 00:01:00.149 --> 00:01:04.349 self defense. So Oliver Biden's speech was really pretty 00:01:04.359 --> 00:01:07.480 unwavering in terms of support for Israel. Does that 00:01:07.489 --> 00:01:11.049 complicate things for Rishi Sune? I think to a 00:01:11.058 --> 00:01:14.448 certain degree, because we hear this from the president 00:01:14.459 --> 00:01:15.579 of the United States. And really when you hear 00:01:15.588 --> 00:01:18.989 that message in Israel, it is taken obviously very 00:01:19.000 --> 00:01:21.709 positively by the people here, but within the region 00:01:21.719 --> 00:01:23.730 more broadly, you know, it's seen as the 00:01:23.739 --> 00:01:26.528 US is just a proxy for, for Israel. 00:01:26.540 --> 00:01:27.049 And so we have to think about what in that 00:01:27.058 --> 00:01:30.620 speech was there for the rest of the region, 00:01:30.629 --> 00:01:34.019 particularly since the diplomatic leg of that trip to Jordan 00:01:34.120 --> 00:01:36.469 was canceled. One thing that I found interesting was 00:01:36.480 --> 00:01:38.153 his reference to 9 11 where he said the United 00:01:38.165 --> 00:01:42.263 States sought justice after 9 11, but it made 00:01:42.275 --> 00:01:45.605 many mistakes and he's cautioning Israel about how they go 00:01:45.614 --> 00:01:48.844 about dismantling Hamas and that they need to stay clear 00:01:48.855 --> 00:01:49.844 eyed on their objectives. And they need to also 00:01:49.855 --> 00:01:53.805 question as they go down that path are, is 00:01:53.814 --> 00:01:56.344 the path they're going down actually achieving those objectives. 00:01:56.355 --> 00:01:57.433 And I will also say the thing that he mentioned 00:01:57.444 --> 00:02:00.034 at the end of the speech is that really what 00:02:00.043 --> 00:02:00.944 he seemed to suggest was the only way you're going 00:02:00.954 --> 00:02:04.954 to get a durable political solution to this problem is 00:02:04.963 --> 00:02:08.129 with a two state solution. Um So what's next 00:02:10.139 --> 00:02:13.288 ? So we're hearing again, we'll listen for anything 00:02:13.300 --> 00:02:15.038 that we hear from Mishi Soak today. And we'd 00:02:15.050 --> 00:02:15.758 like to hear what his tone is, what his 00:02:15.770 --> 00:02:19.860 conversations are with the Prime Minister here in Israel. 00:02:19.868 --> 00:02:21.960 If there's any progress made there, there's also the 00:02:21.969 --> 00:02:23.808 potential for a summit in Egypt of Arab leaders. 00:02:23.819 --> 00:02:25.240 We've heard about that a little bit. It's been 00:02:25.250 --> 00:02:28.569 reported by Egyptian media. We don't have a huge 00:02:28.580 --> 00:02:30.179 amount of detail, but that would take place on 00:02:30.189 --> 00:02:31.179 Saturday. And then of course, maybe the biggest 00:02:31.189 --> 00:02:34.808 thing we're watching for is Biden's speech tonight planned at 00:02:34.819 --> 00:02:37.710 8 p.m. Eastern time from the Oval office. That 00:02:37.719 --> 00:02:39.118 is a space in which the president speaks really when 00:02:39.129 --> 00:02:43.349 he has something very important to convey. And we 00:02:43.360 --> 00:02:46.319 understand from Bloomberg reporting that he wants to put$100 00:02:46.330 --> 00:02:49.500 billion package before Congress to deal one with support for 00:02:49.508 --> 00:02:51.758 Israel, but also for Ukraine. And let's not 00:02:51.770 --> 00:02:53.599 forget also some of the other issues which is the 00:02:53.610 --> 00:02:54.599 US border, which are being sort of rolled up 00:02:54.610 --> 00:02:57.349 into this, this bill.