00:00Israel relied so far on the very strong support from two countries.
00:04One, obviously, the United States.
00:06The other is Germany.
00:07Even when other big and important members of the European Union,
00:12such as France, such as the Netherlands, Belgium, and also the UK,
00:18when all of these countries had the strong criticism of Israel,
00:23Germany remained a strong supporter.
00:25Not now.
00:26Following the decision taken in the Cabinet on Thursday,
00:29Germany, as you said, announced that it's basically imposing a boycott of ammunition to Israel.
00:36Germany is a very big exporter of ammunition to Israel,
00:39and this will have an effect on the IDF, on the amount of ammunition the IDF has
00:44for this continued war in Gaza, and not only Gaza.
00:47Let's remember, Israel is conducting minor wars in other fronts as well.
00:52Therefore, this has a very strong impact.
00:54Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a phone conversation with the German Chancellor
00:58last night.
00:59Netanyahu said that Germany, in its decision, is basically rewarding Hamas instead of standing by Israel
01:07in its very justified war.
01:09It did not deter the German Chancellor, who is pushing forward with his decision.
01:14Despite even some criticism within Germany, that's still something that the Chancellor is pushing on.
01:20And I think that Israel is well aware that even the United States, even within the administration,
01:26people are losing patience.
01:27It doesn't seem as if Israel knows exactly what it wants to do.
01:30On the one hand, Israel takes a decision in the Cabinet saying a total conquest of Gaza.
01:36On the other hand, this will require major, major reserve call-up, which for the moment is not happening yet.
01:45So is Israel going for the conquest, or not going for the conquest?
01:48It seems as if Israel is not really given a clear way as to where it is going.
01:54What is clear is that many countries around the world, including the biggest allies that Israel has,
01:59seem to be losing patience.
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