Benjamin Netanyahu Responds To German Chancellor Merz Banning Transfer Of Weapons To Be Used To In Gaza

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During a press briefing on Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was asked about German Chancellor Friedrich Merz banning the transfer of weapons to Israel that would be used in Gaza.

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00:00The German Chancellor has once again defended his decision not to send weapons to Israel

00:07which can be used in Gaza.

00:09He said a friendship can and must withstand that.

00:12From your perspective, what has changed in this relationship?

00:15Look, I respect Friedrich Merz.

00:22I think he's been a good friend of Israel, but I think he's buckled under.

00:27He's still under the pressure of false TV reports, the pressure, internal pressure from various groups.

00:36And I can say this, and I don't want to talk about him specifically, but I want to say this.

00:42Look, maybe some choose to forget October 7th, we will not forget what happened.

00:48And we will do whatever it takes to defend our country and defend our people, defend our

00:52future.

00:53We will win the war, with or without the support of others, but I think that there's an issue

01:02here.

01:03And the issue is many leaders tell me, look, we know you're right, but we can't stand,

01:08you know, in the face of the public opinion in our country, especially European leaders.

01:13They tell me that over and over again.

01:16And I say, that is your problem.

01:19It is not our problem.

01:21It is not our problem.

01:24You know?

01:25In Munich, everybody celebrated Munich.

01:29Everybody celebrated the capitulation in Munich, the Munich Peace Conference, peace

01:34in our time.

01:35Okay?

01:36And everybody lambasted Churchill who opposed it.

01:39So what?

01:40The difference now is maybe they thought then that there was a real chance for peace by

01:45succumbing to these, to the Nazis.

01:47But I don't believe anybody seriously thinks that now.

01:50And we're facing neo-Nazis.

01:53You know, Chancellor Mertz's predecessor was here.

02:00Okay?

02:01And on the first or second day of the war, he was there on the first days of the war.

02:06And he told me, he said to me, they're exactly like the Nazis.

02:10And they are.

02:11And we're not going to leave.

02:13We're not going to leave the Nazi, the remainder of the Nazi army, you know, in the equivalent

02:20of Berlin.

02:21Don't go into Berlin and don't finish off the Nazi army, the German army.

02:26Of course not.

02:27I mean, that's what people are telling us to do.

02:29And I'm not going to do it.

02:30And the Israeli people are not going to do it.

02:32We're going to do it.

02:33And we have enough criticism within.

02:35But the majority of the people, if you really check it, the majority of the people say,

02:40that's a result we can't afford if we want to live here.

02:43So we're going to do what we need to do.

02:45And I hope that Chancellor Mertz changes his policy.

02:49And you know when he'll change his policy?

02:51For sure.

02:52When we win.

02:54You must.

02:55You must.

02:56You must.

02:57You must.

02:58You must.

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