00:00Okay. Good morning. A few days ago, we had our historic visit by President Trump that will be etched in the annals of our nation's history. We're fortunate today to have a visit by Vice President J.D. Vance. And I want to tell you a few things about that.
00:26First, in the last year, we've had an unmatched alliance and partnership with the United States. That is changing the Middle East, and it's also changing the world. It creates opportunities, not only for security, but for the expansion of peace, which we're working on very, very diligently. And it's just unmatched. I've been here a few years.
00:51You know, I've been through several administrations. I welcome the partnership and the assistance we've had. But there's never been anything like that. And President Trump said that. It's like a partnership that's never happened before.
01:04Well, that includes a closed circle, both on our side and on the American side. And President Trump knows who he picks for that circle.
01:16One of the members, to put it mildly, is a vice president. We've had the opportunity to make decisions jointly in a very tight-knit and trusting partnership. And I was impressed.
01:33I was impressed with your clarity, with your incisiveness, with your solidarity for our common cause, and just a genuine friendship that I saw, both in our conference meetings, but also in our private meetings.
01:57And it's in that spirit that I very much welcome you to Jerusalem in these days of destiny. We're changing the face of the Middle East.
02:09And I have to say, I was going to say, you know, bring your family next year in Jerusalem, but welcome this year in Jerusalem, our great friend, J.D. Vance.
02:21Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Prime Minister, and thanks to your entire team for your hospitality and for having us.
02:26As the Prime Minister said, these are days of destiny, and we're very excited to sit down and work together on the Gaza peace plan.
02:33We have a very, very tough task ahead of us, which is to disarm Hamas, but rebuild Gaza, to make life better for the people in Gaza, but also to ensure that Hamas is no longer a threat to our friends in Israel.
02:44That's not easy. I think the Prime Minister knows that as well as anybody, but it's something that we're committed to in the Trump administration.
02:50And I think that we've even in the past 24 hours had a lot of good conversations with our friends in the Israeli government, but also, frankly, with our friends in the Arab world who are stepping up and volunteering to play a very positive role in this.
03:02So we're going to keep working at it. I didn't know what to expect, honestly.
03:05I know the president was here a week ago to welcome the hostages home and actually sign the deal a weekend to it.
03:10There's a lot of work to do, but I feel very optimistic about where we are. So thank you for the partnership.
03:15Thanks for your willingness to continue to work on this, and I think we're going to do great things here.
03:19It's not going to be easy. I know that there are some folks in the media who I think are rooting against this proposal, but I think that we have an opportunity to do something really historic.
03:27So we're going to keep working at it with all of our friends in the Israeli government. So thank you so much for having us.
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