US President-elect Donald Trump will be able to exert more pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli hostage negotiator Gershon Baskin says.
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00:00So, is President-elect Donald Trump the only person who can put pressure on Benjamin Netanyahu
00:06to reach an agreement, as it appears the Biden government has failed to do this?
00:12Right.
00:13Well, it's certainly true that Trump, if he wants to, can apply pressure on Netanyahu
00:18because during the days of democratic administrations in Washington, Netanyahu always had his Republican
00:23friends in Congress to go to and complain about the president or put pressure on the
00:29administration.
00:30With Trump in the White House and a Republican-held Congress, Netanyahu really has no one else
00:35to go to.
00:36I've been told by Israeli negotiators that they expect a deal to be done within three
00:41weeks and the three-week target is the January 20th date of the inauguration of President
00:46Trump.
00:47It is not clear if they intend to do it before Trump enters the White House or after he enters
00:51the White House.
00:52There are those who say that Israel wants to give this gift to Trump and there are those
00:56who recognize that Trump said that he doesn't want this issue on his desk when he enters
01:00the White House.
01:01In any event, it's not only Israel that needs to be pressured, Hamas needs to be pressured
01:06as well.