CONNELL: WE'LL BE WATCHING.
TREY YINGST LIVE IN JERUSALEM.
CHERYL: WE HAVE FORMER
AMBASSADOR TO UNITED STATES FROM
ISRAEL, DAN GILLERMAN.
IS THAT ENOUGH SUPPORT TO GET
HIM ANOTHER VICTORY AS PRIME
MINISTER?
>> WELL CERTAINLY THE VERY GOOD
RELATIONSHIP, EVEN PERSONAL
RELATIONSHIP, BETWEEN THE PRIME
MINISTER AND PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
GREAT ASSET FOR NETANYAHU AND
INDEED A GREAT ASSET FOR ISRAEL
HOWEVER ISRAELI-AMERICAN HISTORY
SHOWS THAT WHOEVER THE LEADER OF
ISRAEL IS, THAT VERY SPECIAL
RELATIONSHIP BUILT ON VALUES AND
HISTORY AND COMMON INTERESTS
PREVAILS.
MUCH I THINK THE PRIME MINISTER
ENJOYED THE SUPPORT OF THE
PRESIDENT.
THE PRESIDENT'S RECOGNITION AS
ISRAEL, JERUSALEM AS ISRAEL'S
CAPITAL, MOVING THE AMERICAN
EMBASSY TO JERUSALEM,
RECOGNIZING OUR SOVEREIGNTY,
OVER THE GOLAN HEIGHTS, REVOKING
THE NUCLEAR TREATY WITH IRAN.
THESE ARE ALL BIG ACHIEVEMENTS
BY THE PRIME MINISTER.
I'M SURE THEY WILL GIVE HIM, IF
NOT AN ADVANTAGE, AT LEAST VERY,
VERY STRONG POINTS.
CHERYL: DESPITE THE CORRUPTION,
DESPITE THE CORRUPTION
ALLEGATIONS OUR REPORTER
MENTIONED OUT OF JUST I WANT YOU
TO LISTEN TO SOMETHING THAT
HAPPENED HERE IN THIS COUNTRY
OVER THE WEEKEND, HAS A LOT OF
JEWISH AMERICANS, FRANKLY A LOT
OF AMERICANS OFFENDED.
LISTEN TO BETO O'ROURKE.
HE IS RUNNING FOR THE DEMOCRATIC
NOD FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL
NOMINATION HERE IN THIS COUNTRY.
LISTEN TO WHAT HE SAID ABOUT
BIBI NETANYAHU.
>> THE U.S.-ISRAEL RELATIONSHIP
IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAVE ON
THE PLANET AND THAT
RELATIONSHIP, IF IT IS TO BE
SUCCESSFUL MUST TRANSCEND
PARTISANSHIP IN THE UNITED
STATES AND MUST BE ABLE TO
TRANSCEND A PRIME MINISTER WHO
IS RACIST AS HE WARNS ABOUT
ARABS COMING TO THE POLLS.
CHERYL: WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO
HIM CALLING JUSTIN BIEBER
NETANYAHU -- BIBI NETANYAHU
RACIST.
>> I DON'T THINK PRIME MINISTER
NETANYAHU IS A RACIST.
I THINK HE HAS BEEN VERY VOCAL
ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND BOTH ON
GENDER AND ON MANY OTHER ISSUES.
HE MET ONLY YESTERDAY WITH A BIG
DELEGATION OF THE LGBTQ
COMMUNITY IN ISRAEL.
ISRAEL IS VERY LIBERAL AND
DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY.
TEL AVIV IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE
FRIENDLIEST LGBT CITIES IN THE
WORLD.
ISRAEL IS INDEED A FREE SOCIETY.
PRIME MINISTER IS ACCUSED OF
MANY THINGS, BEING RACIST IS
CERTAINLY NOT ONE OF THEM.
CHERYL: WHAT DO YOU THINK IT
MEANS IF BIBI NETANYAHU WINS
ANOTHER TERM AGAIN?
WHAT WOULD IT MEAN FOR HIS
LEGACY?
HE WOULD SURPASS IN HIS
LEADERSHIP ROLE, BEN-GURION,
FOUNDING FATHER OF ISRAEL, A
FOUNDING FATHER OF ISRAEL?
THAT WOULD BE AN INCREDIBLE
MOMENT FOR BIBI NETANYAHU THAT
WOULD MEAN GOING FORWARD?
BECAUSE WE KNOW THE ELECTION IS
TOMORROW?
>> WELL, IF BIBI NETANYAHU WINS
THE ELECTION AND YOU KNOW, JUST
WINNING THE ELECTION IS NOT
ENOUGH BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY,
UNLIKE YOU, WE DON'T HAVE A TWO
PARTY SYSTEM.
WE HAVE, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER
YOU BELIEVE THIS, 47 DIFFERENT
PARTIES TRYING TO GET INTO THE
ISRAELI PARLIAMENT.
OUT OF WHICH PROBABLY 15 OR 16
MAY VERY WELL GET IN.
BIBI NETANYAHU IF HE IS
SUCCESSFUL MAY GET QUARTER OF
THE VOTE.
HE WOULD HAVE TO SMALL A
COALITION WITH SPLINTER, SMALL
PARTIES WHICH WILL BLACKMAIL
HIM, MAKE DEMANDS I'M NOT SURE
HE WILL BE ABLE TO MEET.
IF HE DOES FORM A COALITION, I
THINK AND I HOPE, BECAUSE OF THE
POINT YOU MADE, BECAUSE HE HAS
BEEN PRIME MINISTER FOR 13
YEARS, IT IS HIS BAR MITZVAH
PRIME MINISTERSHIP, HE SHOULD, I
HOPE HE WILL, THINK OF THE
FUTURE, THINK OF MAKING A
LEGACY, THINK OF MAKING HISTORY,
RATHER THAN JUST SURVIVING IN
OFFICE.
BUT YOU KNOW THERE IS ALSO A
CHANCE THAT GENERAL GANTZ WILL
WIN THE ELECTIONS.
WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE HOW
THIS, HOW THIS DRAMA UNFOLDS.
I DON'T THINK WE'LL EVEN KNOW
TOMORROW.
IT WILL BE MANY WEEKS BEFORE
NETANYAHU MANAGES TO FORM A
COALITION.
CHERYL: ACTUALLY I HAVE READ
SOME OF THE COVERAGE,
AMBASSADOR, HE SEEMS TO HAVE A
GOOD CHANCE TO FORM A
GOVERNMENT.
SO WE SHALL SEE.