nationalist government led by benjamin netanyahu has been rocked by mass protests and civil disobedience at home and unprecedented criticism from allies overseas. my guest is a member of parliament in mr netanyahu s likud party, and former minister, danny danon. is the great survivor netanyahu nowjeopardising the future of israel? danny danon injerusalem, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me, stephen. it is a pleasure to have you on the show. would you agree that right now israel appears to be
definitely not interested in negotiating with them. never before has there been a government so full of ministers who only want one thing and that is the complete annexation of all that occupied territory. that is what you have wanted for years, it is what people like mr smotrich and mr ben gvir want and it s what this government appears to be intent on achieving. so, first of all, that is not the policy of the government. crosstalk it s the policy of individuals i have just i named including yourself. you started calling for the annexation of occupied territory in the west bank as far back as 2011. let s talk first of all about the narrative. i never called it annexation, you cannot annex something that belonged to us. i called at applied sovereignty. you talk to international lawyers about that, mr danon. well, i will but i never called it annexation and second,
treaty with saudi arabia. i believe it will happen. i cannot tell you exactly when but i believe it will happen. and i think also the us, they should think about why the saudis actually signed this agreement with iran, why the chinese became so involved in the region, but in terms of the interests of israel and the saudis, i still believe that it s a win win and that s why we will see something good happening in the region with the saudis. all right, well, danny danon, we have run out of time, but i thank you very much forjoining me on hardtalk. thank you.