breaking news, exit benjamin netanyahu. israel s longest serving leader benjamin netanyahu is poised to exit. under the agreement, conservative politicians tali bennett will serve of his first two years of a four-year term. outfront now is fareed zakaria, how significant is it that after all of what has happened with corruption allegations and him fighting to hold power, dithat he finally appears to be out? the end of the day, the israeli public got tired of him.
he s gone but the coalition that s replacing him is very strong. tali bennett is more right-wing than benjamin netanyahu is. it is a little bit like the donald trump s 2020 election. what it reflected in america was donald trump fatigue. you know republicans did quite well in state and local races. everything that b.b. stood for is a rejection of him. you raised two important
here now with his thoughts, governor mike huckabee, host of huckabee right here on fox news. we appreciate you taking the time to join us. good to be with you. it s a sad situation in the middle east and we hope it ends soon, but i understand israel has got to take the action they re taking. it s a defensive measure. hamas never even stopped the firing of rockets during two cease-fires that they had, one of which was a humanitarian so that they could get supplies. it just shows you that they are relentless in their desire to destroy israel. not simply to defend anything. they re not defending, they re offending. and when they broke that humanitarian cease-fire, that s when the ground offensive began by israel. i understand on your show this evening, you ve actually interviewed a member of the israeli security council. what did they have to say? well, tali bennett is the minister of economy and a member of the security council. he gives some very candid remarks about the fact th
israel will hold crucial elections january 22. benjamin netanyahu facing perhaps the political fight of his life. itali bennett is a rise nast ali bennett is a rising force. and the conflict with the palestinians, with no sign of ending. what is the impact of the election on those of us here in the united states. we have the deputy speaker of the israeli knesset and a member of the likud party. so, let s just explain, first of all, because there is a parliamentary system in israel, people won t necessarily go to the polls to vote for a prime minister, right? they are voting for a party. there are a lot of parties to choose from. in israel, you vote for a party, know a candidate. i believe that prime minister netanyahu will be the next prime minister and he will form the next coalition.
0 the table. somehow, we don t talk about afghanistan. we are spending $1 million per soldier. we are spending $1 billion a week. really? look, we have a social cliff that is accompanying this financial cliff. down the street from my brother and my parents, someone broke down by brother s door two weeks ago. and one of my parent s neighbors of held up in his driveway yeah, i mean, this is what we re living with. i want us to talk to take this conversation from washington to the people and find a way for corporate america and the american citizen to win together. are we just watching the wheels go around and around? or are lawmakers going to get a big deal done that will help everybody out and lower our debt and our deficit and take care of our responsibilities for debts we have already racked up? wanted to have republicans in control of the house of representatives. that says something. you know, i don t see any appreciable difference between the republicans and the democrats,