choosing now to sit down with cnn for an exclusive interview, his first televised interview since returning to power. in recent days the u.s. secretary of state, cia director and the white house national security adviser have all converged here. a clear sign that the biden administration and closest allies realize this region is frankly on the precipes. over the next hour you re hear from prime minister benjamin netanyahu on a number of key topics including how he envisions any sort of peace with the palestinians. the backlash to his new right-wing coalition government, whether israel plans to further help ukraine in its war against russia, including militarily and his relationships with both the current and former presidents of the united states. we started our conversation on the surge of violence between israelis and palestinians, which in recent days set off fears of perhaps a new uprising that could lead to a bloody, deadly war. tonight, the u.s. state department confirm
senator mitch mcconnell and house minority leader, congressman hakeem jeffries, for this bipartisan, by cam rail invitation and the escort committee for greeting me so beautifully. [applause] mr. speaker, dear friend, in jewish weddings a glass is placed on the ground intentionally stomped on. this ritual he volkswagen the destruction of our temple in jerusalem 2,000 years ago. only after the glass is open can the celebration truly begin. amidst the most joyous occasions in the lives of two individuals who have come together to build something whole, we recall what was once broken in our nation.
i m you know, i think that what you see is again i think there s a lot of hypocrisy. that s the point i was making. look, i m controlling the government. and i m responsible for its policies and the policies are sensible and responsible and continue to be that. well, that s good to hear because i know there are people in your government that have very different views on the law of return and who counts as a jews and who doesn t than you do. you say the way it is now you think will stay. yeah. i think we have to be very careful about tampering with the law of return because you know where you start you don t know where you end. and i ve consistently felt that israel should remain the home for any jew that wants to make its home regardless of denomination, beliefs and so far. what about the visit to the temple in jerusalem, sacred to both jews and muslims and he refused to say whether he would change the status quo and allow jewish prayer on the temple mount who knows what that w
celebration i should note. just walk us through this. how are you celebrating hanukah this year? well, i will light the menorah. i didn t do it at sun down. you know, you are supposed to do it at sun down. i do it a little after because i get my kids on face time. nice. but we re going to the story is it is really a military victory and they rededicated the temple in jerusalem and the macabees fought the battle and won and there was only enough oil for one day in the candelabra but it lasted eight days while they went and got more oil. naturally, the jews think how can we incorporate this into our food? so we eat potato pan cakes fried in oil. we eat oily foods which is fantastic because there are so many doctors who are jews. and we have, you know, it is
solomon s greatest accomplishment was the construction of the temple in jerusalem. and this was a house. solomon s father david had brought the arc of covenant to jerusalem and plant it on apparently a rocky high point overlooking the city. what solomon does on top of that rocky, solomon built built a pet house to the god of israel. the place where the first temple built by solomon stood. all of a sudden on top of the rock is the foundation of the dome of the rock. the islamic edifice that stands there today, it is the most holy place in western and middle eastern civilization.