Hebrew → English transcript

For the Iranians, it is a very, very big success from their point of view.

If, God forbid, it really falls into their hands, whether a navigator,

whether the body of a navigator, as a captive, in their hands. Maybe that

would be something for them in terms of perception vis- à- vis the Americans,

but here I tend completely to agree

with what President Trump said, that it does not change the basic equation.

First of all, we need to remember that the United States, on this issue,

is behaving differently. From their point of view, these have never been,

and you can see this throughout wars and battles,

it has never been something that changes the initial calculations.

We also need to remember,

we keep forgetting the basic asymmetry. Iran is behaving,

or the Revolutionary Guards regime is currently using all its

power and all its cards, while the United States is not doing that.

Meaning, anyone who is judging the situation now is acting as if each side has

brought to the campaign everything it has, and this is the result.

As President Trump said in his speech the day before yesterday,

He said, we have not even started bringing everything we can bring to this campaign.

We have not struck all the targets that we… we left things.

Meaning, and he also clarifies,

I am willing to reach an agreement, an agreement that truly brings

Iran over to the American side,

which in his view, of course, is an excellent agreement,

one that gives the Iranian people, to Iran as a state,

freedom, a sense of belonging to the world, the ability to build its economy,

an end to the sanctions. He is really just asking

them to finally resolve the big question, that has been Iran’s question since’ 79,

I think Kissinger defined it, is Iran a state or a revolution?

And he is basically saying, stop being a revolution,

be a normal state that is not constantly trying to export the Islamic Revolution,

and we will be happy to work with you. And it is hard to see the Iranians,

certainly when right now those who actually rule there are the Revolutionary Guards,

agreeing. Exactly. And so when he said, I give it two or three weeks,

many people said,

there is no way to know what he meant. But he was very clear.

He said,“ I’m giving two to three weeks for negotiations for an agreement.”

During that time we will keep attacking, so that you

have absolutely no doubt.

And if at the end of two to three weeks there is no agreement that is acceptable to

us, know that we can cause much more damage. Clear. By the way,

we are about to talk about the ultimatum that expires in another two days. Yes.

And what… in a moment, I said

in a moment. In a moment, in a moment. Until the next ultimatum, which I think he

will extend

again.