I haven’t had a chance to watch this yet, but I bet it’s good:
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Netanyahu interview at Triggernometry — 14 Comments
I remember Netanyahu on TV when he was FM of Israel.
Perhaps it’s due to my own willing overexposure to Netanyahu (trying to keep abreast of insanely complex political and warfighting affairs in that region) but I found Bibi to be more “canned” in this interview than I commonly find him elsewhere. It’s not a terribly big deal though; just a minor function of message, tone and delivery.
I’d be really interested to see someone conduct an “interview” using Konstantin Kisin’s exact words, but spoken by an American in an American accent, like Midwestern.
I say this because I think a lot of Kisin’s credit for being intelligent is down to his lovely English accent. His buddy’s accent sadly makes him sound like a doofus, but Kisin I think gets a bonus of 20 or more perceived IQ points for talking the way he does.
The faux interview with someone who speaks like JD Vance aping Kisin’s words and then having people react to it would be illuminating.
Re: Asking Netanyahu the tough questions
Meanwhile Bill Maher complains he can’t get any Democrat leaders on his show. His team makes calls but no Dem accepts.
Netanyahu orders to accelerate operations to seize Hamas’s final strongholds in Gaza
Not a phenomenon unique to Maher, if more recent for him. Both Tim Pool and (on topic) the Triggernometry guys have also complained that progressives aren’t willing to show up in places where their views might be challenged.
John Spencer:
IDF says troops repelled rare large-scale attack in south Gaza; 10 gunmen killed timesofisrael.com/idf-says-troop…
A cell of at least 18 Hamas operatives attempted to raid an Israel Defense Forces encampment in the Khan Younis area of the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday morning, according to a military probe of the unusual incident.
Three soldiers were wounded, one of them seriously, in the attack, the IDF said.
The military assessed that the Hamas gunmen sought to kidnap troops.
According to a military probe, the attack began at around 9 a.m., with the operatives emerging from a tunnel in the south of Khan Younis and opening fire with machine guns and RPGs while approaching the army encampment.
Some of the gunmen managed to breach the encampment, where they exchanged fire with troops of the Kfir Brigade.
Mike Plaiss, good article. Hamas is going to dance in and out dangling the hostages. Hopefully they have run out of time.
“US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff told Fox News that “three weeks ago, this proposal was on the table, and Hamas dragged us along in negotiations. President Trump declared he was not going to tolerate that any longer, and guess what happened? There was a significant breakthrough.”
Witkoff added that the president had been “very firm and direct in his post, and he wants all the hostages back. That is our position. This conflict must end immediately. Twenty hostages need to be returned to their families. Let’s just end this – bring peace and tranquility to the people of Gaza and rebuild Gaza the way it should be rebuilt, as the president has outlined,” Trump’s envoy said.
I found Bibi to be more “canned” in this interview than I commonly find him elsewhere.
I half agree with this. Yes, but by the standards of politicians, which he is, this was authentic and from the heart. It’s just that he’s made these points so many times that he can basically flip a switch. How many US politicians can speak as articulately and sincerely as Netanyahu?
I was also pleasantly surprised that the interviewers were respectful and let him speak, as opposed to the amateurish “Have you stopped beating your wife?” sort of questioning that journalists often think are “tough questions.”
PM Israel:
Ahead of approval of the plans for the operation in Gaza City, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has directed that the timetables – for seizing control of the last terrorist strongholds and the defeat of Hamas – be shortened.
The IDF slow-walk, too long tolerated already, will not be this time?
Looks like we have a bot Neo.
Anyway I am behind the times. Writing up a fisking of Spiked regarding the nukes and some obligatory Ukraine War stuff and others. And dealing with other issues.
Turtler:
Hi!
Yes, for the last few days a few bots have managed to evade the spam filter and enter the comments. I’ve been offing them. Usually the spam filter will eventually learn to recognize them.
@ Turtler – glad to see you are still with us; was surprised not to hear from you on the Ukraine-Russia threads, but not much new was said that you haven’t countered often before.
@ Mitchell > “The faux interview with someone who speaks like JD Vance aping Kisin’s words and then having people react to it would be illuminating.”
That calls to mind the off-Broadway play made after the 2016 election, where the producers used excerpts from the transcripts of the presidential debate, except they gave Trump’s words to a woman and Hillary’s to a man.
The results were not what they expected: that the woman would be downvoted because, sexism. Instead, they found that people agreed with what Trump said originally, even though a woman was the “candidate.”
Hillary was not liked, personally or politically.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SibtaF8SFC8
Debate & Switch: Revisiting the Clinton-Trump Debate
This spot about HER OPPONENT appeared on Steve Kornacki’s show on MSNBC on Tuesday, March 28, 2017.
I remember Netanyahu on TV when he was FM of Israel.
Perhaps it’s due to my own willing overexposure to Netanyahu (trying to keep abreast of insanely complex political and warfighting affairs in that region) but I found Bibi to be more “canned” in this interview than I commonly find him elsewhere. It’s not a terribly big deal though; just a minor function of message, tone and delivery.
I’d be really interested to see someone conduct an “interview” using Konstantin Kisin’s exact words, but spoken by an American in an American accent, like Midwestern.
I say this because I think a lot of Kisin’s credit for being intelligent is down to his lovely English accent. His buddy’s accent sadly makes him sound like a doofus, but Kisin I think gets a bonus of 20 or more perceived IQ points for talking the way he does.
The faux interview with someone who speaks like JD Vance aping Kisin’s words and then having people react to it would be illuminating.
Re: Asking Netanyahu the tough questions
Meanwhile Bill Maher complains he can’t get any Democrat leaders on his show. His team makes calls but no Dem accepts.
Netanyahu orders to accelerate operations to seize Hamas’s final strongholds in Gaza
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-864830
May God bless them.
Re: huxley
Not a phenomenon unique to Maher, if more recent for him. Both Tim Pool and (on topic) the Triggernometry guys have also complained that progressives aren’t willing to show up in places where their views might be challenged.
John Spencer:
https://x.com/SpencerGuard/status/1958282411432943875
ToI story link at Spencer’s Xpost.
Mike Plaiss, good article. Hamas is going to dance in and out dangling the hostages. Hopefully they have run out of time.
“US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff told Fox News that “three weeks ago, this proposal was on the table, and Hamas dragged us along in negotiations. President Trump declared he was not going to tolerate that any longer, and guess what happened? There was a significant breakthrough.”
Witkoff added that the president had been “very firm and direct in his post, and he wants all the hostages back. That is our position. This conflict must end immediately. Twenty hostages need to be returned to their families. Let’s just end this – bring peace and tranquility to the people of Gaza and rebuild Gaza the way it should be rebuilt, as the president has outlined,” Trump’s envoy said.
I found Bibi to be more “canned” in this interview than I commonly find him elsewhere.
I half agree with this. Yes, but by the standards of politicians, which he is, this was authentic and from the heart. It’s just that he’s made these points so many times that he can basically flip a switch. How many US politicians can speak as articulately and sincerely as Netanyahu?
I was also pleasantly surprised that the interviewers were respectful and let him speak, as opposed to the amateurish “Have you stopped beating your wife?” sort of questioning that journalists often think are “tough questions.”
PM Israel:
https://x.com/IsraeliPM/status/1958225972748238909
The IDF slow-walk, too long tolerated already, will not be this time?
Looks like we have a bot Neo.
Anyway I am behind the times. Writing up a fisking of Spiked regarding the nukes and some obligatory Ukraine War stuff and others. And dealing with other issues.
Turtler:
Hi!
Yes, for the last few days a few bots have managed to evade the spam filter and enter the comments. I’ve been offing them. Usually the spam filter will eventually learn to recognize them.
@ Turtler – glad to see you are still with us; was surprised not to hear from you on the Ukraine-Russia threads, but not much new was said that you haven’t countered often before.
@ Mitchell > “The faux interview with someone who speaks like JD Vance aping Kisin’s words and then having people react to it would be illuminating.”
That calls to mind the off-Broadway play made after the 2016 election, where the producers used excerpts from the transcripts of the presidential debate, except they gave Trump’s words to a woman and Hillary’s to a man.
The results were not what they expected: that the woman would be downvoted because, sexism. Instead, they found that people agreed with what Trump said originally, even though a woman was the “candidate.”
Hillary was not liked, personally or politically.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SibtaF8SFC8
Debate & Switch: Revisiting the Clinton-Trump Debate
This spot about HER OPPONENT appeared on Steve Kornacki’s show on MSNBC on Tuesday, March 28, 2017.
See also:
http://www.heropponent.com
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/29/clinton-trump-gender-swap-play-her-opponent