Now Or Never' Moment For Israel, Says PM Netanyahu Advisor On War With Iran

Former Advisor to PM Netanyahu, George Birnbaum had an in-depth conversation with the iTV Network on the ongoing Israel-Iran War.

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Priya Sahgal is the Editorial Director at NewsX (iTV Network) interviewed George Eli Birnbaum, an American political consultant. He worked on the United States congressional and senatorial races. In 1998, he moved to Israel to work as a consultant to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, became his chief of staff, and afterwards formed a partnership with political consultant Arthur Finkelstein.

Q. He is, it's good to have you here, George, on the show, and you know, you have really one person who can give us an insight to the man of the moment. You've been an advisor to the Israeli Prime Minister, and first of all I'd like to begin with, you know, what is happening, what is he thinking, what is going on in his mind?

A. So as of today, the Prime Minister is really focused on one thing and one thing only, and that is eliminating an existential threat, not just to the Jewish people and to Israel, but for the world. He's always believed that the Prime Minister of Israel, whoever it is, has a responsibility to ensure that what happened in the late 30s and 1940s to the Jewish people in Nazi Germany never happens again.

And I've said recently that had Israel been around in 1936, 1937, it would have taken out Nazi Germany and prevented World War II. I believe firmly that the Prime Minister and his cabinet and most of the Jewish people around the world believe that what Israel is doing now will be looked at as having prevented World War III.

Q. But, you know, the conflict, the timing of the conflict, there is a lot of speculation as to, you know, is this to take, deviate from his domestic pressures? Why now? I mean, can you, you know, pinpoint as to the timing of the attack?

A. So, the timing is clearly linked to the uranium enrichment program of the Iranians.