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PETE: WELCOME BACK.
SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO
CALLING OUT MEMBERS OF THE
UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL
AFTER THEY OVERWHELMINGLY
REJECTED EXTENDING THE IRAN ARMS
EMBARGO.
>> I REGRET TOO THE WHOLE WORLD
DIDN’T JOIN AGAINST THE WORLD’S
LARGEST STATE SPONSOR OF
TERRORISM TO INSURE THEY CAN’T
HAVE WEAPONS SYSTEMS THAT
PRESENT RISK.
THE UNITED STATES IS DETERMINED
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE IRANIANS
AND THIS REGIME, THIS THEOCRATIC
REGIME DOESN’T HAVE THE CAPACITY
TO INFLICT MORE HARM ON THE
WORLD.
PETE: THE EMBARGO WAS SET TO END
IN OCTOBER.
CHINA AND RUSSIA PREDICTABLY
OPPOSED PROPOSAL.
SEVERAL EUROPEAN ALLIES
SUSTAINED FROM THE VOTE.
HERE WITH REACTION, STATE
DEPARTMENT SPOKES AMERICAN
MORGAN ORTEGAS.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
IRAN IS THE WORLD’S GREATEST
SPONSOR OF TERRORISM.
WE HAD AN ARMS EMBARGO.
THE UNITED STATES SAID LET’S
RENEW IT.
LET’S MAKE SENSE.
ALMOST EVERYONE IS AGAINST US OR
ABSTAINS, WHY?
>> YEAH.
THERE IS A REAL LACK OF MORAL
COURAGE AT THE U.N. SECURITY
COUNCIL.
THIS IS 13 YEAR ARMS EMBARGO,
LONGER POTENTIALLY.
THIS LASTED THROUGH REPUBLICAN
AND DEMOCRAT ADMINISTRATIONS.
THIS IS THE SOMETHING THE WORLD
AND U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL
RECOGNIZED AS NEEDED.
WHY IS THAT?
AS YOU SAID IN YOUR INTRO, IRAN
IS THE LEADING STATE SPONSOR OF
TERRORISM.
SO YOUR VIEWERS KNOW, PETE, WHAT
THE WORLD, THE COUNTRIES THAT
REPRESENTED AT THE SECURITY
COUNCIL TO DO FRIDAY NIGHT,
QUIETLY ABSTAIN TO ALLOW IRAN
HAVE THE IN OCTOBER TO PURCHASE
CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS FROM CHINA
AND FROM RUSSIA.
NOW MIND YOU, THERE IS A LOT OF
PEOPLE WHO WERE AGAINST IT,
NAMELY ISRAEL, NAMELY THE
COUNTRIES AND IN THE GCC, THE
GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL.
THESE ARE COUNTRIES DIRECTLY
AFFECTED BY THE MALIGNED
BEHAVIOR OF IRAN IN THE REGION.
THE COUNTRIES WHO ARE
SUSCEPTIBLE TO BEING ATTACKED
WITH THESE CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS
BECAUSE IRAN IS THE LEADING
STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM.
THEY SAID PLEASE DON’T DO THIS
BUT OUR FRIENDS IN EUROPE, THE
UNITED KINGDOM, SADLY, FRANCE,
GERMANY, THEY DIDN’T HAVE THE
COURAGE TO VOTE NO.
THEY JUST ABSTAINED.
PETE: THE U.N. PROVING HOW
USELESS IT TRULY IS.
WE COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT THE
U.N. FAILURES BUT I WANT TO MOVE
TO THIS.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT
DEVELOPMENT.
AN HISTORIC PEACE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE U.A.E.
THE ADMINISTRATION WAS FRONT AND
CENTER ON IT.
TELL US WHAT IT MEANS.
>> IT IS BEYOND HISTORIC.
IN 25 YEARS, IN 25 YEARS WE HAVE
NOT SEEN THIS TYPE OF SUCCESS,
THIS TYPE MUCH AGREEMENT BETWEEN
ISRAEL AGREEMENT BETWEEN ISRAEL
AND.
YOU KNOW ME IN A PRIOR JOB AT
FOX.
I SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN
SAUDI ARABIA, I LIVED IN THE
MIDDLE EAST.
IT WAS REALLY SUCH A PERSONAL
MOMENT FOR ALL OF US THIS WEEK
INVOLVED ON WORKING ON
MIDDLE EAST ISSUES FOR YEARS.
IT IS THE TYPE OF AGREEMENT I
NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SEE HAVING
LIVED IN THE GULF AND WHAT IT
TOOK AN ADMINISTRATION, IT TOOK
A PRESIDENT, IT TOOK JARED
KUSHNER, AVI BERKOWITZ, IT TOOK
A GROUP OF PEOPLE WE’LL NOT GO
WITH 25 YEARS OF CONVENTIONAL
THINKING.
INSTEAD WE WILL PUT FORWARD A
HISTORIC AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
ISRAELIS AND THE PALESTINIANS.
WE’LL WORK WITH THE ARAB
NEIGHBORS IN THE REGION IN ORDER
AGAIN NOT TO ACCEPT THE
CONVENTIONAL WISDOM.
I CAN’T TELL YOU HOW IMPORTANT
THAT IS.
THE WORLD SAID WHEN WE MOVED THE
EMBASSY TO JERUSALEM, WHEN WE
RECOGNIZED GOLAN HEIGHTS, WHEN
WE TOOK A NUMBER OF STEPS IN
ISRAEL THERE WOULD BE CHAOS IN
THE MIDDLE EAST.
INSTEAD WHAT DO YOU SEE UNDER
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S LEADERSHIP.
YOU SEE PEACE BETWEEN A GULF
STATE, PROBABLY MORE TO COME AND
WITH ISRAEL.
NO ONE WOULD EVER THOUGHT THAT
WOULD HAPPEN FIVE YEARS AGO.
PETE: TRULY A SPECIAL MOMENT.
IT CAN’T BE UNDERSTATED.
SOME PEOPLE SAYS THIS TAKES
ANNEXATION OF JUDEA AND WEST
BANK OFF THE TABLE.
DOES ISRAEL STILL HAVE THE
OPTION TO DO THAT?
>> ISRAEL HAS A RIGHT TO ACT
WITHIN THEIR BEST SOVEREIGN
INTERESTS.
IT IS CERTAINING SOMETHING THAT
WILL BE DELAYED FOR SEVERAL
YEARS NOW.
JARED KUSHNER TALKED ABOUT THIS
OPENLY BUT YOU KNOW, WE WILL SEE
WHAT HAPPENS.
WE’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO
HOPEFULLY OTHER ARAB COUNTRIES
IN THE REGION FOLLOWING THE
LEADERSHIP OF THE U.A.E.
PETE: HOPEFULLY IT BEGINS AN
AFTER LAN MUCH.
