Israel BRACES for full-scale war as Trump mulls escalation

. >> Dana: KEEP US POSTED ON THAT. THANK YOU. >> Bill: TO THE MAJOR ESCALATION. IN THE MIDDLE EAST AS WE AWAIT. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TOP MILITARY. LEADERS ON THE HILL. YOU WILL SEE AND HEAR FROM THEM. IN A MATTER OF HOURS. MEANWHILE ISRAELI FORCES ON HIGH. ALERT AS THE PRESIDENT CONSIDERS. THE POSSIBILITY OF A RETURN TO. FULL SCALE WAR AGAINST IRAN. THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE ISRAELIS. ALSO. DR. MICHAEL LIGHTER, ISRAELI. AMBASSADOR TO THE U.S. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, DOCTOR.

NUMBER OF THINGS TO TALK ABOUT. WANT TO TALK ABOUT LEBANON AND. IRAN AND BENJAMIN NETANYAHU IN. NEW YORK. FIRST OF ALL, ON LEBANON. THERE WAS A PILOT PROGRAM BEING. CONSIDERED WHERE LEBANESE. SOLDIERS WOULD MOVE INTO TOWNS. IN SOUTHERN LEBANON AND RELIEVE. THE ISRAELI SOLDIERS AND THEY. WOULD BE LEFT TO DEFEND UNLESS. HEZBOLLAH CAME TO GO TO BATTLE. WITH THEM. "WALL STREET JOURNAL" THE U.S. PUTS ONCE UNTHINKABLE IDEAS ON. TABLE TO TRY TO DISARM. HEZBOLLAH.

DOCTOR, DO YOU THINK IT IS A. GOOD IDEA? >> WELL, ACTUALLY I'M HEADING UP. THE NEGOTIATIONS ON BEHALF OF. ISRAEL WITH THE LEBANESE AND IT. WAS AN IDEA WE'VE ADVANCED FROM. THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE. NEGOTIATIONS. WE WANT TO WITHDRAW FROM LEBANON. AS SOON AS WE CAN. WE ARE THERE NOT BECAUSE WE HAVE. TERRITORIAL AMBITIONS BUT IN. ORDER TO PROTECT THE NORTHERN. BORDER SO HEZBOLLAH WILL NOT. COME STORMING ACROSS THE BORDER. AS HAMAS DID OCTOBER 7TH AND. SLAUGHTER CIVILIANS OR FIRE.

MISSILES INTO OUR TOWNS AND. VILLAGES. ONLY WHEN HEZBOLLAH IS. DISMANTLED WILL WE BE ABLE TO. WITHDRAW. THE IDEA OF THE PILOT ZONE. CREATE A SITUATION WHERE. LEBANESE ARMED FORCES CAN. STRENGTHEN THEMSELVES HAVE THAT. VETTED UNITS THAT HAVE NO. HEZBOLLAH PEOPLE IN THEM AND. TAKE HOLD OF THE AREA SO WE CAN. WITHDRAW AND HAVE LEBANESE.

SOVEREIGNTY WITHOUT HEZBOLLAH. >> Bill: A QUICK FOLLOW UP ON. THAT. ARE THE LEBANENESE SOLDIERS. CAPABLE OF DEFEATING HEZBOLLAH. IF IT COMES TO THAT? >> WELL, THE LEBANESE ARMY NEEDS. SUPPORT. IT NEEDS SUPPORT FROM US, FROM. ALL ITS FRIENDS. IT NEEDS A VETTING BECAUSE SOME. OF THE UNITS HAVE BEEN INFULL. TRAITED BY HEZBOLLAH OPERATIVES. IT NEEDS BETTER TRAINING AND IT. NEEDS MORE FINANCING. IF THEY ARE COMMITTED TO. ACTUALLY DISMANTLING HEZBOLLAH,

THIS CAN'T BE ANY MORE OF THAT. -- LET'S TRY TO FINESSE THIS. IT IS THE LONG ARM OF IRAN. IRAN NEEDS THIS PROXY ON THE. FRONT LINE AGAINST ISRAEL. SO THEY BASICALLY OCCUPIED. LEBANON AND DEPRIVED LEBANON OF. THEIR SOVEREIGNTY. LEBANON WANTS THEM OUT. WE WANT THEM OUT. IF WE SUPPORT LEBANESE ARMED. FORCES ENOUGH AND GUARANTEE THAT.

THE PRESIDENT HAS THE SUPPORT HE. NEEDS IN ORDER TO REALLY RID THE. COUNTRY OF HEZBOLLAH DOMINATION, YES, IT CAN WORK. >> Bill: MAYBE GET A HANDSHAKE. FROM THE LEBANESE GOVERNMENT FOR. THE ABRAHAM ACCORDS. THAT WOULD BE HISTORIC AS WE. AWAIT THAT. BENJAMIN NETANYAHUE PLANS TO. COME TO NEW YORK IN LATE. SEPTEMBER. THE MAYOR HERE HAS OTHER PLANS. >> HE IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS. ARREST WARRANT FOR ALLEGED. CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, FOR WAR. CRIMES AND THE ARCHITECT.

GENOCIDE AGAINST PALESTINIANS IN. GAZA AS ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER. I BELIEVE THAT WHEN SOMEONE IS. CHARGED WITH AN INTERNATIONAL. CRIMINAL COURT WARRANT IT SHOULD. BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY. >> Bill: THE PRESIDENT SAID. UNDER NO UNCERTAIN TERMS WILL HE. BE ARRESTED. >> I THINK MR. MAMDANI WAS. ELECTED TO REMOVE NEW YORK'S. GARBAGE, NOT TO HEAP HIS OWN. GARBAGE ON THE JEWS. THIS HAS A LONG HISTORY. IT GOES BACK A LONG WAY CALLED.

ANTI-SEMITISM. WHENEVER YOU HAVE YOUR OWN. PROBLEMS YOU BLAME THE JEWS FOR. IT. MR. MAMDANI'S CASE HE IS TALKING. ABOUT CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY. HE REPRESENTS AN IDEOLOGY THAT. HAS MORE CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY. IN THE 20TH CENTURY THAN ANY. OTHER IDEOLOGY. COMMUNISM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR 100. MILLION PEOPLE MURDERED AND. TRYING TO BRING BACK COMMUNISM. TO THE UNITED STATES. HE SHOULD JUST CONCENTRATE ON. HIS OWN PROBLEMS IN NEW YORK AND.

NOT TRY TO ELEVATE HIMSELF AND. HIS OWN STATURE BY TAKING ON ONE. OF THE LEADERS OF THE E FREE WOD. WHO HAS BEEN VERY MUCH A. CHURCHILL LEADER OF ISRAEL IN. WARTIME AND A GREAT PARTNER WITH. THE UNITED STATES IN FIGHTING. IRAN AND.