Israel's security policies 'WILL NOT CHANGE' regardless of prime minister: Former ambassador to US

>> Sandra: VOTERS FLOODING THE. POLLS IN ISRAEL WITH TURNOUT. REACHING ITS HIGHEST LEVEL IN. DECADES FOR THE COUNTRY'S FIRST. NATIONAL ELECTIONS SINCE THE. OCTOBER 7TH TERROR ATTACKS. PRIME MINISTER. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU FIGHTING TO. STAY IN POWER WITH. PRESIDENT TRUMP BACKING HIM TO. FINISH THE JOB AGAINST IRAN. LET'S BRING IN MICHAEL WARREN, FORMER ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TO THE. U.S. AMBASSADOR, WELCOME. GLAD TO HAVE YOU. TELL US ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING.

SO FAR AS FAR AS VOTER TURNOUT. POLLS ARE STILL OPEN. >> GOOD TO BE WITH YOU. IT'S QUITE A DAY IN THE STATE OF. ISRAEL. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PROBABLY. THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF VOTERS. IN THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY. INCLUDING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF. ISRAELIS WHO PAID THOUSANDS OF. DOLLARS TO GET ON AIRPLANES AND. COME BACK TO VOTE INCLUDING MY. OWN FAMILY. THAT'S HOW MUCH PEOPLE CARE. ABOUT THIS ELECTION. THEY REALLY SEE IT AS FATEFUL. FOR THE STATE OF ISRAEL. DETERMINES THE NATURE OF THE.

STATE GOING FORWARD. THE NATURE OF THE GOVERNMENT AND. THE STATE AND WHAT IT WILL BE IN. THE CHARACTER OF THE PRESENT. GOVERNMENT WHICH IS ISRAEL'S. MOST RIGHT WING GOVERNMENT IN. WHICH ULTRA-ORTHODOX JEWS HAVE. AN EXEMPTION FROM MILITARY. SERVICE, VAST MAJORITY ARE. AGAINST THAT EXEMPTION. ALSO A GOVERNMENT WHICH IS VERY. HARD LINE ON SECURITY ISSUES. SECURITY IS ALWAYS THE PARAMOUNT. ISSUE IN ISRAEL. THE ELECTIONS. RUNNING AGAINST. PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU AND HIS. GOVERNMENT ARE A WIDE FIELD OF.

OPPONENTS WHO ARE ON THE LEFT. AND THE RIGHT BUT ALL AGREE, ALL. AGREE ON, IT'S TIME FOR CHANGE. IN THIS COUNTRY COME IT'S TIME. FOR THE ULTRA-ORTHODOX TO SERVE. IN THE ARMY. IT'S TIME FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO. INVESTIGATE THROUGH AN. INDEPENDENT COMMISSION THE. FAILURES OF OCTOBER 7TH. >> Sandra: AMBASSADOR, PRESIDENT TRUMP PUT OUT HIS. ENDORSEMENT FOR BIBI NETANYAHU. AGAIN YESTERDAY SAYING EVERYONE. IS AWARE INCLUDING THE ENEMY. THAT BIBI AND I HAVE HAD A GREAT. RELATIONSHIP AND WINNING. TOGETHER. WHEN YOU GO TO THE POLLS PLEASE. REMEMBER BIBI HAS BEEN AN. OUTSTANDING WARRIOR PRIME.

MINISTER. VOTE FOR BIBI NETANYAHU FORMER. PRIME MINISTER. WE HAVE TO FINISH THE JOB THAT. WE STARTED.". HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR. NETANYAHU TO BE AN IN POWER AND. FINISH THE JOB AGAINST IRAN? >> IT'S NOT AS IMPORTANT AS IT. WAS. THE WAY THE LAST WAR ENDED, EPIC. FURY ENDED WITH A MEMORANDUM OF. UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE. UNITED STATES AND IRAN THAT. CUTOUT ISRAEL. LOST A VERY POOR IMPRESSION. THE PRESIDENT'S SUPPORT AMONG. ISRAELIS HAS GONE DOWN BECAUSE.

OF THAT. FOR FOREST, THAT'S WHY. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ENDORSEMENT. HAS NOT REALLY CONTRIBUTED. MATERIALLY TO NETANYAHU'S. POSITION. HAVING SAID ALL THAT, I THINK. NETANYAHU HAS A SECURE BASE BUT. DOESN'T WAKE UP IN THE MORNING. AND WONDER WHETHER I SHOULD VOTE. FOR NETANYAHU OR ONE OF THE. PEOPLE OPPOSING HIM. I WILL QUOTE AN EMINENT SOURCE. MY CAB DRIVER SAID I'M HAVING. TROUBLE WHO I SHOULD VOTE FOR. SHOULD I VOTE FOR BIBI OR. NETANYAHU? THAT'S THE TYPE OF BASE HE HAS. >> Sandra: I WANT TO FINISH. OFF BY PLAYING SOME SOUND FROM. THE NEW YORK.

GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL HERE AT. HOME. WHEN ASKED ABOUT HER STANCE ON. ISRAEL'S ELECTION. SHE SAID THIS. >> HOW MUCH EASIER WILL YOUR JOB. GET IF NETANYAHU LOSES. >> I CAUTIONED THE GOVERNMENT IN. PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS NOT TO. OVERREACH. THE WORLD IS WITH YOU WHEN IT. COMES TO THE NEW ASSAULT BY A. TERRORIST ORGANIZATION KNOWN AS.

HAMAS. >> AN OVERREACH COULD CHANGE. THAT DYNAMIC. >> Sandra: AMBASSADOR, HOW DO. YOU RESPOND TO THAT? >> WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW SHE. FELT IF ONE MEMBERS OF ISRAELI'S. LEADERSHIP MINISTER AND OUR. GOVERNMENT TO SAY THAT GOVERNOR. OF NEW YORK DOESN'T SERVE. ISRAEL'S INTERESTS. MAKES OUR JOB HARDER. WHICH WE HAD A DIFFERENT. GOVERNOR. CUTS TWO WAYS. THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS ALL.

THE ISSUES IN THIS ELECTION ARE. DOMESTIC AND WHOEVER IS. PRIME MINISTER NEXT WHETHER IT'S. NETANYAHU OR PEOPLE OPPOSING. HIM. GADI, EISENKOT. NAFTALI BENNETT. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE. SECURITY POLICIES. NOBODY'S GOING TO PULL A SINGLE. SOLDIER OUT OF GAZA UNTIL HAMAS. DISARMS AND HAMAS IS NOT GOING. TO DISARM. NO ONE'S GOING TO PULL A ISRAELI. SOLDIER OUT OF LEBANON. NO ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER IS. GOING TO CREATE A PALESTINIAN. STATE NEXT DOOR TO US IN WHAT. THEY CALL THE WEST BANK THAT. WILL TURN INTO A TERRORIST.

ATTACK THE NEXT DAY IN THREATEN.