He said his appearance on the podcast aimed to reach younger audiences in the United States. “I think the broad segments of the American public support Israel, but I’m concerned that the young people in America, some of them are getting the wrong picture of Israel… the only way you can fight lies is with the truth,” he said.
Asked about personal regrets, Netanyahu cited the toll public life has taken on his family. “My wife and my two boys have to suffer the slings and arrows of public life. I chose this life. I didn’t know I’d get to be prime minister, but I chose public life. But when Sara married me, she didn’t choose this. She didn’t know where it would end up. My boys were born into it more or less, and they get a lot of flack, a lot of vilification, a lot of character assassination,” he said.