Israel's GAZA Approach To Lebanon Revealed
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0:00 Turning now to Israel, just checking in on what's going on there.
0:03 Don't forget that we started this entire thing with the Iran war.
0:06 So, who's ascendant right now in Israeli society?
0:09 Here we have uh Itmar Ben Gave.
0:12 Let's go and put this up here on the screen.
0:14 Israel's national security minister.
0:16 He was presented by his wife for his 50th birthday,
0:19 a cake on which you can actually see a noose, a gallows.
0:24 Uh so that's how they celebrate uh in that family.
0:28 Seems really healthy.
0:29 definitely a reflection of a very loving marriage
0:32 and of the values that you would want to inculcate.
0:34 Yeah.
0:34 And this is this is specifically in honor of his successful ability
0:39 to get past the law that sentences all Palestinian I mean they're effectively,
0:44 you know, hostages in this um sham uh system where they
0:48 have no hope of being exonerated even if they committed no crimes.
0:51 But they all get sentenced to the death penalty.
0:53 Do you know Jewish Israelis get sentenced
0:55 to the death penalty for similar quote unquote terroristic crimes?
0:57 No, they do not.
0:58 So that's what this cake is celebrating.
1:00 So it's not just the spirit, there is a substance.
1:03 There is a death cult substance behind it.
1:06 And um you'd be hardressed to think
1:08 of a more openly genocidal society than the modern-day Israel.
1:14 I just think it's crazy that I mean, look,
1:17 I don't think all Israelis even necessarily agree with this.
1:20 I think that, you know, there's probably a decent number who' be horrified,
1:24 but what I find crazy is that this does not lead to uh this does not lead
1:30 to any sort of like open reflection cuz
1:33 even if you were going to have this ideology,
1:35 this type of celebration, wouldn't you want to hide it a little bit?
1:38 Like would you want really to telegraph it?
1:40 I think you know to everybody about your open like intent.
1:44 It's just nuts, I think, broadly.
1:46 So let's go to C2 because this is how
1:49 that connects with what's actually happening on the ground.
1:52 Lebanon, remember Israel,
1:54 this is from the New York Times actually did a very good job here.
1:56 They say Israel said it's applying the Gaza model in Lebanon.
2:00 This is what the devastation like.
2:01 So they had some drone footage and cameras
2:03 that actually went through these different Lebanese areas.
2:06 And the reason why I think this is so important is that with Lebanon,
2:11 there's no even similar pretext like there was with there was no October 7th.
2:15 there were rockets that were fired by Hezbollah.
2:18 So, Israel comes in to nor uh into uh southern Lebanon and basically says,
2:23 "Okay, everybody below the Latani River,
2:26 you've all got to go basically indefinitely.
2:29 We will not allow anybody to stay.
2:31 We're going to demolish everything in that area." Applying the Gaza playbook,
2:34 but for a very, very different incident.
2:36 And remember, this is not even in I mean,
2:38 I guess you could call Gaza disputed territory.
2:40 This is this is a sovereign nation.
2:42 They just invaded it.
2:43 basically took it over,
2:44 destroyed a decent portion of all of it and said, "Yeah, we're here now.
2:48 We're going to stay for as long as we
2:50 need to for you what I a security perimeter.
2:53 They've even declared that they won't even allow people, you know,
2:55 to build homes uh in in the south
2:58 near within rocket firing range." And you're like,
3:00 "Okay." And all of this with the tacit
3:03 and basically open uh support of the United States.
3:07 So this was nearly a million people or so
3:10 that are seem to have been affected by this or could
3:13 be affected in the long enough run which definitely tens
3:16 of thousands in the immediate term with many of these villages.
3:19 Hundreds of people were killed.
3:21 Beirut itself many of it were much of it was bombed.
3:24 They said they were targeting all of this infrastructure.
3:27 But it's the same playbook as what happened in Gaza.
3:31 And yet this time it's not even nearly as much outrage when in my opinion, look,
3:35 I actually think it might be more outrageous because
3:37 you have this precipitating event of Hezbollah firing rockets.
3:42 Okay, you can strike them from air.
3:43 They're like, "No, we're going to invade.
3:45 We're going to demolish." They had those photos
3:48 that came out of the guy beating the Jesus statue.
3:51 I mean, you know what was it the Shia thing?
3:54 I forget off the top of my head.
3:56 They uh they warned Christians not to hide Shia Muslims.
3:59 They were like openingly telling like, "Hey, anybody who's Shia,
4:02 they got to go." Like, "Hey, you're not allowed to hide any Shia." You're like,
4:06 "What the hell?" You know, I mean,
4:08 this is o out in the open in terms of how they're acting.
4:11 Oh, and just so you guys know,
4:12 the initial buffer zone, oh, then they would expand it.
4:15 And then they would expand it even more.
4:17 And they basically have openly said, "We're not leaving." Like,
4:20 "We're not leaving period." And then, you know, I don't know, we all go,
4:24 everyone in Washington goes crazy over this crazy
4:27 idea that maybe we should tell them like, hey,
4:29 maybe stop doing that because it's actually creating
4:32 more problems in terms of our ceasefire with Iran.
4:35 So, yeah, I I I don't know.
4:37 I you put it all together.
4:38 You can just see how this has now been normalized beyond just Gaza,
4:42 how it's already creating major problems here for America.
4:45 And I mean, do you really think they're going to stop?
4:47 They they haven't even stopped in the middle of the ceasefire.
4:50 Dozens of people were killed in air strikes and conffligration.
4:53 So, if this doesn't completely end,
4:56 then how are we ever going to get some sort of a settlement in the future?
4:58 And this is just how they are now.
5:00 They're open.
5:01 They're emboldened by this and they're just going to continue doing this until
5:05 we just tell them to stop and we just won't do it.
5:07 I don't get it.
5:08 That's absolutely the case.
5:09 And to your point about um the targeting of of Shia Muslims there,
5:13 the predominantly Christian villages have been damaged,
5:16 but not nearly to the extent of the devastation
5:19 of the Shia Muslim dominant villages which have just been utterly decimated.
5:23 And in the video that we were showing you earlier from the New York Times,
5:27 one of the images was of them destroying these solar panels.
5:31 And you might think, well, why is that significant?
5:33 It's because Israel, of course, they claim,
5:35 and the New York Times, you know, credibly reprints this stuff, too.
5:38 even in this article which did important journalistic work.
5:41 Oh well, they claim they're targeting Hezbollah infrastructure.
5:44 Please tell me how freaking solar panels that just provide electricity to a town
5:51 could possibly be quote unquote Hezbollah infrastructure.
5:54 And it and so once they were called
5:56 out and that oh we're going to discipline them.
5:58 Oh, this isn't how we operate.
6:00 We can all see the images of the way that you
6:03 are applying the very same Gaza model now to Lebanon.
6:07 And it's clear why because they got away with it in Gaza.
6:09 Not only did they get away with it, they're still getting away with it in Gaza.
6:14 So they, you know, rightfully think there
6:16 are going to be no consequences for this.
6:18 We can do what we want.
6:20 Now, I will say, uh,
6:21 Hezbollah has proven to be more dangerous and tenacious than they expected.
6:27 Um, they have these fiber optic drones that have been used to, um,
6:31 you know, significant effect against the IDF.
6:33 the IDF has not been able to advance all
6:36 the way to the Latani River in all sections, which had been the original goal.
6:40 Um, when we talked to Shyel last week,
6:42 he was talking about how they're kind of like pinned down in this one area,
6:46 and they can't really advance, but they're not being allowed to retreat.
6:49 So, in some ways, they're kind of sitting ducks for um for Hezbollah forces,
6:53 which is why they've sustained some significant damage.
6:57 Casualties.
6:57 Yeah, they have had some s, you know, significant casualty numbers.
7:00 But in any case, back to the point about Gaza and how they got away with it.
7:05 Well, now they're publishing new maps and creating every day new realities
7:10 on the ground where they now control 23 of the Gaza Strip.
7:15 Uh let's go ahead and take a listen to this report.
7:18 Um I believe is this Reuters?
7:19 Yeah, this is a Reuters report about how Israel
7:22 has expanded control now to 23 of the Gaza Strip.
7:26 Israel has quietly been expanding its control of Gaza.
7:29 It has sent new maps to aid groups,
7:31 sources said, which have not been released publicly.
7:34 The latest version shows a freshly restricted
7:36 area marked out with an orange line.
7:39 It extends beyond the yellow line zone occupied
7:41 by Israeli troops agreed in the US brokered October ceasefire.
7:45 Reuters acquired the maps and shared them
7:47 with Palestinian researchers in the occupied West Bank.
7:50 Jad Isaac, who heads up the Applied Research Institute, Jerusalem,
7:54 says the new line shows Israel now controls nearly twothirds of Gaza.
7:58 The Israel says the orange line sets out a restricted zone
8:02 where aid groups must coordinate their movements with the military.
8:06 It's to enable quote humanitarian activity while
8:09 safeguarding personnel in a complex operational environment.
8:12 According to Kogat, the Israeli military agency that controls access to Gaza.
8:17 But thousands of Gazan families are now caught between the lines.
8:21 Residents say they lack water and other supplies
8:23 because aid groups are scared to send staff there.
8:26 At least three Palestinians working with foreign aid
8:29 groups have been killed in the new restricted zone.
8:32 Israel's military said it had opened fire
8:34 after identifying threats near the yellow line.
8:38 Oshawa says residents are also regularly being killed and wounded in the area.
8:43 He says they aren't given warning when the line shifts.
8:46 According to Kogat, the Orange Line
8:48 boundaries are updated according to operational assessments.
8:52 It declined to comment on the frequency of updates
8:54 or whether it communicates them to Palestinian civilians.
8:58 And if you read or see videos of day-to-day life for Palestinians in Gaza,
9:04 it's just absolutely horrifying.
9:05 I mean, you can imagine, right?
9:07 You've had all of these years
9:08 at this point of bombing and destruction and attacking,
9:13 you know, wastewater treatment plants and any sort of basic infrastructure.
9:17 So, you have rats that are running rampant.
9:19 You have disease that is spreading.
9:21 It's just absolutely miserable.
9:23 People have been living in these tents for god knows how long.
9:25 Have been displaced so many times.
9:27 These poor children.
9:28 It's just absolutely horrifying.
9:30 I wanted to read a little bit of what
9:31 um Shyel put out actually on Twitter this morning.
9:34 He says Israel's planning its operation to finish the genocide in Gaza.
9:38 The pretext is that Hamas is rebuilding and will not disarm.
9:41 Of course, Israel refused to negotiate sincerely over
9:44 the future of Gaza process which would involve that discussion.
9:47 He goes on in terms of, you know, making his case why he thinks they're getting
9:51 ready to go back to this more aggressive offensive.
9:54 He says there are currently six brigades operating in Gaza.
9:56 Troop rotations indicate preparations for a prolonged intensive presence.
10:01 The paratroopers brigade is set to replace
10:03 a reserve brigade and the 25th brigade known as the Iron Fist recently completed
10:07 its sixth combat rotation since the war began.
10:11 So he sees all the indications that that is
10:13 the direction that they are heading in.
10:16 And um you know I as the world moves
10:19 on is focused on Iran is now focused somewhat on Lebanon
10:22 they continue the killing they continue to seize more territory
10:26 and Palestinians in Gaza continue to suffer in absolutely miserable conditions.
10:30 But to Shael's point, Zagreer, you know,
10:32 when that original ceasefire deal was struck,
10:36 those more difficult questions about disarmament
10:39 and what the future would look like, they were pushed off to the next phase,
10:42 the board of peace and there was supposed to be negotiations over what
10:46 that next phase look and that just never happened.
10:48 So, Israel is able to effectively do whatever they feel like, right?
10:51 And the re and why even spend time on this because
10:54 this is going to dramatically affect the situation with Iran.
10:56 If you are Iran, I mean, this is honestly even the current ceasefire.
11:01 I still don't really get it from their perspective at all.
11:04 But this is evidence where you can see in the very
11:07 near term of how the US and Israel have
11:10 conducted themselves whenever they sign a peace deal and they
11:12 say they're not going to do X, Y, and Z.
11:14 This is probably part of the reason why they're going so hard
11:16 in their current negotiations and they're
11:18 not buckling because they can see directly.
11:20 They're like, "Hey, we really can't take these people's
11:22 word for it unless we have it explicitly in writing.
11:24 And even then, we need immediate like steps to make sure
11:28 that they can't restart hostilities against us if they were to want to.
11:32 So, I think, you know, putting this stuff all together is
11:35 important because these actions between Gaza, Lebanon,
11:39 and others are having a direct follow-on effect on how
11:42 the Iranians are negotiating with the United States and with Israel,
11:45 obviously, because they're counterparty to this." You know,
11:48 we do want to also shout out the level
11:51 of derangement uh here in the United States.
11:54 So, let's go to the next one.
11:56 This is the US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabe.
11:59 He did a long screed against uh the New York Times,
12:03 and Tucker Carlson, who recently put out like a 2-hour podcast.
12:08 In it, he says, "Tucker accused me of advocating
12:10 for killing of children and civilians, asked to respond.
12:13 I sent the following for the New York Times.
12:15 Poor Tucker needs help.
12:16 He's clearly circling the drain by saying something so outrageous.
12:19 No sane person advocates for the murder of children or civilians.
12:22 Even the allegation is sick and evil.
12:24 Tucker limits his compassion to the unfortunate souls who have died in Gaza.
12:27 As a result, Yep.
12:29 of the result of the stubborn good, good, great call.
12:32 Of the stubbornness of Hamas to release hostages who murder
12:34 their own citizens and intentionally put them in front of military assets.
12:38 One never hears Tucker lament the massacre and mutilation of,2,200 women,
12:42 babies, and elderly people butchered by Hamas on October 7th,
12:45 or the torture, rape,
12:46 and starvation of the 251 hostages taken and held by Hamas.
12:49 I am heartbroken by the slaughter of innocent
12:51 civilians wherever they are, whoever they are.
12:53 Tucker's irrational hatred of Jews in general in Israel in particular binds
12:58 him to the horrific savagery inflicted upon the victims of October 7th,
13:02 including the rape of women in front of their children,
13:04 the beheading of babies in the presence of their mothers or setting
13:07 fire to elderly people who sat in wheelchairs and were burned alive.
13:10 All of which were captured on video taken
13:12 by Hamas terrorists who were so proud of their despicable
13:15 acts that they wore GoPro cameras to record it
13:17 as if they were taking movies of a dance recital.
13:20 Okay, so taking that all in totality uh and you know the highlighted
13:24 portion uh which was uh put out in a in kind of a debunking
13:28 on Twitter and this is always uncomfortable because this idea that we're going
13:32 to sit here and say that 1,200 people didn't die on October 7th is ridiculous.
13:36 No one's going to say that it was literally on video much of it was published.
13:40 They were massacred, slaughtered many of them.
13:42 Uh now there's some other stuff that happened on that day as well
13:45 in terms of the failures of the Israeli military and then their own actions.
13:48 But let's even put that all to the side.
13:50 Many civilians were killed horrifically on October 7th.
13:53 However, many of the claims that they have made had, you know,
13:57 in the initial days of the war did not hold up to scrutiny.
14:00 And for this, you have to look no further than Israeli media.
14:05 That's why, you know, I don't even cite necessarily dropside and R.
14:08 Not that I don't love those guys,
14:09 but when I have to get into this argument with people who will often give me,
14:13 you know, these similar lines, I go, "Listen, Harets did the did the work.
14:17 there's no evidence, right?
14:18 Especially in the beheaded babies,
14:20 that was probably the most like cited claim uh
14:24 in the initial days of the war of barbarism.
14:26 And there's plenty of other things uh that you could
14:28 have also picked to which are true by the way.
14:30 Uh but on that particular one,
14:32 like Harets and others in the Israeli media went through systematically.
14:36 Now people say, why do you spend so much time doing this?
14:39 Well, like in this particular case, let's say with Huckabe,
14:42 like you were justifying war, for example,
14:45 let's say actions of the Israeli military in Gaza,
14:48 specifically on the basis of many of these types of claims.
14:52 All you have to do is point to the acknowledge and real evidence,
14:56 I think, of what happened on October 7th, which is plenty enough.
14:59 I don't think it justifies their response, but this just demonstrates, I think,
15:04 the level of which they have to resort
15:06 to to also point fingers at their ideological enemies, right?
15:11 Yes.
15:11 Um I mean, yeah, it feels really gross to do this, but just as a point of fact,
15:15 um there were no babies beheaded.
15:16 None.
15:17 There were none baked in ovens there.
15:18 The uh the claim that has been made that Hamas used uh rape as a weapon of war,
15:26 that claim has not been substantiated.
15:28 Um what has been substantiated is the way Israel uses rape as a weapon of war.
15:34 But funny I haven't heard um Mike Huckabby speak out about that of which
15:37 we have far more evidence and proof from our great ally Israel.
15:42 And um there's a very specific reason why
15:46 these claims were pushed in the wake of October 7th.
15:49 And um Adam Johnson just published a book, How to Sell a Genocide,
15:53 uh which focus in in specifically on liberal
15:56 media and the role that they played,
15:59 the New York Times in particular, but New York Times, CNN, MSNBC,
16:03 all of them in con buying enough time for Biden
16:07 and for Netanyahu to conduct this ethnic cleansing and genocidal campaign.
16:13 And one of the very early efforts that was
16:16 made was to portray Palestinians in general, Hamas specifically,
16:21 as these absolute barbarians that you could never have a ceasefire with, you
16:25 could never have a peace deal with, that it's just absolutely impossible.
16:29 And so that's why they invented these very specific
16:32 claims about rape used systematically as a weapon of war,
16:36 about beheaded babies, about baking babies in ovens, etc.
16:41 That is the reason they wanted to portray them as these bloodthirsty maniacs,
16:47 animals as the Israelis were describing them,
16:50 in order to justify what they knew was going to be
16:53 a a horrific campaign of war crime after war crime.
16:58 So to hear him still at this late date after this has been thoroughly debunked,
17:03 I mean, the beheaded babies thing is just like not true at all.
17:07 In fact, and again, I hate to say that there
17:09 was one baby that was killed on October 7th.
17:11 That's horrific.
17:12 One baby is horrific enough, right?
17:14 There were not dozens who were even killed, let alone none of them beheaded.
17:17 So, in any case, just disgusting to see these lies and propaganda,
17:22 atrocity propaganda,
17:23 continuing to be pushed by a significant American official who he and his staff
17:28 have exercised a lot of influence
17:30 apparently within the Trump administration as well.
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