Transcript [00:00] So, what on earth is going on in [00:01] Lebanon? Officially, there's a [00:03] ceasefire. You might have heard that [00:05] President Trump announced before the [00:06] weekend that the ceasefire between [00:09] Israel and Lebanon would be extended for [00:11] 3 weeks. I I find that whole phrasiology [00:13] kind of ridiculous because Israel is not [00:16] at war with Lebanon. Israel is at war to [00:18] liberate Lebanon from Well, that's not [00:21] why they're doing it. They're doing it [00:22] to defend Israel from attacks frombah [00:25] isn't Lebanon. [00:27] Lebanon is occupied territory for the [00:29] last 40 some odd years uh under the [00:32] occupation of the Iranians through their [00:34] foreign legion calledah. [00:38] By the way, I should point out something [00:40] that no one ever mentions. I don't like [00:42] pronouncing it Hezbollah the way many [00:45] people do in Western media. It's in fact [00:48] a compound word. It's really two words [00:51] Allah which means the party of Allah, [00:53] the party of God. Okay, that's what the [00:55] name is. I think we should start calling [00:57] it Allah again because it will remind [01:01] people that this is a Muslim [01:03] organization that believes that they are [01:05] doing the will of Allah. Okay, the party [01:08] of Allahbah. Anyway, what we're going to [01:11] do in this video is we're going to do an [01:12] update on what on earth is going on in [01:14] Lebanon, including a very important [01:17] announcement from Prime Minister [01:18] Netanyahu from just a few hours ago. And [01:22] uh but let's start it. Let's start it [01:24] with a uh with a clip of the great uh [01:28] Colonel John Kenrikus, one of the uh uh [01:32] who's a phenomenal uh spokesman. He used [01:34] to be a spokesman, he's a retired [01:36] colonel, used to be a spokesman for the [01:37] IDF after a long and storied career in [01:40] combat and he currently works for the [01:42] Foundation of the Defense of Democracies [01:44] and he appeared on Eric Stacklebeck's [01:46] show [01:48] and uh yeah and he gave a little update [01:51] on on Lebanon. So let's uh do that just [01:53] to level set and get us started [01:57] >> with this update [01:58] >> to Israel and Lebanon Hezbollah country [02:01] and Jonathan this is crucial obviously [02:03] look Israel's been hammering Hezbollah [02:05] in Lebanon there's a ceasefire now [02:07] Lebanese and Israeli delegations coming [02:09] to Washington President Trump may get [02:11] involved even yeah so what is the latest [02:14] there and why is this such a crucial [02:16] piece to the broader picture with Iran [02:19] >> well what's happening on the ground is [02:21] that Israel has actually created a [02:23] buffer zone here where you can see that [02:26] Israel has basically told the Lebanese [02:28] authorities that this area which is [02:31] Lebanese territory where there are [02:33] Lebanese villages that used in order to [02:36] attack Israeli civilians. We have [02:38] Israeli civilians in Kibbutim and towns [02:41] all in these areas. They were attacked [02:44] on October 7 and they were attacked just [02:47] a month ago. And what Israel has now [02:49] said to the Lebanese government is until [02:51] you tidy up your home and make sure that [02:55] doesn't use Lebanon as a launch pad [02:57] against Israel, we are going to remain [02:59] inside. So even though this is the [03:01] border, this is where the actual [03:03] deployment of Israeli troops is. And at [03:05] the strategic level, that is supposed to [03:07] translate into pressure on the Lebanese [03:09] government to do what they have [03:11] committed to doing a long time ago, and [03:13] that is to get rid of and at least take [03:16] away their weapons. Now hopefully this [03:18] will be a temporary deployment and [03:20] Israel won't have to stay here for too [03:22] long. [03:23] >> But I mean when you think about the [03:24] safety of Israeli civilians living so [03:26] close to the border, it's kind of a [03:28] non-negotiable situation because if you [03:31] live here and you have hisbal terrorists [03:33] here, that's not a situation that you [03:35] can endure. That's why Israel needs to [03:37] Israeli troops need to be deployed here. [03:39] Hopefully, we'll have American [03:41] leadership, American diplomacy that will [03:43] pave the way again, peace, [03:46] reconciliation. There's already these [03:48] words being spoken for the first time in [03:50] history. Lebanese leaders are saying, [03:52] "Let's have peace and border crossings [03:55] between Lebanon and Israel. Let's do [03:56] trade. Let's do things that are positive [03:58] instead of only talking about war and [04:01] fighting." But the condition is that is [04:04] removed of its weapons. If that doesn't [04:06] happen, all of the positive things that [04:08] we've spoken about, they'll just be pipe [04:11] dreams because Fizbala will drag Lebanon [04:13] back into Iranian oriented politics. [04:17] Whatever happens for the region happens [04:19] in Lebanon as well. [04:20] >> Yeah. Iran, the head of the snake, Iran [04:22] needs to essentially surrender at the [04:24] end of the day in so many words. Hezblah [04:26] needs disarm. Then over in Gaza. [04:29] >> Okay. [04:31] Uh so before we go on with anything else [04:34] uh let uh what I want to I just want to [04:37] comment on Israel holding this holding [04:41] this territory in South Lebanon that you [04:43] see here. Uh because there there are [04:47] those in the media who will say well [04:49] Israel's illegally occupying or [04:51] expanding itself into Lebanon, you know, [04:54] the Greater Israel project. They're [04:56] taking territory. Let's be very clear [04:58] about the international law here. [05:01] uh Israel has been attacked from this [05:03] area of southern Lebanon and from uh [05:06] from that standpoint they are within [05:08] their rights to go in there and and [05:10] seize that territory [05:13] and even if Israel were to were to stay [05:15] there long term. Let's do some some [05:17] background here. [05:19] Lebanon is not at peace with Israel. So [05:22] what does that technically mean? Well, [05:24] in 1948 when Israel uh became a state, [05:29] Lebanon was one of the Arab countries, [05:32] the Arab states surrounding Israel that [05:34] declared war on Israel at that point. [05:38] And they were the aggressor, meaning [05:40] Israel did not declare war on Lebanon. [05:42] Lebanon declared war on Israel. And they [05:44] were so being the aggressor in that [05:47] conflict meant that if they lost [05:50] territory in that conflict, that is a [05:52] legal seizure of territory by the [05:56] Israelis who they attacked. That's the [05:58] way the laws of war work. If you're the [06:00] aggressor and you lose territory in a [06:03] war where you started it, then you've [06:06] you've lost that territory potentially [06:08] permanently. There's nothing illegal [06:10] about the the defensive party in a in a [06:13] war uh seizing territory in in a [06:17] defensive war. There there's nothing [06:19] illegal about them holding it. And you [06:22] know, so you might say, well, that's [06:23] 1948. Well, the truth is that that war [06:26] with Lebanon has never ended because [06:29] there is still a state of belligerance [06:32] between these two countries because [06:33] Lebanon doesn't recognize Israel's right [06:35] to exist. Which means from a legal [06:37] standpoint purely legally speaking, [06:40] there is no legal border between Lebanon [06:42] and Israel. again because Lebanon does [06:44] not recognize Israel's right to exist [06:46] and is in a state of belligerance and [06:50] attacking Israel from Lebanon wherebah [06:52] has been the main military force in [06:56] Lebanon for a long long time and Lebanon [06:58] saying well that's not us that's just [07:00] that's a that's a foreign terrorist [07:02] organization that doesn't hold water [07:05] because from Israel's perspective it's [07:07] like look you either are unable or [07:10] unwilling to disarm Fizbah either way. [07:13] That means that we're being attacked [07:15] from your territory and we're within our [07:18] rights to go in there and seize whatever [07:19] we need to seize for our own security. [07:22] And Israel intends to stay in this area [07:24] that you see marked off on the screen. [07:26] Israel intends to stay there so long as [07:29] as there is a and that is both uh [07:34] strategically important in terms of the [07:36] strategic depth and that's the main [07:37] reason for doing it. But it also has a [07:39] very important political uh uh value as [07:43] leverage because the Lebanese government [07:45] only really understands one language and [07:47] that is the potential loss of territory [07:49] and that's what's gotten them off their [07:51] douff and and moving a little bit that [07:53] and the weakening ofah that they want to [07:55] get rid of. But they're still talking [07:56] out of both sides of their mouth and and [07:58] blaming Israel because they don't know, [08:00] you know, they have an identity crisis. [08:02] they have a problem with such a large [08:03] percentage of their population are [08:05] Shiite Muslims who are aligned withah [08:07] and they're worried about their country [08:08] devolving into civil war. Uh the chances [08:11] that they will actually take any action [08:13] in disarmingah even though everyone [08:15] talks about it are very slim. [08:18] But uh yeah that's the so that's the the [08:21] basic state of affairs there. Now look [08:23] now what has been happening for the last [08:25] few days with this supposed ceasefire is [08:28] that there really isn't a ceasefire. Let [08:30] me explain. So, first of all, this uh [08:33] announcement just came out a couple of [08:34] hours ago on Saturday evening. [08:36] Netanyahu's office says PM instructed [08:38] IDF to strike targets in Lebanon with [08:42] force. So, wait, what about the [08:44] ceasefire? We'll get to that in a [08:45] moment. Let's just first read this note. [08:47] Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has [08:49] instructed the IDF to strike targets in [08:52] Lebanon with force, his office said in a [08:55] TUR statement. This comes afterbah [08:57] launched rockets and drones at northern [08:59] Israel and troops stationed in southern [09:01] Lebanon. Today has been carrying out [09:04] multiple attacks per day on Israeli [09:07] forces stationed in southern Lebanon [09:08] amid the ceasefire while claiming amid [09:11] the ceasefire. Right. So has been [09:13] carrying out multiple attacks per day on [09:15] Israeli forces amid the ceasefire while [09:18] claiming that it's responding to alleged [09:20] Israeli violations of the truce. So what [09:22] are they talking about? So let's read [09:24] the uh a longer piece on this.bah fires [09:27] rockets at north. Israel hits terror [09:29] targets in Lebanon amid shaky truce. A [09:33] steady exchange of attacks and Israeli [09:35] strikes persisted in northern Israel and [09:38] southern Lebanon on Saturday despite the [09:40] extension of the tenuous ceasefire [09:42] between waring sides by several more [09:44] weeks. Two rockets and a drone were [09:47] launched from Lebanon at northern Israel [09:48] on Saturday afternoon, activating sirens [09:51] in several towns. The Israel Defense [09:53] Forces said that it intercepted the [09:55] drone and one of the rockets while a [09:57] second rocket struck an open area. No [10:00] injuries were caused. The military also [10:02] said it intercepted a suspicious aerial [10:05] target over an area of southern Lebanon [10:08] where Israeli troops are deployed. It [10:10] said the target was suspected to be [10:11] abollah drone. In another incident, [10:14] launched several explosiveladen drones [10:16] at Israeli troops in southern Lebanon. [10:18] The IDF said the drones exploded near [10:20] the forces but did not cause any [10:22] injuries. The terror group has made use [10:25] of small firstperson view drones in its [10:28] attack on Israeli troops in its attacks. [10:30] Some of the drones are guided using a [10:32] spool of fiber optic cable which [10:34] mitigates efforts to electronically jam [10:36] their signal. Interesting. The terror [10:39] organization has again blatantly [10:41] violated the ceasefire agreement, said [10:43] the IDF. [10:45] Um, at the same time, the IDF said it [10:47] struck and killed several Hezbollah [10:49] operatives in southern Lebanon. In one [10:52] incident, the military said it struck [10:54] and killed threeba terrorists who were [10:56] traveling in a pickup truck armed with [10:58] weapons. The strike took place in Ymore, [11:00] just north of the Israeli held security [11:02] zone. Now, that's a great sentence for [11:04] us to unpack. They the IDF attacked [11:07] threeba terrorists who were traveling in [11:10] a pickup truck armed with weapons. Now [11:12] I'm going to bring you back to the text [11:15] of the ceasefire agreement when it was [11:17] first announced u by the state [11:20] department and in that text it said that [11:23] Israel is allowed according to the [11:25] ceasefire agreement to strike in a [11:28] defensive way against and what is [11:30] defensive mean it doesn't mean you wait [11:31] to be attacked against planned or [11:34] imminent attacks meaning if they see [11:36] planning for an attack or an imminent [11:38] attack and I made a video at that time [11:40] where I told view that what we are going [11:43] to see is that Israel will [11:47] implement this ceasefire agreement and [11:49] part of that implementation is striking [11:51] against planned and imminent attacks. [11:53] So, if they see planning for an attack, [11:56] they see guys in a with weapons, they [11:58] got their machine guns, they're in a [12:00] pickup truck, they're traveling, they're [12:02] on their way, they're they're planning [12:04] an attack on Israeli forces. That is [12:07] allow it's allowed for Israel to strike [12:09] them according to the ceasefire deal. [12:11] And I told you in advance that the other [12:14] side would start calling these ceasefire [12:16] violations when Israel strikes these [12:18] planners, which is exactly what we are [12:20] seeing. In another case in the security [12:23] zone, the military said it struck and [12:24] killed a terrorist riding a motorcycle. [12:26] Two more armed operatives who were [12:29] identified by troops in the security [12:31] zone were killed in an air strike. This [12:33] is all supposedly while there's a [12:35] ceasefire, right? The IDF said all the [12:37] operatives posed a threat to IDF troops [12:40] operating in southern Lebanon. Remember, [12:41] the threat doesn't need to be imminent. [12:42] It could also be a planning for an [12:46] attack. Okay, that's all according to [12:48] the ceasefire deal. Additionally, the [12:50] IDF said it struck several buildings [12:52] used by including the terror groups [12:54] elite Radwan force in the southern [12:57] Lebanon security zone. Okay, so that's [13:00] in the security zone. That's in the zone [13:03] that that John Kenrikus was showing us [13:06] here. Okay. In the security zone, uh [13:09] there there Israel is destroying [13:12] infrastructure [13:14] infrastructure because it's supposed to [13:15] be cleared of allbellah presence there [13:18] anyway. So they they're they've [13:21] destroyed several buildings. That has [13:22] nothing to do with the ceasefire anyway. [13:24] These buildings were used by for storing [13:27] weapons and carrying out attacks. The [13:29] buildings were struck to remove a threat [13:30] to IDF soldiers and IDF and Israeli [13:33] civilians. The military said in a [13:35] statement. Uh Lebanon's health ministry [13:38] said Israeli strike strikes in the south [13:40] had killed four people [13:43] and they al the Israelis also struck [13:45] rocket launchers [13:48] and again the military saying that these [13:50] posed a real threat. They have to say [13:52] that right that makes it a violation of [13:55] the ceasefire. The incidents came [13:58] despite an ongoing ceasefire in Lebanon, [14:00] which US President Donald Trump said [14:02] Thursday night would be extended by [14:03] three weeks while noting that Israel [14:05] could carry out strikes in Lebanon in [14:07] self-defense. There you go. The IDF has [14:10] said that since the truce took effect on [14:11] April 17th, it has killed over 30bah [14:15] operatives who posed a threat to troops [14:17] and destroyed hundreds of the terror [14:18] groups sites. meanwhile, has been [14:21] carrying out multiple attacks per day on [14:24] Israeli forces stationed in southern [14:26] Lebanon amid the ceasefire while [14:28] claiming it's responding to alleged [14:30] Israeli violations of the truce. This is [14:33] exactly what I said would happen when [14:35] this on the day the ceasefire was [14:37] signed. You can go back and watch it. I [14:39] said, "Here's what's going to happen. [14:40] We're signing the ceasefire. No one [14:43] reads the fine print, but in the fine [14:44] print, it says that Israel reserves the [14:47] right to strike when they see a pl any [14:50] planning for attacks and any imminent [14:53] attacks. And I said, you're going to see [14:54] this situation whereb is moving people [14:56] around. They're moving weapons around. [14:58] Israel is going to strike them. Then [15:00] claims it's an Israeli violation. [15:02] They're going to strike at Israel. These [15:04] ceasefires never ever hold. This is [15:06] what's happened with every ceasefire [15:07] withah forever. [15:10] Okay. [15:12] Trump announced the ceasefire extension [15:14] after hosting Israeli and Lebanese [15:16] envoys for the second round of the two [15:17] countries highest level negotiations in [15:20] decades. [15:21] This this is all a kind of dog and pony [15:23] show. Unless gotten rid of negotiating [15:26] with Lebanon is a joke. They don't [15:28] really have the power over their own [15:31] country. They're not really sovereign. [15:33] The sides in a joint statement agreed on [15:35] the urgent need to revive a November [15:37] 2024 ceasefire deal that required the [15:39] Lebanese government to disarmah, which [15:42] they're never going to do. Prime [15:44] Minister Benjamin Netanyao on Friday [15:45] accused of trying to sabotage the truce. [15:51] And he says, um, you know, we're trying [15:53] to get to a peace deal. Is trying to [15:55] sabotage it. We are maintaining full [15:57] freedom of action against any threat, [16:00] including emerging threats. There you [16:01] go. which is part of the deal. We struck [16:04] yesterday and we struck today. We are [16:06] determined to restore security to the [16:08] residents of the north. [16:11] The negotiations are the first direct [16:13] sustained contact in decades between [16:15] Israel and its northern neighbor, which [16:17] have technically been at war since 1948 [16:21] when Israel was established, as I [16:23] explained earlier. And that actually has [16:25] real implications on the legalities of [16:28] all this as I explained. [16:30] Um, and then it talks about uh the [16:33] rounds of negotiations. [16:37] Isra Israel has pushed troops deeper [16:39] into Lebanon and carried out massive air [16:41] strikes there afterbollah started firing [16:44] rockets at Israel on March 2nd for the [16:46] first time since the November 2024 [16:48] ceasefire agreement. They were quiet for [16:50] over a year, but then with uh the war [16:53] against Iran starting on February 28th, [16:55] 3 days later, they joined in. [16:58] And [17:01] there we go. So that's that. IDF says [17:04] launched explosive laden drones at [17:08] troops in southern Lebanon. This [17:10] happened on Friday. [17:12] Several more explosive laden drones at [17:14] Israeli troops. The drone struck next to [17:16] the forces. blatant ceasefire violation. [17:22] Um, and Israel took out some launchers. [17:25] And here we have Israeli public opinion. [17:28] American flags raised in Matula to [17:30] protest US influence amid anger over [17:33] ceasefire extension. That might sound a [17:34] little strange. It's explained in the [17:36] article. Here we go. Many residents of [17:39] northern Israeli towns are frustrated [17:41] with the extension of Israel ceasefire [17:42] with Lebanon. We wet reported on Friday [17:45] with some local leaders criticizing [17:47] Prime Minister Netanyahu's government as [17:49] yielding to Washington's influence. [17:51] Okay. So, there's a lot of Israelis who [17:53] are uneasy about the ceasefire. They see [17:57] it as weakness as Israel needs to do [17:59] what it needs to do for its own uh [18:02] citizens security and that giving in to [18:05] this ceasefire is not in Israel's best [18:07] interest. Let me say all ceasefires [18:09] between Israel and its enemies benefit [18:12] Israel's enemies. Israel is much more [18:15] powerful militarily than its enemies. [18:17] And every single ceasefire, whether it's [18:19] the ceasefires in Gaza, ceasefires in [18:21] Lebanon, ceasefires in Syria, wherever [18:23] they are, ceasefire in Iran, ceasefires [18:26] always benefit Israel's enemies. So, [18:28] we're never happy with them because [18:30] functionally what they end up doing is [18:32] just preventing Israel from finishing [18:34] the job. That's the end result of [18:38] ceasefire agreements. So, we're never [18:40] thrilled about them. But here, it's even [18:41] worse because you have these these [18:43] residents of the north. Let's let's see [18:45] the rest of this piece. On Thursday [18:46] night, US President Trump announced a [18:48] 3-week extension [18:50] and a decision that caught many in the [18:52] border communities by surprise. In [18:54] Matula, a border town that recently [18:56] marked 130 years since its [18:58] establishment, council head David Azulai [19:01] oversaw the raising of a US flag, not as [19:04] a gesture of alliance, but as a protest [19:06] symbol. In other words, it was a [19:07] sarcastic [19:08] sign of saying basically, we're living [19:10] under American rule. [19:12] You get it? So, they raised an American [19:16] flag in Matula. Matula's head of council [19:18] said he believes the Israeli government [19:20] has surrendered too much autonomy and [19:22] military leverage to the United States. [19:26] Quote, "It is sad that the Israeli [19:28] government and its leader are losing our [19:30] independence as an independent sovereign [19:32] democratic state." He said, [19:36] head of the Schlomi Regional Council, [19:37] that's another northern town, Yosin [19:39] Nean, he was a little more measured. He [19:42] said that while residents understand the [19:43] ceasefire is temporary and hope it can [19:45] bring stability, they do not see it as [19:48] an end to hostilities. Right? Trump's [19:50] talking about peace. I stopped another [19:52] war. He urged preparations for a [19:54] possible renewed conflict given what he [19:56] described as an unstable security [19:58] situation. [20:02] Right. Some northern residents told Wet [20:05] that the restrained nature of the IDF's [20:07] response has emboldened [20:09] while others described frustration with [20:11] government leadership arguing that [20:13] Israel must assert its own priorities [20:15] rather than follow [20:19] foreign directives. And it and it quotes [20:21] a few more of these people [20:24] um from the north who are frustrated. [20:26] And this is important. This is important [20:28] in terms of Israeli public opinion. At [20:30] the same time, [20:32] I think that uh [20:36] I I don't necessarily think that Prime [20:38] Minister Netanyahu has been handling [20:39] this incorrectly. It's good that he has [20:41] this pressure and it's good that he's [20:43] willing to take action like what he said [20:46] today, ordering the IDF to strike at [20:49] targets and and enforcing the ceasefire [20:52] as it is written, giving Israel the [20:54] freedom to still operate against [20:56] imminent threats and planned threats, [20:57] which they are obviously doing. So [20:59] that's all good. But I also understand [21:03] that [21:04] and here I I have to talk to my fellow [21:06] Israelis here, whichever of you are are [21:09] are watching. [21:12] Look, [21:14] President Trump is playing a very [21:16] effective [21:17] game with the Iranians right now. He is [21:20] strangling them. He has his boot on [21:22] their neck. He This siege warfare is [21:26] absolutely working. Okay, they are in a [21:29] panic. They are in internal chaos. Their [21:31] economy is collapsing. Things are going [21:34] to come to a head sooner rather than [21:36] later with that situation in a positive [21:39] way. [21:41] That is the main event. And let's also [21:45] remember that without Iran is nothing. [21:49] They have no other backer. They aren't [21:52] an independent organization. They will [21:54] shrivel up and die when the Iranian [21:56] regime falls. [21:59] At the very least, they will be much [22:01] easier for the for the pathetic Lebanese [22:04] government with the help of the Israelis [22:06] to get rid of because Iran will be gone. [22:10] They are they are simply an arm of the [22:11] Iranian regime. They're their foreign [22:13] legion. And therefore, even if we just [22:16] hold our fire and keep quiet and let [22:19] Trump do his thing and bring down the [22:22] Iranian regime, [22:24] will be much easier to deal with after [22:26] that point anyway. And there's a [22:28] tendency in Israel, you know, throughout [22:30] this this process since Trump got [22:33] elected where we've been in like two [22:37] steps forward, one step back. Sometimes [22:39] 10 steps forward and one step back. [22:42] And every time Trump makes a decision we [22:44] don't like and there's a there's a step [22:47] back, [22:48] there's like this the sky is falling [22:51] panic in Israel. [22:55] And the pressure is good. The pressure [22:57] is good on premonition Netanyahu. Let [22:59] him be able, you know, give, you know, [23:01] let him [23:02] uh have the ability to look at President [23:05] Trump and say, "Look, you know, my [23:06] people aren't happy with this." That's [23:07] good. I don't mind that. But we have to [23:10] also keep a level head here. Things are [23:12] moving in the right direction. [23:14] Um, and if President Trump, after [23:17] everything he's done, [23:20] after all the good things he's done for [23:21] Israel's security, [23:24] if he looks at Prime Minister Netanyahu [23:26] and says, "Listen, while this is going [23:27] on, while I'm playing this game with [23:29] Iran, keep things on a low boil in [23:32] Lebanon. Keep things quiet down there. I [23:34] don't need that distraction right now. [23:36] Hold hold off a bit while we take care [23:38] of this." I I have a hard time saying [23:41] that Prime Minister Netanyahu was doing [23:43] the wrong thing [23:46] even though the people up north I [23:48] understand their discomfort as well and [23:50] I understand you know the fear that [23:53] everything's going to end and will still [23:55] be there and Kamas will still be there [23:57] in Gaza and look the story is not about [24:00] to end so quickly [24:02] and our position improves by the day. So [24:05] I think we all need to just calm down [24:07] there. And finally, last news item on [24:10] Lebanon. Very short news item. This was [24:12] announced today. Netanyahu to travel to [24:15] DC for summit with Lebanon's Aun, Joseph [24:17] Aoon, the president in May. Security [24:21] situation permitting I24 News [24:23] understands the summit will be held only [24:25] if the security situation in the region [24:26] will permit Prime Minister Netanyao to [24:28] depart Israel. [24:30] And this is supposed to be [24:33] taking place during the week that begins [24:34] May 11th. The summit will be held. Yeah. [24:37] Okay. So that's a so so now we have a [24:39] date for a summit meeting with Joseph [24:41] Aun. May 11th is the week of it and uh [24:46] that's what has just been announced by [24:47] the prime minister's office. [24:50] So that's the situation with Lebanon. [24:53] And you know again I've said my piece. I [24:57] think that we all need to just relax a [24:58] little bit in terms of um you know the [25:02] panic that sets in every time there's a [25:04] decision we don't like. If the in the [25:06] overall picture, the trajectory of where [25:08] Trump's um policy is going in terms of [25:12] dealing with Iran, [25:14] the main thing is bringing down the [25:16] Iranian regime. And if if this ceasefire [25:19] as it is, and it's not much of a [25:21] ceasefire, I mean, it looks like it's [25:22] ending, but if playing along with Trump [25:26] is what we need to do right now in order [25:28] to give him the best chance possible of [25:31] bringing down the Iranian regime, [25:33] so be it. Is that necessarily what's [25:35] going to happen? No. I it could be [25:36] wrong. This could be a bad thing. I'm [25:38] just saying in the current from the [25:41] current uh from what we know, from [25:43] paying attention, from what we know, uh [25:46] it seems to me that it's not the end of [25:48] the world. Um although I am pleased that [25:53] after these rocket attacks today and [25:55] these drone attacks uh yesterday in [25:57] Lebanon that Prime Minister Netanyahu [25:59] has told the IDF to take off the gloves. [26:01] We haven't seen any reaction yet from [26:04] the Americans and we'll see. It should [26:06] be interesting when we see such a [26:07] reaction. All right, thanks for [26:09] watching. Please make sure you subscribe [26:11] not only to this channel but also to [26:12] Israel 365 news channel. A lot of [26:14] important content going up there. You [26:16] want to stay a breast of everything [26:17] we're putting up. And uh and please, you [26:20] know, check out the description of this [26:21] video. 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