Transcript [00:00] So, one of the big issues facing Israel [00:03] when it comes to the Gaza Strip right [00:05] now is the opening of the Rafa crossing. [00:08] You might hear about that. Now, the Rafa [00:10] crossing is the border crossing between [00:12] the Gaza Strip and Egypt. And Israel has [00:15] been adamant that that crossing cannot [00:17] be open to two-way traffic until Ran [00:21] Guilli, the last hostage, he's he's [00:24] reportedly been killed, but that the [00:26] last hostage body be returned to Israel. [00:29] And we know, there's credible [00:31] intelligence information. We know, the [00:33] Israelis know, the Americans know, [00:35] Donald Trump has said it, that Hamas [00:38] knows where his body is. And according [00:39] to the Trump 20point plan, which is the [00:42] plan that we're supposed to be [00:43] following, that Israel agreed to, that [00:46] everyone agreed to, Ran Kili's body, all [00:48] the bodies of all the hostages are [00:50] supposed to be returned to Israel as [00:53] part of phase one. and kamas must be [00:56] disarmed and removed from power as part [00:59] of phase one before we move on to [01:02] reconstruction efforts and the [01:05] international stabilization force and [01:07] everything that it that the next phase [01:10] what's called phase two of the 20point [01:12] plan is all supposed to be about. But [01:14] what's been happening if you're paying [01:16] attention to what's happening now what [01:17] what you're seeing is this announcement [01:20] by the Americans of phase two and that [01:22] we're going to move forward anyway. And [01:23] I just I did a video the other day about [01:25] Jared Kushner's speech at the World [01:27] Economic Forum and we're moving forward [01:28] with phase two. We're going to start [01:30] rebuilding Gaza. We're going to start, [01:33] you know, moving in and we're going to [01:34] have this technocratic government come [01:36] in. All of this is supposed to be part [01:38] of phase two. The Israeli Defense [01:40] Forces, the Israel Defense Forces, the [01:42] Israeli army has still not withdrawn [01:45] from the Yellow Line, which controls 53% [01:48] of the Gaza Strip, which is still in [01:50] Israeli hands. and they don't plan to, [01:52] but they're being pressured to move to a [01:54] phase two. So, the opening of the Rafa [01:56] crossing is critical because it would [01:59] mean that humanitarian aid, which again [02:02] is not only food, it's not only [02:03] medicines. A lot of people think [02:04] humanitarian aid, that's what they [02:06] think, a lot of it is construction [02:08] materials um fuel [02:11] things that can be used for terrorist [02:13] purposes. And the opening of the Rafa [02:16] crossing means coming in from Egypt, [02:18] large quantities of aid, and large [02:20] quantities of building materials, [02:22] reconstruction materials going in to the [02:25] Gaza Strip and being delivered onto the [02:28] Kamas side. And Israel does not want to [02:31] allow this because we haven't we haven't [02:34] received Ranveilli's body yet. It is not [02:37] uh it is not the time to move on to [02:39] phase two. Now, where is the pressure [02:41] coming from? So it turns out that we're [02:45] now learning that the main source of the [02:47] pressure on Israel to move to phase two [02:50] and open the Rafa crossing here we have [02:53] this report from just two days ago in [02:55] the Times of Israel. Rafa crossing [02:57] reopening was imposed on Israel by the [03:00] Gaza mediators by the mediators. Now who [03:02] are the mediators? The mediators are the [03:06] Qataris, the Turks. Uh you know it says [03:09] right here the Arab diplomats said [03:10] mediators of the Gaza ceasefire. The US, [03:12] Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey recognized that [03:15] Israel wasn't going to agree on its own [03:18] to reopen the border gate between Egypt [03:19] and Gaza. And therefore, they just [03:21] announced it. They announced that it [03:23] would be open, essentially imposing it [03:26] upon Israel. And then yesterday, [03:31] yesterday, so the day after that report [03:33] came out, Steve Witkoff and Jared [03:35] Kushner were in Jerusalem meeting with [03:37] with Prime Minister Netanyahu. And one [03:39] Israeli official came out after the [03:42] meeting and said that an Israeli [03:44] official reportedly voiced sharp [03:46] criticism of Witkoff. According to the [03:47] wet news site, there's been anger in [03:50] Jerusalem as the White House envoy [03:52] pressures Israel to open the Rafa border [03:54] crossing between Gaza and Egypt this [03:57] week, even if Kamas fails to return the [04:00] remains of Ranvei, the last hostage held [04:03] by the Palestinian terror group. And he [04:06] went on to say [04:08] that Wititov pushed for placing our big [04:11] rival Turkey on the border. Okay. And [04:15] Witov has become a lobbyist for Qatari [04:18] interest. So look, the issue of Turkey [04:20] being on the border is a huge one. [04:21] Israel cannot allow the Turks to have a [04:25] presence on Israel's southern border. [04:26] That is just an absolute non-starter. [04:29] And the Turks are Israel's main enemy in [04:32] the Middle East these days. are Israel's [04:34] main rival in the Middle East and and [04:37] therefore it's it's just not something [04:38] acceptable to the Israelis to have the [04:40] Turks there. And it turns out and we [04:42] know that there's been a lot of [04:42] pressure, right? A lot of pressure from [04:44] the Americans to allow the Turks in. [04:46] That's been one of the big headlines [04:47] lately. And it turns out this Israeli [04:49] official [snorts] anonymous, but this is [04:52] credible. The Times of Israel would not [04:54] be reporting something if they didn't [04:55] know the source to be a credible source. [04:57] We can trust this that it is Steve [05:00] Witkoff. Steve Witco, the special envoy [05:02] for the Middle East of the Trump [05:03] administration, who has been pressuring [05:05] Israel to accept all of these [05:07] concessions. Essentially, what happens [05:09] is that Israel signs a deal, the 20point [05:11] plan, and says, "Hey, look, this deal [05:13] looks looks fine by us." And then once [05:16] it's signed, the other side starts to [05:18] try to whittle away at it. Well, you [05:19] don't have to get all the hostages back. [05:21] Well, you know, kamas isn't disarmed [05:23] yet, but we can already start moving on [05:25] to phase two, even with kamas there. [05:27] Look, Witoff has been a problem since [05:30] the absolute beginning. Let's go back [05:33] and learn a little bit of background. [05:36] Witco didn't appear out of nowhere. Who [05:38] is this guy? So, in 2013, Steve Witkoff, [05:43] a New York real estate investor, [05:45] purchased the Park Lane Hotel in [05:48] Manhattan. Okay? Okay. And he purchased [05:50] it together with a Malaysian businessman [05:53] named Joe Low for $654 million. And [05:58] their luxury apartment conversion plans [06:01] for the hotel fell apart. And Low was [06:04] exposed. Joe Low, this business partner [06:07] of Witoffs, was exposed for embezzling [06:09] billions of dollars from Malaysia's [06:11] sovereign wealth fund. So Witco found [06:14] himself trapped. He had this financial [06:16] quagmire. He was stuck with this um with [06:19] this investment and Jolo skipped town [06:23] and he was unable to unload the [06:25] property. He was looking for a billion [06:27] dollars for it. He was forced Wickoff [06:29] was forced to take out a $650 million [06:33] loan in 2019 just to stay afloat. So [06:38] Qatar's sovereign wealth fund came in [06:41] and rode to the rescue of Steve Witco in [06:44] August 2023, just as Trump's [06:46] presidential campaign was ramping up and [06:49] they purchased the property for $623 [06:53] million from Steve Whit. The timing [06:55] could not have been more perfect, right? [06:57] Trump's campaign was getting going and [07:00] Qatar purchased not just a hotel, but [07:03] they purchased influence in Trump's [07:05] inner circle. They purchased a good [07:07] friend of Trump's and this investment [07:10] has paid off really well because Wickoff [07:12] who had good relations with uh you you [07:15] know with the Qataris who and he was [07:17] already a good friend of Trump's in the [07:19] real estate community in New York. Trump [07:21] looks at him and says hey you know he's [07:23] someone the Israelis will trust because [07:25] he's Jewish but he has a good [07:26] relationship with the Qataris. He's the [07:28] perfect person to be my envoy to to the [07:31] Middle East. So if you fast forward, [07:34] Witco is now positioned as a key [07:36] diplomatic figure in inside Trump's [07:38] orbit. And ever since then, he has been [07:41] pressuring Israel and he has been on the [07:43] side of the negotiations, pressuring [07:45] Israel to make concession after [07:47] concession from the day he came in. And [07:49] it has all been to try to save Hamas [07:55] from being destroyed. when Israel handed [07:58] the Trump administration intelligence a [08:00] few days ago, showing that Iran's [08:02] executions of protesters were actually [08:05] happening and that the claim that they [08:07] were not going to to execute those [08:10] prisoners, those over 800 that President [08:13] Trump has been saying that he stopped [08:14] the executions, Israel handed [08:16] intelligence to the Trump [08:18] administration, proving that they [08:20] actually did execute them. Who was the [08:24] one who delivered the message? the false [08:26] message from the Iranians to the Trump [08:30] administration claiming that the [08:32] Iranians were not going to carry out the [08:34] executions. You know who it was? [08:36] Credible reporting coming out of Israel [08:38] that it was Steve Witkoff. Steve Witkoff [08:41] passed along the message from Iran's [08:43] president [08:45] and he passed it on to President Trump [08:47] at face value saying, "Well, the [08:49] Iranians say that they're not going to [08:51] carry out the executions." Now, why was [08:54] a guy with strong financial ties to [08:57] Qatar relaying the Iranian regime [08:59] talking points to the president of the [09:02] United States? The generous explanation [09:04] about Steve Wood is that he's naive, but [09:07] the realistic one is that he works for [09:10] Qatar. He's part of a camp with Qatar, [09:13] Turkey, and others. Put it all together. [09:15] He's pressuring Israel to accept Turkish [09:18] troops. He's relaying Iran's messages to [09:21] Trump to get Trump to hold off on [09:25] attacking. He's pressuring Israel to [09:27] open up the Rafa crossing even though [09:29] Ron Villi's body hasn't been returned. [09:32] Steve Witkoff is a very very problematic [09:36] character and he's been a problematic [09:38] character from the beginning and he is [09:42] compromised. He's compromised because he [09:44] is bought and paid for by the Qataris. [09:48] So in as long as this guy is in a key [09:51] negotiating position, he's going to [09:52] cause problems for the Israelis. Don't [09:54] buy the fact that because he's Jewish, [09:56] that means that he's an ally of Israel. [09:58] Nothing could be further from the truth. [09:59] In fact, it's very often Jews who end up [10:02] in these positions of power who end up [10:03] being the worst enemies of the Jewish [10:05] people. And it's almost like they use [10:07] their Jewish identity as a lever, as [10:09] kind of cover for the pressure that they [10:11] then put on Israel. So this Steve [10:13] Wickoff guy is a bad news guy. He's been [10:16] bad news from the beginning and you know [10:19] it is we all have to be hopeful that [10:22] President Trump is going to stop [10:24] listening to this guy because this has [10:26] everything to do with you know he's [10:27] together with Jared Kushner the other [10:29] Jew there you know I guess I'm sounding [10:30] like an anti-semite now the rabbi but [10:32] these guys they want to move ahead to [10:35] reconstruction and we're going to make [10:36] peace and they share this this mistake [10:40] this delusion that I've talked about [10:42] that if if we just give them a better [10:45] life. And you know, they're all good [10:46] people really at heart. All they really [10:48] want is to live a better life. And [10:51] they're totally naive or duped or as I [10:55] said, compromised by these jihadists. [10:58] And that is why they're constantly [11:00] pressuring Israel. So this Steve Witkov [11:02] guy is basically a Qatari agent. And if [11:06] anyone listening to this has any [11:08] relationships with anyone in the Trump [11:10] administration, pass this video along. [11:12] Let them know this Witco guy, we we [11:15] understand what he's all about.
