Transcript [00:00] Well, I've been warning about this if [00:02] you've been watching my channel for the [00:03] last few months, you've heard me say [00:05] many times that the greatest existential [00:07] threat to Israel is no longer Iran or [00:10] Hamas or Hezbollah, it is the [00:13] Palestinian Authority and the armed [00:15] militias in Judea and Samaria. It is the [00:18] situation in what is called the West [00:20] Bank. That's a term of course you should [00:22] never use. It was It's a made up term. [00:25] It was made up in the 1950s by the [00:27] Jordanians in order to sever Judea and [00:29] Samaria from its Jewish roots, but [00:31] that's a separate topic. What we are [00:34] going through right now is a major [00:35] escalation in Judea and Samaria. A lot [00:38] of people are misinterpreting this as [00:40] having to do with the elections, but I [00:42] assure you it is not. Let's go through [00:44] the headlines and I'll explain the [00:46] situation as we go. Here we go. So, this [00:50] is from the Washington Post and I'm [00:51] deliberately not relying only on Israeli [00:53] media outlets here because I want I want [00:55] you to also see how the Western media, [00:57] how the mainstream media, how the world [00:58] media, how the Arab media are all [01:00] reporting this. Netanyahu Netanyahu vows [01:03] West Bank military operation after [01:06] attack kills two Israeli soldiers. Two [01:09] Palestinian gunmen attacked a road [01:12] junction near Hebron on Friday killing [01:14] two Israeli soldiers and prompting Prime [01:16] Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to order [01:18] what he said would be the most intense [01:20] military campaign in the [01:22] Israeli-occupied West Bank in decades. [01:25] Hello. [01:26] We're talking about something of a [01:28] different order of magnitude. [01:32] going to be doing some arrests and a [01:34] little bit of band-aid measures. We're [01:36] talking [01:40] What he did is [01:44] were killed at the scene. The militant [01:46] group of Hamas praised the attack. [01:49] The shooting sent tensions soaring just [01:51] days before an Israeli national election [01:53] that has shaped up as a referendum on [01:55] Netanyahu's handling of security issues. [01:57] No, it has not. That is a [01:58] mischaracterization. [02:00] Look, [02:01] side point about the election, it's not [02:03] a referendum on Netanyahu's handling of [02:05] security issues. If anything, when you [02:07] talk about the security situation and [02:09] how the war has been handled, that is a [02:11] point in Netanyahu's favor. The people [02:12] who want to get rid of Netanyahu do want [02:15] do not want to get rid of him because he [02:17] has mishandled the security situation. [02:19] They want to get rid of him because they [02:21] believe he's corrupt, they believe he's [02:22] been in power too long, there's all [02:24] kinds of reasons they don't like him. [02:26] Um but it's not a referendum on his [02:28] handling of security issues. But western [02:30] you know, foreign media, the only issue [02:32] they think that matters in Israel is the [02:34] security situation. Whatever, that's a [02:35] separate topic. [02:38] Um especially since October 7th, fine. [02:40] The Prime Minister ordered the military [02:42] to cordon off Hebron and prepare for a [02:44] full closure of the West Bank. Numerous [02:47] checkpoints around the territory were [02:48] closed by midday Friday. In a visit to [02:51] Hebron, Netanyahu vowed to carry out an [02:53] extensive military operation in the West [02:56] Bank unlike any seen since the Six-Day [03:00] War of 1967. We're talking [03:02] almost 60 years ago. He added that a [03:05] swath of Hebron would be cleared of [03:07] residents and demolished in a repeat of [03:09] an operation Israeli forces carried out [03:11] last year in refugee camps in the West [03:13] Bank cities of Jenin and Tulkarm. [03:15] There's basically these hornets nests of [03:17] terrorist activity [03:19] in these in these towns, these [03:21] officially called refugee camps. They've [03:23] been living there for decades and [03:24] decades. Call them refugee camps. [03:25] They're not refugee camps. [03:27] Um anyway, it appears that Hamas [03:29] terrorists were planning a major attack [03:31] aimed at murdering innocent civilians as [03:34] evidenced by the large quantities of [03:35] weapons and ammunition discovered, [03:37] Netanyahu said after the attack. [03:39] I'll remind let's finish the article. We [03:42] warned a few weeks ago we we warned a [03:44] few weeks ago about attempts by our [03:46] enemies to harm us, our citizens, and [03:48] our soldiers ahead of the elections. [03:50] That is what they tried to do here, [03:52] Netanyahu said in Hebron. "We will act [03:54] to destroy this place to change it [03:55] completely. [03:56] But to do something that has not been [03:58] done until now. We are going to [04:00] implement the successful and aggressive [04:02] model we used in the refugee camps, [04:04] which are essentially terrorist [04:06] strongholds." Okay. [04:08] A few points here to make. First of all, [04:11] um as much as I believe that Netanyahu [04:13] is the right man right now to be our [04:14] prime minister, that is my opinion. [04:17] However, let's not forget that he has [04:20] been prime minister for most of the last [04:22] 30 years. [04:24] So, to whatever extent this problem [04:26] exists and has gotten worse, it's very [04:29] hard to absolve him of responsibility [04:31] for it. Okay? That doesn't take anyone [04:33] else off the hook, either. The entire [04:35] Israeli leadership uh is complicit in [04:38] this, but let's not think that Netanyahu [04:41] is reversing someone else's policies. [04:43] Yes, the Oslo [04:45] Peace Accords uh and that whole uh you [04:48] know, inviting the PLO and various other [04:51] terrorist organizations into uh in into [04:54] Judea and Samaria as a legitimate [04:56] government, allowing them to build [04:58] what's essentially an army under our [05:01] noses and not doing any anything about [05:03] it. This is all the fault of many [05:06] successive governments in Israel, [05:08] including the Netanyahu governments over [05:10] the years. It's good that he's waking up [05:12] and saying he's going to do something. [05:13] Now, the big question you might be [05:14] asking [05:15] and is implied in this article talking [05:18] about the election upcoming is is this, [05:22] is Netanyahu just uh playing election [05:25] politics or is this real? [05:28] Now, I spoke to some people uh [05:31] some pretty senior field commanders um [05:34] in Judea and Samaria. [05:36] And from what I'm hearing, this is real. [05:38] The training, the planning, uh the the [05:42] orders that are are really just waiting [05:45] to be given. [05:47] The operational plans are in place for a [05:50] major escalation in Judea and Samaria to [05:53] start dealing with this whole situation. [05:56] More on that in a bit. Let's Let's see [05:59] what else we have here. IDF Shin Bet [06:01] launch multi-day West Bank [06:03] counterterrorism operations after deadly [06:05] Hamas attack. IDF troops, the Shin Bet, [06:08] which is like Israel's FBI, [06:10] border police officers, and the Judea [06:12] Regional Brigade launched a [06:14] counterterrorism operation in the Hebron [06:16] area following Friday morning's deadly [06:18] Hamas terrorist attack, the IDF and Shin [06:20] Bet announced in a joint statement [06:22] Friday night. Security forces are [06:24] conducting systematic searches for [06:26] terrorist infrastructure and weapons in [06:28] the area and questioning dozens of [06:30] suspects, according to the joint [06:31] statement. The operation is focused on [06:33] the area out of which the terrorists [06:35] operated and is expected to last several [06:37] days. Residents living within the [06:39] operational area will be permitted to [06:41] leave through three designated exit [06:43] points after undergoing questioning and [06:46] security checks. Anyone who raises [06:48] suspicion during the screening process [06:51] will be taken for further questioning by [06:53] security forces. The This operation [06:55] follows a series of counterterrorism [06:57] measures carried out since Friday [06:59] morning, including mapping the terrorist [07:01] homes, sealing off the Hebron and Halhul [07:04] areas, establishing roadblocks, and [07:06] conducting operations in nearby [07:08] villages. Security forces are also [07:10] removing illegal infrastructure that [07:13] could pose a security threat near the [07:15] site of the attack. [07:17] Illegal infrastructure. Let me explain [07:19] what illegal infrastructure is. The [07:20] Palestinian Authority [07:23] has for years, [07:26] decades, been illegally building in [07:29] areas that it's not allowed to build in. [07:31] Um basically creeping out of the areas [07:35] that they have official control over to [07:38] expand their areas of control and and [07:41] basically try to take over areas that [07:43] according to the Oslo Accords, according [07:45] to the the agreements are supposed to be [07:48] under Israeli under under Israeli [07:50] control. [07:51] So, there's a lot of illegal structures [07:53] and illegal infrastructure that supports [07:56] those illegal structures. There's over [07:57] 100,000 illegal buildings [08:00] in [08:01] built by the Palestinian Authority in [08:03] areas that are supposed to be under [08:04] Israeli control, under full Israeli [08:06] control. [08:07] So, that's what they're talking about [08:08] here when they talk about illegal [08:09] infrastructure. There's a lot of it. [08:10] Security forces are currently operating [08:13] at dozens of locations throughout Judea [08:16] and Samaria as part of ongoing efforts [08:18] to provide to prevent terrorist attacks, [08:20] protect Israeli civilians, and eliminate [08:23] security threats, the statement added. [08:26] The attack took place at Judea Junction [08:28] where two terrorists traveling in a car [08:31] open fire on four soldiers stationed at [08:34] the junction. IDF sources estimated that [08:36] the attackers had originally intended to [08:38] continue past the junction and carry out [08:40] a larger attack on the heavily traveled [08:43] Route 35, but open fire after realizing [08:46] they would be unable to proceed. Staff [08:47] Sergeant Ron Yonatan Reitman [08:50] from Ashkelon and Sergeant Yuval Shy [08:53] Silvelem from Hod Hasharon were killed [08:56] in the attack while three others were [08:58] lightly wounded. Both terrorists were [09:00] killed during the confrontation and the [09:01] IDF said no additional terrorists were [09:03] involved. [09:04] Following the attack, Prime Minister [09:06] Netanyahu ordered security forces to [09:07] seal off Hebron. That's what we're [09:08] talking about now, this lockdown. I've [09:10] instructed the IDF to immediately impose [09:13] a closure on the city of Hebron and [09:14] prepare for a full lockdown of all Judea [09:16] and Samaria beginning today. What that [09:18] lockdown means [09:20] is that no one can leave their homes. [09:21] I've driven through Judea and Samaria [09:23] towns to through Arab towns during these [09:25] lockdowns and basically everyone is [09:27] shuttered in their homes. No one's [09:28] allowed into the street. Um and and [09:31] that's the situation there now. So, [09:34] that's where things stand. Let's go a [09:36] little further. IDF evacuates Israeli [09:39] rioters after fire breaks out near [09:41] Palestinian West Bank town. Now, the [09:42] Israeli uh [09:44] you know, on the Israeli side [09:46] the uh [09:48] you know, the people you know, the young [09:49] people out in Judea and Samaria, there [09:51] are some unruly types mixed in there and [09:53] uh they're not taking this whole thing [09:54] quietly. [09:55] There's a picture of them. [09:57] The IDF was dispatched to an area near [09:59] the village of Jalud in area B. Area B [10:02] is So, there's three areas in Judea and [10:04] Samaria, area A, B, and C. Area A is [10:06] under under full Palestinian Authority [10:09] control. [10:10] Area [10:12] C is under full Israeli control. Area B [10:16] uh is uh is uh kind of like jointly [10:19] controlled where Israel still has [10:21] security control. [10:22] Uh [10:24] whatever, it's a mix. So, [10:26] there was they went to uh they went to [10:28] an area near Jalud in area B of the West [10:30] Bank on Saturday to evacuate Israeli [10:33] citizens when a fire broke out at the [10:35] scene, the military stated on Sunday. [10:37] Early on Sunday, the IDF announced a ban [10:39] on entry and exit of Palestinian workers [10:41] throughout Judea and Samaria and the [10:44] Jordan Valley, including industrial [10:46] zones. [10:47] Now, that's very significant. [10:49] As well as the closure of all land [10:51] crossings [10:53] during Israel's elections on Tuesday. [10:54] The IDF and the Shin Bet are [10:56] investigating whether the two terrorists [10:57] were part of a small self-contained [11:01] cell. This is about the terrorist attack [11:03] on Friday that that killed the two [11:04] soldiers or whether their vast [11:06] ammunition shows that they were [11:07] connected to a larger terrorist cell. [11:10] According to the IDF, some 40 suspects [11:12] were apprehended over the weekend, [11:14] including people affiliated with Hamas [11:16] and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and [11:18] suspects involved in incitement, public [11:20] disorder, and rock hurling. [11:23] Now, in terms of those uh [11:25] not allowing Palestinian workers to go [11:27] into industrial zones [11:30] with their work permits, so just [11:31] understand what that means. Take a look. [11:33] So, it talks about the lockdown that's [11:35] being imposed. [11:37] And then it says, "The IDF says that [11:38] following a fresh assessment on Sunday [11:40] and Monday, Palestinians with work [11:42] permits will not be allowed to enter [11:45] Israeli settlements across the West Bank [11:47] and Jordan Valley with the exception of [11:48] industrial zones and a limited number of [11:50] other approved areas. According to data [11:53] from last year, some 9,000 Palestinians [11:55] have permits to work in settlements or [11:57] nearby industrial zones." [11:59] So, it's cutting off their employment, [12:01] basically. It's not allowing them in. [12:04] Um IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant General [12:07] Eyal Zamir last week placed the military [12:10] on its highest state of alert and [12:11] canceled soldiers' leave saying the [12:13] IDF's mission was to ensure that [12:15] Tuesday's election could take place [12:17] safely and on schedule without external [12:19] interference. You see, this is being [12:21] taken extremely seriously. Now, before [12:23] we go on, I want to tell you about this [12:25] new book that Israel 365 has published. [12:28] You got to get this book. It is [12:31] it is it is essential. Uh so, just to [12:34] understand what it is, it's called the [12:35] Pro-Israel Handbook written by Matan [12:38] Peleg. And uh look, here's how I'll put [12:41] it. 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[14:29] There has been a massive wave of of [14:32] terrorism against Jews in Judea and [14:35] Samaria recently. Over the last 12 [14:37] months, there's been about 5,000 [14:39] attacks, but you don't see any of them [14:40] ever get reported. They only report the [14:43] Israeli response. Like I showed in a [14:45] video I made on Friday, I showed you a [14:47] CBC headline [14:49] about the terrorist attack that we're [14:51] talking about on Friday where two [14:52] terrorists were killed while carrying [14:55] out a terrorist attack. The CBC's [14:57] headline was two Palestinians killed by [14:59] by the IDF. [15:01] These are terrorists who were carrying [15:03] out a terrorist attack. [15:05] But so take a look at this. So, they [15:06] have the whole So, [15:08] you know, they talk about how [15:10] Israel's closing off is closing [15:11] everything off and they're they're not [15:13] and they're evacuating people from [15:16] neighborhoods [15:17] and [15:19] of course, it mentions the killings. [15:20] Hamas hailed Friday's killings at the [15:23] checkpoint near near the Palestinian [15:24] city in which the attacker shot dead two [15:27] Israeli soldiers and wounded three more. [15:30] Look what it And then it goes into this [15:32] human interest side of it. [15:34] Hegazi Shawar al-Tamimi, aged 70, a [15:37] shopkeeper who plays a leadership role [15:39] in the neighborhood, said he was [15:40] awakened at 1:00 a.m. by soldiers and a [15:41] senior officer who said he had to leave. [15:44] "I asked them how long the evacuation [15:46] would last. They said until further [15:47] notice." He told AFP he had only a short [15:50] time to pack. [15:52] Adding that for some residents getting [15:54] out of the neighborhood was an ordeal. [15:55] "For example, my wife's mother, who's 90 [15:57] years old and lives in the area, had to [15:59] be carried out because she's ill," he [16:01] said. [16:03] To Tamimi, the West Bank operation is [16:05] only happening because Netanyahu wants [16:06] to win the election on the blood of the [16:08] Palestinian people. See, that's how they [16:11] make an editorial comment. They put it [16:12] as a quote in someone else's mouth. He [16:15] said people were not going anywhere. "I [16:17] have lived through all the stages of the [16:19] occupation and I will die here." He told [16:21] AFP [16:23] he was surprised to hear Friday's [16:24] assailants came from the neighborhood, [16:26] which he described as middle-class and [16:27] law-abiding. [16:28] "We've never seen or even heard a single [16:30] gunshot being fired," he said from his [16:32] son's sitting room [16:34] as children flitted about. [16:37] Aw. [16:38] This lovely family being evacuated and [16:41] and and and he can't even believe it [16:43] would happen in their quiet law-abiding [16:45] neighborhood. [16:46] You know, where's the human interest [16:48] story about the Jewish victims of of of [16:51] the terrorism? So, there was a piece [16:53] here in Israel Today [16:55] written by Melanie Phillips, was [16:56] published this morning. The war against [16:58] the Jews in Judea and Samaria. And she [16:59] documents some of what's been going on. [17:01] So, she starts with some of what you've [17:03] heard about, like the settler violence [17:06] that's taken place recently. Washington [17:07] Post photojournalist Heidi Levine was [17:09] injured on October 16th during a violent [17:12] confrontation between Jewish residents [17:13] and local Arabs near Ramallah. It was [17:15] reported that dozens of masked Israeli [17:17] settlers had attacked local Arabs [17:20] harvesting their olives during which the [17:21] settlers knocked Levine to the ground, [17:23] kicked her repeatedly, and seized her [17:25] camera and phone. The following day, a [17:27] European delegation visited the area [17:29] near the Arab town of Taybeh without [17:32] coordinating the trip in advance with [17:33] the IDF as required. The diplomats [17:36] allegedly came under attack by masked [17:38] Jewish settlers. Why didn't they [17:39] coordinate it? Because they wanted to [17:40] provoke them. [17:42] On Sunday, a group of social media [17:43] influencers and others touring the West [17:45] Bank area of Judea and Samaria came [17:48] under attack near the village of Turmus [17:49] Ayya when Arabs hurled rocks at their [17:52] vehicles. The attack was captured on [17:54] video. One member of the group, former [17:56] deputy mayor of Jerusalem Fleur [17:58] Hassan-Nahoum, who's standing for the [18:00] People of Israel Party in the Israeli [18:02] general election on October 27th, was [18:04] filmed talking to other occupants of her [18:06] car when a rock shattered the window and [18:08] lightly wounded a woman sitting in the [18:10] back. [18:11] At the time of the writing, no Western [18:13] outlet has reported this attack. [18:15] No reporting of it. You see, this is how [18:17] it works. When Jews get attacked in [18:18] Judea and Samaria, there's no reporting [18:20] of it. So, everyone So, but all you get [18:22] reported is when it goes the other way. [18:26] This is [18:28] So, you could say they're not lying, [18:30] they're reporting actual attacks, but [18:32] they're just ignoring all the attacks [18:33] against Jews. If they reported every [18:35] Arab attack against Jews, it would be [18:37] multiple headlines every single day. I [18:39] told you, 5,000 attacks in the last [18:41] year. [18:43] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin [18:44] Netanyahu's office said the facts of the [18:46] of that incident remain unclear and are [18:48] under investigation. Reports indicating [18:51] that some 200 Arabs and far-left [18:53] activists had confronted approximately [18:55] 40 Israeli youths. Footage shows masked [18:58] individuals on both sides hurling [19:00] objects amid reports of fireworks [19:02] fired at Jewish youths. [19:04] Levine, however, that's the Heidi [19:06] Levine, that journalist who was pushed [19:08] to the ground, [19:10] denounced her attackers as Jewish [19:11] terrorists and not even humans. [19:14] As for the Europeans, Israel's TV [19:16] channel 14 reported claims from local [19:19] Jewish residents that the diplomats had [19:21] staged or faked the incident. [19:24] Subsequently, the diplomats refused to [19:26] cooperate with the Israeli [19:27] investigation, failing to provide, as [19:29] requested, detailed witness statements [19:31] or video footage. Let me explain what [19:33] just happened here. [19:35] I mentioned this [19:36] So, near the top of this article, it [19:37] mentioned a European delegation that [19:39] visited the town of Taybeh, the Arab [19:42] town, with without coordinating with the [19:44] IDF, and they allegedly came under [19:47] attack by masked Jewish settlers. And [19:49] this was reported worldwide. But then [19:51] what happened [19:53] was that those diplomats refused to [19:55] cooperate with the Israeli investigation [19:57] and wouldn't even give witness [20:00] statements or video footage of it, even [20:02] though they were filming everything. [20:05] Melanie goes on. There's no one denies [20:07] there's a problem, but it's very small. [20:09] There are about 500,000 [20:11] Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria. [20:13] Estimates of the number of young [20:15] hoodlums carrying out unprovoked attacks [20:17] on Arabs range from 95 to 300 youths. [20:21] It's the fringes of society. [20:23] On Monday, [20:26] So, this is just this past week. You [20:28] ready? On Monday, Arabs and Israeli [20:30] far-left activists ambushed a Jewish [20:32] resident riding an ATV off-road and [20:34] threw stones at him. When he dismounted, [20:37] the attackers tried to run him over with [20:38] a tractor. On Tuesday, around 15 Israeli [20:41] activists, photographers, and Arabs [20:43] blocked security roads with stones and [20:45] boulders. On Wednesday night, there were [20:48] at least two Arab stone-throwing attacks [20:50] on Israeli cars. On Thursday, Arabs and [20:52] Israeli activists armed with clubs threw [20:55] stones at Jewish shepherds. When we talk [20:57] about Israeli activists, we mean [20:58] far-left Israeli activists who are [21:00] working with the Arabs. [21:02] And then, of course, we had the shooting [21:04] attacks on at the end of the week, [21:05] Thursday, Friday. [21:08] Last Shabbat, multiple attacks were [21:09] reported by the Judea Samaria situation [21:11] room. When a Jewish resident was out for [21:14] a run, Arabs tried to hit him with their [21:15] vehicle. Two attacks with Molotov [21:18] cocktails were reported and one with [21:19] pipe bombs. Sheep were stolen, a regular [21:22] event, from a Jewish farm. Jewish [21:24] shepherds were wounded by Arab gunfire. [21:26] Two more Jewish locals were fired at and [21:28] there was another attempt at attack on [21:30] Jews with guns and clubs. On the same [21:33] day, a Jewish resident reported on [21:34] accident Arabs began hurling stones at a [21:37] Jewish shepherd while anarchist [21:38] activists at their side documented the [21:41] incident. [21:43] The shepherd called for IDF forces, but [21:45] they too were attacked, he wrote. In [21:47] footage from the event, masked Arabs are [21:49] seen throwing stones at soldiers [21:53] and the shepherds with anarchist spotted [21:55] among them who ignore the Arab violence [21:57] and wait with cameras for an opportune [21:59] moment to capture a biased one-sided [22:02] image. [22:04] That is what is going on, folks. You are [22:06] not being shown the actual story. So, [22:09] what's happening in when you see [22:11] Netanyahu saying we we need to clean [22:13] this up and we need to deal with the [22:14] terrorism problem in Judea and Samaria, [22:16] it's not just because of this one [22:17] incident that took place on Friday. It's [22:19] because this is there has been a steady [22:21] escalation of terrorism against Jews. [22:23] The Palestinian Authority is complicit [22:25] in it. Now, how are the how are the [22:27] Palestinians [22:29] reacting? Well, the PFLP, the the [22:32] Popular Front for the Liberation of [22:34] Palestine, which is not that powerful a [22:36] group within the Palestinian Authority, [22:38] but they they are [22:41] in the uh in in the in the Palestinian [22:44] Council, whatever it's called. [22:46] Um they're like a Marxist-Leninist type [22:48] group, but they're a terrorist group. [22:49] They've been fighting alongside Hamas, [22:51] including on October 7th, but ever [22:53] since. Okay, so they're one of the [22:55] terrorist groups, one of the terrorist [22:56] militias. [22:57] The Popular Front for the Liberation of [22:59] Palestine praised on Friday the [23:01] resistance operation carried out [23:03] at the Farsh al-Hawa checkpoint. [23:10] warned the two [23:12] two individuals who executed the [23:13] operation, describing it as a response [23:15] to the crimes committed by the Zionist [23:17] entity against the Palestinian people. [23:19] The PFLP reiterated its call for the [23:21] formation of popular protection [23:22] committees across the West Bank to [23:25] counter attacks by settlers to whom the [23:27] enemy government has given free reign to [23:29] impose new realities on the ground and [23:31] forcibly displace Palestinians. Let me [23:33] translate this into clearer English. [23:36] When they call for formation of popular [23:39] protection committees [23:41] to counter attacks by settlers, it means [23:43] they're calling for [23:45] more terrorism. They're calling for more [23:47] uh people who uh you know, to join [23:49] militias [23:52] to fight the Jews. Furthermore, the [23:54] front emphasized the national that [23:56] national forces must fulfill their [23:57] responsibilities toward the Palestinian [23:59] people. That's a dig at the Palestinian [24:00] Authority [24:02] who are defending their very existence [24:03] and identity and must establish a [24:05] unified leadership for existence and [24:07] steadfastness. They want the Palestinian [24:09] Authority to push back against Israel [24:10] more. Now, how's the Palestinian [24:12] Authority reacting? They're calling for [24:14] international [24:17] pressure. [24:20] Want the international community to [24:22] tighten the screws more on Israel, more [24:24] sanctions, more pressure on Israel. The [24:26] Palestinian Authority called on Saturday [24:27] for international pressure on Israel to [24:29] protect Palestinians after Israel forced [24:31] more than 1,500 people from their homes [24:33] in the West Bank city of Hebron. Listen, [24:35] Israel's evacuating people so that they [24:37] can go in and clean out these houses of [24:39] all the weapons and all the terrorist [24:40] infrastructure that's there. This has [24:42] got to happen. [24:45] The growing threats to expand the scope [24:47] of forced displacement and destruction [24:48] requires urgent international action [24:51] that goes beyond condemnation to adopt [24:53] tangible and deterrent measures. They're [24:55] calling for sanctions on Israel. [24:58] And maybe worse, but that's what they're [24:59] calling for. [25:00] Okay? Watch for it. You're going to see [25:01] it this coming week. You're going to see [25:03] more sanctions against Israel. [25:05] Um this is my prediction. [25:07] The PA's foreign ministry said in a [25:08] statement. Okay, and how does Netanyahu [25:10] respond to that? Netanyahu says [25:12] Palestinian authority in for big [25:14] surprise. Israeli Prime Minister [25:16] Benjamin Netanyahu said the Palestinian [25:17] authority was in for a big surprise [25:19] after he ordered a major military [25:20] operation [25:22] in response to the attack. Netanyahu [25:24] declined to answer directly when he was [25:26] asked if he would dismantle the [25:28] Palestinian authority, but said he [25:30] favored ruse and surprise. We had quote, [25:33] we transformed the Middle East. I said [25:35] we would change things and we have. [25:38] This is a very There is a very big [25:40] surprise for the Palestinian authority [25:43] as well. [25:45] Okay? So, what we're looking at, folks, [25:47] is a massive escalation [25:50] on its way. [25:51] It's already underway, but this is not [25:53] going to slow down anytime soon. The [25:55] pressure is going to is going to ramp up [25:57] against Israel from international [25:58] bodies. [26:00] Uh and this has got to happen. The I'm [26:03] going to say it again. The greatest [26:04] existential threat to Israel is the [26:06] Palestinian authority, Judea and [26:07] Samaria. Now, one final very important [26:10] note. [26:14] The plausible deniability [26:17] game [26:18] >> [clears throat] [26:18] >> that is played with terrorist groups and [26:21] governments surrounding Israel has got [26:23] to end. [26:24] I've talked about this before. [26:26] Hezbollah, with the [26:29] active approval over the years and now [26:31] more tacit approval over the years of [26:34] the Lebanese government, attacks Israel. [26:36] And the Lebanese government can safely [26:39] say, and the whole world echoes this, [26:41] "Lebanon is not the enemy. Lebanon is [26:43] not attacking you. It's Hezbollah." [26:45] But you allowed Hezbollah to arm. In the [26:48] Taif Agreement of 1990, of 1989, the [26:51] Lebanese government explicitly allowed [26:53] Hezbollah to have weapons and to build [26:55] up its weapons to fight Israel, which [26:56] means they're responsible. But oh, it's [26:58] not us, it's Hezbollah. [27:00] And then and then Gaza is like, oh, no, [27:02] no, no, we're not at war with Gaza, [27:03] we're at war with Hamas. Hamas is a [27:05] terrorist entity. They're the government [27:07] of Gaza and the people support them. [27:09] We're at war with Gaza. No, no, no, no, [27:10] no, we're at war with a terrorist group [27:12] called Hamas. Same thing, Palestinian [27:14] Authority. No, the Palestinian [27:15] Authority, we're not at war with them, [27:16] we're at we're at war with terrorists [27:18] within the Palestinian Authority. What [27:20] but but the Palestinian Authority pays [27:23] terrorists. Anyone who carries out a [27:25] terrorist act [27:27] against Jews gets money from the [27:29] Palestinian Authority. They support it, [27:31] they enable it. [27:33] Oh, no, no, but we're not at we're not [27:34] at war with the Palestinian Authority. [27:36] It's not them, it's not their fault. [27:37] This is this is just rogue terrorist [27:39] groups. This is the plausible [27:41] deniability game that is played [27:44] uh by Israel's enemies all the time and [27:46] it has got to end. And maybe that I I [27:48] hope that's what Netanyahu means when he [27:49] says the Palestinian Authority is in for [27:51] a big surprise that we will finally [27:52] start treating them as the enemy that [27:54] they are [27:55] and uh and deal with them appropriately. [27:58] We need to dismantle the Palestinian [28:00] Authority and move towards a totally [28:02] different model of [28:04] civil autonomy within Israeli [28:07] sovereignty in Judea and Samaria. It's [28:09] the only way we're ever going to achieve [28:11] any kind of peace. We have to get rid of [28:12] these terrorists, get rid of these PLO [28:14] guys. It's the only way forward, folks. [28:16] All right, this escalation is not [28:19] stopping and we're going to have many [28:20] more updates. This is an this is a new [28:22] war front, consider it that way [28:24] >> [snorts] [28:25] >> because I'm telling you, this is going [28:26] to ramp up and the international [28:27] political pressure coming on Israel is [28:29] going to be something like we've never [28:30] seen. Get ready for it. All right, [28:32] thanks for watching. God bless.
