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Explosive week: A look at Hezbollah electronics blasts and Nasrallah’s response
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Hello and welcome.
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I'm Tom Burges
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These are our top stories.
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The leader of Hezbollah says this
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week's deadly attacks in which his
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operatives, radios and pages
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exploded, crossed all
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red lines.
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He pointed the finger of blame
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squarely at Israel.
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Israel bombed southern Lebanon
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overnight as it declares a new phase
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of the war with the regional
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militant group.
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And the FBI says Iranian
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hackers sent messages from the
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Trump campaign to those involved
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in Biden's reelection bid before
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he dropped out.
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Welcome. Thank you for joining us.
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First, the leader of Lebanon's
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Hezbollah gave a televised address
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earlier on this evening.
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This was Hassan Nasrallah, his first
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appearance since Tuesday and
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Wednesday's unprecedented attacks,
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which targeted pages and walkie
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talkies used by members of his
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organization.
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Well, at least 37 people are known
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to have been killed and around 3000
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others were injured.
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Well, Hezbollah blames Israel for
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those attacks. And in his address,
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Nasrallah said that Israel had
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crossed a red line.
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Well, as Nasrallah spoke, Israeli
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warplanes broke the sound barrier
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over Beirut. And earlier in the day,
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both Israel and Hezbollah carried
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out cross-border strikes.
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The Israeli defense minister, Yoav
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Gallant, said today that his country
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is at the start of a new phase in
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the war.
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From the start that thousands
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of pages were targeted by
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the Israeli enemy and detonated
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simultaneously.
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With this operation, the enemy
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crossed all laws
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and red lines.
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It didn't care about anything
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at all.
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Not morally.
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Not humanely.
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Not legally.
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Let me explain.
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Hassan Nasrallah speaking now.
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Well, he went on to say that this
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week's deadly attacks on Hezbollah's
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communications devices had
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dealt the group a severe blow
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last year.
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There is no doubt that we suffered
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a major blow both on the
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security and the human front,
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which is unprecedented in the
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history of the resistance, at least
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in Lebanon.
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Let.
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Well, for more analysis, I'm joined
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now by the senior fellow at the
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Washington Institute and an expert
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in Hezbollah in Gaza.
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Thank you very much indeed for
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taking the time to speak to us.
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You've written about and researched
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Hezbollah extensively.
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I just wondered whether you had
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watched today's address and if so,
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what stood out for you in
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Nasrallah's address today?
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Yes, absolutely.
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There are two things.
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The three things actually stood out.
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One, it was obviously addressed
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not only to his own people,
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the Hezbollah constituency, the Shia
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community that has been locked up
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close and personal.
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What happened on Tuesday and
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Wednesday and obviously
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the panic in Lebanon.
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We all know that fear is
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there for the speeches,
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is not addressed to Israel because
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there was no threats, no promise
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of response, no strategic
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outline of something like that,
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you know, military capability,
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anything. It was addressed to the
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community because the bank
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is real and Hezbollah has one
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of their challenges after that.
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In addition, of course, through
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the broken communication systems
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that they have to reprogram, they
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don't know how.
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Now, one of the main issues is that
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the trust before Tuesday,
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before this pagers operations,
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people felt that they are protected
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one way or another, that they know
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the war is localized.
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And the south south of Alexandria
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and some other areas Hezbollah
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targeted.
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But the people felt more or less
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safe at.
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But not today.
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They are not they do not feel safe
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around people because they think
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it's blowing up in their faces.
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And to very
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it's the trust within
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Hezbollah itself is broken
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because of the infiltration
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of Israeli intelligence into their
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ranks. So this is a serious
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issue of trust that they have to
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rebuild. And this speech was
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directed at that trust.
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And the other thing that's going on,
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the in his
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he said he acknowledged
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that it was a big blow and
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he wanted to tell the Lebanese
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people that, yes, it's a big blow.
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However, there's also, however,
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because there's no acknowledgment
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of this, there's always an whoever.
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And however, there is an achievement
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that we cannot forget, which is
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moving the buffer zone called a
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security zone into northern
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Israel. And that can be achievement
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that we've been talking about since
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the very beginning of the war.
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And he said he's not going to give
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it out. And this is the third thing
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that stood out, which means that
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for Israel, for the rest of the
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world, for the international
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community, who are trying to
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separate the two issues,
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which are the Gaza and the Gaza
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cease fire, and Lebanon's one,
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he's telling them that this
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is the only achievement.
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We have sacrificed so much
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for moving the buffer zone
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into Israel, and we're not going to
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let it go as simple as that.
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The sacrifices.
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Absolutely. And we need something in
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return that something industry
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rather be and that to be for
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everyone, for even vigorous
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negotiations over nuclear weapons.
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We don't know what.
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He simply doubled down
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on the north saying that it's
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not it's not going to happen.
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We're asking for, of course, more
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escalation by Israel.
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I mean, in the immediate aftermath
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of the pager attacks on on
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Tuesday, Hezbollah said
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that Israel would be punished
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for what it did.
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So basically what you're saying is
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that Hezbollah is really
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not in a position
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to carry out such a
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such a punishment.
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No, I think what happened is that
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the communication system
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is equal.
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As for any military strategy
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and any response
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that you need to do today requires
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communications.
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And their communication is broken.
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Their morale is broken.
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And we so even when
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it's minor, citizens of Iran
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and then Hezbollah and
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the absence Hezbollah was the
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number two and then it's
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military and military assistance,
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the response was really short.
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And they realize that any response
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they are going to do is going to be
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preempted by Israel's
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attack.
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They witnessed that before.
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They they still are trying to figure
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out really how penetrated
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they are by the Israeli intelligence
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apparatus. And they sense they
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they need to be
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secure from this intelligence.
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They need to counter this
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intelligence.
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They need to figure out a way to
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communicate with each other.
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They need to recover
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the trust issue before they finally
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response.
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And also any response that is short
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of really harming Israel
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is not really responsive to
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the media.
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But the problem is that if they
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start using their actual
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military assets, we're talking here
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about the way
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they've got the missiles, the
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precision guided missiles and the
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long range missiles they haven't
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used really haven't used their
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voice.
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They haven't really used the
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military assets that are there
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actually, you know, and
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they really want to use any of
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these. It's a huge problem.
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And the appetite for war and Israel
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is growing.
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And any provocation will need Israel
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to justify any escalation
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in Lebanon.
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And that's not something something
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that Hezbollah would want.
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Nothing has changed in that regard.
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Hezbollah still prefer
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to keep its weapons safe and intact
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for the battles that that
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would target the Iran.
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Not much.
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So nothing has changed in that
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regard. And they're incapable
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of doing this until they recover.
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They can't respond.
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Yeah, I mean, the funerals were held
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today for some of the Hezbollah
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fighters who've been killed in the
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last couple of days.
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And as you're saying,
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Nasrallah looking extremely
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weak. Well, thank you very much
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indeed. We really appreciate you
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taking the time to speak
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to us.
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Really great to have your analysis.
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Thank you so very much indeed.
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And.
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And
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according to the US authorities,
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Iranian hackers passed on stolen
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information from Donald Trump's
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presidential campaign to President
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Joe Biden's campaign team.
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They're also accused of passing on
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this confidential information to
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journalists as well.
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Was this thought to have happened in
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June and July just before Biden
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dropped out of the presidential
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race?
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However, there is no evidence that
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anyone from the Biden campaign
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replied to those emails.
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Well, for more on this, we can speak
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to our correspondent.
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Yahoo! Fazeli, thank you so
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much for joining us.
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Why would Iran do such a
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thing?
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Well, the U.S.
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agencies, including the FBI and the
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two other agencies that put out this
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statement, they believe
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that this is not baseless
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about supporting one candidate or
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the other and more about
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eroding public trust in the US
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electoral process and the
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election system.
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And and at
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the end of the day, Iran also views
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the U.S. as its number one enemy.
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The Iranian leadership refers to the
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US as Great Satan,
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the Great Satan.
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And so any instability,
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any chaos in the US, the
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Iran would enjoy seeing that.
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Perhaps the logic here
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is that they are thinking
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with more instability at home for
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America, they would have less time
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and resources to focus on
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Iranian activities.
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Okay, so it sounds as though
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in Iran the desired outcome
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is more of the same
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and not another Trump term.
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Do you think that's a fair reading
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of why they did this?
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I think I think the main
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I think the main purpose of such
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operations, such as cyber attacks,
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is the main purpose.
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And this is something that the US
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agencies themselves believe is
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is to first of all, fuel division.
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And as I said, undermine trust
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in the US election system.
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But I think if it's a question of
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who does Iran favor,
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do they really want Kamala Harris or
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Donald Trump back in the White
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House?
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I think Iran would
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not want to see Trump back in the
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White House.
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And the Trump campaign
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itself, I touched on this
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in their response to this latest
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hacking incident when they said
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that they argued that
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this serves as proof
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that the Iranians are doing their
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best to
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help Trump's opponents,
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because at the end of the day, Trump
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he abandoned the 2015 nuclear
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deal.
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He reimposed sanctions on Tehran.
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And more important than that, he
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enforced those sanctions.
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And also perhaps
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the most notable event of his
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presidency in terms of
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Iran related events, the
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assassination, of course, of
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Soleimani in 2020.
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That was a big blow to Iran.
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So between the Democrats,
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between Biden and Kamala Harris
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and Trump, I think the
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Iranians, there's reason to believe
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that the Iranians would favor Kamala
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Harris here.
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Yeah, certainly the Trump campaign
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team using this as a sort
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of a badge of honor, really saying
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this shows how tough it is
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on Iran.
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Do you have any indication as to how
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all of this surfaced, these
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allegations about the communications
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being passed on from one team to the
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other?
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Well, we don't know exactly because
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these allegations, once
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they were reported, the only
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thing we know and the only thing
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that the FBI and the two other U.S.
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agencies that
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announced this,
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they didn't give any specific
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information. For example, they
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referred to the material that was
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in the emails as a stolen nonpublic
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information.
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They didn't elaborate any further
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than that. And the only other thing
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they said was that
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the recipients didn't engage,
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that there was no information
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indicating that the recipients
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responded to these emails.
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So we're not
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really quite sure. It's not really
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clear at this point.
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So that's really important, though,
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that last point, because it does
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show, doesn't it, that the Biden
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campaign team was not
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in any way cooperating
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that we know of with
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with Iran on this front.
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Yeah, well, you see, just last
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month, the Kamala Harris campaign
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itself said that they
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were targeted by hackers.
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They didn't specify the origin
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of these hackers, where they were
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from.
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But I go back to my point that
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this is less about supporting one
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candidate over the other and more
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about just fueling
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division and exacerbating
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polarization in US society.
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And so both campaigns
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are targeted here.
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So when we talk about these cyber
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attacks. But but the question
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of who does Iran prefer and the
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White House. I think it's a separate
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question.
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And as I said, I think
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Iran, whilst Iran does prefer
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they do prefer, I think, to
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not see Trump back in the White
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House, to see a continuation of
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Joe Biden's policies.
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I think, nonetheless,
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they would still enjoy
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witnessing this kind of chaos
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and to this kind of instability
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in the US.
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Yeah, I mean, when we've talked
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about foreign influence operations
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in elections in the United States in
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the past, it's usually been with
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regards to Russia or China.
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How how long has Iran been engaged
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in in this type of activity?
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Do we think?
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I think starting
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with the 2016 election
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at the time, there were some
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reports, but the focus at the time
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was on the Russian hackers
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in the in the in the election
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that followed in 2020.
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We also had some
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more reports about Iranian
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election interference.
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And now we're seeing this again,
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I think, since 2016.
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I would say
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Iran, I would say, ramped
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up its efforts in
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this area.
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And I think as time
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goes on, I think as long as
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that as long as they're not,
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they don't feel deterred.
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I think we will see more of this.
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Okay. Well, thank you very much
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indeed for speaking to us.
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Be a correspondent for Israeli.
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Thank you very much indeed.
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Good.
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From the White House to Gaza.
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our attention.
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In an age of fake news, deepfakes
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and artificial intelligence, they've
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It's important to look beyond the
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loudest voice, to understand the
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truth.
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From news makers to groundbreakers.
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Like how bad is going?
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Very well.
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Presidents, prime ministers, princes
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and peacemakers and
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cultural tastemakers.
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Join me on the risk control for
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empowering conversation.
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Let's get a brief check of some
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other stories we're following
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through here on air.
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In response to this week's walkie
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talkie and pager attacks in Lebanon,
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the German flag carrier Lufthansa
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says it is suspending flights
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to Beirut once again.
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The airline says the suspension
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would continue until late October,
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but that they'll reassess the
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situation in the days ahead.
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Well, passengers who are affected
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can rebook or they can ask
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for a refund.
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Passengers traveling on flights from
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Beirut are banned from bringing
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walkie talkies and pages.
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The ban will remain in place until
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further notice.
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Well, meanwhile, the Lebanese army
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says it is destroying pages and
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suspicious telecom devices in
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controlled explosions in various
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parts of the country.
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And the Japanese brand of walkie
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talkie linked to Wednesday's
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explosions in Lebanon says it did
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not manufacture these particular
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exploding handsets.
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A spokesperson for the company,
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which is called Icon, says
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they stop making this type of device
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a decade ago and that most of those
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on the market are counterfeits.
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Let's get some more analysis so we
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can cross to Lebanon now and speak
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to the deputy editor of editor of
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the political desk at Loyola, Jewel
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Saleh Hijazi.
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Saleh, thank you for joining us once
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again here on Al-Arabiya.
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Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of
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Hezbollah, gave a speech tonight.
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I'm assuming a lot of people there
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in Lebanon stopped what they were
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doing and they listened to what he
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said and what grabbed
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the headlines there from that
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address. Do you think?
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Everyone here in Lebanon was waiting
00:17:12
for Hassan Nasrallah to speak,
00:17:14
because what happened?
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However, Hezbollah reacts to
00:17:18
the Faisal attack with
00:17:20
possibly determined the future of
00:17:21
the support front that
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the diplomacy opened in support of
00:17:26
Hamas and dusted off.
00:17:27
What was particularly interesting in
00:17:29
that speech was how classical it
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was. It wasn't really a very useful
00:17:33
ceasefire without any kind
00:17:35
of surprises or big announcements,
00:17:37
despite the fact that
00:17:39
has been described, the attacks
00:17:42
of Tuesday and Wednesday as
00:17:44
a huge and severe blows to the
00:17:46
party.
00:17:46
However, he claimed that
00:17:49
it was not able to achieve its
00:17:50
objectives after, despite
00:17:53
the strength of that attack,
00:17:55
saying that it was not able to
00:17:57
weaken the party internally,
00:18:01
destroy its
00:18:03
internal structure, or
00:18:05
force it to extend
00:18:08
the support front in order to
00:18:10
allow for the return of the
00:18:12
tens of thousands of Israelis to the
00:18:14
north and the north of Israel.
00:18:17
So clearly, Lebanon is still very
00:18:19
much on edge.
00:18:20
We've had these two waves of
00:18:21
exploding devices there.
00:18:23
There were pages on Tuesday,
00:18:25
walkie talkies on a Wednesday.
00:18:27
Is there a sense of nervousness that
00:18:29
there could be more booby trapped
00:18:30
devices in circulation there?
00:18:34
Indeed, we've seen people selling
00:18:36
their phones away.
00:18:36
We've seen people
00:18:38
panicking about solar panels,
00:18:40
about smartwatches
00:18:42
and other kinds of devices.
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The army, as you said, is the
00:18:46
currently trying to
00:18:48
destroy suspicious
00:18:50
devices.
00:18:52
And during the siege of
00:18:54
Hassan Nasrallah, the Israeli
00:18:56
military performed a sonic boom
00:18:58
on in low altitude over Beirut.
00:19:01
This creates a huge,
00:19:03
huge shock amongst people here.
00:19:06
Yeah, it created a lot of noise.
00:19:07
And I'm assuming there was a
00:19:09
message. There was a message in that
00:19:10
as well, wasn't there?
00:19:13
Yeah, It's it's basically
00:19:15
telling everyone, Hassan Nasrallah
00:19:16
amongst people say.
00:19:19
Okay. And I just want to ask you,
00:19:20
what's been happening on the border
00:19:21
today on both sides.
00:19:26
It seems like
00:19:28
the baby may attacks
00:19:31
a little more than usual.
00:19:33
On the other hand, performed
00:19:36
a very big amount and very strong
00:19:38
attacks before having a cellular
00:19:41
speech, which again seemed like a
00:19:42
message to to the party and to the
00:19:44
people of this house.
00:19:46
And just last night.
00:19:47
So far, we're still.
00:19:50
Go.
00:19:50
Go ahead.
00:19:52
So far, we're still within the rules
00:19:54
of engagement.
00:19:55
Of course, if you put aside on the
00:19:57
basis of that, there was an
00:19:59
engagement. That's fair and that's
00:20:00
what you agreed
00:20:02
upon on October 7th.
00:20:05
Again, I was going to say, lastly,
00:20:07
is there a sense of relief there
00:20:09
in Lebanon that today has passed
00:20:11
without any new
00:20:13
twists in this plot and there
00:20:15
haven't been any further cases of
00:20:16
of exploding devices there today?
00:20:20
I think we still have to wait and
00:20:22
see how people
00:20:24
will react, especially after some of
00:20:26
the speech where it is mentioned
00:20:28
that the party will be punished for
00:20:30
its support of this
00:20:32
operation.
00:20:33
However, he seemed to
00:20:35
say that it's going to be
00:20:37
a secret operation and
00:20:39
a and he did not say
00:20:42
when. He said it could take weeks
00:20:44
or something. So it seems like we
00:20:46
are headed toward some kind of
00:20:47
repetition of the scenario of that
00:20:49
of the last time as
00:20:52
a nation when the budget
00:20:53
of the military.
00:20:55
Absolutely.
00:20:57
Okay. Well, thank you so much.
00:21:01
Okay. We have to leave it there.
00:21:01
Thank you very much indeed.
00:21:02
Deputy editor of the Political
00:21:04
Deaths on the show, Saleh Hejazi.
00:21:06
Thank you very much indeed.
00:21:07
Thank you very much.
00:21:08
Coming.
00:21:13
Let's get a check of some other of
00:21:14
the day's top stories.
00:21:16
The United States has imposed
00:21:17
sanctions on Thursday on a network
00:21:19
of five groups and one person based
00:21:21
in Russia and the Georgian region of
00:21:23
South Ossetia.
00:21:24
This for enabling illicit payments
00:21:26
between Russia and North Korea.
00:21:28
Well, in a statement, the Department
00:21:29
of Treasury said today's sanctions
00:21:31
demonstrate that Putin's regime's
00:21:33
use of illicit financial schemes
00:21:35
had enabled Pyongyang to access
00:21:37
the international banking system,
00:21:39
which is a violation of the targeted
00:21:41
sanctions laid out
00:21:43
by the U.N. Security Council
00:21:44
resolutions.
00:21:48
Russia is ramping up drone
00:21:49
production to 1.4 million.
00:21:51
Speaking at a meeting of the
00:21:53
Industrial and Military commission
00:21:55
today, President Vladimir Putin
00:21:56
highlighted the need for weapons,
00:21:58
military and special equipment
00:22:00
has increased significantly.
00:22:03
While Putin told members of the
00:22:04
commission that the output of major
00:22:05
armored vehicles had doubled
00:22:07
compared to last year, while
00:22:08
production of the most in-demand
00:22:10
weapons has tripled.
00:22:15
And and pox vaccines have been
00:22:17
administered in Africa for the first
00:22:18
time with several hundred high risk
00:22:20
individuals vaccinated in Rwanda.
00:22:22
The African Union's disease control
00:22:24
center, the CDC, said that the first
00:22:26
300 vaccinations
00:22:28
were administered on Tuesday near
00:22:29
the border with the Democratic
00:22:31
Republic of Congo.
00:22:35
The US central bank has lowered
00:22:37
interest rates for the first time
00:22:39
since the beginning of the pandemic.
00:22:40
Their aggressive half point cut
00:22:41
comes amidst concerns over a slowing
00:22:43
job market.
00:22:45
Well, the Federal Reserve's decision
00:22:46
should bring relief to households
00:22:48
and businesses that are straining
00:22:49
under elevated rates and is likely
00:22:51
to influence borrowing costs around
00:22:53
the world.
00:22:54
Kate Fisher filed this report from
00:22:55
Washington.
00:22:58
As more Americans look
00:22:59
for work, the country's central
00:23:02
bank has taken decisive action
00:23:04
to keep the job market from slowing
00:23:06
any further while also
00:23:08
trying to keep inflation in check.
00:23:11
This decision reflects our growing
00:23:13
confidence that with an appropriate
00:23:15
recalibration of our policy stance,
00:23:17
strength in the labor market can be
00:23:19
maintained in a context
00:23:21
of moderate growth and inflation
00:23:23
moving sustainably down to 2%.
00:23:26
Inflation has been easing towards
00:23:28
those normal levels after
00:23:30
a post-pandemic peak of more
00:23:32
than 9%, something
00:23:34
that Fed leaders expect to continue.
00:23:37
Those leaders applauded by
00:23:39
market watchers who'd been waiting
00:23:41
for a cut.
00:23:42
Robert Jay Powell.
00:23:44
Bravo.
00:23:46
I am very happy
00:23:48
100%.
00:23:49
That is the right move.
00:23:51
And and we're just beginning.
00:23:53
But I really think the markets
00:23:55
needed to see the 50 basis
00:23:57
points to just move us
00:23:59
up here. We really got behind the
00:24:00
curve.
00:24:01
That's good news for Americans
00:24:03
with mortgages, car loans or
00:24:05
credit card debt, offering
00:24:07
them some relief as the Fed
00:24:09
signaled that interest rates will
00:24:11
lower further with another
00:24:13
50 point rate cuts expected
00:24:15
before the end of the year and
00:24:17
more to come in 2025.
00:24:20
Kate Fisher, Al-Arabiya News,
00:24:22
Washington.
00:24:25
Germany is planning some 445
00:24:27
million USD in extra military
00:24:29
aid for Ukraine this year.
00:24:31
That's despite a row over budgetary
00:24:32
constraints.
00:24:34
The news agency AFP is reporting
00:24:36
that a letter from the Ministry of
00:24:37
Finance outlines this planned
00:24:38
expenditure earmarking funds
00:24:40
for additional drones and air
00:24:42
defense equipment, amongst other
00:24:43
things.
00:24:46
And Brazil's Supreme Court
00:24:48
has today ordered the social media
00:24:50
platform X not to try
00:24:51
to circumvent a previous ruling that
00:24:53
suspended the platform in the
00:24:54
country.
00:24:55
Should X, which is owned by Elon
00:24:58
Musk, continue its service,
00:25:00
the company would face a fine of
00:25:01
more than 900 million USD
00:25:03
per day.
00:25:04
Well, in August, the Supreme Court
00:25:06
ordered Brazil's Internet and mobile
00:25:07
services to block the platform.
00:25:13
How. A sports story we're following
00:25:14
for you now. The world's former
00:25:15
number one professional golfer, Rory
00:25:17
McIlroy, has publicly challenged
00:25:19
Ian Poulter in hopes of captaining
00:25:21
the Ryder Cup.
00:25:22
In an exclusive interview here on
00:25:24
Al-Arabiya News, Poulter expressed
00:25:26
hope for future involvement in the
00:25:28
Cup.
00:25:29
Here's what he told my colleague,
00:25:30
Rosanna Lockwood.
00:25:32
Now, it goes without saying that
00:25:34
if you cut in half,
00:25:36
you know, in there's like a sticker
00:25:38
that says Ryder Cup.
00:25:39
I've been part of so many Ryder
00:25:41
Cups. It's been it's been
00:25:42
a huge part of
00:25:44
my golf in life.
00:25:45
It's some of the most proudest
00:25:47
moments of my career, the
00:25:49
opportunity to be able to be
00:25:50
captain, because as it stands
00:25:53
today, that that's that's not going
00:25:55
to happen.
00:25:57
But I would love that
00:25:58
opportunity.
00:25:59
I would love to lead a team
00:26:01
out.
00:26:04
That was Ian Poulter speaking to
00:26:05
this channel. But McIlroy
00:26:07
has responded casting doubt on that
00:26:09
scenario, saying it's because they
00:26:11
no longer have a connection with
00:26:12
Europe's emerging stars after
00:26:13
defecting to leave golf.
00:26:21
Let's get a quick reminder of our
00:26:22
top stories on Al-Arabiya.
00:26:23
The leader of Hezbollah said this
00:26:25
week's deadly attacks in which his
00:26:27
operatives, radios and pages
00:26:29
exploded, crossed all
00:26:30
red lines.
00:26:32
He pointed the finger of blame
00:26:33
squarely at Israel.
00:26:38
Israel bombed southern Lebanon
00:26:39
overnight as it declares a new phase
00:26:41
of the war with the regional
00:26:43
militant groups.
00:26:46
And the FBI says Iranian hackers
00:26:48
sent messages from the Trump
00:26:50
campaign to those involved in
00:26:52
Biden's reelection bid just before
00:26:54
he dropped out of the race earlier
00:26:55
in the summer.
00:26:59
That is all we have time for.
00:27:00
Coming up next is Hadley Gamble
00:27:02
interviewing Prince Turki al-Faisal
00:27:04
and a repeat of a previous interview
00:27:06
with the U.S. envoy to Yemen,
00:27:08
Tim Lenderking, about that
00:27:10
later on. And then at 1:30 p.m.
00:27:12
Eastern Time, please do join my
00:27:14
colleague, Rosanna Lockwood, for
00:27:15
today's edition of Global News
00:27:17
Today. That is a roundup of top
00:27:19
international news, with exclusive
00:27:20
insights and fresh perspectives from
00:27:23
leading experts and influential
00:27:24
decision makers.
On this episode of W News, presented by Tom Burges Watson, we continue to focus on the Hezbollah electronics explosions that have taken place this week as well as a reaction to the Hezbollah Chief Hassan Nasrallah’s address to the world on the attacks and how they look to proceed.
Show guests:
Hanin Ghaddar - Senior Fellow at the Washington Institute and expert on Hezbollah
Yaghoub Fazeli – Journalist
Salah Hijazi - Deputy editor of the political desk at L’Orient-Le Jour
