#Gaza: The IDF firefight with Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Lazar Berman, Times of Israel. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
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#Gaza: The IDF firefight with Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Lazar Berman, Times of Israel. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
Lazar Berman- Lazar Berman is the diplomatic correspondent at the Times of Israel, and is a Phd candidate in the War Studies program at King's College London. Prior to this role, he was the Head of Joint Learning at the IDF's General Staff think tank, the Dado Center. During his IDF service, he was an infantry officer in the Givati Brigade and the Bedouin Reconnaissance Battalion, and is currently a reserve captain in the Commando Brigade. Lazar also taught at Salahuddin University in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan.
https://apnews.com/article/palestinians-israel-gaza-conflict-militants-rockets-airstrikes-a495136841d4d74af008f5eb3a401066
https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-undeterred-sat-on-the-sidelines-as-islamic-jihad-and-israel-slugged-it-out/
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| 0:00.0 | This is CBS Eye on the World. |
| 0:08.4 | Here's John Batchler. |
| 0:11.3 | Malcolm Holtland, Conference of President of Major American Jewish Organizations. |
| 0:15.0 | We go to Laser Berman. |
| 0:16.9 | He is the diplomatic correspondent of the Times of Israel to guide us on this recent round |
| 0:22.5 | of fighting between the Palestinian Islamic Jihad launching rockets in Israel and the Israeli |
| 0:29.6 | defense force. |
| 0:30.6 | However, I'm told that Hamas, a terrorist organization of Gaza and his beloved terrorist |
| 0:36.8 | organization of Lebanon, set it out. |
| 0:39.3 | Is that significant? |
| 0:40.3 | Laser a very good evening to you. |
| 0:42.7 | Good evening to you. |
| 0:43.9 | Why did they sit it out if it's accurate and what does it mean for the future? |
| 0:48.7 | Thank you. |
| 0:49.7 | Absolutely. |
| 0:50.7 | So Hamas, I think, was the party that Israel was afraid would really step in. |
| 0:56.6 | They did some small gestures to show that they were part of this fight. |
| 1:00.8 | They gave statements from this joint operations room and probably let Hamas, excuse me, |
| 1:06.9 | Islamic Jihad use some of their sites and maybe even gave them a few rockets. |
| 1:11.4 | But let's understand that these organizations are very different. |
| 1:14.1 | They have different interests. |
| 1:15.1 | Hamas rules the Gaza Strip. |
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