Bill Rachioz, Senior Fellow Foundation for Defense of Democracy,

Bill keeps the Long War Journal with his colleagues,

and one of the colleagues most important these

days is here with us now. Seth Franzman for the Jerusalem Post and the FDD and

the author of the new book the The October 7th War, which I highly recommend.

I'm looking to talk to Seth at length about his work.

The war so far, and we plunge right into the headlines in these last days because there is new

information about Juday and Samaria which I'm told is the West Bank according to headline writers in London and Washington

and New York.

The IDF was there for some days, especially around a very troublesome area called Janine over the years.

And introducing us to the fact that Islamic Jihad and Hamas members are seen on the West Bank as a threat, launching a threat

against Israel. Seth, congratulations for the new book. We will speak at length, but right now the actions all around of its and fog of war.

What is in Judea-Some area that obliged the IDF to finally strike in there

and occupy it for a few days and who or what is Islamic

jihad.

Good evening to you, Seth.

Good evening.

Well, so, Palestinian Islamic Jihad is an Iranian-backed terrorist group.

It's seen kind of as an Iranian proxy.

It has, you know, thousands of members in Gaza and in the West Bank.

It's very active in Janine in the Northern West Bank and it's become more active in the recent years

because it has acquired large numbers of smuggled rifles and other types of ammunition,

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