This is CBSI on the world.

I'm John Batchel with my colleague,

Raggio, Senior Fellow Foundation for Defense of Democracy,

continuing as my co-host,

and we welcome David Dioad of the FD,

reporting routinely every week on the activities of the arms of the octopus. The brain of

the octopus is momentarily negotiating with U.S. and Iran, but the arms are busy. So we begin with

Hamas, we'll go to Hezbollah, we'll certainly touch up on the Houthis,

who have fired a missile, I understand, for the first time in days.

And then there is the matter of Syria, the darkness visible, of that troubled land.

David, a very good evening to you.

Bill and I are waiting for you to comment on Hamas.

Maybe Netanyahu in the White House negotiating the future of Gaza.

I mention a big feature on the front page of the Financial Times,

the salmon-covered, colored financial instrument out of London,

mentions that according to the F.T.

That has seen the documents,

private enterprise has made a study earlier this spring of the Gazan future,

including the Riviera of the Mediterranean, rebuild a wonderful city of high-tech, islands off the coastlines similar to Dubai,

moving and subsidizing Ghazans who say they want to live elsewhere, up to a half a million of them.

In the meantime, all of this will be taken care of.

Each family member will be given adequate resources to maintain their

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