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I'm John Batchel with my colleagues, Bill Rajo, of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy.

He keeps the Long Word Journal.

He is my colleague and co-host, and we're very pleased to welcoming David Dayud of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy.

This is our watchman on the watchtower over Hezbollah.

However, the brain of the octopus is in Tehran.

Benny Gantz, a significant voice in Israeli politics, writes in the Wall Street Journal in these last days.

The lesson of October 7, 2023, is that Israel must be uncompromising and proactive when it comes to protecting itself.

Final sentence, a sustainable agreement must not only address the threat from Hezbollah

and promise effective and reliable international involvement, but it must be clear about the

source of regional instability, the Iranian regime. David, there's a headline

from Reuters this morning saying the U.S. and the UAE are offering a deal to Assad, break with Iran,

and will lift sanctions. This is an inducement for Assad to switch sides, to turn coat, to leave his Moscow sponsors, and come to

his American sponsors. Is that a credible offer from your understanding? The offer may be credible.

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