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#LEBANON: NEW PHASE. David Daoud is a senior fellow at FDD focused on Lebanon and Hezbollah. He previously worked as a nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council, director of Israel, Lebanon, and Syria research at United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI). Malc

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🗓️ 20 September 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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#LEBANON: NEW PHASE.
David Daoud is a senior fellow at FDD focused on Lebanon and Hezbollah. He
previously worked as a nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council, director of Israel, Lebanon, and Syria research at United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI). Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1

1920 Beirut

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0:00.0

This is CBS I on the World with John Bachelor.

0:10.0

Here's John Bachelor.

0:12.0

Malcolm online, my colleague and friend and co-host,

0:15.0

Conference of Presidents, Major American Jewish Organizations,

0:18.0

we go immediately to our informant and colleague David Dayoud

0:22.0

of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy.

0:24.6

The headlines from the war zone. Nasrala admits heavy blow of device blasts

0:30.9

which could be seen as war declaration. You will recall that Hassan Nasrallah is the

0:35.8

general secretary of the Hezbollah, a gang that has been at war with Israel. I don't name the hours, at least since the 1980s, perhaps before, but the name

0:47.3

came up in the marine attack. However, right now we're dealing with a Hezbollah that is well-armed, well-financed, and threatening again,

0:58.0

although the threat is always in Nasrallah's manner, unclear. so I ask David's help.

1:05.0

David, you have the language.

1:07.0

I do not.

1:08.0

Nasrala made several speeches after the October 7th attack.

1:12.0

They were ambiguous. Were they going to attack were they not?

1:14.6

And what followed was 11 months of missiles and drones and anti-tank missiles fired

1:20.1

along the northern border continuing right now evacuation from the northern

1:25.2

border and yet Hezbollah still was holding back as if there was something else

1:30.9

they were waiting for this speech by Nasallah, is it more of the same?

1:35.4

Is there predation in it that's new?

1:37.8

Or is he, what is he face saving?

1:41.2

How do you read it, David? Good evening to you.

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