Hi, everyone, and welcome to the Middle East and beyond.

I'm Barry Stagner, coming to you from sunny Southern California, and I'm here with Amir Sarfati from the Jesrael Valley.

Amir Shalom, good to see you.

Shalom, Pastor Berry.

Good to see you too.

We're a few minutes late because the sirens went off all across Israel

to mark the beginning of the day of remembrance for the fallen soldiers and for the

victims of terror. So the Israel is entering now into a Psalm 24 hours where we remember the fallen

and we visit cemeteries. I don't think there's a single Israeli family that has not been

affected by this. So yeah, so I mean it's hard to say everything is great,

but it is what it is. That's the price we have to pay to be here. How are you doing, Pastor Barry?

I'm doing great. We've got a beautiful day here developing in Southern California and looking

forward to talking about the things that relate to Bible prophecy

and just the general news that are happening in our world today.

And of course, you know, if we're going to talk about last days events, we have to focus on the nation of Israel.

And what's happening there, the Bible has pointed to that little tiny piece of land

that will be the focus of global attention in the last days,

which in and of itself points us to the lateness of the hour. And Amir, you know, we've talked in

the past about kind of the situation that the Druze are in, and we know that the Druze who

live in Israel are very committed people to the national safety of the nation.

They're very committed to the nation of Israel.

And there's been interesting situation regarding the Druze who live in Syria

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