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PREVIEW; LEBANON: IDF: Conversation with colleague Jonathan Schanzer, FDD, re the IDF readying to go north and confront the murderous Hezbollah army in Lebanon -- and what held the IDF back so far. More tonight.

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 30 July 2024

⏱️ 4 minutes

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PREVIEW; LEBANON: IDF: Conversation with colleague Jonathan Schanzer, FDD, re the IDF readying to go north and confront the murderous Hezbollah army in Lebanon -- and what held the IDF back so far. More tonight.

1900 Beirut

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0:00.0

Ah, she's brilliant. Miss, I finally got plans out the group chat. We get it. Four votes for a festival,

0:05.9

three for a city break. It's hard to adhere to everyone's needs. There's Betty with her oversized

0:10.2

tent. Sarah and her six foot eight boyfriend.

0:13.1

All right.

0:14.0

Roger Junior and his dog, Roger Senior.

0:16.8

And don't get us started on Mel.

0:19.4

But, like a marriage counselor, she's the one keeping things together.

0:22.8

All aboard Miss I finally got plans out the group chat.

0:25.8

Keep everyone's plans alive when you travel with us.

0:28.1

P and Dau Ferris, there is another way.

0:31.2

This is John Batcheter, a conversation with colleague Jonathan Schanser, the Foundation for

0:35.4

the Defense of democracies, about the Hezbollah provocations and attacks on Israel and

0:41.6

the murderer of children at a Drew's village Israeli citizens in Israel, as well

0:47.4

as deaths over these last days.

0:49.7

What is to be done?

0:51.2

Jonathan speaks to the very beginning of this war back in October of 23.

0:56.4

The IDF is ready to go north, was ready then.

0:59.9

What held it back?

1:01.7

Jonathan explains, it was a visit by the President of the United States and since

1:06.4

then there has been this hesitation by the White House about Hezbollah, the vast and well-armed an extremely sophisticated army that threatens

1:16.9

the state of Israel and works directly with the Islamic Republic of Iran, works for it. Here's Jonathan Shenzer explaining where we are right now.

1:26.0

More of this tonight.

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