Transcript [00:00] Well, well, well. The situation in Iran [00:02] is going kinetic again. That's right. [00:04] We've actually had actual bombing, [00:07] actual fighting going on over the last [00:10] uh day or so, and it's the first time in [00:12] quite a while. So, we are going to get [00:15] into what exactly happened there. We're [00:18] going to look at how Iranian state media [00:20] is uh reacting to it. And the importance [00:23] there for this video is we want to take [00:26] the temperature of where the Iranians [00:29] are right now uh in terms of uh how they [00:32] see the path forward or where they where [00:34] they think things are. What are they [00:35] trying to accomplish in this current [00:37] environment and that's what we're going [00:39] to try to analyze as we look at the news [00:42] stories. So let's get right to the [00:43] headlines. US hits Iranian launchers [00:47] preparing to fire in Hormuz. IRGC [00:49] targets Jordan, UAE, and response. And [00:53] again, I can't stress enough, this is [00:55] the first kinetic action we've had in a [00:56] very long time. So, here we go. US [01:00] forces on Sunday, yesterday, struck [01:03] Iranian rocket launchers on the straight [01:04] of Hormuz in their first military action [01:06] in a month, snapping a lull in fighting. [01:11] Iran swiftly retaliated for what it [01:12] called a deadly attack, launching [01:14] missiles at American soldiers stationed [01:16] in Jordan and UAE. [01:18] Forces with the Islamic Revolutionary [01:20] Guard Corps were observed preparing to [01:22] launch rockets with sea mines into the [01:26] strait. According to Tim Hawkins, a [01:28] spokesperson for US Central Command, the [01:30] US military last week completed clearing [01:33] sea mine sea mines from the straits [01:34] international shipping routes. You [01:36] understand what they were doing? They [01:37] were going to be launching rockets that [01:39] carry sea mines and they were going to [01:41] launch them into the water and they were [01:43] going to land these sea mines at the [01:45] ocean floor. Okay. Um, some sea mines [01:48] sit on the ocean floor, some sit closer [01:49] to the surface. They were going to land [01:51] these sea mines. They were going to, [01:52] that's how they were going to place sea [01:54] mines. Uh, now just before we even go [01:58] any further, [01:59] uh, I'm going to tell you the punchline [02:01] already. I think that Iran is kind of [02:03] panicking right now because of what this [02:07] signals, what this action that they took [02:10] signals. Uh, we'll get into that a [02:12] little more uh in uh later in the video, [02:14] but I'm already giving you, you know, [02:16] where I'm heading with this. That's what [02:17] I think is happening. The last time the [02:19] US military confirmed targeting Iran was [02:21] on July 29th. Did you realize it's been [02:23] that long since America targeted Iran? [02:26] That's this entire month of August. [02:29] There's been no kinetic action. Well, it [02:32] was an uh at the time they announced a [02:33] heavy wave of strikes on dozens of IRGC [02:36] targets, including coastal surveillance [02:37] and defense sites. On August 1st, US [02:40] President Donald Trump said he would [02:42] order the military to hold off on new [02:43] strikes at the urgent of Gulf allies [02:46] Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab [02:48] Emirates. That's that's been the story [02:50] all the way through, right? The these [02:52] Arab countries, they're they always want [02:54] to tamp things down. They always want to [02:56] they don't want to get this over with. [02:58] You know, it has to be said that the [03:00] path I've said it before, the t the path [03:03] to forever wars to to having conflicts [03:06] that just never end and we're always [03:08] still dealing with the same issues [03:10] resurfacing over and over again is when [03:12] you don't drive to victory and you leave [03:14] the problems to fester. It's not [03:17] deescalation is is actually the path to [03:20] is not the path to peace. I know that [03:22] sounds counterintuitive. It's not. [03:23] Anyway, I digress. Shortly later, the [03:26] IRGC the IRGC said it launched an attack [03:28] on the King Hussein and Al Azra US bases [03:32] in Jordan [03:34] with ballistic missiles in response to [03:36] the US attack on Larak Island. There [03:38] were no immediate reports of injuries or [03:40] damage. Air defense systems intercepted [03:42] eight missiles that breached the [03:43] kingdom's airspace at dawn today, [03:47] Monday, according to a statement from [03:48] Jordan's army. Okay, so Iran shot [03:51] missiles at US bases in Jordan. They [03:54] were intercepted. [03:55] No problem. Additionally, Iran's army [03:58] attacked the United Arab Emirates [03:59] al-Minhad air base with drones in [04:02] response to the US strikes. Iranian [04:04] state TV reported, well, Iranian state [04:06] TV actually said it was missiles. We'll [04:08] get to that also in a little bit. And I [04:10] think that's it for this one. Yeah. And [04:12] then there's a lot of chatter in here [04:14] that we're not going to we're not going [04:15] to get down into. So, what I want here, [04:17] let's take a look at where Lar Island is [04:19] and understand Lar Island before we go [04:20] on. What's Lar Island? So here's Larac [04:23] Island. This is the This is the straight [04:25] of Hormuz, right? We recognize it. This [04:26] is the straight of Hormuz. This is the [04:28] Iran side. Here's Oman Emirates at the [04:30] end. And now here's Larac Island. This [04:33] is Larak Island right here. So look [04:35] where it is in the Straits. Let me back [04:36] up again so you see it in context. [04:38] That's Larac Island. Okay. So now let me [04:40] explain to you the significance of of [04:45] Lar Island. So Lar is a small barren [04:48] island in the street of Hormuz and its [04:52] value this is not Car Island where [04:54] they're storing oil. Okay, this is [04:56] something else. Its value is almost [04:58] entirely because of its geography. So [05:01] you see that it's just south of Bander [05:04] Abbas, right? You see that on the map. [05:06] Band Abbas is right here and then [05:09] there's and there's Larak again. So it's [05:11] just south of Bander Ababas and it [05:14] covers the approaches to Iran's largest [05:17] port with an unobstructed line of sight [05:20] over the main commercial shipping lanes [05:23] and the narrow channel that it that is [05:25] shared with Omani waters. Okay, [05:29] you follow all that? Right? Because it's [05:31] right here and it's it's perfectly [05:35] situated to kind of overlook this this [05:38] shipping lane. [05:40] Okay, we good. [05:44] Let's keep going. [05:47] So, [05:48] the IRGC positions on Larac Island. [05:52] What's there? What's on the island? What [05:54] was America hitting? So, it has [05:55] lighouses that are used for maritime [05:57] observation. It has a headquarters and a [06:00] communications site with coastal radar. [06:03] It has uh firing points. I think three [06:06] of them, three prepared firing points [06:09] with platforms that can overlook and [06:13] dominate the straight of Hormuz. When [06:15] when Iran is firing at the straight of [06:17] Hormuz or policing the Strait of Hormuz, [06:19] Larak is a critical piece of this. So [06:21] these facilities on Larak Island, [06:24] uh it doesn't look like a a conventional [06:28] base, but they do have these firing [06:30] stations on there. [06:32] Now since late March [06:35] since um you know a few weeks into the [06:38] war when Iran remember Iran closes the [06:41] straight of Hormuz a few weeks into the [06:42] war they've been routing tankers north [06:45] of Larak and charging a fee and this is [06:51] what the this is kind of like um the [06:55] Iranian regime's toll booth. Okay. So, [06:58] if we zoom in, what they've been doing [07:00] is they've been forcing ships, they've [07:02] been directing ships that they have to [07:04] pass through here. [07:07] And then they, and this is kind of like [07:08] they, this operates kind of like a toll [07:10] boot, they charge a fee. This is where, [07:13] you know, when they say that they have [07:15] their own uh uh lane for shipping and [07:19] all the boats, all the ships have to [07:20] pass through their lane, this is where [07:23] they're routing them. They're routing [07:24] them [07:26] um north of Karag, [07:29] I'm sorry, of Larak. And that's separate [07:32] from the main from the main channel [07:35] which is in front of it, right? Meaning [07:37] they're not just letting ships go [07:38] through this way. They're forcing the [07:40] ships to go in and then they they they [07:44] stop them and they inspect the ships and [07:46] they police they police the shipping [07:48] this way. So Larak has played a very [07:50] important role. [07:52] Um and and when so when Iran insists [07:55] that people use their system, that's [07:57] that's what they mean there. Now, [07:59] historically, Iran used Larak as an [08:01] emergency oil export lifeline after [08:05] after uh after the Iraqis wrecked Car [08:08] Island back in the 80s in the Iran Iraq [08:10] war and it was heavily bombarded back [08:13] then. the there was a super tanker that [08:17] was sunk off the coast of Larac Island [08:19] by Iraqi missiles in 1988. [08:23] But if we if we look at if we use this [08:25] as the as the context for today's news, [08:28] the United States struck Larak Island [08:31] and it was targeting as we said [08:33] launchers that were going to be firing [08:35] mine carrying rockets into the straight [08:37] of Hormuz. [08:40] Okay. So, when you look at it on a map, [08:44] it kind of makes sense that this is [08:45] where they would be doing it from, [08:47] right? Because this is the spot. They [08:49] want to mine this whole area here to [08:51] force the ships to come this way so that [08:54] they can charge them and they can be in [08:56] control. [08:57] And uh yeah, there you go. And this is [08:59] this is also like the narrowest point [09:01] between uh Iran and uh and Oman in the [09:05] straight of Hormuz right here. Okay, [09:08] good. So, that's Larac Island. And [09:09] that's what we're dealing with now. I [09:11] want to show you how Iranian state media [09:13] is dealing with this. And this was a [09:15] this was the front page of WANA today. [09:17] And it's a very strange article. I'm not [09:19] going to read it because it's all a [09:20] bunch. You're going to get lost and you [09:22] guys will probably shut off the video [09:23] before I finish because it's got a lot [09:25] of weird mumbo jumbo. It talks about [09:27] mind technology. It has pictures of some [09:29] of the minds that they put in. So, I'm [09:32] just going to sum up this piece for you. [09:33] Okay. Here's what this piece basically [09:36] says. [09:37] Um [09:40] so [09:41] the piece is titled Larak strike [09:45] exposes the limits of US tech strategy [09:51] in the straight of Hormuz. Okay that [09:53] itself is a word salad. The Larak strike [09:55] meaning America striking Larak is [09:58] showing the American weakness. It's [10:00] showing their the limits of their US [10:02] tech. [10:04] That's the spin in this piece. Okay? And [10:06] this is pure this is a pure spin [10:08] propaganda piece. The reason I'm reading [10:10] it to you is because we will get into [10:11] the heads of the Iranians through this [10:14] and and understand why what I said [10:17] before is correct that they are [10:18] panicking. So let's first talk about [10:20] what it says. It says here [10:22] first they lay out the American side. [10:24] They say that the US uh retired its [10:28] Avenger class mine sweeping ships and [10:30] its MH53E sea dragon helicopters. And [10:35] these were the old school platforms that [10:37] were used to physically find mines in [10:40] the Gulf. And the America has phased [10:41] them out. They phased them out last [10:43] year. So they talk about this in the [10:44] piece. They name all these different [10:45] pieces of equipment and they say this is [10:47] the old mind sweeping equipment. The [10:48] Americans got rid of it. and in their [10:50] place. The Navy's been leaning on these [10:51] newer technologies, the A and AQS20C, [10:56] a toad sonar system that uh and and [11:00] something called Knife Fish, which is a [11:02] semi-autonomous underwater drone to hunt [11:05] mines and you know, so it goes through [11:07] like you know, the Americans changed [11:09] their technology and on top of that they [11:12] also put up there's a Navy contract of a [11:15] hundred million dollars that was given [11:17] to an AI company uh meant to speed up [11:21] how fast the Navy's mind detection [11:24] algorithms can be retrained to find new [11:26] minds [11:28] and then they start talking about the [11:29] actual different types of mines uh and [11:32] that there were some pictures in there [11:34] and then comes the punch line. Okay, so [11:37] it's a lot of mumbo jumbo. It's a lot of [11:38] like technical stuff about different [11:40] technologies that America has used to [11:42] find mines and they've and they've [11:44] discontinued them and now they're and [11:45] now they're in a rush to speed up the [11:47] ability of the new technology to work. [11:50] And then and and the punchline of it is [11:51] that despite all of this American [11:53] investment, the new sonar, the drone, [11:55] the the AI company that's working on it, [11:58] the US still [12:00] sent rockets, I'm sorry, they still [12:03] carried out air strikes to hit rocket [12:05] launchers on Larac Island rather than [12:07] just clearing the mines after the fact. [12:11] So the logic of this piece, here's the [12:14] logic, is that the fact that the [12:16] Americans carried out air strikes to hit [12:18] the rocket launchers that were sending [12:20] the mines means that they don't have [12:23] dependable mind sweeping equipment. And [12:26] that's why they carried out these [12:27] strikes and they risked this escalation [12:29] because if not, they could have just [12:30] waited for the mines to be in the water [12:32] and they could have gotten rid of them [12:33] with their with their mind sweeping [12:35] equipment. So they must have bad mind [12:36] sweeping equipment. It's a very strange [12:39] logic and because look, the facts that [12:42] they're saying are real, meaning the [12:44] equipment that they mentioned that the [12:45] Americans had and discontinued and the [12:47] and the and the AI contract, it's all [12:49] real. But nowhere in the article do they [12:55] imp do they show that the new [12:57] technologies America's employing have [12:58] failed at all. [13:01] They just say here's what America has [13:02] started doing. Here's what they used to [13:04] use. And because they have carried out [13:07] air strikes, you can see that that it [13:09] must be that their technology doesn't [13:11] work. [13:13] Preemptively preemptively striking a [13:16] rocket launcher before it can drop a [13:18] mine isn't proof that your mind [13:21] detecting technology is broken. It's [13:24] just you want to deal with the mine [13:26] before it gets placed in the water. [13:29] Okay? It doesn't. So, it's a very [13:31] strange article. So, why did I read it [13:33] to you? Well, I read it to you or I told [13:36] you about it because it was the front [13:38] page of WAN today and it was such a [13:40] strange piece and the argument he was [13:42] making was so convoluted that I thought [13:44] to myself, what are they doing here? [13:48] They are. So, we have to take a step [13:51] back and ask why they even did this? Why [13:54] why were they getting set to launch [13:56] these rockets? They know that if they [13:57] start launching rockets, the Americans [14:00] are watching their every move. They were [14:02] inviting American American kinetic [14:04] activity. There hasn't been any kinetic [14:05] fighting, any bombing for a month. Why' [14:08] they do this now? [14:11] So, the reason I say they're panicking [14:13] is that [14:15] it's not close enough to the midterms to [14:18] make this the ideal time for them to [14:20] escalate. The Iranians don't want to [14:23] invite kinetic activity, but they but [14:26] they but kinetic activity is good for [14:29] them. Meaning they liked it in July. It [14:33] was causing this spike in oil prices. It [14:35] was making Trump uncomfortable. It was [14:37] dragging things out. [14:39] But now [14:42] where Trump has called off all the [14:44] negotiations, [14:47] they don't have the same incentive to [14:48] escalate kinetically. when Trump was [14:50] trying to get them to the negotiating [14:52] table, they knew that they could manage [14:54] the escalation. They could they could [14:56] shoot at a few ships. They could flex [14:58] their muscles. And they knew that Trump [14:59] wasn't going to do too much. [15:02] But now that that Trump has called off [15:04] all the negotiations, and Scott Bessent [15:07] has announced that they're trying to [15:08] completely destroy the regime and [15:10] collapse it, they're not even interested [15:11] in bringing them back to the negotiating [15:12] table anymore. They don't have the same [15:14] incentive to escalate. [15:16] Meaning they do at some point, but it's [15:19] not yet. [15:20] Their incentive to escalate would be [15:22] closer to the midterms to mess up Trump. [15:25] This is my thinking. Maybe I'm off, but [15:27] it just seems to me that this was a this [15:28] was a reckless it seems like a reckless [15:30] act, but it also shows that the straight [15:33] of Hormuz was actually opened. It's an [15:35] admission by them that even though for [15:38] the last couple weeks since Trump [15:39] announced that the straight of Hormuz is [15:41] is is open and we know that more and [15:43] more tankers are going through and the [15:44] Iranians said no it's not it's closed we [15:46] control it. This was an admission that [15:50] it's actually open because why would [15:52] they be going out on a limb to use use [15:56] rockets carrying mines to put more mines [15:58] in the water? It's not how you usually [16:01] put mines in the water but they were [16:03] they wanted to put mines in the water. [16:04] this way [16:06] and and risk what really happened [16:09] because again the Americans are watching [16:10] then they know they know that the [16:12] Americans can see their every move and [16:14] they invited these kinetic attacks on [16:16] themselves and then they're so then [16:19] they're they're like well actually this [16:21] shows American weakness because you know [16:26] you know na no nana you didn't use your [16:28] mind sweeping equipment you you struck [16:30] us in advance that must mean your mind [16:32] your mind sweeping equipment doesn't [16:33] really work this convoluted argument. [16:36] That's why I think that they're [16:37] panicking, okay? Because it makes no [16:39] sense. [16:41] And then here we have this headline. [16:43] IRGC Navy says super tanker hit by mines [16:46] in Straight of Hormuz. Now, I don't [16:48] believe there's any record of this. Uh [16:51] whenever there's a record of So, here's [16:53] another uh one. Sometimes what's not [16:55] said in an article is as important as [16:58] what is said in an article, but you just [17:00] have to read more carefully to find it. [17:02] So, here's an article about them [17:03] striking a tanker. They post articles [17:06] about them striking tankers all the [17:09] time. Every time they hit a ship, every [17:11] time they stop a ship, every time a [17:13] ship, you know, can't go through the [17:15] straight of Hormuz, they put up an [17:17] article about it because they they're [17:20] because it's a big part of their [17:21] messaging. The Straight of Hormuz is [17:23] closed, [17:24] right? [17:26] But every time they do that, I read [17:28] these every day. Every time they do [17:30] that, it says in the article, it'll say [17:33] something like the UK MTO, like which is [17:35] the United Kingdom Maritime uh whatever [17:37] it is, that organization that monitors [17:39] maritime traffic. They'll quote their [17:41] website saying that a ship got hit or [17:43] they'll quote Western media saying that [17:45] a ship got hit or they'll quote some [17:48] government saying that one of their [17:49] ships got hit. And in this piece, [17:51] nothing. This piece just it doesn't say [17:54] what country it was from. It doesn't [17:56] give the name of the ship. The it [17:57] doesn't say what right these are things [17:59] that it always says in these articles [18:01] and this article doesn't have any of it. [18:02] It just says a non-compliant super [18:04] tanger caught fire and was brought to a [18:07] halt in the straight of Hormuz the IRGC [18:09] Navy announced in a statement. And then [18:12] it says, "According to the statement, [18:14] the incident occurred after the vessel [18:15] attempted to navigate through an [18:17] unauthorized route." [18:20] And it just and then it puts out a [18:23] statement to the people about how Hormuz [18:24] is closed. It says nothing about the [18:27] name of the shipping company. It says or [18:29] the name of the ship or the or the [18:30] country or or or or citing any other [18:34] source. And that is not what they [18:37] usually do. And that tells me that this [18:39] incident never happened and that this [18:41] article is designed is another way for [18:44] them to try to say that they still have [18:46] they're still controlling the straits of [18:47] Hormuz that there's still a danger of [18:49] mines in the straight of Hormuz. But I [18:51] don't believe it. I think it's false. [18:53] Anyway, before we go on, uh let me just [18:56] uh remind you that the high holidays are [18:58] upon us uh very shortly. Rashana is [19:01] coming and this is the holiday season. [19:03] It's an expensive season for people. A [19:06] lot of family meals. And there are a lot [19:08] of families in Israel. 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Um, now, how did Trump [19:54] respond to all this? Trump teases [19:55] retaliation on Car Island after Iran [19:58] strikes US bases in Jordan because Iran [20:00] retaliated by by firing at uh at at US [20:04] air bases in Jordan. We saw that in the [20:06] first article. So now Trump says he's [20:07] going to retaliate by hitting Car Island [20:09] and Car Island is the island. Um it's uh [20:14] it's in a different part of the [20:15] straight. It's further up here, right? [20:16] Hold on a second. Where's Car Island? [20:19] It's like down here. [20:21] Uh I lost Car Island. Anyway, Car Island [20:24] is the place where they where they load [20:25] all the oil. That's the big cheese. [20:27] That's the big prize. And Trump says [20:29] he's now going to hit Car Island, which [20:31] is their main uh oil whatever. Sorry, I [20:33] can't find it right now. Uh Donald Trump [20:35] has ramped up his Iran rhetoric calling [20:37] the regime a failed nation while posting [20:39] AI generated imagery suggesting Car [20:42] Island might be targeted. So, [laughter] [20:46] so Trump posts this AI image of Car [20:49] Island up in flames as a warning. So, [20:51] what does Iran do? Look at this. [20:53] not stopped for a moment. Iran says Car [20:56] Island operations continue. The CEO of [20:58] the National Iranian Oil Company has [21:00] rejected Donald Trump's claim that Carg [21:02] Island has been destroyed, stressing [21:04] that conditions on the island remain [21:05] calm and that operations are continuing. [21:07] Okay, it's just this is just a [21:09] ridiculous story. Trump never claimed he [21:10] already destroyed it. He just said that [21:12] he warned that they're going to. Um, [21:16] and in terms of the the uh the attack on [21:19] the base in the UAE, check this out. The [21:21] UAE intercepts Iranian drone denies [21:24] attack on Alman Hadad Air Base. Iran's [21:26] army said it attacked United Arab [21:29] Emirates Almanad Air Base with drones [21:30] early on Monday. Iranian state media uh [21:34] state TV reported citing a statement [21:36] from the army. Sorry, they just said it [21:38] was drones. They didn't say it was it [21:39] was missiles, but that also shows you [21:40] something. They don't even have missiles [21:41] to use. They you know they have missiles [21:45] to use on Jordan. They don't have that [21:47] many missiles. I think they're running [21:49] out of missiles. [21:51] because it's also like a little [21:52] sporadic. It's just like a couple [21:54] missiles at Jordan. What we were used to [21:56] seeing if we go back a few months is a [21:58] is that if America hits them and they [22:00] want to retaliate, they're going to send [22:01] a whole bunch of missiles at Kuwait and [22:03] and uh and and Bahrain and they're going [22:06] to hit all over the place, but now it's [22:08] much more surgical. I think they're [22:10] running low. The UA's defense ministry [22:13] stated that it had handled an Iranian [22:14] drone over the UAE's territorial waters [22:16] in a post on X. However, it denied [22:19] reports that the base was targeted by [22:21] missiles because there were reports out [22:23] of Iran that it was targeted by [22:24] missiles, but it's not true. In any [22:26] event, uh that is the update because you [22:31] know, so what did I say at the [22:32] beginning? I think that they are [22:35] panicking. I think that they are running [22:38] out of missiles. [22:40] I think that uh the straight of Hormuz [22:43] is open and they're trying to figure out [22:44] a way to get it closed. So there that's [22:47] so they tried this whole thing with [22:48] these u with these mines try to launch [22:52] them into the straight and it didn't [22:54] work. I really think we've seen a real [22:56] change here. Um meanwhile the economic [22:59] uh strangulation is moving a pace. [23:01] That's not what this video is about. So [23:02] I'm not going to go there and get into [23:03] that. We'll be back on that issue [23:05] tomorrow. talk about more of what's [23:07] happening because there's um uh Scott [23:09] Bessant has uh has some more statements [23:11] that are that that came out today and [23:13] there's going to be more tomorrow and [23:14] he's he's been he's now conducting [23:16] meetings with all of the key countries [23:18] involved but I think it's having an [23:21] effect folks there's no way to predict [23:24] there's no way to predict the collapse [23:25] of a regime we've talked about that [23:26] before it always it always takes us by [23:28] surprise no matter what in every case of [23:30] regime collapse whether it was the [23:32] Soviet Union or Assad's regime in Syria [23:34] whatever it is it always takes is by [23:36] surprise. We don't know how close it is. [23:38] There's also word coming out that [23:40] there's more and more unrest in the [23:41] streets uh beginning in Iran. We'll see [23:44] where that leads. But uh I think the [23:47] overall picture of this incident that [23:49] happened uh that happened with the [23:50] United States hitting Lak, what the [23:52] Iranian response was, not only their [23:55] kinetic response, which was very [23:57] minimal, but also their response in [23:59] their media, the fake story about a ship [24:03] uh hitting a mine. today, the day after [24:06] this incident, they say or the morning [24:08] after they say, "Oh, a ship went up in [24:09] flames because it hit a mine." And [24:11] there's no details on the ship at all, [24:13] out of character. And the way they [24:15] responded to America's action, trying to [24:18] figure out some weird logic to spin it [24:20] as American weakness. I think they're [24:22] panicking. That's my takeaway. And uh [24:26] and please uh before you go, I'm just [24:28] going to mention again the Israel 365 [24:30] charity team, feeding needy families in [24:32] Israel this holiday season. click that [24:34] link and uh make sure that part of our [24:37] own festivities on the festival is also [24:40] the making sure that those needy among [24:43] us also can enjoy a festival. God bless.
