Transcript [00:00] Hey everyone, I hope you're enjoying [00:01] this sukkot season. The feast of [00:03] tabernacles is upon us. It's a joyous [00:05] time. Uh Psalm 2 opens with the words, [00:09] "Why are the nations stirring? Why are [00:12] they in a tumult? Why are they so upset [00:15] in vain against God's chosen people [00:20] against Israel?" What we're dealing with [00:23] right now in the news is the nations of [00:25] the world absolutely freaking out. We [00:28] saw it at the UN over the last week or [00:30] so where pretty much every speech was an [00:32] attempt to be more anti-Israel than the [00:36] previous speech. It was just insane. [00:37] Like, do they have anything else that [00:39] they care about? And we just had a news [00:42] item the other day that I want to get to [00:44] that has to do with boycotting products [00:47] from Judea and Samaria. We talked about [00:50] this about a week ago or more when Ed [00:53] Milliban, what was it, two weeks ago, [00:55] the foreign secretary of the UK along, [00:59] you know, he led the way, but a whole [01:00] bunch of countries signed on to this to [01:03] this ban on products from Judea and [01:06] Samaria. And we have a few related news [01:08] items to that story that we want to get [01:10] to in this video. So, let's hit it. [01:12] Let's get to the headlines. UN adds adds [01:16] dozens of companies to Israel blacklist. [01:20] Whoa. What is this? The United Nations [01:23] Human Rights Office added 61 companies [01:26] to a blacklist of businesses with [01:28] activities in Judea and Samaria and [01:30] Eastern Jerusalem in an annual report [01:32] released on Friday, just a couple days [01:34] ago. The database of business [01:36] enterprises now holds details on 214 [01:40] companies based in 11 countries [01:42] including major operations like Motorola [01:45] along with travel apps such as Airbnb, [01:48] Booking.com, and Trip Advisor. I'll [01:50] explain all this in a moment. Five [01:53] entities were removed since last year's [01:55] publication. This is a distorted [01:57] mechanism created by a deeply flawed [01:59] body with an automatic majority against [02:01] Israel. It was established solely to [02:03] persecute the Jewish state with no [02:05] equivalent anywhere else in the world. [02:07] The Israeli mission to the UN in Geneva [02:09] said in a statement, "No such blacklist [02:11] is applied by the United Nations to any [02:13] other disputed or occupied territories." [02:15] The database and accompanying report [02:18] serve as a quote reminder to companies [02:22] that they have human rights [02:23] responsibilities. UN human rights chief [02:25] Vulkar Turk said in a statement on [02:28] Friday adding that businesses quote are [02:31] expected to conduct due diligence to [02:33] ensure that they do not become involved [02:35] in human rights violations or abuses you [02:38] know because like buying products made [02:40] in Judea and Samaria that could amount [02:42] to uh human rights abuses. The companies [02:44] in the database are based in Canada, [02:46] China, France, Germany, Israel, [02:47] Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, [02:49] Spain, the United Kingdom and the United [02:51] States. And then another statement from [02:53] the Israeli mission. Deterring business [02:55] enterprises and other entities from [02:57] operating in conflictaffected [02:59] territories may in itself promote [03:01] adverse human rights impacts. The [03:03] mission added the stark reality is that [03:04] the database damages the livelihoods of [03:07] the population whose rights it [03:09] ostensibly deems to promote. Now let me [03:11] explain what on earth is going on here. [03:15] Uh so [03:17] so let's explain what this list is. the [03:20] the United Nations Human Rights Council, [03:22] which is an absolute cesspool. I mean, [03:23] you have brutal dictatorships who serve [03:25] on it all the time. Uh the so the the [03:29] human rights offic's database of [03:31] business enterprises [03:33] of companies of business enterprises [03:36] that are involved in activities in [03:38] Israeli settlements in Judea and [03:40] Samaria, known to them as the West Bank [03:42] and East Jerusalem. Okay, that's what it [03:44] is. The Human Rights Council mandated [03:47] this list in 2016, 10 years ago, and it [03:50] was first published in 2020. [03:53] This latest update was released on the [03:55] 26th, 2 days ago, and it added 61 [03:59] companies and removed five. [04:02] Okay. Now, what is it? Why are these [04:06] companies listed? What is this all [04:07] about? So, the list covers 10 categories [04:10] of activity. These range from supplying [04:13] construction materials or construction [04:16] work, demolition, surveillance [04:18] equipment, banking, use of natural [04:22] resources, and providing services that [04:26] support settlements. So, Airbnb, [04:29] Booking.com, TripAdvisor, companies like [04:32] that are on the list because of that [04:35] last thing that I said, support um [04:37] providing services. They're not accused [04:39] of construction, demolitions, or [04:41] surveillance, right? They're listed [04:42] under the category for providing [04:44] services that support the maintenance [04:46] and existence of settlements. [04:49] So, um if someone lists uh a home on [04:54] Airbnb at which and that home is located [04:57] in the eastern part of Jerusalem or it's [05:00] located in Judea or Samaria, [05:03] okay? or hotels or attractions there [05:06] that are listed on TripAdvisor [05:09] or Booking.com that ostensibly supports [05:12] settlement economy and helps sustain the [05:14] settlements which the UN considers [05:17] illegal under under international law. [05:20] Airbnb [05:22] back in 2018 when they first got listed [05:25] there they were like oh no. So then they [05:27] tried to remove all the listings in [05:29] Judea and Samaria in Jewish areas of [05:32] Judea and Samaria from their site [05:35] like just to delist all of them. It was [05:37] a big uh it was a big headline here in [05:39] Israel. It caused a lot of problems for [05:41] people and it faced lawsuits. Airbnb [05:44] faced lawsuits and backlash from US [05:46] states that that were opposed to this [05:49] measure. So, they reversed course in [05:52] 2019 and they added all of the Airbnb [05:56] uh uh listings from Judea and Samaria in [06:00] 2019. Now, what Airbnb says is that [06:04] they're they're keeping them on the [06:05] list, but all of the profits from the [06:08] listings from the West Bank go to [06:10] humanitarian nonprofits. [06:13] Thank you. Okay, now let's understand [06:16] what this list does. Like, how serious [06:17] is this? [06:19] What does this list do? What does it not [06:21] do? Now, like most things with the UN, [06:23] it actually has no power, but it [06:25] purports to have power. So, it carries [06:27] no legal force whatsoever. The UN [06:29] imposes no sanctions, fines, or bans. It [06:32] doesn't have the ability to do that. It [06:34] isn't a court ruling that a, you know, [06:36] that a company broke the law or [06:38] anything. The UN describes it and as [06:40] this guy Vulkar Turk, we'll get to him [06:42] more in a moment. The who is the current [06:46] he's the current chief of the U he's [06:50] called human rights chief Vulkar Turk. [06:52] The guy was the head of the of the human [06:54] rights council. The he's the bureaucrat [06:57] who runs the human rights council. Uh so [06:59] he uh [07:03] so he describes it as a reminder to [07:07] companies of their human rights [07:09] responsibilities and their duty to do [07:11] due diligence. [07:13] So companies can be removed from the [07:15] list if they show that they've stopped [07:17] the activity this terrible activity of [07:19] supporting Jewish communities in Judea [07:21] and Samaria. Now what are the real world [07:23] consequences to being on the list? So [07:26] there are some even though the UN has no [07:29] power uh first of all investors um there [07:33] are pension funds especially in [07:35] Scandinavia and the Netherlands that [07:37] have used this database when deciding to [07:40] uh to devest or exclude companies. Uh [07:43] this is the most concrete impact. [07:45] There's also government trade measures. [07:47] The Dutch ban on settlement goods which [07:49] we're going to get to more in this video [07:51] very soon. It's made the headlines. uh [07:54] that ban, the Dutch ban on settlement [07:56] goods and similar measures announced by [07:58] 12 other countries. That's what I I I [08:00] mentioned that Ed Milliban from the [08:02] foreign secretary of the UK and these [08:04] other countries announced that they're [08:05] banning uh settlement goods. So they [08:09] don't rely on that list, but it could [08:11] serve as a reference point for [08:13] compliance checks. Uh so it could have [08:17] some impact there. [08:19] And uh there's also the reputation [08:21] issue. like activist and boycott [08:24] campaigns use the list to choose [08:26] targets, [08:28] right? They want to pressure companies [08:30] and companies don't want that. They [08:32] don't want the PR. They don't want [08:33] activists and and and uh you know woke [08:36] activists protesting them. So they use [08:40] so the list gets used by activists and [08:43] media people to target companies right [08:46] to you know to pressure universities to [08:49] pressure uh [08:51] you know consumers or companies right to [08:54] pressure you know banks also and that [08:56] gets into banks. So some some banks [08:59] could see this as a compliance risk that [09:02] they don't want to get involved with. So [09:03] it has some it has implications. [09:07] Now, there's the other side here because [09:09] many US states have anti-boycott laws [09:13] that you can't single out Israel for [09:15] boycotting. Um, and they and these laws [09:18] in many states can penalize companies [09:20] that boycott Israel. And you might [09:22] think, well, why is that a crime? Well, [09:24] because you're not boycotting North [09:25] Korea and you're not boycotting or [09:27] whatever. You're not boycotting a whole [09:29] bunch of other countries that behave [09:30] badly. Why are you boycotting Israel? [09:32] So, a company that uh that leaves the [09:36] settlements to get off of the list can [09:39] end up facing legal and financial [09:41] exposure in certain US states. [09:44] What happened with Airbnb is a prime [09:46] example, right? It got push back. Airbnb [09:49] got push back from US states that were [09:50] anti-boycott. [09:53] Now, of course, Israel's position, as I [09:55] said in the in in the piece, you know, [09:57] as was quoted there, is that this is [09:59] just a politicized tool. Uh there's no [10:02] equivalent for any other occupied or [10:04] disputed territories like northern [10:06] Cypress which is illegally occupied by [10:08] Turkey for the last 50 plus years. [10:10] There's no such [10:13] there's no such list [10:15] where you know calling on countries to [10:18] divest from or calling on companies to [10:20] divest from northern Cyprus even though [10:22] it's illegally occupied or the dispute [10:24] in the western Sahara [10:27] that Morocco is involved with its [10:29] neighbors or Crimea which is disputed [10:31] territory. We know we see no such list [10:34] for any of those other count of those [10:36] other disputed territories. [10:39] Now, it's also true that as it said at [10:42] the end of the article that this hurts [10:44] the livelihood of the Palestinians it [10:46] claims to protect, which is [10:48] unequivocally true. There are Israeli [10:50] companies that because of these [10:52] political pressure points and because of [10:55] countries that wouldn't import their [10:56] goods have moved their factories out of [11:00] Judea and Samaria into what we call, I [11:03] guess we'll call Israel proper. [11:06] And the result was simply that a whole [11:08] bunch of Palestinians lost their jobs [11:10] because they're in Judea and Samaria. [11:14] And so there are thousands and thousands [11:16] of Palestinians who work for for Israeli [11:18] companies in Judea and Samaria. They get [11:21] paid a much better wage than anything [11:22] they could get paid in the Palestinian [11:24] economy. So this just puts them out of [11:26] work. Harming those companies harms [11:28] them. it doesn't really harm the Israeli [11:30] companies because the Israeli companies [11:32] can simply move their company into [11:33] mainland Israel and continue to function [11:35] just fine. Um there you go. So that's [11:39] what this all means. [11:42] Now let's go through some other related [11:44] headlines. So who's So this guy I first [11:46] I want to focus on this guy Vulkar Turk [11:49] the head of the the United Nations Human [11:51] Rights Council. So a few more headlines [11:52] about him. This one's from a few weeks [11:54] back early September. UN rights chief [11:57] urges halt toarms transfers to Israel [11:59] businesses supporting illegal [12:01] settlements. UN human rights chief [12:02] Vulkar Turk on Monday, that's Monday, [12:04] September, early September, urged states [12:07] to end transfers of arms to Israel that [12:09] risk being used to violate international [12:11] law called on companies to stop business [12:13] practices. Speaking at the opening of [12:15] the 60 of the 63rd session of the UN [12:18] Human Rights Council in Geneva, he said [12:20] that Israel's annexation of the occupied [12:22] West Bank was unfolding unobstructed [12:24] despite a clear ruling by the [12:26] International Court of Justice. Oh boy. [12:28] The International Court of Justice that [12:29] has no jurisdiction over Israel at all [12:32] because Israel never signed the Rome [12:34] Statute just like the United States [12:35] didn't. Speaking at the opening, right? [12:38] So that's uh so it's despite a ruling by [12:41] a court that has no jurisdiction over [12:43] Israel, Israel's still moving forward. [12:45] What more will it take for states to [12:47] take action to prevent the entrenchment [12:49] of occupation across land earmarked for [12:52] Palestinians under the two-state [12:53] solution? Really, who earmarked it? [12:55] Earmarked. [12:57] Why is it who earmarked that land for [12:59] them? I mean there was a partition plan [13:02] in 1947 that they rejected and then [13:05] there was a war of annihilation against [13:07] Israel and then Jordan took Judea and [13:09] Samaria and then there was another war [13:11] of annihilation against Israel and [13:12] Israel took it back you know took it [13:15] from Jordan but like what do you mean he [13:16] was earmarked by who? [13:20] They need to end the transfer to Israel [13:22] of arms that risk being used to violate [13:24] international law. Companies also need [13:26] to end business practices that support [13:28] illegal settlements. [13:30] Words of condemnation ring hollow in the [13:33] face of deliberate violations and [13:34] suffering. Blah blah blah. That's Vulker [13:36] Turk. By the way, um the under Vulkar [13:40] Turk back in 2024. This is from 2024. [13:43] This is a United Nations um u news item [13:47] from their website. Human Rights Council [13:50] resolution urges arms embargo on Israel. [13:52] That's right. The United Nation Human [13:54] Rights Council passed a resolution in [13:57] April 2024 calling on an arms embar [14:00] calling for an arms embargo against [14:02] Israel. And guess and and Vulkar Turk [14:04] presided over this meeting. He's been [14:06] the head of the human rights council [14:07] since 2022. [14:10] And guess how many countries in history [14:13] the United Nations Human Rights Council [14:15] have called for an arms embargo with [14:18] have passed a resolution calling for an [14:20] arms embargo against them? The answer, [14:23] this is the only one. This is it. Think [14:26] of all the bad actors in the world, all [14:28] the human rights violators. Not one has [14:31] the human rights council called for an [14:32] arms embargo against them. Only Israel. [14:36] Only Israel. And another just to finish [14:39] up our our tour through Vulkar Turk. [14:42] Vulkar Turk. This is uh from uh what [14:46] about about two weeks ago, the 15th of [14:48] September. This is also Vulker Turk. UN [14:51] rights chief says uncovered remains in [14:53] Gaza raised concerns of war crimes. The [14:56] recovery of hundreds of bodies from the [14:57] rubble of buildings destroyed by Israeli [14:59] strikes in Gaza during the war that [15:01] began nearly three years ago has raised [15:03] fresh concerns about possible war [15:05] crimes. The UN human rights chief said [15:07] on Tuesday. Vulkar Turk said the remains [15:10] of what hap what appeared to be entire [15:11] families were being unearthed from sites [15:14] destroyed during Israeli attacks, adding [15:16] that many victims were women and [15:17] children. He said the discoveries [15:19] received, I'm I'm sorry, revived [15:21] concerns raised in a 2024 UN report that [15:24] found Israeli strikes on residential [15:25] buildings and other civilian sites [15:27] during the early weeks of the war may [15:29] have violated international humanitarian [15:31] law. They always say may may possible [15:34] war crimes may have violated because it [15:35] always turns out that it doesn't and [15:37] they don't want to be sued. quote, [15:39] "Kamas embedded itself among civilians, [15:42] operated from civilian areas, and built [15:45] its terror infrastructure beneath them. [15:48] Yet somehow, in Mr. Turk's narrative, [15:50] Kamas disappears and Israel alone stands [15:52] accused." That was the words of Danny [15:54] Danon, Israel's ambassador to the UN. [15:57] Now, um Danny Danon is absolutely right, [15:59] and it could be that war crimes were [16:01] committed, war crimes by Hamas. You see, [16:03] um, according to the, uh, the Geneva [16:07] Conventions, this is quite literally [16:09] stated clearly in the Geneva Conventions [16:11] that if there is a legitimate military [16:13] target and what determines if something [16:15] is legitimate military target is if it [16:17] is used for military purposes. So, if [16:18] you have, let's say, a school or a [16:21] hospital or a residential building [16:23] that's storing weapons or being used to [16:26] launch weapons, which pretty much every [16:28] residential building in Gaza was used to [16:30] store weapons. All you have to do is [16:33] talk to soldiers who were there and [16:34] they'll tell you it's unbelievable. [16:35] Every single building they went into, [16:36] there were weapons stores. There were uh [16:39] openings to the tunnel shafts, [16:42] all residential. Okay? So if that makes [16:46] it a legitimate military target [16:48] according to international law and [16:50] according to international law if if [16:54] civilians are put into are placed in a [16:58] legitimate military target intentionally [17:02] and that military target then gets hit [17:05] and those civilians get killed. The [17:08] responsibility for those deaths falls on [17:10] those who placed them [17:13] in the military target. Or [17:17] alternatively, who made that residential [17:20] area, that civilian area where they are [17:22] into a military target. Meaning that if [17:24] a kamas guy goes on top of a of an [17:26] apartment building and fires rockets at [17:28] Israel from on top of that apartment [17:29] building and there's people in the [17:30] building and then in retaliation that [17:32] building gets hit and people get killed, [17:34] the responsibility, the war crime is on [17:37] the guy who was firing the rockets from [17:38] the top of the building. So yes, there [17:41] were war crimes in Gaza and that's why [17:43] these civilians were killed. War crimes [17:44] by Hamas. But this is but this is uh but [17:47] that's not what he meant of course. So [17:48] this is uh vulkar Turk. Okay. So, he's [17:51] he's mouththing off again, basically. [17:54] Before we go on, make sure that you uh [17:56] you know about this if if it's for you. 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If it's for you, if you [18:47] think it's for you, check out the link [18:49] in the description of this video and uh [18:51] and we'll see you then. March 7th [18:53] through 14th. Okay. Now, [18:56] um what happened in the UN is not the [18:58] only story related to uh boycotting [19:01] Judea and Samaria. There was this item [19:02] here. Uh let's pull it up. Here we go. [19:05] Israeli passengers stopped, searched at [19:08] Dutch airport as West Bank import [19:11] crackdown begins. [19:13] The Netherlands has begun enforcing its [19:15] strict crackdown on import of goods from [19:17] Israeli settlements with passengers [19:19] reporting thorough bag checks at Shifel [19:22] airport. As of September 22nd, 2026, [19:25] last week, the Netherlands officially [19:28] end enacted the sanction decision on [19:31] settlements in the West Bank, the Golden [19:32] Heights, and East Jerusalem. The ban [19:34] extends to all imported goods, including [19:36] travelers, personal luggage, and [19:37] souvenirs. Someone buys a souvenir. [19:39] Someone goes out to to Judea and Samaria [19:42] or to East Jerusalem, buys a souvenir, [19:45] maybe a little carved uh, you know, [19:47] olivewood thing. [19:50] Those found to have adjusted origin [19:52] labels will also be penalized. The [19:55] prohibition additionally applies to [19:56] goods that are only partially made or [19:58] produced in the settlement. Meaning if [20:00] one of the ingredients is from the area, [20:02] even if the product was predominantly [20:03] made in Tel Aviv, the date of purchase [20:06] of the product has no bearing on the [20:07] penalty, meaning the law is effectively [20:09] backdated to all purchases prior to its [20:12] implementation. Under the new law, [20:14] intentional violation of or [20:15] circumvention of the rules is punishable [20:18] by up to six years imprisonment. six [20:20] years imprisonment for bringing an [20:22] object [20:23] crafted in Judea and Samaria. [20:28] Maybe a bag of potato chips made at the [20:31] at the uh at the Maya food factory in [20:36] Judea. I've been there. [20:38] Virtually all the employees there, [20:40] including the management, are [20:41] Palestinians. [20:43] Oh, but it's a Jewish owned company. So, [20:45] it's a Jewish company making kosher [20:46] food. If you bring that into the [20:48] Netherlands, you could face up to six [20:50] years in prison. [20:53] But if it's unintentional, then it could [20:55] then you might only spend a year in [20:56] prison if you did it by mistake. [21:00] This is insane. [21:03] According to conservative news site [21:05] newsre, [21:07] the day after the ban came into effect, [21:09] travelers arriving at Shul from Tel Aviv [21:11] walked past customs through the nothing [21:12] to declare lane when a customs officer [21:14] asked, "Are you coming from Tel Aviv?" [21:16] Yes, everyone. Yes, everyone from [21:18] Israel, come over here. [21:21] They said all the LL passengers were [21:23] made to put their luggage through a [21:24] screening machine. The new site later [21:26] learned that a unit of the Royal [21:27] Netherlands Marashi has been assigned to [21:30] carry out additional checks on [21:32] passengers arriving on flights from [21:33] Israel at the National Airport to [21:35] determine whether they are carrying [21:37] wine, dates, olives, or other products [21:39] brought from East Jerusalem, the West [21:41] Bank, and the Golan. [21:43] This is absolute insanity. [21:49] So, [21:51] Gdonsar, [21:52] our foreign minister, [21:55] posted the following. Following the [21:57] entry into force last week of an order [21:59] banning the import and sale of products [22:01] from Judea and Samaria, East Jerusalem [22:02] and the Golan Heights, we informed the [22:04] Dutch embassy in Israel this evening [22:07] that Dutch diplomats operating in Ramla, [22:10] that's where the Palestinian Authority [22:11] has its headquarters, must return their [22:14] Israeliissued diplomatic documentation [22:16] within 7 days. After this period, the [22:19] diplomatic privileges and immunities [22:21] granted to them by the state of Israel [22:22] will expire. If the Netherlands wishes [22:25] to continue representing its interests [22:27] with the Palestinians, it may do so from [22:30] Palestinian Authority territory rather [22:32] than from the territory of the state of [22:34] Israel. [22:36] Last month, we removed the Dutch [22:37] delegation from the International [22:39] Support Center for Gaza in Kiryatg [22:41] following actions taken by the Dutch [22:43] government against Israel. I reiterate, [22:45] Israel will not ignore measures intended [22:47] to harm it. [22:50] And a little bit more. Um, so let me [22:52] explain this. This is uh this is [22:56] fascinating. [22:58] So [23:00] the [23:02] the diplomats who interact with the [23:05] Palestinian Authority [23:07] at these various missions, they don't [23:09] call them embassies. [23:12] They you know where they live? They [23:14] don't live in the cities in the [23:15] Palestinian Authority like Ramla or [23:17] Jericho. They live in Israel. They live [23:19] in Tel Aviv or in a nice neighborhood in [23:21] Jerusalem. [23:23] and Israel helps them out by providing [23:26] diplomatic credentials for them to let [23:29] them go about their work dealing with [23:30] the Palestinians. They don't treat them [23:31] as enemies. But if they're going to [23:34] start treating Israel as enemies, this [23:37] is absolutely the right move. What [23:39] you're going to treat you're going to [23:41] treat our our sovereignty as [23:43] illegitimate. Okay, you can no longer [23:45] operate from Israel. No longer no longer [23:47] will you be able to live in Israel and [23:49] just cross back and forth all the time [23:50] and go into the Palestinian Authority. [23:52] You want to operate in the Palestinian [23:53] Authority, you want to be their their [23:54] their fake ambassador, go live in Ramla. [23:59] Go live in Ramala. I love it. It's the [24:02] perfect uh it's the perfect answer. [24:05] Um [24:08] yeah, and then this this was an [24:09] interesting article I read, the [24:10] Washington Institute about the about the [24:12] trade bans and the implications of it. [24:15] Uh but the last thing I want to touch on [24:16] in this video is the is [24:20] a a a you know people think that these [24:22] bands have this tremendous amount of [24:24] impact and they don't realize [24:28] well I think down here there's [24:31] no there's I I was just going to share [24:34] from this article that the amount of [24:36] trade coming out of Judea and Samaria is [24:38] minuscule. [24:40] Uh now it definitely hurts the people [24:41] out there when they do this, but in [24:44] terms of harming Israel's economy in a [24:46] serious way, it has a negligible effect. [24:49] Okay, there's uh I mean there's [24:51] literally Yeah, here it is. Look, the EU [24:54] is Israel's largest trading partner, [24:55] importing 17.6 billion dollars worth of [24:58] goods in 2025. [25:00] The value of West Bank settlement goods [25:01] to Europe is estimated at $290 million a [25:04] year. It accounts for less than 5% of [25:08] Israel's exports. Judea and Samaria [25:10] stuff. [25:12] Okay. 11.1 million dollars of its $ 8.1 [25:15] billion dollars in total trade with the [25:17] UK. Okay. It's under 5% of trade comes [25:21] out of the West Bank. So this doesn't [25:23] harm Israel's economy, but it can. It [25:26] can because of some of the things I [25:27] raised before. If they start going after [25:28] banks, because the the Israeli banks do [25:30] service Judea and Samaria, what does [25:32] that mean? All Israeli banks are going [25:33] to suddenly get banned. There are some [25:34] real dangers here. Uh but last thing I [25:37] wanted to share is is this. Um [25:42] this whole thing started happening a few [25:44] weeks ago because Israel put out a uh a [25:47] tender to you know to to do construction [25:51] in E1 which is an area between Jerusalem [25:54] and Malay Dumim. It's in the hills of [25:56] it's technically in Judea and it just [25:59] links a suburb of Jerusalem to the rest [26:01] of Jerusalem. It's an empty hill. It's [26:03] an empty uh area and the and the whole [26:06] world all the all these countries are [26:08] all freaking out because uh it it like [26:12] breaks up the territorial continuity or [26:15] contiguity of the areas that they hope [26:20] one day will become a Palestinian state. [26:22] Okay. So, they're freaking out about [26:23] this and the Israeli Supreme Court, [26:27] well, not the Israeli Supreme Court, the [26:29] Israeli Attorney General [26:31] uh told the government to halt the [26:33] tender for now, to pause it for now [26:35] because of the elections going on. So [26:38] this bozo, this guy Peter Oorn, who's [26:40] some sort of journalist out in out in [26:42] England who hates Israel, he writes here [26:44] that Haritz reveals Israel to postpone [26:47] E1 bidding deadline would not have [26:49] happened but for Ed Miban's principled, [26:51] astutely managed ban on trade with [26:53] settlements. Embarrassing for those who [26:55] dismissed Miban's decision as [26:57] performative. But this guy, Peter Oorn, [27:00] has no idea why this happened. It has [27:02] nothing to do with Ed Miband. I promise [27:04] you. Everyone who follows politics in [27:06] Israel knows why it happened. It [27:08] happened because of what Eugene Krovich [27:10] says here. Dumb take. Israel's all [27:12] powerful attorney general is suspending [27:14] based on a madeup rule about taking [27:17] actions close to an election which is [27:18] used all the time to block Netanyahu [27:20] policies. In every single election, the [27:23] attorney general of Israel, who has [27:25] ridiculous amount of power, it's not [27:27] like the attorney general in the United [27:28] States. They have the the attorney [27:30] general in Israel has the power to to [27:32] halt a government action to tell the [27:34] government to cease and desist from [27:36] something. It's crazy. I know it sounds [27:37] it sounds crazy. It's a whole bigger [27:39] discussion, but the attorney general in [27:41] Israel um doesn't allow Prime Minister [27:44] Netanyahu to move forward with policy [27:47] programs that might help his election [27:50] campaign. It happens in every campaign. [27:52] It's the most transparent thing in the [27:53] world. It always happens. So because [27:55] this E1 construction could help Prime [27:57] Minister Netanyahu potentially in the [27:59] election campaign. So the attorney [28:01] general said no. It has nothing to do [28:02] with Ed Milliban. Anyway, just wanted to [28:05] throw that in there at the end. This is [28:07] what I wanted to share with you in this [28:08] video. I hope you found it interesting. [28:10] Please like, share, subscribe, and all [28:12] that stuff. And I'll continue with more [28:14] updates as we have them. God bless.
