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Iran's Ayatollah Threatens To Sink U.S. Carrier; IDF Preps War Scenario | Boots on the Ground

February 19, 2026 | 25:55

TBN Israel's Yair Pinto and Mati Shoshani reports on U.S.-Iran tensions and the Israel-Hamas and regional war. Iran has escalated its threats directly warning U.S. aircraft carriers while staging missile drills in the Strait of Hormuz and simulating the takeover of an oil tanker. At the same time, nuclear talks in Geneva show “progress” on paper, but Tehran refuses to discuss ballistic missiles or its terror proxies. As American forces surge into the region, Israel increases strikes on Hezbollah and prepares for wider escalation. Is this diplomacy backed by strength or a countdown to confrontation?

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Boots on the Ground | Iran's Ayatollah Threatens To Sink U.S. Carrier; IDF Preps War Scenario | Boots on the Ground | February 19, 2026

Iran's supreme leader has raised the bar,
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Directly threatening to sink an american aircraft carrier
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For the first time.
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While the world talks about a round of talks in tehran,
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They are speaking a completely different language,
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Including a military drill,
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Missile fire and the temporary closing of the strait of hormuz,
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The world's oil corridor.
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Their message is clear,
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They want everyone to know
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They are ready at any moment for war.
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Welcome to boots on the ground.
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I'm your host, yair pinto,
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Bringing you the whole truth about what's happening in israel
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And in the middle east.
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Hours before another round of talks in geneva,
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President trump was asked about the chances of a deal
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And chose to issue a warning,
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Saying that the talks are very important
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And he does not think iran is interested
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In bearing the consequences of not reaching a deal.
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And at the same time,
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The united states continues to amass more forces in the region
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And the aircraft carrier ford
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Is also on its way to the middle east.
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A united states official said
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The iranians will return with answers within two weeks.
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The big question is,
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Is this real progress
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Or just more iranian stalling until the world gets tired?
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Its nuclear at its juncture,
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But ayatollah khamenei, the leader of iran,
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Just raised the stakes.
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According to quotes published in iran,
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He didn't just take a jab at trump,
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He marked the aircraft carriers
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And said that in certain cases
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The strongest army in the world can take a blow
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It will not recover from,
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And warned of a weapon
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That can sink an aircraft carrier deep in the sea.
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This is not a speech for the media.
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This is a message meant to intimidate.
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And it is a reminder
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When the regime feels pressured,
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It tries to change the rules of the game.
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And meanwhile, the fars news agency reported
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That parts of the strait of hormuz
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Would be closed for several hours on tuesday evening
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Because of a drill.
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And during this drill,
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The irgc naval forces simulated
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Taking control of an oil tanker.
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Even if it closed for temporary reasons,
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Just the fact that it happened
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Shook the oil markets all over the world
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And made clear how far iran is willing to go
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To threaten the global economy
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In order to secure better terms at the negotiating table.
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And meanwhile, in tehran,
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They are preparing and repeating the red line.
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They will not talk about ballistic missiles
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And not about assistance to the proxies.
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They want to keep doing both of these things.
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And to this
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We have tbn israel's senior middle east analyst
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Mati shoshani,
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That will share everything about what's happening,
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What is behind the talks,
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Why is iran stalling for time
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And what do they really think in jerusalem
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Where they assess
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That the americans are far less optimistic
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Than their public statements
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And where will that take all of us.
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But while all the eyes are on iran,
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The idf is already hard at work in lebanon.
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The pace of action is increasing
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And the focus
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Is on striking rocket launchers and weapons depots
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To break hezbollah down into components
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Before a day of reckoning.
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In lebanon,
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They are already pressuring washington to restrain israel.
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But in israel, they understand
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Hezbollah is part of the iranian plan
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To try and save this regime.
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In gaza,
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Hamas is exploiting time
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And ahead of ramadan, the muslim holy month,
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It is planning a deployment of police in the markets
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To control goods
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And at the same time it continues to rearm.
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So, as you can see, we have a lot to talk about today.
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So let's dive into the details.
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I'm yair pinto,
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With me today is mati shoshani
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And this is your boots on the ground report,
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Bringing you the whole truth about what's happening in israel
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On day 864 of the war against hamas, hezbollah,
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The houthis in yemen, the shia militias in iraq,
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And all the other terrorist organizations
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In judea and samaria
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Acting under the control
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Of the islamic revolutionary guards corps in iran,
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Which is the head of the crumbling axis of evil
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In the middle east.
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And a moment before we begin,
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I want to invite you to visit
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Our youtube channel, tbn israel,
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That's called boots on the ground.
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Because every day we are reporting
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So that you will know how to pray
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For the peace of jerusalem.
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And now we'll go to a short commercial break,
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After which we will return to you
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With tbn israel's senior middle east analyst mati shoshani.
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So stay tuned.
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So stay tuned.
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And now
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Let's move to tbn israel's senior middle east analyst,
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Mati shoshani,
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Who will give us all the details
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About what is happening behind the scenes
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Of the talks in geneva.
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Yair asked me today
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What really happened in the second round of talks
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Between the united states and iran in geneva.
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What's behind iran's tactic of smiling at the table
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While keeping its fist raised?
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The clearest thing from this round
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Is the gap between messages.
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On the one hand, iran goes out with language like progress,
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Positive direction in principled understandings.
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On the other hand, early in the morning,
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The supreme leader delivers a direct threat
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Towards the american military.
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And at the same time,
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Iran runs a military exercise in the strait of hormuz,
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Including reports of missile launches
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And a temporary closure of parts of the strait for a few hours.
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That combination sends one very clear message -
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We're talking,
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But we're not coming in weak.
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The second round opened in geneva
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With a very real scenario in the background.
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If there is no progress,
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The military option is on the table.
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On the american side,
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The envoys were steve witkoff and jared kushner.
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On the iranian side,
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Foreign minister abbas araghchi.
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Oman served as the mediator.
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Now, in practice,
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These were indirect talks
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With messages passed through the mediator.
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Everyone walked into this round with the same question,
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Not only whether the deal is possible,
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But whether anyone is actually prepared
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To move off the red lines.
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While the delegations entered the diplomatic track,
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Tehran launched a parallel track of threats.
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All khamenei spoke directly
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About american forces being sent into the region,
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Saying iran has the capacity and the capability
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To sink american ships,
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And warning that the us military could take a blow
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As severe, it would not recover.
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That's not diplomatic language.
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That's deterrence
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Delivered at the exact moment
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Washington is speaking about a possible agreement
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While also warning of the consequences of failure.
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At the same time,
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Iran activated the maritime arena.
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The revolutionary guards
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Opened a drill in the straits of hormuz.
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Tehran presented it as a preparation for security
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And for military threats.
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So when yair asks why iran is playing for time,
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This is the picture.
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Tehran comes to talks to buy time and reduce pressure
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Without looking like it's folding.
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That's why it pairs diplomacy with power signals.
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Now, washington keeps the door open,
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But builds a growing military envelope around the table.
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And in jerusalem
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They look at the deep gaps and the firm red lines
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And assess
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That the public optimism doesn't necessarily reflect
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The real state of the talks behind closed doors.
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Once again, i'm mati shoshani.
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Now back to yair pinto.
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Thank you so much, mati, for this excellent report.
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And we will continue to report on what's happening in iran,
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But now i want to show a video
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That we created just for you
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To show the situation in israel's north.
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So you don't want to miss this because we traveled all the way
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To show you what's happening,
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Boots on the ground style.
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We were up north, filming right on the edge of the border,
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Where in the middle of a segment about the latest attacks,
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When suddenly we heard it,
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That buzzing in the air.
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A second later, the sirens hit.
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Then every phone that we had
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Started screaming alerts at the same time.
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Me and the crew dropped to the ground fast,
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Hands over our heads, right there on the ground.
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And then it comes, one boom.
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Then a second.
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In the footage, you can actually hear
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That i counted all the impacts,
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Because in that moment, counting is how you stay alive.
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We jumped into the cars
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And within minutes, the field around us is on fire.
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Smoke rolling, flames moving fast.
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That's what war with hezbollah feels like,
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When you're facing terror, rockets, drones, wildfires,
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And you don't get to ease into it.
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And today, we're back on the road again,
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Crew packed in the van,
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Leaving jerusalem behind us, climbing north,
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Because this quiet can snap back into a siren in just seconds.
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But we're driving anyway,
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Because the only way that the north truly wins
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Is if the families come back,
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Livelihoods come back,
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And the land comes back to life.
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I'm yair pinto, and this is your ground report.
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We cut through all the noise and stay with what is real,
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What we know, what actually is happening on the ground.
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And before we move on,
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Like this video. subscribe. share.
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We're on the way to the north
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And i wanted to say it's great to have you here.
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Today we brought you an overview of what's happening in israel.
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And it's green, it's beautiful,
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But it is still on a very high alert
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For an attack from iran.
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Let's simplify the map for just a second.
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We're starting in jerusalem and driving up north
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Towards israel's communities near the lebanon border.
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This is the line that hezbollah turned into a launch zone
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For more than a year.
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And the point of today's drive is very simple.
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Even after ceasefire language, hezbollah still exists.
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It exists as a threat on the border side,
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On the lebanese side, with the border with israel.
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And israel is still acting to prevent hezbollah
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From restoring terror infrastructure
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In southern lebanon.
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So the question up here is practical -
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Can people return to their houses?
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Can they work?
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Can they live while israel keeps the border secure?
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This isn't a symbol.
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This is livelihood.
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The farmers cannot work.
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Families don't return.
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If families don't return,
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Communities collapse quietly
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Without a single enemy tank crossing the border.
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And that's the war that hezbollah wanted.
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Not only to hit israel,
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But to empty the north of israelis.
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So what we are doing here is the exact opposite.
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We are planting the future back into the ground.
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Now we are meeting the person
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Who can explain it better than any anchor line,
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Because he lived the battlefield and he lives the land.
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We're meeting shai golani here in the north.
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Shai lives right here in this community.
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He works this land.
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And he just came back from reserve duty in the gaza strip.
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So he knows what it means
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To move from the battlefield back to the field.
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Yair, how are you? -good.
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Hello, eitan, how are you doing?
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Very good. thank you.
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Thank you for bringing us
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To this freezing northern weather here in israel.
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More than welcome.
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What's over this gate?
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This is a vineyard.
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One of the best vineyards we have of malkiya.
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We have a name brand, "malkiya", of our own wine.
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We don't make the wine,
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We make the grapes. -the grapes.
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Over here, on your left,
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Let me open it and see an apple orchard,
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Used to be an apple orchard, until the war.
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So basically, the border is right here?
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This mountain is already lebanon? -right.
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You see that mountain over there?
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That bunker on top? -yeah.
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That's hezbollah.
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On a normal day before the war, october 6th, okay?
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On the top of the mountain. -hezbollah used to be. not now.
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So what used to be there?
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And they opened fire with rockets
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And burned and destroyed the apple orchard
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That used to be here. -yeah.
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You had apple trees all over the place here.
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Oh, yeah.
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40% of our production is gone to hell.
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In october 2023,
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We were at a situation that we heard
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What's going on in the south,
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And we know hezbollah was up here
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At the hills with their missiles.
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A lot of missiles.
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Thousands of thousands of missiles.
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All the people were evacuated.
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And i was recruited to the northern command
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To see how we deal with hezbollah.
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Seven months i was not here. -wow.
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Seven months in a bunker
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And it was very shocking
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To come back here and to see all the strips empty.
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A fire, a plant that was abandoned.
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I'd like to share some personal moments with this guy.
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We've been working together,
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Do you remember that saturday? -yeah, yeah.
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That saturday. i came in the morning,
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Told eitan we must awake the apple near turmus,
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Near the base of turmus.
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Eitan told me, okay, we go.
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Okay, we take tractor, we take oil and start to work.
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And then i heard, boom!
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And i tried... -i thought you crashed me from the back.
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I thought, like my truck... from the blast.
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I was like being thrown away.
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How many feet?
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I tried to call him.
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No answer.
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And i start to run to his tractor.
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And i saw him
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Outside of the tractor and look like this.
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And i tell him we continue one hour from now, let's go to it.
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Let's go to it.
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So what happened? what was the blast?
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It was a rocket, falak-1
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Iranian, a humongous one.
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I have some samples here. not the iranian one,
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But we can have a look that i was collecting.
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This is an anti-tank rocket. -yes.
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This is the kornet, russian made rocket
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That is very effective against penetrating the armor
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Of the tanks in israel
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And hezbollah used this against the civilian community.
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Against here, against you basically, during this war.
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Why is it so important
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To rebuild this apple orchard
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Here, in the israeli northern communities?
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The answer is very simple.
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We all, every little kid in israel knows joseph trumpeldor.
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Back in the early 20th century,
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He said something
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Which is a great vision that's catching up,
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At least everyone who lives here.
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He said, wherever the plough can make it,
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This is where i wish to see the border of the state of israel.
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And that's the vision
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That is catching my soul and my body.
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And i'm devoted to be here.
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And i would like to add one more thing.
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Jewish presence along the border
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Is very important.
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Most of the jewish israelis,
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You'll find them along the mediterranean,
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What we call the "merkaz", in the center of israel.
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And i think we should have more,
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Together with other minorities, of course, with arabs,
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Jews, all live here together.
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But i'd like to see more of jewish population
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Down in the desert and here in the galilee for sure.
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Many young families just left this community
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Because they are afraid to be so close to the border,
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So close to hezbollah terrorists
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That are just on this mountain here overlooking them.
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And this is hard.
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And on top of that, there is no work.
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And that's why it's so important to rebuild this apple orchard,
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Because we want to have jobs for these young families
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That want to come back here to do.
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And this is the reason why it's important to rebuild.
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You want to make your living here?
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It should be based on farming,
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I would say some security. education, of course.
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That's going to be the main issues of your income.
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And we are part of this logo. right?
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We were talking about high words,
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About jewish presence along the border
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That we want more and more young families to live here with us.
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They won't be able to sustain an income
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If they make their living without... -this.
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What you see here. -yeah. -exactly.
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And, guys, this is why we need you.
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That's why we're launching the rebuild israel campaign.
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And this time, we are planting apple trees
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To provide work for the israelis
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To come back and to live here
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On the border between israel and lebanon.
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This is the vision.
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This is the land that god gave the people of israel.
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And we want to make sure that we are here,
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That we're sustainable,
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That the people can create something for themselves.
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So if you want to be part of this vision,
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Go to www.tbn.org/rebuildisrael.
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So from here you can see
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The forces of al-julani in syria,
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You can see the hezbollah forces in lebanon
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And of course the idf protecting all of us here.
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You got it.
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Where are we here now? i see green.
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It's nice, it's a different change
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From the other areas that we visited.
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Where are we and what's the purpose
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For this new plantation?
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I will start with... i mean, i'll continue
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With some compliments for this guy, shay.
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Shay is holding a very important job in malkiya,
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He is the head of the economy, things like that.
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So he was sparing apart
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Some kind of money from the regular budget of malkiya
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For one single thing -
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Rebuilding, replanting, recover ourselves.
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We saw that tractor passing by here.
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It's part of the rebuilding system
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Of all the damages we've had here.
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So literally, you had one hand on the gun
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Defending yourself, i can see.
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And then the other hand is planting agriculture
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And rebuilding while the war is happening.
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This is like the story of nehemiah in the bible,
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That he came and with one hand,
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Built the walls of jerusalem,
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And with the other hand he protected himself.
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A broad wall. - exactly.
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So it's just amazing.
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And this is what god called you to do
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And that's what you're doing.
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I love it, i love it.
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And guys, if you want to stand with the people of israel
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And help us rebuild this land,
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Really, for real,
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These guys here plant another orchard of apples,
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Go to www.tbn.org/rebuildisrael
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And help us plant the land of israel,
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Here, in the northern communities.
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This tu bishvat,
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Rebuilding israel means more than planting trees.
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It means restoring livelihoods,
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Strengthening communities
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And helping families return home
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To the northern border here in israel after this war.
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Through the rebuild israel campaign,
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Your support helps replant orchards,
00:21:58.859 --> 00:22:03.297
Apple orchards,
00:22:03.297 --> 00:22:05.065
Create jobs for farmers
00:22:05.065 --> 00:22:07.134
And bring life back to this land.
00:22:07.134 --> 00:22:10.404
Israel still needs help.
00:22:10.404 --> 00:22:12.806
Learn more and donate
00:22:12.806 --> 00:22:15.209
At www.tbn.org/rebuildisrael
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Let me land this clearly.
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This was a ground report about hezbollah
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Because the north is still a live front.
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Disarmament is not complete.
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Hezbollah is still here as a threat.
00:22:33.127 --> 00:22:36.230
Israel is still acting to prevent
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Rebuilding of terror infrastructures.
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And this was a ground report
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About what happens after.
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Burnt fields, empty towns,
00:22:47.141 --> 00:22:49.443
Families trying to return
00:22:49.443 --> 00:22:51.445
In a country proving that it can restart life.
00:22:51.445 --> 00:22:55.849
So yes, like this video, subscribe, share it.
00:22:55.849 --> 00:22:59.987
Keep telling the truth, keep praying.
00:22:59.987 --> 00:23:03.190
And if you're able, help us rebuild israel.
00:23:03.190 --> 00:23:07.061
Go to www.tbn.org/rebuildisrael
00:23:07.061 --> 00:23:13.567
And let's pray for the situation.
00:23:13.567 --> 00:23:16.136
When we pray, let's unite in prayer
00:23:16.136 --> 00:23:18.872
For the people of israel,
00:23:18.872 --> 00:23:20.708
For god's will to be done in this land.
00:23:20.708 --> 00:23:24.178
Let's unite in prayer for the peace of jerusalem.
00:23:24.178 --> 00:23:32.186
We hope you enjoyed this report.
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And now we'll go to a short commercial break,
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After which we will return
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So that we can pray together
00:23:39.326 --> 00:23:41.061
For the people of israel and the peace of jerusalem.
00:23:41.061 --> 00:23:48.996
For the people of israel and the peace of jerusalem.
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Thank you so much for coming back to us.
00:23:53.201 --> 00:23:55.637
It's very important that all of us understand
00:23:55.637 --> 00:23:59.341
That the cause of all these conflicts
00:23:59.341 --> 00:24:02.177
Is not politics.
00:24:02.544 --> 00:24:03.779
It's not oil, it's not leadership.
00:24:03.779 --> 00:24:08.617
It's basically a spiritual war.
00:24:08.617 --> 00:24:12.220
That's what it is.
00:24:12.220 --> 00:24:14.122
The enemies of israel are the enemies of god.
00:24:14.122 --> 00:24:17.526
And all of these conflicts
00:24:18.093 --> 00:24:21.563
Are about our hearts, your hearts.
00:24:21.563 --> 00:24:24.566
The only way that i know how to fight a spiritual war
00:24:25.600 --> 00:24:28.737
Is by praying.
00:24:29.104 --> 00:24:30.739
And what i've learned in the past two and a half years
00:24:30.739 --> 00:24:33.642
Of being in conflict against terrorists,
00:24:33.642 --> 00:24:35.677
Against regime, rushing to bomb shelters,
00:24:35.677 --> 00:24:38.814
Leaving my family and fighting in the idf
00:24:38.814 --> 00:24:41.817
Is that, one, god is in control.
00:24:41.817 --> 00:24:45.387
Second, god is performing biblical level miracles
00:24:45.387 --> 00:24:49.825
Today in modern times.
00:24:49.825 --> 00:24:52.260
And three, and very important,
00:24:52.260 --> 00:24:54.729
He listens to our prayers.
00:24:54.729 --> 00:24:57.265
So let's unite in prayer
00:24:57.265 --> 00:24:59.401
That god will give the wisdom
00:24:59.401 --> 00:25:01.570
That our leaders need in this time.
00:25:01.570 --> 00:25:03.738
Let's unite in prayer
00:25:04.239 --> 00:25:05.640
For the safety of our troops all over this region.
00:25:05.640 --> 00:25:09.945
Let's unite in prayer for our enemies.
00:25:09.945 --> 00:25:13.448
That's a hard one for me,
00:25:13.448 --> 00:25:15.217
But god told us to do it,
00:25:15.217 --> 00:25:17.586
And i believe that
00:25:18.019 --> 00:25:19.654
He didn't mean that we'll pray for them to succeed
00:25:19.654 --> 00:25:22.157
In launching attacks against us.
00:25:22.157 --> 00:25:24.960
Let's pray for them
00:25:25.427 --> 00:25:26.661
To have a change of heart,
00:25:26.661 --> 00:25:28.129
To be touched by god's love
00:25:28.730 --> 00:25:34.135
For the people of israel,
00:25:34.135 --> 00:25:35.470
For the west,
00:25:35.837 --> 00:25:37.706
For all the enemies
00:25:38.173 --> 00:25:40.775
Of these terrorist regimes.
00:25:40.775 --> 00:25:42.611
God can make that happen.
00:25:43.178 --> 00:25:44.980
Let's pray for peace in this region.
00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:47.182
Let's pray
00:25:47.182 --> 00:25:48.216
For the peace of jerusalem.
00:25:48.216 --> 00:25:48.216

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