The Young Turks - Cozy With Terror - November 11, 2025

Episode Date: November 12, 2025

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You're listening to The Young Turks, the online news show. Make sure to follow and rate our show with not one, not two, not three, not four, but five stars. You're awesome. Thank you. Welcome to TYT. I'm your host, Anna Kasparian, and you're in for a treat today. I will be hosting the show solo, but that's not the main reason why it's going to be a treat today. It's mostly the topics that were thoroughly researched and produced to perfection by our team. so I can't wait to share some of these stories with you, including what's really going on behind the scenes with President Donald Trump's warm and cozy relationship with a former al-Qaeda terrorist, who's now the current president of Syria. We're also going to talk a little bit about an incredible documentary that various media publications are now writing about, including the dissident over at Substack.

It has to do with IDF soldiers essentially confessing on the record to the genocidal crimes that they have committed. what they were essentially told they could do in Gaza, basically just ignore international laws and commit war crimes. But we'll get into specific details on that. We'll also talk about a summit that just took place in regard to the future of Gaza and whether the Trump administration actually has a thorough, well thought out plan in order to ensure that there's peace in that region of the world. And in the second hour of the show, we'll also talk a little bit about economic policy and the fact that the Trump administration, Trump in particular, is absolutely furious at the backlash he has received after promoting the ridiculous

acinine idea of solving the homeless crisis, the housing crisis with 50-year mortgages. So we'll get into that as well. I just want to encourage you to like and share the stream if you're watching us live on YouTube. There's a bell. And apparently, like if you don't ring that bell, meaning if you don't click on that bell, you're not going to get notifications when we upload new content. So do me a favor, just ring that bell, tap it, tap it hard, because that's going to help us and it's going to notify you when we upload new content. And one other piece of housekeeping before we move on to the rest of the show on Wednesday

at 5 p.m. Pacific 8 p.m. Eastern, Jank Uger will interview two Iowa Senate candidates on back to back, basically, Josh Turek and Nathan Sage, after hearing from both candidates, paying members, individuals who are paying members to this program will get to vote on which candidate they prefer the most. You can help support the show and participate in this by becoming a member, t.com slash join. All right, without further ado, let's talk a little bit about what happened in the White House yesterday, which should really infuriate most Americans, but I guess some are providing cover for it. Anyway, let's get to the details. You're watching Syrian President Ahmed al-Shara, who had been designated as a terrorist

by the United States up until last Friday, playing basketball with U.S. military. Now soon after shooting some hoops, the Trump administration lifted the terrorist designation. Now soon after shooting some hoops, the Trump administration lifted the terrorist designation, Even though Al-Shara was in fact the leader of an Al-Qaeda offshoot in Syria, known as Al-Nusra, and he is, you know, or was at least part of the very terrorist group that carried out one of, not one of the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil, September 11th, 2001, those terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda. So why would we host an al-Qaeda terrorist, or supposedly a former al-Qaeda terrorist, here on

US soil, why would he be pictured cozying up to the Trump administration? Now if you think this is a gross betrayal of the American people, Trump wants to ease your nerves. There's nothing to worry about here. See, last May and through an executive order, of course, the president lifted economic sanctions against Syria. Now you might be wondering why, considering the fact that a former al-Qaeda terrorist is now the president of Syria. Well, after meeting Al-Shara, For the first time in Saudi Arabia and May, Trump called the Syrian leader a young,

attractive guy, tough guy, strong past. Strong past? Strong past, let's talk about his past a little bit. Tough guy with a strong past. Okay, so look, in anticipation of the US invasion in Iraq in 2003, Ahmed al-Shara was recruited in Damascus to fight the United States in Iraq. Now that recruitment was very appealing to him because he did in fact join al-Qaeda in Iraq in fighting our soldiers in that country, in that war that we shouldn't have started in the first place.

Let's be clear about that. Of course, Iraq had nothing to do, nothing to do with 9-11. But nonetheless, you have this young Syrian guy, this young attractive guy with a tough pass, deciding to join al-Qaeda and essentially fight our soldiers. Now, he joined AQI, which is a particularly brutal affiliate of al-Qaeda, and the group was later renamed the Islamic State of Iraq, or ISI. Now, AQI was even reprimanded by al-Qaeda leadership in 2004 due to the amount of bloodshed. the affiliate was responsible for. So this this affiliate apparently went too far even for al-Qaeda leadership. Al-Shara quickly became, again, part of this Al-Qaeda affiliate. And in about

2005, he was captured by U.S. forces and detained. Later he was released and he spent, much of his time when he was behind bars, essentially plotting to overthrow Bashar al-Assad. the former leader of Syria. And guess what, he succeeded in doing that. Obviously with the help of the United States, and I'll give you the details on what the United States did in just a minute. But as Syria descended into civil war in late 2011, the newly released al-Shara approached Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,

the leader of ISI, for aid to form a contingent of al-Qaeda that could take part in the uprising. Now, this is during the civil war that's playing out in Syria. He's very much engaging in it, and he's engaging in it as part of an al-Qaeda affiliate. Now, Shara formed the conspicuously named Nusra Front in early 2012 and recruited young Syrian fighters who were not aware of his connection to al-Qaeda. The Nusra Front operated for nearly a year before the United States expressed concerns over its ties to al-Qaeda and designated it. a terrorist organization. Now the Nusra Front carried out many acts of terror and extortion against the Syrian people,

civilians in particular. They taxed civilians. Another euphemism here, that's really extorting them. They looted factories, they conducted kidnappings, they held hostages for ransom. That's basically how they made their money. And giving his first interview back in 2013, Shara made clear that the Nusra Front intended to impose a fundamentalist interpretation of Islamic law, Sharia, across Syria, and that there would be no room for religious minorities such as Shias, Alawites, Christians, or Druze.

And in fact, there have been some killings taking place in Syria under his leadership of Drews, of Alawites. But in 2015, after Russia prepared to essentially intervene in that proxy war in Syria, on behalf of Bashar al-Assad, in order to keep him in power, of course. Alshara changed his tone and became a lot more conciliatory. And in 2016, he showed his face for the first time and essentially announced that he was breaking ties with Al Qaeda. So all is good, I guess. He broke ties with Al Qaeda back in 2016. I guess we can just forget about what Al Qaeda did to the United States. Then he persuaded other rebel factions to essentially fall under his command in a merger referred to as Hyatt

Tarir al-Shahm, or HTS, which also committed horrific acts of torture in Syria. Now, the U.S. even put a $10 million bounty on Al-Shara's head. You're looking at, you know, an image showing that this bounty did in fact exist, but it was rescinded after Al-Shara's HTS helped topple Bashar al-Assad, a regime that the United States was interested in topple. So that led to a shift in U.S. foreign policy towards Syria, which Israel and Turkey were super jazzed about. Turkey did annex portions of Syria, so did Israel. But Israel has other motivations in mind that I'll get to in just a second. Now yesterday, the former Al Qaeda terrorist, former Al Qaeda terrorists visited Trump in the White House, and Trump had a fascinating take when he was asked by journalists about Al Shara's past. Take a look.

We want to see Syria become a country that's very successful. And I think this leader can do it. I really do. I think this leader can do it. And people said he's had a rough pass. We all had rough past, but he has had a rough past. And I think frankly, if you didn't have a rough pass, you wouldn't have a chance. A rough pass with terrorism?

We've all had rough pasts? I don't know. I think most people don't have a rough pass that includes killing innocent people. or fighting against American soldiers in Iraq. I'm just going to venture to say that. Now look, before I continue, I want to be clear about something. I'm not looking to go to war with Syria at all. But I'm also not interested in having anyone that has ever had any relation to al-Qaeda

here on U.S. soil. It already happened a few weeks ago during the UN General Assembly when Alshara was welcomed with open arms by the Trump administration in New York City of all places, where of course the 9-11 terrorist attacks happened and killed thousands of our own people. How about we don't, how about we don't do that? And more importantly, how about the Trump administration explained to the American people why it is that all of a sudden we're willing to forget the fact that this guy engaged in terrorism, had a $10 million dollar bounty on his head, and was in fact part of a terrorist group that carried out 9-11.

Like, how about you explain to us what changed? The problem is, if the Trump administration came forward and was honest about that, well, the American people probably wouldn't like what they're going to hear. So I'll do it because I think it's important for people to know. Because our relationship with Alshara has nothing to do to benefit the American people or this country. It does have to do with what's currently transpiring in the Middle East. So I'll get to those details in a minute, but the White House wasn't the only place that Al Shara visited while he was in the U.S. According to reporting by the dissident and other media sources, of course, during his trip to Washington, Al Shara met with Republican congressman Brian Mass, the pro-Israel congressman from Florida.

There he is pictured with Brian Mast. So again, why are we so quick to forget about what Alshara has done in the past, especially considering, again, the terrorist organization he was affiliated with? All you have to do is really pay close attention to what is being said out loud by various people, including the former U.S. ambassador to Syria, his name is Robert Ford, weighing in on why President Trump is so horny for positive relations with a former al-Qaeda terrorist. Take a look. Why is Syria so important?

Why do you think it's been taken so seriously as a dossier by the Trump administration? I think the Trump administration in the Middle East is still very concerned with the counterterrorism dossier. And so Syria plays a big role in that. The Trump administration is concerned about counterterrorism, which is why he's cozying up to a terrorist to engage in counterterrorism. But later, Ford says the quiet part out loud, which I really appreciate. Take a look at this. I think the Trump administration in the Middle East is still very concerned with the counterterrorism dossier. and so Syria plays a big role in that. I should include their Hezbollah and Iranian influence.

The Trump administration, it takes a tough line on Iranian influence in the Middle East, as did the Biden administration and the first Trump administration before this Trump administration. Shara is vehemently against Hezbollah influence in Syria. That's another area where the United States and Syria, can cooperate. And because Shara is against Iranian influence and his Bala influence in Syria, that is a plus for Israeli national security interests. This episode is brought to you by prize picks. You and I make decisions every day, but on price picks, being right can get you paid, which is kind of awesome.

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considering how the 9-11 terror attacks, again, killed thousands of our own, ended up dragging the United States and our military into decades-long wars in the Middle East. We currently have soldiers, veterans, who suffered very real consequences of multiple deployments. PTSD, limbs missing, ailments that they'll have to deal with with the rest of their lives for the rest of their lives. But hey, we're concerned about Israel's national security. And by the way, that's the country, if you don't remember, that has the nuclear weapons that they're pretending like don't exist.

You know, the nuclear weapons that any other country, if they had it, they have to be part of the non-proliferation treaty. Not Israel though, they're not part of the non-proliferation treaty, but they're the victims always. They're always the victims, they're always unsafe. And so it's really, really important that the United States cozy up to, I'll give them this, I'll take them at face value, a former al-Qaeda terrorist. On behalf of Israel's national security, It's unbelievable to me that this is happening. It's happening right in front of our faces. And there's a portion of this country that's like totally providing cover for it.

How is it not insulting to have a former Al-Qaeda terrorist on U.S. soil in New York City at first? And then weeks later in Washington, D.C., in the White House, playing basketball with members of our military. And then people get real upset when conspiracy theories about 9-11 start to swirl. Because here's the thing, when you see that our government is so quick to forgive someone who is part of Al Qaeda, you start to wonder, I mean, did Al Qaeda really carry out this attack? I believe they did. I just think that there is like, no telling how low our government will go on behalf of Israel. They will make nice with former terrorists who are part of a terrorist who carried out the absolute worst terror attack on U.S. soil if it means that they can broker

some sort of deal that will benefit Israel and its national security. But we went way further than that, guys. I don't want you to think that, oh, the U.S. was just kind of staying out of Syria. And then, you know, organically, there was an uprising in a civil war. That uprising, by the way, began as something organic and then was exploited by foreign actors. Now, the U.S. certainly exploited the initial organic uprising against Bashar al-Assad in Syria. And how did they do that? By arming terrorists. So I want to give you some details about that. Because in the book, the Fort Bragg cartel, journalist Seth Harp wrote the following.

In March 2005, dozens of neoconservative pundits, close to President George W. Bush, as if acting on a single cue, had simultaneously begun to speak of their hopes for an Arab Spring, a populist uprising that would topple or weaken Arab governments across the Middle East and North Africa that were unfriendly to Israel and America. He also added that Washington's efforts to overthrow Bashar al-Assad, who like Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi, was an outspoken and belligerent foe of Israel, redoubled amid the Arab Spring protests. And we actually had a covert operation taking place in Syria.

It was a CIA covert operation, one of the most expensive programs, covert programs in in U.S. history, it's a billion dollar program with the code name timber sycamore. According to the dissident on substack, or I'm sorry, this is actually from the Fort Bragg Cartel book that I was referring to earlier. I'm going to read it verbatim. So one of the most expensive CIA programs in history, a billion dollar fiasco code named timber sycamore plowed thousands of tons of guns and ammo fresh from German and American factories into Syria in an effort to arm the Sunni portion of the population that had long chafed at the brutal and corrupt rule of the House of Assad. Then in 2012, get a load of this, the United

States actually blocked a peace deal that would have ended the civil war because it wanted to carry out regime change and get rid of Bashar al-Assad, which eventually they succeeded in that. An internal email on WikiLeaks written by then advisor to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Jake Sullivan, bluntly states, quote, Al-Qaeda is on our side in Syria. Anything for Israel. Anything for Israel. And I thought this moment from Al-Shara's interview with Fox News yesterday, by the way, you want to talk about softball interview. You should watch the whole thing.

Super softball interview. It was pathetic. We're talking about a literal former terrorist, and they conduct a softball interview while everyone seems to be hell-bent on absolutely destroying Tucker Carlson when he actually did push back against Nick Fuentes when he interviewed him. But anyway, that's beside the point. This moment really caught my attention.

Take a look. Has President Trump raised with you discussed with you your own past affiliation with al-Qaeda terrorism? I think this is a matter of the past. Now, we did not discuss this actively. We talked about the president and the future. We talked about the investment opportunities in the future. Do you, Mr. President, have regrets that al-Qaeda carried out those attacks that killed

3,000 Americans? I was only 19 years old, so I was a very young person and they didn't have any decision making power at that time. And I don't have anything to do with it. And Al-Qaeda was not present right now, right then in my area. So you speak to the wrong person about this subject? No, I don't think she's talking to the wrong person. See, if I were conducting this interview, I'd say, nope, I'm talking to the right person.

The U.S. is now cozying up to you. So I would like to know why were you part of al-Qaeda even after the 9-11 terror attacks? All those thousands of deaths of innocent Americans didn't discourage you from being part of al-Qaeda. Why is that? And the fact that President Donald Trump didn't talk to him about his terrorist past in private conversations is telling us. especially as this guy goes around. Our president goes around and talks about how hot Alshara is. He's a good looking guy, tough past.

And look, none of this should be surprising. In fact, aiding and abetting terrorist militias seems to be a hobby of the United States and Israel. In fact, Israeli papers, including Israel Hayom, report that the United States is turning to the anti-Humas militia known as Abu Shab to maintain order in Gaza. That's interesting. Now he's the leader of the popular forces in Gaza, has admitted on the record to looting

the humanitarian aid that Gaza is so desperately needed. And by the way, popular forces are armed in Gaza thanks to the Israelis. Now, the 31 year old Abu Shab, a previously unknown member of Gaza's Terriban Bedouin tribe escaped prison around October 7th, having been imprisoned since 2015 for drug-related charges. Drugs are reportedly smuggled into Gaza through Egypt's Sinai and, according to analysts, are run by ISIL affiliated groups. This has led to a widespread belief that Abu Shabab has ISIL or ISIS links.

But Abu Shabab's alleged affiliation with ISIL has not been an issue for Israel. And apparently it's not an issue for the United States as well. Right now the Trump administration is trying to convince you that we're making nice with Alshara in Syria because he's gonna help us fight ISIS. So if that's the case, why are we arming a guy with links to ISIS in the Gaza Strip? Just curious. The reason why people believe in conspiracy theories is because our own government is lying to us. They're making nice with people who have harmed us in the past.

And they will sell us out at a drop of a dime to please Israel, to please their donors, to please themselves. This government does not care about us. And I'm not talking about a partisan issue here, because Biden was just as bad when it came to this issue. So that's what we're dealing with here. I hope Alshara enjoyed playing basketball with members of our military at the White House yesterday. We as Americans should demand more from our government. The reason why we get treated the way we do is because we allow it to happen. We allow our government to convince us, to instill so much fear in our minds that we give up our civil liberties in the name of national security. And then years later, the very heart of what led to that fear, the very terrorist group that led to that fear, all of a sudden all is good, all is good.

It's crazy, man, but that's that's that's that's the reality of this situation. So I don't want to hear from anybody who claims that Zorongam Dhani is a dangerous jihadist, but has been super silent or even worse, has provided cover for the Trump administration, again, cozying up to a former al-Qaeda terrorist. We'll be right back. YTP renewed in our member section makes a pretty devastating point. Here in the United States, former felons can't even get jobs because of their past. But if you were a part of Al-Qaeda, which carried out the worst terror attack on U.S. soil,

it's totally cool, you'll get invited to the White House, shoot some hoops with members of our military. Anyway, let's move on to some interesting reporting from Politico about the questionable future of peace in the Middle East, specifically in Gaza. So it turns out that documents circulating among U.S. officials that have been obtained by reporters over at Politico indicate that there is a serious lack of a clear path forward in President Donald Trump's peace plan in Gaza. Now the documents were presented just last month during a two day symposium that included US Central Command and members of Israel's newly created civil military coordination center,

which is part of this agreement between Israel and Hamas, which of course went into effect last month on October 10th. Now it was attended by Lieutenant General Michael Fenzel, who is is the United States Security Coordinator for the Israel Palestinian Authority. And along, at this symposium, you also had the Defense Department, or at least members of the Defense Department, the State Department, non-governmental organizations, NGOs, and private companies, including the Rand Corporation. So they're getting together, they're thinking about, all right, there's some holes in this peace plan. Let's try to figure out what these holes are, let's try to fill them.

Now it remains to be seen whether or not they've actually found solutions to these issues, but anyone who paid any attention and actually cared about the granular details of Trump's supposed peace plan, you would know that it wasn't a peace plan, that there were looming questions ahead. And there's also the issue of the big obstacle of the Israeli government, which has no interest in peace in Gaza. They have an interest in expelling Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, taking that land for themselves and settling that land. They've been open about it. You can read Israeli publications, you can listen to Israeli politicians in the Knesset

saying it out loud, that's what they actually want to do. But the Trump administration, just as it would be the case with the Biden administration or the Obama administration or any other US administration, is pretending as though Israel isn't an obstacle to peace, when they've been an obstacle to peace since its very formation in 1948. So, the presentation surfaces a particular concern about whether a so-called international stabilization force, a multi-national security initiative meant to keep peace in Gaza, can really be deployed.

We're gonna revisit that in just a minute because countries that were thinking about participating in this peace deal are kind of starting to realize that, oh, that, oh wait, it kind of looks like Israel just wants us to fight Hamas in Gaza on their behalf. Again, we'll get back to that in just a minute. One slide shows an arrow with a question mark on it, linking the first and second phases of the U.S. brokered peace plan underscoring the uncertainty about his prospects. Uncertainty is one way to put it. I would say there is certainty that whatever ends up transpiring in Gaza is not really going to be about peace. It's going to be about essentially dealing with the Palestinian people, either pushing them out or maybe even taking

more than the 53% of the Gaza Strip that Israel is currently occupying and just kind of push Palestinians into an ever shrinking piece of land. We'll see, we'll see how it plays out. But again, there's these gaping holes in this so-called peace deal that they're trying to find solutions to. That's the whole point of the symposium. One symposium participant even told Politico the following. Divorced from the peace deal is a plan of how to actually implement this peace deal. Everyone is floating around at 40,000 feet and nobody is talking operations or tactics. And again, the other huge question mark really has to do with this so-called international

stabilization force, okay? Like how would that work? Who's going to be involved? You know, the countries that have been essentially solicited to take part in this are in fact concerned that they'll just end up sacrificing military assets and their own soldiers to fight Hamas on behalf of Israel. You know, what the United States has basically been doing. Not necessarily in regard to Hamas, but we've been fighting wars in the Middle East on behalf of Israel for a while now. Other countries have probably seen this and thought to themselves, wow, the Americans are suckers. Do we want to be suckers? I don't know, do you? There's a struggle to get any country in the area to commit forces, said the symposium participant. Some countries would happily

write a check, but they don't want to send manpower. Remember, the U.S. government is is the only government that's willing to sacrifice its own soldiers on behalf of Israel. Now Indonesia, Azerbaijan, which was given weapons to ethnically cleanse Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh by the Israelis, and Pakistan have offered to provide troops. Turkey also offered, but Israel's like, no thanks, no thanks. They apparently don't trust the Turks. Now one thing that is certain is that the United States is going to have a very big role in this and very likely for decades to come. So one organizational chart included in the documents details plans for significant U.S. involvement in Gaza, even beyond security matters, including overseeing economic reconstruction.

The Palestinian body that ultimately governs Gaza, let's all just stop and laugh at the notion that that's what the US and Israel are planning, that there's going to be some sort of Palestinian body that ultimately governs Gaza, how hilarious is that? Like they just lie to our faces and political just like writes it as if they're going to take what the Trump administration is saying at face value, even while the president's own son-in-law, Jared Kushner openly salivates about the real estate deals he's going to be involved in in Gaza. Oceanfront property. Let's go back to that graphic for a second. The Palestinian body that ultimately governs Gaza will need long-term U.S. and international

support. One document states, security and police force, may need outside funding and advising for decades. So the US, again, it's gonna be very much involved in this, likely for decades to come. But as Israeli publication, YNet Global reports, the US is actually planning to commit $500 million, it's half a billion dollars, to form a base near the Gaza border to support the ceasefire. According to Israeli officials, the planned U.S. base along the Gaza border would house several thousand troops tasked with maintaining the ceasefire. The move signals Washington's determination to deepen its involvement in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Again, that's Wynet Global and Israeli publication.

Thousands of our soldiers will be deployed to that base along the Gaza Strip in order to, I guess I do Israel's dirty work? I mean, the way that it's being written about, it's all about maintaining peace or stabilizing the region. But as we know, U.S. involvement in the Middle East hasn't really been about stabilizing the region. If anything, U.S. involvement in the Middle East has destabilized the region to the point where we've had mass migration, refugee crises, we've overthrown regimes, we've destroyed entire countries. Boarding for flight 246 to Toronto is delayed 50 minutes. Ugh, what?

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19 plus Ontario only. Please play responsibly. Concern by your gambling or that if someone close, you call 1-8665331-260 or visit comexonterio.C.A. All right, so guys, Gaza has been leveled. Jared Kushner is on the record saying we're only gonna rebuild or reconstruct the 53% of the Gaza Strip that the Israelis are currently occupying. If you listen to hearings in the Knesset in Israel, they're very open about how the intention is to settle that land with Israeli settlers. The whole point is to erase the Palestinian people from the Gaza Strip.

They say it out loud, but here in the United States, we have media that engages in this weird dog and pony show where they insult our intelligence and make it seem like the side that we are aligned with is the good side, when they're really the terrorists who have just slaughtered tens of thousands of innocent people in Gaza, who have facilitated the theft of Palestinian homes in the West Bank, which had nothing to do with October 7th, which isn't governed by Hamas, there's supposed to be a ceasefire right now between Hezbollah and Israel in Lebanon, but Israel's bombing the crap out of southern Lebanon as we speak. What are we talking about here? That's the reality of the situation. This isn't about peace. This is about aiding and abetting an expansionist project by the Israelis while laughing in our face and insulting our intelligence, that's the reality. Now how do I know that?

Well, look, one of the biggest obstacles to peace happens to be the Israelis, and why do I say that? Well, why don't we take a look at how this genocide was carried out in the Gaza Strip? And I do say genocide because it turns out IDF soldiers have also identified it as a genocide. So let's get to those details. We're now learning that more and more IDF soldiers are openly confessing to the genocidal acts that they engaged in in the Gaza Strip. Some of them are identifying themselves.

Others are speaking on the condition of anonymity. But this was all detailed in a new explosive documentary titled Breaking Ranks Inside Israel's War. The interviews in this documentary feature IDF soldiers who admit that they routinely used the slogan, quote, there are no innocence in Gaza, even though more than half the population in the Gaza Strip as of October 7th were under the age of 18, meaning most of the people living in Gaza were minors. Didn't matter, all those little kids hindered. Rajab, that little girl who was a shell to death by the Israelis as she was trapped in a car

full of her dead relatives. She's also a terrorist in the eyes of the Israeli government and the IDF. And that's based on what IDF soldiers are saying, based on the slogan that they chant. There are no innocence in Gaza. One soldier said that you can hear that all the time. And when you hear that all the time, you start to believe it. And their actions prove that they certainly did believe it. So Yotam Vilik, an armored corps officer in the IDF. So here's one of the IDF soldiers admitting on the record, revealing his name, that one time the brigade rabbi sat down next to me and said that we must take revenge on all of them,

including civilians, that we shouldn't discriminate. and that this was the only way. One IDF Air Force colonel admitted, quote, I think the use of force on Gaza is probably unprecedented in combat in terms of the explosives dropped per square mile. The atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki aside, I don't think that even during the bombing of Dresden, there was a higher density of explosives used. I like that they're at least admitting it.

And if you've been paying attention to Israeli media, there have been a lot of admissions that get no play here in the United States, no attention here in the United States. When another IDF Air Force colonel was asked, how many people is it legitimate to kill, to kill a Hamas battalion commander? He replied, I'm far right in my views. I think there's no limit.

If you ask me, I would have pushed them all into the sea with D9 bulldozers after October 7th. This is, these are people that we're working with to broker a peace deal with in Gaza. Seems like there are a bit of an obstacle to establishing peace in that region of the world, no? One IDF tank unit commander admitted, if you want to shoot without restraint, you can. One time, there was a building that was being used for humanitarian purposes. One of the commanders really, really wanted to target this building. And he fired a shell at it anyway. Because he's a terrorist.

We're in bed with terrorists. The soldiers also admit that they're the ones who use human shields. Again, I'm not the one saying it. They're the one saying it. It's in this documentary. So one tank unit commander confessed that the IDF, started using human shields as part of their mosquito protocol. Now, what is that? What is this protocol that they've dubbed the mosquito protocol? Well, that's where the IDF turns

Palestinians into so-called agents, and you send the human shield underground as he walks down the tunnel, he maps it out for you. Every accusation is a confession. by the Israelis. It really is. Multiple IDF commanders and soldiers admitted to the genocidal intent of the IDF. With one saying, quote, in the current political climate, in the state of Israel, there is no value to any human life that is not Israeli, or better still, Jewish Israeli. I'm gonna let you sit with that information.

do with it what you will. I'm just going to end on this. These people do not share my values. These people are terrorists. They make me sick. And every day that our government considers them our allies is a day of national embarrassment. We'll be right back.

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While the Trump administration wants us all to forget about the Epstein files, the fact of the matter is there is some incredible reporting happening over at Dropsite News. Highly, highly recommend it. So let's get to the details. An Israeli military intelligence officer happened to stay at Jeffrey Epstein's, Manhattan apartment on at least three separate occasions, and that's according to a new report from DropSight news. Now Epstein may have even wired money to him, once again raising questions about Epstein's alleged ties to Israeli intelligence networks. Alleged. Alleged. Now,

Dropsite compiled some of the evidence for this story from former Israeli Prime Minister Ahud Barak's hacked emails. So we have that super interesting. In addition to Epstein's personal schedules, which were in fact released by the House Oversight Committee just last month. Now, the intelligence officer that we're referring to here that was reported by the drop site news story is a man by the name of Yoni Koren, Yoni Koren, Israeli military intelligence officer who stayed at Epstein's Manhattan apartment on at least three separate occasions. And here's what we know about him. He started his career in the research division of the IDF's military intelligence

directorate, which is called Amman. And he eventually rose through the ranks to become a senior officer. Now in 1985, Corrin worked on a covert campaign with Mossad to help Syrian intelligence kidnap PLO operatives traveling from Cyprus to Lebanon. And he also worked very closely with Israel's former Prime Minister Ehud Barak. He did so for years while serving as his chief of staff. I'm sorry, while serving as the chief of staff for the IDF, managing his schedules and his operations.

Now, Barack's friendship with Epstein has been well documented. You know, we actually have images of him entering Epstein's department. So we've known about that already. But he did, so that's well documented. He met with Epstein dozens of times. He flew on Epstein's jet and once visited the infamous Epstein Island. We're talking about Ahud Barak here. Now, one of the times Corrin stayed at Epstein's place was while he was working as a senior aide to Ahud Barak. Now, after Barack left the IDF, Corrin headed his staff as interior minister, then foreign minister, and then after that defense minister. And the details here are super interesting. After Barack's retirement,

Corrin was a covert fixer in Washington who enjoyed special access to senior national security figures, I'm sure he did, including Leon Panetta and his senior advisor, Jeremy Bash. As soon as Barack left the Israeli government, Corrin became a key go-between for Barack and the American and Israeli intelligence communities. So let's get to the email records and what they show, because apparently they show that Barack was using Corrin as an intermediary to exchange information with Amman. Corrin was also active in Epstein and Barack's efforts to source cyber security startups from the technology research units of Amman, demonstrating how enmeshed in Israeli spy networks he remained.

So now let's get to some details about his stays at Epstein's Manhattan apartment. By the way, are you guys seeing the intertwined nature of Mossad and the CIA and the fact that they had a relationship with Epstein in the first place? So that child trafficking that took place wasn't part of a blackmail operation. Are we stupid? I'm sorry. I don't believe anyone who tries to pour cold water on the fact that Epstein was running a blackmail operation. It's so obvious.

I mean, how else do you explain the unwavering commitment to Israel, regardless of who's in charge in that country, regardless of the political makeup of the connect, it, regardless of what type of atrocities Israel is carrying out, regardless of how much money it costs the American taxpayers and how much it destroys the economic health of this country to keep up with this charade. No, there are American politicians and elites in the U.S., powerful, influential people, who might be pedophiles. And do Israel's bidding because they don't want information to come out like that it's just so obvious guy it's so obvious but anyway let's talk about corin stays at epstein's apartment so corin was also active oh so sorry so let's talk about

the first day the first day at epstein's manhattan apartment was back in february of 2013 so this is when he was working as ahud baroque's senior aide now the following year according to epstein's personal calendars released by the house corin stayed at epstein's spare apartment again for the first two weeks of October 2014. The calendar released by the House Committee reads, reminder, Yoni in apartment, September 30 through October 13th. And then in the weeks preceding his stay at Epstein's apartment, Corrin maintained contact with spies in Amman, despite his supposed status as a private citizen. And then there was his third stay that we know of. There might be more, but in terms of the reporting we're seeing from drop site news, they were able to identify three separate occasions.

Let's talk about the third one. His third stay at Epstein's apartment was for 10 days in September. That's a long time. It's a long time hanging out with a freaking child sex trafficker and pedophile, but that's what this guy was up to. Epstein's assistant, Leslie, wrote an email to Corin, essentially informing him. him that she had reserved an apartment for him for 10 days. And then Corrin responded, that's what you're looking at here, with thanks a lot, send my regards and thanks to Jeffrey.

Obviously, he's referring to Jeffrey Epstein there. Now, during all three of his stays in Epstein's Manhattan apartment, Corin appeared to be conducting official or unofficial business on behalf of Ehud Barak. So let's talk a little bit about Ahud Barak. Because in February of 2015, a few months before Corrin's third visit to Epstein's Manhattan apartment, leaked emails show that Ehud Barak was actually sending Epstein bank details for funds that were to be wired to Corrin's Citibank account. We have the evidence right here. Let's take a quick look at that. There it is. That's the email. Obviously the account numbers and all that have been redacted. But it's from Ehud Barak to Jeffrey Epstein, hi Jeff, that's the info, then you have the account number. Dropside could not determine the purpose of the wire transfer or confirm whether or not the funds were successfully sent to Corrin.

All we know right now is that a former prime minister of Israel got into contact with Jeffrey Epstein to provide bank account details. of an Israeli spy, so Epstein can wire money to this individual. Okay, but the bank transfer information, bank transfer information was followed by an unusually crypted communication between Barack and Corrin regarding handoff of a physical bank card. The two had a pretty good reason to communicate in coded language, because documents leaked by Edward Snowden, just over a year prior, revealed that the two men were major counterintelligence targets for the United States and the NSA had been snooping on their messages.

Did they know, I mean, did our intelligence community know that they were spying on an Israeli? Like, you don't do that. They get to do whatever they want, including here on U.S. soil. with a disgusting, disgraced child sex trafficker and pedophile. So this is DropSight's fourth installment in its series about Jeffrey Epstein and his ties to Israel. So far, they've exposed quite a bit, including Epstein's role in brokering a security agreement between Israel and Mongolia. They've also identified Epstein's effort to set up a back channel between Israel and Russia during the Syrian Civil War.

And they also showed Epstein's role as a key facilitator of a security agreement between Israel and the West African nation and a West African nation that I'm not going to try to pronounce because I'm going to mispronounce it. And the reporting throws a wrench in the government's official line that Epstein had no foreign or domestic intelligence ties, obviously. Like, who would believe our government on this issue in particular? I wouldn't. I wouldn't at all. They're either being blackmailed or bribed, and they're not telling us the truth. Our media launderes Israel's reputation. Our media lies to the American

people about what Israel is actually up to. Why would we believe for a second that our government, which has been in bed with the Israelis, would ever tell us the truth about a guy who was very likely running a blackmail operation and his ties to the Israelis. Because guess what, that wouldn't be a good look, right? It wouldn't be a good look for Israel. And certainly it wouldn't be a good look for the United States either, since we're obviously involved in this. If literal minors were being trafficked with the main purpose of getting blackmail on powerful people, whether it's in this country or any other country. You're literally, exploiting children, minors, to be raped so foreign governments can have dirt on powerful

people? Hmm, okay. Meanwhile, Mike Johnson said the Republicans are doing everything they can to prevent the Epstein files from being exposed. So he didn't say that he's doing that, but Mike Johnson's behavior has made it clear that he and the Republicans are doing everything they can to prevent like real transparency about the Epstein files. He's refused to swear in Democratic Congresswoman elect Adelina Grahalva, who would serve as the final member needed to force a vote on the release of the Epstein files. And in Marjorie Taylor Green's recent conversation with Megan Kelly, she wondered whether the Epstein issue was the real reason Mike Johnson refused to convene the house during the

shutdown, the government shutdown. Take a look at that. that everyone for how many years now how many all of us have been calling to release the obscene files and um thomas massey entered a resolution to release yeah and i'm a co-sponsor i'm i want to release the apseem files and um it's been blocked over and over unfortunately i tell you what i've i've started to question is this why we're not in session really yeah I think it's fair to have that suspicion. I know that I've certainly had that suspicion. And today, Mike Johnson, again, House Speaker, called the House back into session.

So we'll see if he immediately swears in Grahalva as promised, or if he continues to block a vote on the Epstein files. I bet on the latter. But who knows, he might prove me wrong. I hope he does. And Israel's involvement with Epstein is disgusting. And the fact that our government is trying to cover this all up is even more disgusting. We'll be right back.