the building. I think the Israeli army attacked 23 towns with airstrikes and 19 towns with artillery shelling, [00:00:16] including the town of Karpur, which isn't too far from here. And in that artillery shelling attack, two Lebanese army soldiers were wounded and brought to the hospital. [00:00:32] But it's okay when war crimes are committed by Israel, there are no consequences. And the UN Security Council, due to veto power afforded to its members, is able to accomplish absolutely nothing. But nonetheless, that was journalist Courtney Bonneau reporting from Deir Kanun [00:00:50] in southern Lebanon, where Israel continues to carry out what they refer to as the Gaza method. And if you're wondering what that is, just take a look at Gaza completely leveled. That's what they're planning on doing and have been doing in southern Lebanon. That method includes displacing millions of civilians, leveling their homes, and stealing their land. So as [00:01:08] the New York Times, a Zionist rag shockingly reported the other day, and I say shocking because typically they try to provide cover for this type of behavior. They usually don't want to draw attention to it, but in this case, they did some good reporting. Israel has raised border villages as part of an effort to lay the groundwork for a larger occupation. [00:01:27] They're just going to steal the land, okay? The approach Israel's defense minister Israel Katz said was modeled on tactics the military used in Gaza genocide. It's just called genocide. They could just say that but of course they won't. Instead, they describe it as where [00:01:42] the Israeli military reduced entire neighborhoods, buildings, and streets to rubble as part of uh their genocidal operations in Gaza that they're now uh utilizing in southern Lebanon. Israel has announced that they do plan to occupy uh Lebanese land seven miles into Lebanon's [00:02:01] territory. And there have been some evacuation notices for Lebanese villages. north of the Latani River. So I think they're going to go beyond southern Lebanon. I want to be very clear about that just based on the evacuations that they've already announced. Go ahead, [00:02:20] Jake. Yeah, so I want you to understand there's three possibilities. There's a seven mile so called buffer that includes extension into Lebanese water where there's conveniently a Lebanese gas field. And Israel would then steal that gas field that's worth at least $40 billion. [00:02:35] So this is a lot about theft, but then there's a second number which is all the way to the Latani River, which is much longer than seven miles. And now Israel's talking about, you know what, I don't know why we settled at just the Latani River. Why don't we go north of [00:02:51] the Latani River? because it doesn't look like anyone in the world is going to stop us from taking more and more land. The Greater Israel Project, I believe that's what Israel is pursuing. It indicates that they take the entirety of Lebanon. Well, eventually, of course. in fact, [00:03:09] Basel-. Basel El Smotrich, yeah. Yeah, Smotrich is on uh tape talking about, we're going to just do it one at a time, right? And we're going to slowly take all of that land because it belongs to us, God gave it to us. And so he really believes that he's a religious fundamentalist [00:03:26] and so does most of the Israeli cabinet. And they believe that non Israelis are cattle. So it's not a big deal to murder them and take their land. In fact, God wants you to murder them and take their land. Look at Cenk being anti-Semitic again by simply uh repeating what Israeli officials are saying. Anyway, uh so widespread demolitions have flattened expanses [00:03:45] of at least two dozen towns and villages according to the New York Times. Look at that reporting the truth, nice, okay. uh Now with damage to government offices as well as civilian infrastructure including schools. hospitals and mosques. War crimes upon war crimes upon war crimes, but [00:04:06] who cares? Not a big deal. The US should pay for it and we have been paying for it. This is what we have blood on our hands over, giving Israel everything they could possibly want to carry out these atrocities and these war crimes. So I want to show you examples of villages [00:04:23] that have been destroyed. So let's take a look at graphic three here. So at The top you see what these specific villages look like on March 5th before they were bombed to smithereens by the Israelis, leveled by the Israelis. The bottom three show the same villages after [00:04:43] they've been leveled. uh There's other examples. Let's take a look at the next one. So here are six other villages and what they looked like on March 5th. Let's go to the next graphic. That's what they look like. uh after all the bombing took place following uh March 2nd, [00:05:01] the IDF's March 2nd invasion into southern Lebanon. So they're just destroying entire villages. And let me ask you guys something, uh whether you're talking about Gaza or southern Lebanon, is anyone really going to try to make the argument that Israel is targeting Hezbollah [00:05:20] and Hamas? So you're just telling me that Hamas was in every single building in Gaza and so they had to level God. The country that supposedly has the best intelligence in the world. mean, Mossad is even better than the CIA with their intelligence gathering. They're unable to [00:05:38] do targeted strikes against uh the people that they're allegedly going after, please, please. The thing that really gets to me, Cenk, number one, of course, is genocide and slaughter of innocent people. land theft. But number two is the fact that they continue to insult [00:05:57] our intelligence. Yeah, so and they have their partner here in U.S. media. I thought this New York Times piece was actually not that bad. No, it was great. It was actually a great piece. I'm just very salty with the New York Times, especially after Lulu Garcia Navarro [00:06:13] admitted that she was the former Israel-Palestine correspondent and then proceeded to excoriate. Tucker Carlson for asking questions about Israel's intentions. Yeah, so in this piece, they at least showed the wide scale destruction. They talked about how they're reducing entire neighborhoods [00:06:28] to rubble, as you quoted, and that they're going to do a larger occupation. But still, they never cross the threshold, right? Only dirty Arabs and Muslims are terrorists. When Israel does war crimes and genocide and targets civilians on purpose, they're never. ever called [00:06:46] terrorists, that you would be fired instantly from the New York Times. If you accurately use the word terrorist in a balanced way for both sides, that's a fireable offense. You can't ever use naughty language with the Israelis. You have to only use it for dirty Muslims. [00:07:04] You can call anything you want because New York Times editors and publishers hate Muslims and think that it's okay to murder them. And they've shown that through decades of coverage. And through smearing them so that Israel makes it easier for Israel to murder them and for [00:07:19] America to finance their murder. Yeah, let me just be very clear about something, okay? Our corporate media is going to provide cover for Israel and Israel firsters within our own borders, no matter what, no matter who the victims are. So we have a sitting member of [00:07:38] the United States Congress going on an interview and saying out loud. We don't want Armenians serving in Congress. That was Representative Randy Fine, who happens to have an Armenian running against him for the Florida seat that he's currently occupying. uh Where's the New [00:07:57] York Times? Armenians are Christians, overwhelmingly. ah Who cares? Who cares if they're Christians? Who cares if they're Muslims? Are they Israelis? Are they pro-Israel Jews? If they're not, then they're irrelevant. Guys, this is inarguable. They censured- Ilhan Omar because she said [00:08:14] about lobbyists, it's all about the Benjamin. And it is all about the Benjamin. And she's 100 % correct about that. And so that is like the most inoffensive thing I've ever heard for lobbyists, it's obviously about the money. And they're like, yeah, but Benjamin Netanyahu, but at Israel, but to shut the F up, you're never allowed to criticize Israeli lobbyists. [00:08:31] Now meanwhile, Randy Fine said we should murder every single person in Gaza, no censure, okay? He said we should nuke them and we should starve them to death. I mean, that's a Nazi like statement, starve 2 million people to death. No censure, no talk of censure, no one in media asked for [00:08:46] a censure. Now he says Armenian Christians should not be allowed to run for office, why? No censure, no talk of censure, no talk of hey, if you talk to Randy fine, then you should be canceled. No one is allowed to talk to Randy, none of that. So it is indisputable that American [00:09:04] media are sellouts who work for Israel and try to bully Americans into compliance with a foreign government while pretending to be our media. Exactly, so the point is Israel reigns supreme. And it doesn't matter what your religion is, if you are not adequately supportive of Israel, [00:09:22] you're the problem, you're the enemy according to our corporate media. Now, uh going back to what's going down in Lebanon, it's important to understand the damage that Israel had already done to Lebanon previously. was so severe that Lebanon didn't even have an opportunity to [00:09:38] recover. So for instance, many towns were already devastated during the Israel Hezbollah war in 2024. More than 10,000 structures, including homes, mosques, and parks, were damaged or destroyed in at least 26 municipalities, and that's according to Amnesty International. [00:09:58] They're obvious terrorists, there's no dispute about it. So but under penalty of law, We can't find a single mainstream media reporter or cable anchor to say they're obviously terrorists. Does the word terrorists have any meaning? No, no, no, no, everybody bow your head to Israel, [00:10:15] go ahead. LA Times story is super important. Yes, we're going to get to that, give me a second. just to give you an update on the death toll, and this is the death toll based on the hostility, the war that started on March 2nd, okay? So since March 2nd, at least 2,700 [00:10:33] And two people have been killed and 8,311 people wounded in Lebanon during the current war, according to the Health Ministry in Beirut. And the attacks continue, 17 Israeli soldiers have been killed in that same timeframe. And the New York Times is confirming, and I want [00:10:53] to just say it again, that Israel has killed journalists and medical workers in Lebanon just as they did in Gaza. civilian infrastructure, including bridges and gas stations, and displaced more than a million people. And in regard to uh the finance minister of Israel, Basel El [00:11:10] Smotrich, in a recent interview, he was talking about his son who apparently was in southern Lebanon with the IDF. He was severely injured and apparently he's in the hospital recovering, but this is what Smotrich said of his son. My son keeps asking me, not to finish the [00:11:30] work and leave him more to do, meaning in southern Lebanon, devastate southern Lebanon further. I tell him, don't worry, there will be enough for everyone. These people are sick, they're sick. So the terrorists can't wait to get back into the battle, so called battlefield where [00:11:45] they just murder innocent civilians and call it a battle. And then they cry about their 17 soldiers killed while invading Lebanon. They're not civilians, they're soldiers who came to murder the civilians and destroy their homes. And then they tape themselves robbing all the homes before they destroyed them. And we're supposed to have sympathy for the terrorists? [00:12:05] No, I have no sympathy for Israeli terrorists. When we come back from the break, we're going to get into how AI is being tested and utilized in Lebanon as we speak. We'll talk about how inaccurate it tends to be and how innocent people keep getting killed. But well, Israel's doing [00:12:22] it, so it's totally fine. Every time you ring the bell below, an angel gets his wings. Totally not true. But it does keep you updated on our live shows.