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Speaker 1: Hey guys, So we were technically supposed to be off

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Speaker 1: for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, but there were a number

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Speaker 1: of stories that I really wanted to update you on,

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Speaker 1: so I'm going to go through a few of them

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Speaker 1: here for you. To start with, there is a hostage

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Speaker 1: deal and a temporary cease fire, so I want to

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Speaker 1: give you the details of that. In addition, a wild

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Speaker 1: viral video, actually multiple viral videos of this total psycho

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Speaker 1: or maybe you will guess who this man turned out

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Speaker 1: to be. You've got to hear those details. It says

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Speaker 1: a lot about the US government under Obama, under Clinton,

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Speaker 1: and our policy towards Israel. We'll break that down for you.

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Speaker 1: And in addition, there is what I think you could

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Speaker 1: only describe as a complete witch hunt happening in Hollywood

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Speaker 1: right now. I'm trying to find anyone who is exercising

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Speaker 1: wrongthink on Israel and Palestine, and those people are losing

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Speaker 1: with the biggest news certainly, which is they have now

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Speaker 1: officially come to a hostage for temporary cease fire deal.

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Speaker 1: Let's go and put some of these details up on

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Speaker 1: the screen. Israel voted their security cabinet voted on this

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Speaker 1: yesterday and approved it. Negotiations happened between the US, Hamas, Israel, Qatar,

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Speaker 1: incredibly crucial and being able to come to these terms.

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Speaker 1: So here's what we know. Hamas is supposed to lease

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Speaker 1: fifty hostages, including Israeli women and children. Included in that total,

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Speaker 1: we expect there to be three US citizens as well.

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Speaker 1: In exchange, Israel is going to release one hundred and

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Speaker 1: fifty Palestinian prisoners. These are also mostly women and miners.

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Speaker 1: I'm going to give you some more details on exactly

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Speaker 1: who those individuals are in just a moment. Israel will

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Speaker 1: also allow around three hundred AID trucks per day to

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Speaker 1: duration is expected to last for four days. However, there

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Speaker 1: is a condition in here that if additional hostages are released,

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Speaker 1: that ceasefire could be extended. The numbers that I saw

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Speaker 1: doubt about it. This is a temporary reprieve. However, it

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Speaker 1: is a reprieve nonetheless incredibly important given the dire situation

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Speaker 1: on the ground to be able to get those AID

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Speaker 1: a break from the bombing. Of course, it would be

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Speaker 1: permanent ceasefire, only a temporary measure. It's also important to

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Speaker 1: think about the context here. So there were previous deals

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Speaker 1: Israel's ground invasion. There have been a lot of indications

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Speaker 1: That is certainly possible, certainly possible that that is the case. However,

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Speaker 1: He says, the war will continue. Quote, we will not

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Speaker 1: If you can't critique a political ideology without being smeared

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Speaker 1: And so this climate of fear has seemingly completely overtaken Hollywood,

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Speaker 1: that's what I got for you today. Thanks so much,

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Speaker 1: guys for supporting us. I hope all of you have

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Speaker 1: a wonderful Thanksgiving and if anything else pops off, that's big.

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Speaker 1: Of course, we will keep you updated. But otherwise and

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Speaker 1: we recorded a long interview I did with Norman finkelstin

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Speaker 1: long interview that Sager did with Jocko Willock, and those

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Speaker 1: for that. Those are some longer conversations we thought it

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Speaker 1: would be a good way to dive into some deeper

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Speaker 1: topics over the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Enjoy your time, guys,

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Speaker 1: and we will certainly see you back here for full

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