October 7th Foresight, Netanyahu’s Funding of Hamas, and the Settlers Murdering Palestinians
4/13/20261 hr 51 min
Did Netanyahu know October 7th was coming? Why did he fund Hamas? Who are the settlers killing Palestinians in the West Bank? A journalist based in Israel answers the questions American media ignore. (00:00) The Truth Behind October 7th (08:44) When Did Planning For October 7th Start? (30:51) Why Was the IDF Given a Stand-Down Order? (45:42) Why Did Netanyahu Send U.S. Funds to Hamas Before October 7th? (59:59) The Strange New World of West Bank Settlers Ari Flanzraich has worked as both a fixer and investigative journalist for major outlets including The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, the Observer, among others, using command of both languages to operate in Palestinian villages and Israeli settlements. He has posed as a Palestinian to meet with leaders of militant factions and arms dealers in the West Bank, bringing rare on-the-ground insight into the region. The son of a prominent Toronto rabbi, he spent his first several years in Israel living and working alongside illegal West Bankers and Gazans in Arab villages along the Green Line. Most recently, he served as an investigative reporter for The Washington Post. Paid partnerships with: Hallow prayer app: Get 3 months free at https://Hallow.com/Tucker American Financing: NMLS 182334, http://nmlsconsumeraccess.org. APR for rates in the 5s start at 6.196% for well qualified borrowers. Call 800-685-5696 for details about credit costs and terms. Visit http://AmericanFinancing.net/Tucker. Brooklyn Bedding: Get 30% off sitewide with promo code TUCKER at https://brooklynbedding.com TCN: NEW! Tucker Carlson Books presents Russell Brand’s ‘How to Become a Christian in 7 Days.’ Available only on https://tuckercarlsonbooks.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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First 90 secondsTucker Carlson· Host0:00
[intro music] How long have you lived in Israel?
Ari Flanzraich· Guest0:05
Been there for about 10 years.
Tucker Carlson· Host0:07
10 years. Um, so we're just talking off camera, and I'm... First of all, thank you for doing this.
Ari Flanzraich· Guest0:13
Pleasure. Thanks for having me.
Tucker Carlson· Host0:14
Uh, it's impossible to really understand anything from the United States because the filters and the propaganda are just so restrictive. But it seems obvious that October 7th w- is the beginning of, of a global reshuffling, certainly of, of the Middle East. We haven't spent enough time thinking through what that was. What was that?
Ari Flanzraich· Guest0:38
I think to properly understand October the 7th, you have to, you have to put together kind of a timeline. I think what's been lacking here... You know, I talk to a lot of Palestinians, and they tell me a lot about how they, they portray the war as something that sort of began after October the 7th, which is another problem we can get to at some point. The Israelis chalk it up to, you know, the act of a rabid antisemite. I have no doubt that he was, he was quite possibly an antisemite.
Tucker Carlson· Host1:07
He... A- a- and you're speaking of- Yahya Sinwar. Yeah.
Ari Flanzraich· Guest1:10
The leader of Hamas- Head of Hamas, yeah ...who's now, now dead.
Tucker Carlson· Host1:12
Yep.
Ari Flanzraich· Guest1:12
Um, but it doesn't mean that there wasn't a logic. It doesn't mean that this happened when it happened and how it happened for a- So just to be clear about what you're saying, so from the Palestinian perspective, everything we're seeing now is a result of the events after October 7th, and from the Israeli perspective, October 7th