Israel Uncensored: The Eurovision War

[Music] gosh wasted here Israel uncensored in the Land of Israel network at the Land of Israel calm it is Monday the 6th of May 2019 the first the VR five seven seven nine Kodesh Cove it is Rosh Chodesh er here five seven seven nine getting ready for Yamaha Israel Independence Day this week and before that Yama's occur on Memorial Day I thought that this week's show would be focused on Independence Day Memorial Day the emotions which go into those two very special days here on the calendar in Israel but lo and behold there's other news to discuss as a result of 700 rockets being fired at Israel by terrorists in Gaza Hamas and pIJ so-called Palestinian Islamic Jihad since Shabbat so we definitely have to speak about that hopefully we'll get mark provider on the show a little bit later on director of security for the one Israel fund who is down in the South delivering equipment to first responders and security chiefs in the various communities but things have looked a lot different 24 hours ago then they do now as of 4:30 a.m. Israel time this morning Israel once again has a cease fire whatever that means with the terror groups in Gaza whatever that means because I don't understand what that means a cease fire we've been down this path about 20 times over the last couple years and there's this low and then a few months later Hamas starts firing rockets again so I want to talk about that then hopefully mark will be available I know he's extremely busy delivering much needed equipment to those communities in preparation for the next time when the Rockets start raining down on Israeli towns and kyboot seem in southern Israel so again 7 700 rockets fired since Shabbat in the morning by the various terror groups down in Gaza for Israeli civilians killed murdered by the terrorists for we lost for Israelis yesterday it's horrible it's completely not acceptable and it's extremely frustrating for me this morning talking to you with another so-called ceasefire the ceasefire the Israeli government actually refuses to confirm that there is a truce because we're not supposed to be negotiating with terrorists that's been the Israeli way for years and years and years and yet whether it's via Egypt or the UN or whomever we do have now as a 4:30 this morning a ceasefire with Hamas schools were supposed to be cancelled today in the South because of the rockets and schools for the most part some are still closed but for the most part they're in session once they say the home front command says everything back to normal you know pretty much that there is a ceasefire in effect but these really government will not admit that they're negotiating behind the scenes with Hamas to come to a ceasefire which isn't even a term that Hamas recognizes so I don't know how you can even call it that definitely not a truce which I said before definitely not a ceasefire but it's it's just extremely frustrating Las Vegas by the way is already taking wages wagers at this point on when the next round will start so anybody have a bed out there you want to make a prediction send me an email Josh at the Land of Israel calm I'll place your bet for you when will the next round it might even be like tomorrow whether it's rockets and if it's not rockets so we still have the issue of incendiary balloons and kites and the burning of the fields and the Friday violent riots on the border all of that is still in play from what I know extremely frustrating situation the IDF did strike 320 targets yet Hamas still stands Islamic Jihad stands in Gaza and now we now we get to the politicians the various ministers and members of Knesset all taking to the airwaves over the last couple hours describing their up or rather some defending the ceasefire giving their opinions on the ceasefire whether it was a good idea a bad idea some defending some criticizing it you have minister Yuval Steinitz for example told army radio this morning he said that this was the biggest blow that israel gave to the terror groups in since 2014 s protective edge he said we accomplished in several days what it took 50 days to accomplish in 2014 so he was essentially praising his boss Prime Minister Netanyahu but he also added he said that the way to get rid of Hamas me would be for Israel to conquer Gaza so in that regard I subscribe but I do not believe that Hamas suffered a major blow over the last two days they're still there they're still standing and apparently they're still calling the shots in terms of when we go to war when we go to a ceasefire or what not gita ansari mkq don'ts are from the Likud on the other hand said they said the ceasefire accomplished nothing he said that the rounds of violence are only becoming closer together I agree with Gideon SAR on this issue I think this accomplished nothing other than for well a result of the last 48 hours as for Israelis dead it's an accomplishment for Hamas which is extremely sad for us MK Smotrich from the National Union affection of the bight iud party Jewish home party said that there should have been 700 dead terrorists one for each of the rockets fired I agree with Smotrich here that's for sure and then you have opposition had been aganst I'd be curious to know what he would do if he was in fact prime minister but he said that this was a surrender to Hamas against of course just several weeks ago declaring victory in the Israeli elections only to now be sitting in the opposition as Prime Minister net yah-hoo remains our prime minister so what do we get here we get quiet for Yamazaki run for Yamato mode and of course again that's Memorial Day Independence Day taking place this week and of course for Eurovision which is set to take place and what at another seven eight days or so maybe this should have been called the Eurovision war or the Eurovision battle because nobody wanted there to be this conflict of Hamas as the Eurovision participants and all the fans arrive here in Israel so that makes me very sad because we're saying that this Eurovision I get it I understand it adds tourism dollars and it's a positive tool for Israel's public diplomacy but at what expense at the expense of the lives of those in southern Israel the thousands of residents who still don't know what their fate will be and when the next rocket will fall and when they're gonna have to sleep in the shelter's again and when people are gonna get killed and people are gonna get wounded you had hundreds over 200 wounded in this latest round so I would call it sadly the Eurovision battle which we had over the last two days which ended Eurovision battle ended because your vision is right around the corner and as I said before how much longer how much longer until the next rocket or the next fire bomb balloon incendiary device oddsmakers want to know I thought we were on to something when I saw images yesterday of Israel targeting senior Hamas leaders including the moneyman the guy who financed terror attacks he was the go-to man or the the conduit from between Iran and Hamas supplying them with the funding so that they can continue their reign of terror he was taken out by Israel and a few others and I thought wow there's a change in policy we're going back to targeting senior Hamas members for senior Islamic Jihad pIJ members but then it then it stopped we killed a few of them and then and then it stopped but I've said this before again you could just take your copy and paste feature from a previous show I've said this many times what has to happen is we need to close the crossings with Gaza once and for all we we actually were providing fuel up until about noon yesterday we were still studying in fuel into Gaza for the huge so-called humanitarian aid which they require what country would send in aid while they are firing hundreds of rockets don't understand that policy I say we closed the crossings and then of course we we said that you could only the fishermen in Gaza could only go what it was at six miles six nautical miles out instead of 15 that was the big punishment or the big deterrent to stop the rocket fire is more accurate we need to close the crossings once and for all stop providing them with fuel which they Hamas then uses not to enhance the lives of its civilian population but to use it to fire the Rockets use the building equipment to keep building those tunnels I know we destroyed a tunnel over the last couple days we found and destroyed another tunnel we actually probably knew where that obviously we knew where that tunnel was before you didn't just find it over the last couple days Israel destroyed a weapons smuggling tunnel another one shut off the electricity Israel does not need to provide an enemy on its border with electricity let the people turn against Hamas I am NOT a fan of the notion that we should send an idea of troops into Gaza to wage a battle or a war so that Mahmoud Abbas the Palestinian Authority can retake Gaza I don't want one soldier god forbid to pay the price with his life so that the PA could once again rule in Gaza that's not the way to go in my opinion he shut off the water he shut off the electricity and when the people have had enough of Hamas let them overthrow Hamas we had demonstrations the people of Gaza some of them are demonstrating against Hamas of course Hamas crushed them with extreme violence which the so called human rights activists around the world basically ignored that they ignore but when Israel uses self-defense when seven hundred missiles are fired at its civilian population from mosques and schools that the world ignores that is the reality so again new policy needed for Gaza shut off the electricity once and for all and then eventually once and eventually then you go back into Gaza you reestablish Gush Katif you undo that horrible mistake which was made in 2005 which got us to the point we are now where you've had a decade and a half rockets raining down on our it's actually it actually started in 2001 but then intensified in 2005 so you have an entire generation of kids growing up under rocket fire in Gaza and you go back in after you shut off the electricity after Hamas is thrown out by their own people Hamas which uses their own kids as human shields and gets away with it then you go back in but first shut off the electricity say once and for all that's it we're never done providing you with this aid and the resources that they're using to turn against us the four Israelis who were murdered who were killed over the last several days 58 year-old Moshe Agati a father of four from Ashkelon he was the first to be killed then you had a 47 year old father of seven a bedouin worker in a factory in ashqelon saeed al imam de father of seven he was murdered Moshe fader 60 years old he was hit by an anti-tank his car was hit by an anti-tank missile along the Gaza border there yesterday just horrible and then 21 21 year old penniless Menachem presumes mom if I'm pronouncing that correctly he was running for shelter in Ashdod and he was killed as a result of rocket fire over 200 injured what is going to be ladies and gentlemen with the residents of the South I cannot fat how tired they must be physically emotionally mentally in every which way because of all of these waves over the last several years I can't imagine again I work down in the south for three years I know what it's like to run from Rockets these were the days before there was in the Iron Dome defense system 2007 to 2009 I worked down there and stay wrote so I know what it's like having to run but how much how much more how much longer can these people sit there on the frontlines with an enemy literally within binocular view that's how close they are how much longer until we get rid of Hamas anyway we're going to try to get Marc provider on the phone if he's available doing good work for the one whose real fund providing necessary equipment to the security chiefs and others in Judea Samaria the southern border of the northern border my name is Josh hastin this is Israel uncensored on the Land of Israel Network out the Land of Israel calm it is Monday the 6th of May 2019 Rosh Hodesh er five seven seven nine get in touch with me during the week Josh at the Land of Israel calm I appreciate the emails on Facebook it's Joshua Houston or my new page Josh hastin Israel advocacy and journalism on Twitter at Josh hastin and on Instagram as well jab the shout out to Binyamin Gretzky for all the work he does behind the scenes getting new shows up in addition to Tabitha Epstein for her work here at the network short break and we'll be right back the Land of Israel Network invites you to the Shavuot of a lifetime Thursday through Monday June sixth through tenth 2019 at the Jerusalem's Mount Zion Hotel featuring show hosts re Abramowitz and Jeremy compel you Shayan Malka Fleischer Gil Hoffman Eve Harrow and more Torah prayers classes tours concerts and a children's program for more information visit the land of israel dodge travel for the shipload of a lifetime that's the land of israel dodge travel and we are back Josh hastened here Israel uncensored on the Land of Israel network at the Land of Israel calm it is Monday the 6th of May 2019 the first the VR five seven seven nine we're gonna go to the phone right now a good friend mark provider director of security for the one Israel fund of course when I heard about the Rockets the other day the first thing I did was call mark I knew he would already be down there somewhere in the South doing good things providing people with the equipment they need during these difficult times and sure enough mark was somewhere in the bear in the bear Sheva area assessing the situation in handing out equipment down there mark welcome to Israel uncensored welcome back to the show Thank You Josh thank you so tell me where you are here today on this Monday Israel now has declared a well they haven't said it out loud but there's a ceasefire in effect as a 4:30 this morning 700 rockets you were down south yesterday where are we catching you now and describe some of the experiences you've been having down there in the south so I'm in Kerem Shalom right now we're assessing what the needs of the Russian security chiefs and the medics and to see what you know what we have to do because this is not over this is this is you know if you have something to beat me up and you just may have knew this is not over this is going to happen again and we're just trying to keep these guys prepared for whatever problems they may have so what I'm doing down here today so even though there's a ceasefire today everyone knows it's just Leonor time it's a matter of time the government knows it's a matter of time this is all a political game it's all a joke these are guys and the people you're putting their lives on the line and our soldiers are putting their lives on the line and you know look I'm sorry that I found really upset but that's the way it is so basically my you know today's is suppose now quiet and uh we're trying to assess what we can learn from this what they're lacking and what one is more fun has to bring these guys to keep them safe like you know I say no more Jewish victims and uh that's what we're doing now assessing the situation I've been out on well it's where most people can't go and let's see what happens what happens what was it like for you yesterday dodging rockets down there along with hundreds of thousands of others of other Israelis there on the you get used to it Josh Josh you get used to it you get into it their lives you know they're you're we heard different stories of different people I mean this is not my first time down it's not going to be my last time I just I just want to take care of the guys who are out here people don't realize these guys were out there running around when the Rockets are falling because after you know they have to get protect themselves and then they have to go right out and then it hits again and it's with the mortars are also there they're the worst because you really don't get warnings on them and you just hear that whistle and you get your act together so that's what we're trying to do right now one is our funds right now we're trying to we're just we want to rate the funds that we're going to be raising this week with no more Jewish victims we're gonna apply down south here at school region to a couple of places up north to get the guys the equipment that they need that's that's what it comes down to so let me ask you this why I was listening to several memcache and ministers on the radio this morning some saying oh this was a great success the biggest success since 2014 we sent a clear message to Hamas I mean we've heard this before other ministers in memcache saying this was a disaster after you don't you don't want a dispute believe me you don't want me to speak you don't want me to speak about it I am really upset at the government why because Eurovison yo mas boats going to bother our ceremonies or the big deal of the century please these guys are here it's just a game they're playing with and I'm getting really a little sick and tired of it personally and it's just not right they could have they could have blasted the crap out of these people and really made them stop but again it's a game and unfortunately the player the pawns lead and I just want to do whatever I can to help stop that that's all the pawns really do bleed for dead over 200 wounded and as I said that's only part of it yeah that's only part of it what about the people who have to live here from now it stops and then it doesn't and for them it doesn't end for them it's constant I'm sorry I'm sitting here with okay with the new security chief but the other guy here was one of the older security chiefs is a good friend I haven't seen him in a while you know it's it's just not right it's tough and they come down I don't and the president comes down other people come down and you know what I don't see yeah everyone's taking pictures and selfies and all this stuff I'm sorry I'm not seeing real action to provide the proper protection to the people who are living here I'm not seeing it and I will go against any government government minister and tell him that I've watched why should I have to be bringing equipment down and working with it why why should I have to be doing what I'm doing right yeah and it's just not right what they have to go through because it's they say ok ok so today we have a ceasefire break so what are we going to after Eurovision that's it it's going to start again or wait after Trump brings his plan and then then what then they'll have to wait for the summer before it happened again or who knows what it's not right it is not right I said it in the first half of the show I called it the I called it the Eurovision war or the Eurovision battle I mean if you want to give a name to it because that's exactly I agree with that's exactly what it is I'm putting I was speaking that I was putting to the chief of security yesterday and this we have said I said ok I'm going to be done in terms of them tomorrow I said and they're like worried you know I said look there's never be a ceasefire tonight know it knew everyone knew this was going to happen because it's a it's just wrong and I'm sorry I am not happy with BD and I get that all upset a lot of people to here but that's the way it is it's been in eighteen years people don't realize or may not realize that this actually was started in 2001 with different degrees of intensity over the years but the problem has been there for years and years and years and you have an entire generation plus it's more than a generation of kids growing up under circumstances which no kids should have to grow up under anywhere in the world and unfortunately these are our brothers and sisters in the south and you know what you're doing is is you're making go ahead oh wait I'm gonna take advantage of the fact that I'm on the radio now for it and everything and people and they were we're saying okay equipment alright so there's a ceasefire now so what everyone else everyone's going to relax now and then they're gonna wait for the next thing to happen oh how can we help so you know what I'm down here I'm trying to really quit these guys of what they need if if people you know outside the country whatever they want to get involved please don't wait for the next round of violence don't do that I got to prepare these guys I got to get them what they need what they're asking for now before right and it's simple and these are the bravest guys in Israel okay easy there of shopton the security chief security directors the medics with my friend that I mentioned it was the former of shot he's American yeah I got I want to keep these guys safe because they are the bravest people in Israel same bottom-line me as a former security chief when I say that I know what I'm talking about by the way what's that they're also the coolest people right if you're listening to the broadcast go to the one Israel fund website the campaign is no more Jewish victims if you do make a donation and protect as Mark said protect people now have them be prepared for the next round which is only a matter of days weeks months down the road right tell them tell them you heard heard it on this broadcast and we will make sure that one is real fund and no more Jewish victims directs the money is helping those security chiefs and as Mark said medics down on the front lines do it now folks do it before because if you listen to the first part of the show I said it as well it's only a matter of time this I call the Eurovision war or Eurovision battle until the next time but Marc keep up the holy work you're doing alright a safe down there in case you know the ceasefire stops today who knows yeah send us a census they put it up online Marc provider director security for the one is real fun doing holy work if you want to get in touch with mark go to one is refund or you can get in touch with him through me I'll connect you and we will protect some of our bravest on the front lines down in southern Israel or in the north or in Judea and Samaria wherever they are that's where one is real fun wherever there's trouble whatever wherever there's trouble that's where you can find Marc provider and sometimes I get to go along for the ride so anyway have a great day be safe and thanks for joining us here thank you that's gonna do for today folks Marc is already off the air he's back to business protecting people on the front lines and and we'll see where this goes again I wanted to talk about yo Matt Smith and yo mizuka Ron and maybe bring guests on here who have fought in Israel's various battles not saying mark hasn't mark mark also has fought in many battles I wanted to focus on those two days important days here on the calendar in Israel but it wasn't meant to be as a result of the Hamas and terror aggression from Gaza and as Mark said it's only a matter of time until we're having this conversation again and maybe we'll do I'll skip I'll take the day off from recording and I'll just ask van brettski here my engineer to do a copy and paste unfortunately unfortunately it's very sad to say so but just to end on a positive note we will just finish with saying Hawks I may have a happy yo matzah my I'm sure that there will be people out despite what happened this week celebrating our independence despite all of it we have been independent here in modern times for 71 years the State of Israel despite the downside and it's the greatest time to be Jewish and in the Land of Israel in two thousand years with our own army and our own State you're not the wandering Jew's any longer so that we can definitely be proud of here in Israel that's going to do it for today Josh hasty and Israel uncensored on the Land of Israel network at the Land of 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harder and harder to stand and there's no running away from it either I mean there's nothing greater than living as a Jew especially in our world today where we see the ingathering of the exiles from all around the world they're coming back to the Land of Israel we have our own state the technology the innovation the light that's coming out of the Jewish people in Israel is unparalleled and that's part of what we're trying to broadcast here on the Land of Israel Network and share that message Israel inspired with our Abramowitz and jeremy compel on the land of israel network at the land of israel dot-com [Music]