Weekly Update: Nachum Segal and Malcolm Hoenlein Discuss the Latest News

Malcolm Homeline is in Jerusalem. That's right. He gets to be among the few that have the privilege of visiting the holy land in the holy city for the holiday of Sukkot. And there's nothing like it. Been a long time since I've done it. And he is with us from Jerusalem um for the weekly update conference of presidents of major American Jewish organizations. Mr. Homeline, a Gartove to you and welcome back to JM in the AM. >> I'm here. There we go. I apologize. Seems to be a whole bunch of technical problems on my end this morning. Hey, Gamar to you and welcome back to JM and the AM. >> Thank you. Gumar to Shabbat shalom all the possible that we can accumulate. Uh, by the way, I just want to make one correction. Uh, I'm not one of the few. The fact is there are Jerusalem is packed with Americans and um I can tell you at the inbal when he told me that it was full and I said is it a lot of Israelis and he said there are only six Israelis all the rest Americans sold out >> I think it's true in the others >> Malcolm how many diaspora Jews are there on this planet >> um well depends on definition, I guess, >> because because the reason I say it is because the reality is and I I understand your sentiment, but the reality is you are among the select few privileged who do not live in Israel, privileged to be in the Holy Land during this incredible holiday season. And I'm not saying it, by the way, with any uh, you know, with any type of negative uh, angle. I'm simply saying that it's a I'm sure you feel it that it's an amazing privilege and it's one of the more unique and incredible times of year to be in the Holy Land. >> 100% right. I was just uh picking up on that one note that people understand that tourism is booming now. Thank God. And it is such a privilege. I I I always try to remind myself not to take for granted what we have and and the opportunity that our grandparents and great-grandparents didn't have and for them to come it was if they could come at all it was such a ta was such an amazing effort and we with such ease generally you know tickets are high and the plane sometimes seats are few but when you want to come I saw at the hotels I see it in the streets in Jerusalem A lot a lot of people are here and they're having such a good time. The weather is great. We have no tsunamis coming. No El Nino, no nothing. >> I hope I hope you tied down your patio furniture before you left. That's all I can tell you. >> I'll I'll find out when I get back. >> Say that again. Might be right in the middle of the road. Um well, there you have it, folks. uh a uh really a unique perspective because not all of us get the privilege of being in the holy land and it is an unbelievable experience to say the least. Every yam to but sukus for some reason is something really unique and I'm assuming your yum kipper at the great synagogue was as remarkable as you had predicted it would be and will you be there again tonight for the holiday? >> I will be there and both of our sales will be there. >> Wow. But that it was such a beautiful yont and by the time the came you know we have over,200 seats I think 1190 were full >> and the the um at the end of the domining at the great synagogue the two got up together and they led a tikvah. >> Wow. >> And I have to tell you you can't imagine how powerful that experience is every year. But the two of them and their amazing voices with the choir, there's hardly a dry eye in the room when it happens. And it and it's a reminder. I think it's such an important thing to do. And I see that that some other shs have picked it up now and doing it. Uh it and I think it's something wouldn't be bad to have as a common practice especially at this time when Israel is under assault when when they're trying to divide us that people be reminded and maybe dok maybe some at the end of some time appropriate to to uh remind everyone and to reconnect and you see the sacrifice. Look what the ambassador to the United States is he lost a son three years ago. a doctor who was killed in service and now a second son in uh in it was in Chamron and was a car ramming and he is in very serious condition. I was at the hospital last night at Sheratic where he is. It's um it's very serious condition uh and you think of the sacrifices that people make and how little is asked of us. >> Yeah, no question about it. I'm glad you mentioned that. Narov Ben Khana. Nadoben Khana, the son of Mr. Mrs. Yahil Lighter Yahil, of course, the ambassador, as Malcolm said, of Israel to the United States. And and and we know and and I'm not criticizing, obviously, it's a high-profile episode because of the position of his father. Totally understood. Uh and it made international news for that reason. But um in other news, unfortunately, the sacrifices as you just described continue because another couple of funerals of very very young soldiers uh killed in Gaza. >> Four years old. >> Yeah. Really >> two of them, two 24 handsome uh such amazing young people. They're reservists, the sergeant majors in the in the reserves. And that's just one day. And we know that it goes on and it's been going on for years. And you think of the tremendous sacrifice of the people and they take it upon themselves. They know why they did it. They they they you know obviously suffer greatly with it but it's without recrimination. It's it's they something they understand. And you see how many parents courageously uh put up signs about how we have to stand up for the state of Israel. Parents of of fallen soldiers. It's I think it's really an incredible manifestation that you would see in very few countries. >> Yeah, 100%. Never a quiet day in 78 years of the state of Israel. Never an unexciting day. And I say that in a positive fashion, which I'm sure you feel. There is an excitement in Israel that's just palpable when you walk the streets, when you uh uh when you have the opportunity to live a few days of life there. Uh but never a quiet day in 78 years. It's never a quiet day. Malcolm Homeline is with us from Israel. It's weekly update time. So, the prime minister of Israel did not follow your advice and it was the first thing I thought of. Forget about yesterday. We'll talk about yesterday in a minute, but the first thing I thought of when I saw that video that he released for all to see around the world against the mayor of the city of New York. Uh, I guess there's two schools of thought here, Malcolm. There's your school of thought, which I still lean toward, where it would be a good idea to just ignore him. And then I guess there's the prime minister's school of thought. Maybe, I don't know, before the election, he felt like he has to act like a tough guy or take on somebody who's been so terrible to our community. I'm not sure what the rationale is. What did you think when you first saw that video? >> So, first of all, I'm all for taking the appropriate steps. I'm against meetings with him. I myself have not. I am against you know um whitewashing the reality. It's very important that we confront him but I have spoken to the leading experts. I've spoken to people even non-Jews many non-Jews who come to me and say stop talking about him. >> Yeah. >> Don't talk about him. It only builds them up. Look the last time during the summer when he first said he wanted to arrest him. The response and everything got him two weeks of national publicity every single day across the country. we promoting him. People are now saying, you know, that he's the leader of the DSA, the leader of the Democratic Party and and and he, you know, look at the evil things he says, the terrible things. Let that be the record of what he says. People, you know, Netanyahu is not very popular generally. He has been demonized unfairly and irrationally. You can disagree with his decisions. You can disagree with all that stuff. But the way he has been positioned is is quite outrageous because it's a way to say I hate Israel in a more kosher, you know, acceptable way. Oh, Hillary Clinton will say, "I love Israel, but I hate Netanyahu." >> Why would you hate Netanyahu? You could say, "I disagree with him." But she has to hate him and and many others. And then you get the response. You see that Hul had to come out and defend Manny even though lately she was distancing herself and and you put others in the position of of making a choice and and and it's unnecessary, >> right? So So that we have to call I I mean a terrible mistake. the video. A terrible mistake. And I I know there are people who disagree with you and me on this, but I I I don't see the other side of this at all. I only see what you're saying in terms of the video. Now, the question is, and I brought this up last week. I said, I said at that point, last week, I'd like him to get up at the UN and, you know, and sort of say to mom, Donnie, hey, guess what, buddy? I'm here. You know, that type of attitude. And you set me straight on it. And and I did agree at the end that, you know, better to ignore him instead. Instead, he uses the platform of the United Nations in a high-profile speech in the highest of profile places for an international uh discussion to to, you know, give a shame on you, Mr. Mandani, and and to really say things about Mamani that I'm not even 100% sure, you know, how do I put this? I don't want to say I'm not 100% sure they're accurate. I I just you know they they they were so esoteric in terms of trying to describe what he is visav the Jewish community in Israel I don't even think any of them really landed well the comments he made so what do you think when he brought up the mayor of New York from the podium at the UN >> well first of all there was no audience I mean it was non audience presence so it wasn't an impact on people coming to the United Nations foreign leaders others it's obviously for domestic purposes maybe here maybe there don't think it Israel, it really has much of an impact and from talking to people, I don't hear it. Um, they talk about Mandani, they talk about what is happening with the DSA. They're concerned about it. I met with key government officials uh in this past week and very meaningful discussions and people are being thoughtful about approaches on some of these issues. But so who who's the audience for it in New York? They know who he is. You know, somebody pointed out to me that when Trump went out of office, he was at like 34%. The more they hammered MAGA in the interim four years, the stronger he got and you keep building him up because he becomes then the center of attention and the people are then attracted to it. >> And I think that that uh the fact that that Hokll or others have to to to rise to it and we we we keep positioning himself as being a policy center. He's not a policy maker. He's a mayor of a city of New York. He has nothing to do with the UN. So then why invoke him in the UN. I'm sure that there are people who have advised him and and told him I don't think it's decision he makes alone. He's very politically savvy and media savvy generally. I think this is a mistake though. You know, I'll tell you another thing that gets me. I I I always think it's a bad idea to single someone out by name. Um and I I'm sure you agree with that. you would much rather him not have, you know, mentioned his name from the podium. I I would assume you agree with that. But even when it came to his criticism of the leader of France, because of what the leader of France has been saying about Judea and Samaria, even when it came to the criticism of of of England, um, with their position on col colonization when their history is, you know, all about colonization, which I thought was a good point, but I always think it's better to to utilize devious euphemisms to mention these countries and mention specific specific individuals than actually mentioning the country's name or the individual's name. What do you think of that? >> Well, the UN is an appropriate place to talk about international issues and the attacks as opposed to a mayor of New York. Um, I happen to agree largely with you what you just said that um Mcronone is going to go out of office. It's going to be changing government eventually. Britain, we never know how long the government will last. and they they they want the attack because it makes them popular. You know, you saw that people walked out. By the way, people should not be um confused by the fact that you have a walk out. I was there many years and what they do is nobody is in the session before that with other foreign leaders. They bring in uh staffers from the different embassies who then stage a walk out. They weren't there before. they didn't come before and they and they don't come back after. So, you know, they they they come for some of the major leaders and like for Trump and others otherwise the hall is generally empty. So, uh, for them to portray it as a as a major walk out and then I think Netanyahu that, you know, because the election here is trying to address some of those issues and highlighting from a UN forum the international manifestations is is less inappropriate. But I think you make a good point. It's an opportunity to put a positive agenda and put forward >> the the positions that he wants people to hear. Oh, that's why honestly as I'm watching and I know everyone thinks I'm anti-BB and you know I can't find anything right with him at this point. I get that whole thing but trying to be as objective as possible. As I'm watching it yesterday, I'm saying to myself, you know which speech he should have given yesterday at the UN? He should have given the 2022 speech. Excuse me, the 2023 speech. He should have given the speech he gave right before October 7th. Cuz if you remember, I felt that that speech at that time was completely inappropriate. I felt he just forgot what neighborhood he's in. And of course, you know, we know what happened two weeks later. Uh all about, you know, technology and the advancements in Israel. Invest now in Israel. Now's the time. Hop aboard the train. You'll miss the station though. You get to the station now. You'll miss the train. The whole thing. And I was just so uncomfortable with. And then of course we know what happened right afterwards. Now I thought that was the time for this. Now, I thought as everybody's focused on Iran, as everybody's focused on the whole anti-semitism issue, I thought this was the time to paint Israel in the greatest light possible as a real leader among nations at the top of the technology game, the place to invest in, etc., etc. I thought that was and and instead he really reverted back to some of the old speeches. I mean, you know, with all due respect, the Six-Day War and in Tbby, and I know that these are important episodes, etc. We we've heard that in his speeches, especially at the UN many times before. So I I I felt the speech sort of just, you know, did it land well. What did you think? >> I don't think it made much of an impact, nor would it. it uh he he's there because he has an opportunity to try and put before the world a uh you know the is Israeli position and part of it is always going to be defensive against the distortions and because there's so many and you can't fight it that way so there I've heard from others also saying don't don't play to them just put forward a positive agenda of what you see in the region how you think change could take place if there are warnings you want to sound about things happening in Egypt Muslim Brotherhood, the the Turkey uh you know uh chain to Qatar with the Syria, Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood chain to sound warnings for the West I think is is legitimate thing to do and and I would show how the what Israel has done and what the United States has done and what the threat that remains from Iran, what what threats there are, but at the same time say look at the amazing opportunities that we have to make this a better world. You're worried about AI, but you can also see the amazing benefits that could be derived if it's done in the proper way. And we support doing it in the proper way and Israel will be at the forefront of this revolution and other revolutions and medicine. >> Excellent point. >> And the fact that, you know, making the reference in Gaza and saying, why would we commit genocide? How can you accuse us of genocide when we're giving them polio vaccines and a million and food, a million pounds of food to every person? that I think is a legitimate statistic. I don't think people really absorb it, but I think it's an important point to make to put that lie uh out front. >> Yeah, cuz it's sort of yesterday's news. He he seemed to me like he was fighting on social media yesterday. That's what he felt like to me. Like he was just, you know, like he was a social media influencer trying to, you know, come back with points that, you know, are are are traditional in all these arguments. And what you just said is so right. I think he had an opportunity to really emphasize how Israel is a leader in so many things and to really talk about, you know, the present and future instead of the past and present. I I know we can't forget the past, but I don't know, in yesterday's context, I just thought it would work better. A lot of people said that it was just a, you know, campaign speech for Israel, but even that I was having trouble digesting afterwards as the analysts were saying that I was like, really? Like, is this speech going to make such an impact in Israel or, you know, the Israelis are going to hear yesterday's speech? They're going to hear it a thousand times between now and October 27th, right? They're going to hear to security. They're going to hear they're going to hear all of it. Iran, etc. They're going to hear all of this from BB god knows how many times between now and the election. So, I don't know. Sort it sort of didn't uh didn't mean much to me when I heard that that it was just a an opportunity to make a campaign speech for the Israeli campaign. >> Well, so I've heard the same thing about being a campaign speech. I don't think Israelis put that much weight into it. And I don't know how many really watched it. It got some coverage, but the Madani issue, you know, got a lot of the the publicity and and the, you know, reaction and and that brought more attention then to the demonstrators outside. They claim a big Jewish demonstration. You know, the leaders are they're not leaders. They're they're rag tag group, mostly extreme leftists, leftists, leftists, and many of them not Jewish. And the the you know, it's it's a man bites dog. Everybody loves it if they can say Jews protesting Israel. And I saw how even well-meaning journalists picked it up. And that was not the case. And and not a single Jewish leader I know will really join. These are people who who are the Bernie Sanders ilk who have had nothing to do with the Jewish community. Still don't care about the Jewish community. And the and you know the media attempts because it's it's interesting. and they wore red shirts and they they went came to do commer square and people positioned the cameras to make it look like the biggest possible crowd they could. Uh there was a Jewish demonstration also. There were other things that that took place, you know, but people are tied in and I'm not sure, you know, that the um attempt was really successful. Obviously, people were still focused on whether he could be arrested. I don't know if people were waiting to see if the police would make a move. Uh, everybody was asking me about why did he land his plane here? Why did the plane land his plane there? You know, whether that was related to it. I think people should stop speculating about this. Get off of this thing. Do the positive thing. Let's go after the DSA. Let's go after the anti-semites. We have to speak up loud, proud, and but but constructively. Build alliances. Get others who are ready to be with us. It's not a mass onslaught against us. It will grow if we don't do more to counter this this cancer. It's metastasizing clearly, but but I think that there's a lot that we can still do. It's America's one and only Jewish moments in the morning radio program. Heard on listener sponsored digital radio around the world of course beloved NSN app. Malcolm homeline with us from Israel. Next weekly update please God. Two weeks from today on Era Shabis bracious two weeks from today. Um, and by the way, you make a point that I never even considered. Was the word Turkey even mentioned in the speech? Did he even mention it once? Because that's a legitimate thing to bring up. That is a more than a legitimate peace issue to bring up. and the role the the the disruptive role that they are playing and the Muslim Brotherhood is playing is is something that that definitely should be um uh discussed because people don't again don't know and and we're not focusing on it and we're talking about a sale of F-35s to Turkey about Turkeykey's role in Syria. talk about the what they're doing in Somalia and some with Somalia and Sudan and other places trying to build that network of the Sunni extremists like the Shiite extremist network that the Iranians had and you know when he says you know we took on what other country the size of New Jersey can take on sevenfront war it's true and it's a great thing but I'm not sure in the UN that's the issue >> right >> they all know what happened in the war we have to talk about and and I would take cases of some of the young people and and talk about what the sacrifices that Israel made and who you know the scientists and the things that were lost because not a war Israel wanted. Israel responded to to to an assault, a horrific assault and you know it gets one sentence at the beginning of a of a criticism and then they launch into the attack right away against Israel across the board. >> Yeah. You know, you're making such an important point. I'm telling you, I I I think Israeli politics needs a reset. I think it needs I've said this since October 7th, but now I think it's more evident than ever. He's just going to the well on old stuff, you know, and and and different things that really I I don't want to say don't apply to now, but there were so many more important issues and so many more important foreign policy pieces to bring up yesterday. He didn't uh especially >> Yeah. But you know, as you know, I've been a friend of Nathaniel for more than 40 years, much more. And uh I I think he he's still the best spokesman when he's properly directed and he he's a strategic thinker and I think now that the heat of the election coming in less than a month and it's a dead heat right now. People say, you know, he's losing, he's gaining, nobody knows as as you know and I always tell you that they tell the truth to the pollsters and lie at the polls. So nothing is predictable when it comes to Israeli elections. the uh and and you but the international forum and platform doesn't care about the election. They're not they're not voting and they're not influenced by it. So it would be natural that he looks also for for the domestic uh thing. But but one thing I I wanted to point out, you know, that he had meetings even though he was there a very short while with the leaders of uh several countries, South American countries, Slovenia countries, there are countries that are coming closer and closer to Israel. And I think and I've talked about this for a long time about the prospect perspectively, but also in reality, South America is a miracle. What's happening there is country after country now coming together the leaders of the countries Panama Colombia moving embassies recognizing Golan establishing economic ties reaching out to us to come you know to to to really a complete flip around including Chile with its huge Palestinian population and of course Argentina was in the lead. Uh we have an election in Brazil which could yield positive results. We we shouldn't get only caught up in the negatives. We have to look at the positives. Czech Republic and Slovenia when people are playing vacations. Go to those places. Don't go to Ireland. Don't go to Spain. Don't go to all of the blankety blank countries that are are killing us. It's time that we we reward our friends. And we are working on some new creative approaches which I think will give everybody who has a stock account leverage to be able to to have a say without cost without you know daydreaming your stock holdings but but giving you an opportunity to to collectively express our disagreements or or or seek assurances from companies about what they're going to do. We we are we are facing in every front people are losing jobs. people are losing contracts. You see how the influence of the of artists and others coming out against Israel signing letters 100 150 200 uh we have to make the our voices heard as well in this regard. We forgot about how to do these things. >> Yeah, good point. Very good point. All right. I know you hate making predictions, but I'm so curious if you think this will go anywhere. Iran has reached out of course post the UN speech possibility of leaving the straits of Hormuz making some type of deal which seems similar to the memo of understanding with the United States. I would think that the president of United States would be somewhat anxious before the midterms to get you know moving in this direction especially if it could be proven practically or not that the gas prices will go down. Uh what do you think? What do you think the prospects are now that the Iranian leader has president has visited and has made these public statements? >> I think you just very correctly laid out the situation right now that the um the election looms large. The u numbers especially amongst young people of how they would vote. And I saw some new numbers today where more young people support uh uh less support capitalism than socialism for the first time ever in the polling that the the distortions of their minds and the and the um uh you know the a need for us to to to uh create a counter voice. And then the president looks at these things and I'm sure he says look I can do short term maybe after the election then we'll we'll do something tougher against Iran. Iran knows they have over a hill. What what is happening with the Houthies? They are nobody. They are a pimple. They look what they've done to Saudi Arabia and Saudi Arabia's you know uh Mecca agreement with Pakistan and Turkey. What happened? They said anytime any one of them comes under assault all of our armies will unite. We're going to see one soldier, one bullet move. They did have a meeting of the foreign ministers on the sidelines of the UN session. Maybe they'll try to do something jointly, but Saudi Arabia is reaching out to many countries. I don't want to mention any Jewish countries, but uh they are they are reaching out to different countries for um for assistance. And the Houthies are nobody. They should have been crushed. And the and the fact that the Yemeni government can't do anything. being a government. We officially support the uh the west supports the government and the forces but they're they're not able to stand up anything and they're consolidating their hold all along the Red Sea which means that they will do more to harass the shipping and they they can fire on ships and they and we all say this is the red line if anything happens there you know and and yet it goes on and the I think the sanctions against Iran were very positive and an important step that that um that had to be taken and the the uh impact is really strong and it does affect uh the government and the the situation uh that Iran faces. Uh they can come there and put on all the bravado because all of these guys the president the leaders of RGC they're making big money the people are starving and more and more they're ready to go into the streets and I think to to react to it. So, you know, we we have a situation where the uh pro-democratic forces don't know if they can count on the West, certainly the Europeans not, but can they count on the West to really stand up? Will we stand with the people, do more to support an internal uh efforts against the regime in in Iran? I believe still it could be toppled. I think it it has to be done thoughtfully and and a lot of investment in terms of getting weapons in. But you have groups there and I I speak to some of them quite regularly uh who believe sincerely and are willing to take risks but they can't do it alone. I think you know the um you know the the ambassador of Israel presenting the Skylink thing to the ambassador of Iran is good stick but it's not good it's not policy. It's not something that really radically makes a difference. Getting the dialings to the people makes a difference. >> Is that what he meant by surprises at the speech? Was that what he meant? A Starling gift? >> I think. Yeah, >> I think maybe those surprise the surprise was that there was no surprises, but the um I don't know what he was specifically uh referring to. And it's it's surprising how much publicity he he sought and got the ambassador that is um in in the days before uh the vote and even then during it going up to the Iranian ambassador as he did. >> Yeah. Yeah. And there were no sky links delivered as far as I know. >> And but well, it was attempted. And what? And what do you mean? And isn't there only one Jewish country? Or were you being sarcastic when you said you're not going to mention any Jewish countries? I I missed it. >> Yes, I know. I got that. A maven, as they say. Yes, there's there is only one Jewish. I >> I wanted to make sure I didn't miss something overnight. I thought maybe remember I was there for the declaration of Medina Huda. Remember I told you that story? I was in Israel. I was in Jerusalem when Midinatua was was actually declared. Didn't last for more than 10 minutes if you remember the story. But uh I was saying to myself, wait a second, is there now a second or more Jewish country? Um by the way, on the election issue, do is it always simply a Supreme Court decision if a party can remain within the election? Because they're bouncing out some parties this week. Yeah, but there no first the question is the is the percentage of vote. They have to cross the threshold which keeps changing. >> No, that's after the election. But I thought the Supreme Court this week ruled that certain parties actually couldn't run. Am I wrong about that? >> Yes. And they we the Supreme Court sometimes I think in Israel exceeds exceeds its um its authority and uh takes strong positions. But the um uh but the uh it's the voters in the end and we see that the votes are shifting and uh I I met with people from different parties and I think many of them uh are unsure of the outcome. I think a lot of parties may not cross the threshold and it depends if they if they if they um uh are able to make a lastm minute push and some who look like they're stronger are going to upset the West a great deal by that outcome. >> Sounds like you have company there. >> We have Hashem a lot of company coming in and they won't want to listen to the show. So >> I see that we've got we've actually got a studio audience it seems. I mean I e even your company is even more prominent than the president's company. He had the leader of China in the White House. Nothing compared to the company you have. >> And I wondered if he'd got food for the you know from a kosher Chinese restaurant. >> By the way, what do you think of that meeting? Because obviously uh with the attitude toward Iran and in general China's influence in the Middle East which we've discussed uh obviously it's a meeting of significance. What do you think of yesterday's outcome? a meeting of great significance in some respects. I'm not sure that they cified and I don't think China can be you know's record of um sticking to the promises or the indications but it's in she's interest also she faces tremendous economic problems you know they because of their zero birth policy or one child policy um they have no workers >> wow >> and they are facing really serious economic challenges second you well we will never know the truth because so much of it is secret America everything's exposed or most I think is exposed. I think again the president needed this as a as a good sign to the to to um the electorate that look you know all these criticisms that I'm isolating America here I have the strongest economic power next to the United States and we're working it out and we we can bring benefit. I think people want to see that. Uh, and you know, the Europeans, I'm sure, you know, have have a hard time swallowing their uh stake that night when uh watching um what went on between the president and and G. I I don't know that you can put too much stock into what the ultimate importance is. It's better than if there's a confrontation. It's better than and and if to any degree they can actually exercise um some some results and and leverage together. uh AI could be potentially certainly SI the super intelligence could be a threat and if if it's possible to contain and but but I think you know China is looking for all of these things and if they get it then they use it to their benefit and the um uh you know they're very aggressive they steal our our IP they you know they're notorious for all of those things but on the other hand if if G may be because of its internal pressures or because he's also looking to improve their image really does implement some positive policies. I think the president can take credit for that. He because he he did do it. Uh you know people are very upset for instance about Canada. They race it with me all the time. You know, the great power of Canada that that the um tension because there's so much interaction because so many people have businesses that are impacted by the tariffs and and you know, it creates anger along our northern border especially, but way beyond it. You know, we could talk about each of the issues and how they impact uh people's day-to-day lives. And most of all, as you said, the the price of gas, if it can go down, if the price of other goods, if tariffs can be removed uh from price products of China, which lowers the cost for purchasing them by Americans, that rebounds to his benefit. >> On the she thing, it's interesting. It's good to have a world leader who uh you know leads billions of people and actually cares about, you know, the perception of his people in his country. And that's that's our advantage. We could certainly be dealing with someone who couldn't care less. Yes. But but they always do and you know that the I I met with some premers. I hosted one who gave this amazing speech uh to the conference saying um you know there are two great powers in the world, great peoples in the world. >> The Chinese people a billion and a half then and the Jewish people 15 million. And later he said I know there are less of you but you're so important. You have you've achieved so much. You you have such impact that he said, "What other people, listen to this, live in the same place as they did 3,000 years ago, speak the same language, have the same faith that they had 3,000 years ago, only as Jews and Chinese." >> Wow. >> And I was blown away. And I'm giving you a short version of a longer speech that he gave. And you know, they used to call themselves the the the Jews of Asia. And you know, of course, we know what happened with Shanghai and us. Unfortunately, now we are seeing a rise of anti-semitism. We know that China is paying for the demonstrations uh significantly paying for the demonstrations on the campuses to help disrupt American society. They still want to undermine it. They want to, you know, have dominance. So, don't be fooled too much by the nicities of a dinner. Let's see the results in their actual activities and actions. >> Understood. As we sit in the suka tonight, we should think about what the the Jewish world and the world in general was like toward Jews for our grandparents and our great-grandparents. A different world, Malcolm, what everyone laments, and I get it what's happening in New York and other places. I get it. And there's there's concern everywhere. But compare it to what some of our predecessors had had to go through and you'll realize that we're living a uh a charmed and blessed life courtesy of the one above. >> And we have the ability to make a difference. And we sit under the protection of a suka with so flimsy and all that and we and we know that we are protected. So think of even though you may think that we're vulnerable, remember who we are. Look at our history. Look at at the power we have and the fact that we've come out of the hopefully in with with God's blessings and with that we we will be powerful. People should not let fear fear kills amuna. It paralyzes and we should not let succumb to it. It's time that we have to stand up and use our resources, our power. Everybody can do something. Everybody >> and we have now do it. >> Uh enjoy Sukkot in Jerusalem. We'll speak please God two weeks from today. >> God willing. Thank you. and everybody shalom and only good things invalid. Malcolm Homeline Conference of Presidents the weekly update picks up again two weeks from today. We do it for you on Fridays at 7:40 a.m. Eastern time here at JM and the AM