Why the Collapse of Iran's Proxy Network Could Transform the Region

0:00 Speaker 1 Sunday Morning with us today is Elon Levy, a British is really a figure who served with the Israeli A government during the Gaza War, and we’re going to get an update about what the heck is going on in that whole area. Well, Elon, can you give the American people an update of what’s going on in Israel, Lebanon, Iran,

0:27 or wherever you feel it’s necessary for them to know what’s happening.

0:32 Speaker 2 Right now, Israel is waiting for President Trump to make his mind up if he’s going back to a full war against the Iranian regime. Right now, the Iranian regime is pushing pretty strongly that it wants war and it doesn’t want a diplomatic agreement. President Trump laid out a diplomatic pathway to end the previous war, and they keep

0:53 poking him in the eye, vowing revenge, threatening him and his family, attacking ships in the Strait of Umu’s fire missiles and drones of the entire Middle East, and making it absolutely clear they do not intend to give up their illegal nuclear weapons program. So everyone here in the Middle East is in suspense to see how President Trump

1:12 is going to act. Some very serious astroikes against the Iranian regime after the attack on American forces in Jordan, but waiting to see whether President Trump will conclude there is no future for diplomacy and unfortunately it’s back to battle.

1:28 Speaker 1 Well, I think you’re more right the wrong. I tend to agree with you. The fact is that it looks like Hamas. At least we have a temporary solution there, and I guess thanks to Israel and thanks to the United States. And the next thing we have to look at is Lebanon. With the help of Israel and with

1:51 the help of Lebanon itself, do we get rid of hesbal idea? And with the help of Saudi Arabia, does Saudi Arabia take here the hoodies? What do you think about that.

2:04 Speaker 2 The United States is now sponsoring a peace process between Israel and Lebanon, And this is a fantastic development. Everyone wants to see a peaceful border between Israel and Lebanon, with Israel on one side, Lebanon on the other, and Hesbola nowhere to be seen, because that’s the problem here.

2:19 It’s the Iranian proxy army called Hezbola that took control of the south of the country, built a massive invasion force inside rockets at Israeli towns, and we need to see the Lebanese armed forces get serious about dismantling Hezbola so they can take control of their own territory. Israel is saying, as part of this peace process, we want

2:39 a peaceful border with Lebanon, so we’ll give this land back to a Lebanese government that can maintain a peaceful border and get rid of Hezbola. We’re not going to withdraw from this security zone if it means giving it back to Iran’s proxy army Hesbola, because then we’re going to be in war over and over again, and we

2:57 want to get out of this cycle of war. But that means the Lebanese government needs to do something it really doesn’t want to do, and that’s to take a fight with Hazbola and say we’re taking control of our own territory as Balla doesn’t get to run around declaring war on foreign countries and bringing disaster in our country.

3:14 Speaker 1 I agree again also that Iran I ran itself. They got several several people that think they’re in charge. So the first big question is who’s really in charge of Iran and whether somebody in Iran sends one guy to Hamas and shoots off a rocket. Does that mean Hamas peace treaty is down? And I guess not so? Tell

3:44 us do we have is the Iranian army are gonna go against? I guess President Trump at the who latest was that they’re gonna go against the IRGC? And what do you hear from your intelligence people?

4:05 Speaker 2 The Iranian leadership isn’t united in theory. The leader is the son of the previous Supreme Leader, Jamena. His name is most about Jimine, but no one has seen him since he became the Supreme leader. No one really knows if he’s still alive, and if he is, then he’s probably injured and horribly disfigured because he hasn’t been seen

4:25 in public. And that means that the people calling the shots at the IRGC, the people calling the shots are the military officers racing towards nuclear weapons, the military officers who’ve gunned down tens of thousands of young people in the streets when they rose up demanding freedom and democracy in their country, and the people who are still threatening

4:44 to assassinate President Trump. And I think President Trump knows that the Iranian regime is hell bent on revenge. They’re never going to leave him alone give up their nuclear weapons program. They’re going to keep pursuing nuclear weapons. They’re going to keep trying to kill him, and the confrontation that needs to be had. The sad thing is that

5:03 besides Israel, no one else has been willing to fight shoulder to shoulder with the United States. All of America’s NATO allies refused to help open the Strait of Hormuz. They made this America’s problem when America’s trying to fix the world’s problem. The Arab countries are hiding behind the United States and Israel doing their dirty work for them.

5:22 And Israel is alone standing together with the United States. But you know, as I said, we’re waiting for President Trump to make up his mind whether he’s going back to war. And I have no doubt that if he chooses to confront the evil Iranian regime, Israeli planes will be up in the sky within a minute to help that.

5:37 Speaker 1 Understood, Anything else you want to tell the American people right now?

5:42 Speaker 2 You know, it’s been over a thousand days since the October seventh massacre. We’re coming up to coming up to the three year anniversary of that horrible day when Hamas invaded from Gaza, committed those barbaric atrocities, took over two hundred and fifty hostages, and it’s important, but we end this, and we end this by dismantling the terrorist armies that

6:04 launched this war. So you know, we’ve seen headlines that Hamas is agreeing to disarm, but that means it’s got to get rid of every gun, every rocket, and Israel is not going to withdraw from the Gaza strip until it is absolutely confident that no terrorist army from Gaza is going to invade and snatch children from their beds.

6:21 Speaker 1 Ever again, Well, Elion Levy, thank you for your input, thank you for well it’s a tough situation, and stay safe in Israel. And I’m glad you’re here to report back to the American people and we’ll catch up again real soon.

6:40 Speaker 2 Absolutely with pleasure. Tacher