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00:00:00meetings.
00:00:07inadequate documentation, and you are
00:00:11What worries me is that we are not living in
00:00:16So he keeps taking you in
00:00:18including destruction from
00:00:24about me that I am with he forgot to tell us and say in
00:01:17to say.
00:01:20What is it? Egypt
00:01:24is a trust in
00:01:25your hands.
00:01:28I didn't see
00:01:32the truth of shaping consciousness for the viewer or
00:01:36the recipient, a matter, as
00:01:39we sometimes say, of extreme
00:01:41Charity Lottery's Facebook difficulty, but
00:01:43page, and on shaping consciousness with ideas is, in fact, today's episode is a
00:01:46very important episode. Why? We all love cinema. We watch
00:01:51and do many things in the many different works, and we call cinema the soft
00:01:54power, because it has power, but it has softness,
00:01:57because it has the frame, it has the sound, it has
00:02:01the image, it has the music, it has
00:02:04the story, it has us telling. So when we come
00:02:07to talk about history and talk about military
00:02:11matters, what does military mean? It means matters that concern
00:02:13the homeland, or sometimes, and most importantly, concern national security.
00:02:17That's why we thought in Beit El Kul, "Oh, so we need
00:02:21a national security expert, a military one, to talk to me.
00:02:24And I also need an important critic to tell me what to do. Should I let
00:02:28the enemy's cinema tell whatever story it wants? If I respond, where will
00:02:33It was working on I respond? Will I respond in the same place, or great wisdom, of course, from
00:02:34The meeting is renewed with the winning of will I respond locally in my country, and just be
00:02:35helps lift the shadow of the ground in drama, in talking to myself, or will I respond internationally? What should I do? How should I
00:02:38act? Wars nowadays are not just wars on
00:02:42This evening, we present to you the ground, they are wars in the media, and wars in journalism, and wars on
00:02:44platforms, even TikTok and your social media.
00:02:49of 2026. I also have to respond there, and respond with many things. That's why, Beit El Kul, I ask you all
00:02:53to share the viewing today, let's watch,
00:02:57and talk, and think together in an image, and convey
00:03:01all our opinions to the experts,
00:03:04years whether those who certainly secure our countries and our honor and homeland all
00:03:08the time, or those who shape the soft power
00:03:11and think about many
00:03:12us today to participate in the draw of cinematic works, the magnitude of and we demand more.
00:03:15It's not an easy
00:03:17and other episode, it's a
00:03:19specializations in difficult episode, but I think it's beautiful
00:03:21that we open the cards
00:03:25and talk. Let me start
00:03:28big prizes, starting with by saying "clapperboard" or let me say, let's be ready on
00:03:32the homeland and see what's happening. I am honored in
00:03:35this episode, which
00:03:38and Jordan is present in lasted for two weeks, because we really want to talk extensively about many
00:03:42examples. I am honored by the presence of Major General Pilot Dr. Hisham
00:03:46Halabi, advisor to the Military Academy for Higher Studies
00:03:49and Strategy, and national security expert. And I am honored on
00:03:53the other side, from the side of cinema and art
00:03:57for peace in and so on, by the film critic Ahmed Saad El Din. So we can
00:04:00talk from both sides. Good evening and welcome
00:04:04to you all. And I am happy that we are talking as
00:04:08we are on the verge
00:04:10the event that of celebrating October, God willing.
00:04:13The topic is not easy, but perhaps it personally provoked
00:04:16me that I was watching a film.
00:04:20Actually, the film was about the battle of
00:04:22the fortress, and the film was actually about
00:04:26a specific battle that took place,
00:04:30meaning it was in the 1973 war. But
00:04:34while you are watching the film, you know it is the 1973 war, or
00:04:37it was mentioned that it was on the verge
00:04:39they became of war. But the film conveys to you that the conflict
00:04:43is changing, and this battle
00:04:45I wouldn't say is of course known. And Major General will definitely
00:04:48talk about it, but the Israeli side here specifically
00:04:51talked about a story between
00:04:55a commander
00:04:56a triangle. of the Israeli army and a doctor.
00:05:00The matter turned into a humanitarian issue. The commander wants to continue and keep defending.
00:05:04Of course, where is he defending? He is striking our army and defending, meaning
00:05:07he wants to defend the fortress. And this fortress
00:05:11part, what worries give them a type of is already occupied. This is our country, and he occupies a part of it.
00:05:14And at the same time, the doctor sees
00:05:18that, of course, because we are trying to regain
00:05:21the homeland, so we are striking and want to liberate the fortress. So he sees that
00:05:25the soldiers started dying and so on.
00:05:28this conflict and confirms to you that the enemy is defending
00:05:32and the enemy is desperate. But
00:05:35the film that the land is not his and the country is not his, and that
00:05:39the fortress that you are defending humanely is not
00:05:43yours at all. But he exploits his presence
00:05:46on international platforms, exploits his presence in local cinema,
00:05:50exploits his presence in American
00:05:53film, I first want to talk to you as a human, your
00:05:57great experience, and you are a fighter first and foremost. When
00:06:00you see this film, how do you
00:06:03feel? Firstly, when I see this film, I will feel that
00:06:07some countries
00:06:11have
00:06:14the war, and therefore he will not break the generation he has, he doesn't want
00:06:18to break them. I mean, are we expected
00:06:21that in an anniversary like the October anniversary or any anniversary
00:06:25with victories, that any other side
00:06:28will break their generation and say
00:06:31we were defeated and say the truth? Of course not. Let's be
00:06:34realistic. And so we entered here into
00:06:37a kind of war called the war of narratives. Hmm, the war
00:06:41of narratives. He tells a narrative
00:06:44that is true,
00:06:48but it looks at the event from a very
00:06:51small perspective that changes the thinking
00:06:55and vision of other parties. But when I talk about a huge event
00:06:58like a war, with victories and sacrifices and a prominent mark
00:07:02in the history of a country, and therefore I will not come
00:07:06to this event as another party and I will say
00:07:09the truth. I will tell a narrative. A
00:07:12true narrative. Hmm.
00:07:16But it takes the event in a completely different direction, that's why it's called the war of narratives. This is a very
00:07:20complex science, and the very important point is that this war of narratives can be done in several
00:07:23ways. It can be done written, written
00:07:27on a page on social media, a literary
00:07:30story. The danger is that it can be made into a film or
00:07:34a drama, because people always love
00:07:37films, especially in the Arab region and in the world, and
00:07:41all over the world, sir. I mean,
00:07:44I say cinema and drama are national security, national
00:07:48security, because they do several things. Firstly, they shape
00:07:51public opinion, and within them is the war of narratives. The second point
00:07:54is that they record history. We have historians and everything, but they record it
00:07:58in books and references, and a correct and excellent situation.
00:08:02But if I take an event and make it
00:08:06historically in the form of a film
00:08:08with its correct documents
00:08:11and all its events, correctly, this will live for many
00:08:17and preserve the narrative and preserve the narrative. I will ask your permission
00:08:20here, Major General, our film
00:08:23critic. Cinema
00:08:26always tries to find a voice.
00:08:29Cinema is the voice of freedom, the voice of humanity in general.
00:08:33So I can't blame cinema, I mean, I can't say
00:08:36to the Israeli side, why
00:08:40are you making this film? The film you
00:08:42mentioned, for example, was produced in 2023. So in 2023,
00:08:46you are still using, of course, the term
00:08:50of Major General, "war of narratives." The narrative still worries
00:08:53you. How do you see this? This is very
00:08:57important, that I have many narratives,
00:09:00and these narratives are driving me
00:09:02personally. How do I
00:09:06then present them to the world, that
00:09:09I was helpless, or I
00:09:12made a mistake? But at the same time,
00:09:16I had a humanitarian dimension that was much
00:09:19greater than
00:09:22led to the defeat, especially with the passage of time, with
00:09:26the passage of years, from 1973 until today, we are
00:09:29talking about 53 years. The generation that
00:09:33witnessed 1973 and the generation after it
00:09:36are now in another age group.
00:09:40Who am I targeting? From
00:09:4415 years old to 35 years old.
00:09:47Correct. This segment, if I come to
00:09:50look at it and study it psychologically, basically doesn't read
00:09:54much. Right?
00:09:57And it doesn't seek out history. So I have a void there.
00:10:01How do I fill this void in my favor? I will come
00:10:04now to art. Art is based on
00:10:09Each side of this triangle
00:10:13has a function. I have a part for
00:10:16entertainment, I entertain myself and the viewer.
00:10:19A part for education, so I
00:10:23culture. Correct. And an awareness
00:10:27part. Hmm. Awareness
00:10:30here for me is different from for you, different from for
00:10:34the enemy. Why? Because for me, awareness is how
00:10:37to extract the truth
00:10:39from the story I saw and correct it.
00:10:42But for him, awareness is that I have overturned the truth to present it
00:10:45to others, and people will say
00:10:49the humanitarian dimension. Hmm. This is the danger
00:10:52of art. The danger of art, because cinema
00:10:55is history. Today, when we ask
00:10:58people, or even if we talk about the 1919
00:11:00revolution, we bring
00:11:05the trilogy. Right?
00:11:07And we talk about it, we say Long Live the Crescent with the Cross, when they came together,
00:11:11when they went out together, where did we get it
00:11:14cinema. We watched many
00:11:17films, and the best, I mean, I can
00:11:20say the father of this soft power
00:11:23and its danger was
00:11:25Goebbels in Germany. He was the one who invented
00:11:28this war and succeeded in it.
00:11:32When he died in World War II in 1945, when
00:11:34it ended, American cinema took it.
00:11:38And I remember here the beautiful
00:11:41artist Omar Sharif once met him, and I was talking to him
00:11:45about a film called Che Guevara, which he was
00:11:48starring in. Of course, the first sentence
00:11:51he told me was, "Do you know who produced it?"
00:11:56Of course, I said Hollywood. He told me, "CIA production."
00:11:59Yes. CIA production.
00:12:03When did Guevara die? In 1967. This film
00:12:06was produced in 1968. Why? To
00:12:10whitewash America's image,
00:12:13of course, and to market
00:12:16script that were wrong in favor
00:12:19of America, against Guevara
00:12:22and the rest. If I come to this
00:12:25region here, I have the 1973 war.
00:12:29You are doubting it, but the military victory is
00:12:32there, right? You doubt it, but I have what I can
00:12:36respond with. How? Through soft
00:12:39power. I want to convey the message to other generations,
00:12:43for example. In Egypt, too, and using
00:12:46the idea of the war of narratives, we used the war of narratives very
00:12:50well in the film "The Passage." And the film "The Passage" was
00:12:55the Egyptian state.
00:13:00"Al-Ikhtiyar." "Al-Ikhtiyar" also documented
00:13:03important important terrorism. What is terrorism? People will
00:13:07play around with this narrative a lot and say things, but here there was
00:13:10great awareness that we documented terrorism
00:13:14at the same time, almost. I mean, terrorism existed
00:13:17and still exists, we didn't delay it at all, and this is the
00:13:21awareness of the times, which means that time
00:13:24is no longer there. We waited for "Haganah" to open files
00:13:28after 25 years, but here there was wisdom from the leadership, and
00:13:31at the same time we presented the film "The Passage." How did you see
00:13:35the film "The Passage" as a leader and a pilot
00:13:39major general, and that you made an era of
00:13:421967, which was the psychological setback
00:13:45for the Egyptian citizen and for the soldier as well, correct? And that you restore
00:13:49that again with new generations, correct? Well, of course, I
00:13:53always say documentation is of utmost importance, and documentation through
00:13:57films or drama in general is
00:14:00of utmost importance, and we don't have the luxury not to do it. We
00:14:04must do it. People love television and love drama,
00:14:07and we present documentation to them
00:14:11through something they love. The very important point is that
00:14:14when military films or
00:14:17any drama with military elements happen, the armed forces help,
00:14:21they help to adjust the scene for you
00:14:25from a military perspective, because if it wasn't
00:14:27accurate from a military perspective, its credibility would be low, even
00:14:31though it's correct. The way
00:14:34one holds a weapon, the clothes,
00:14:37as we saw Anthony Quinn in it,
00:14:41he was washing himself as if
00:14:44he had been washing himself for years. So this is a very
00:14:47important point.
00:14:50Military events, military works, all
00:14:54this, the forces helped a great deal, so the work comes out excellent
00:14:57and it lives on. These works live on
00:15:00because
00:15:04realistic, because realism in cinema, especially in military
00:15:08films, if it's not present,
00:15:10realism in the story itself,
00:15:13realism in the script. The time for this part has ended, we will definitely
00:15:17continue in the second part, but I want to take some
00:15:21words from you for our Arab viewers who are watching
00:15:25us, because Arab identity and Arab national
00:15:29security, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine, Iraq, are
00:15:33one, of course. The second
00:15:36Major General, he will talk about it in the second part. What worries you?
00:15:39What worries you about cinema? What worries you about
00:15:45a professor of national security? What worries you?
00:15:48the ideal city in the world, and anyone and their region
00:15:52has many threats,
00:15:55within, targeting,
00:15:58targeting and using the components of the states themselves. And therefore,
00:16:01if this will be the first question in the most important thing, that I
00:16:05have countries on them, meaning countries that are targeted, so if I leave them,
00:16:09they will be taken from me very
00:16:12the second part. What worries you is that I am
00:16:15only receiving and not
00:16:18resisting, that I sit and receive Western
00:16:21cinema that comes to me, which distorts my narratives
00:16:24and facts, and I don't resist
00:16:27it with my cinema. This
00:16:30is the most important point that must be present. The episode
00:16:34is purely Arab, and national security is not only Egyptian,
00:16:38but Arab. Cinema is good,
00:16:41we love it, but we must not be
00:16:43mere spectators. That's it.
00:16:46We will continue the discussion next week in Beit
00:16:49El Kul. May you be in God's care.
00:25:34The Middle East conflict has repeatedly become
00:25:39an issue before this institution, and
00:25:42the UN's position has been repeatedly articulated
00:25:45in resolutions condemning aggression and
00:25:49occupation, affirming Palestinian
00:25:53self-determination, and supporting a
00:25:57process for peace. People are
00:26:00weary of disappointment,
00:26:03and spoilers are doing everything they can to make
00:26:07us fail. We cannot
00:26:10underestimate the importance of
00:26:13success or the painful
00:26:16cost of failure. A
00:26:19two-state solution that ends the conflict by meeting the needs
00:26:23of both sides is and can be the only
00:26:27secure and lasting peace. Two
00:26:31states, with sovereign, independent, and viable
00:26:34Palestine, and security and acceptance for
00:26:37Israel. And let me say here, as I have said
00:26:40before, that the Arab World is seeking
00:26:43peace, real peace,
00:26:47diplomatic relations, economic relations,
00:26:50trade, investment, new
00:26:53normality in peace, where people are safe in
00:26:57their homes, where communities are able to
00:27:00build, and where cooperation
00:27:03helps the entire region prosper. We
00:27:06know the right way forward,
00:27:10and the goal can be reached: a just and
00:27:13final two-state settlement based on international
00:27:17legitimacy and the Arab Peace
00:27:20Initiative. For Israel, real security and normal
00:27:23relations with 57 Arab and Muslim countries.
00:27:27We must also marshal the united global
00:27:30response needed to achieve once and for
00:27:34all a lasting settlement. This has been reflected in
00:27:37the Amman Message and A Common Word.
00:27:41And four years ago, we helped create the UN's
00:27:44Global Interfaith Harmony Week
00:27:47event to focus all people,
00:27:51especially young people, on the
00:27:54essentials of tolerance and coexistence. As the
00:27:58custodian of Islamic holy sites of Jerusalem, I
00:28:01will continue my efforts to protect these places and
00:28:05stand up against all violations of their
00:28:08sanctity, including attempts for
00:28:11temporal and spatial division of
00:28:14Al-Aqsa Mosque, Sharif. This is the
00:28:17land where prophets walked, the land where
00:28:21generations of Muslims, Christians, and Jews have sought to
00:28:24live in obedience to God, teaching their children
00:28:28compassion, mercy, and respect for
00:28:31others. It will continue to suffer until the world
00:28:37the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the central
00:28:40issue in the Middle East. I call on all
00:28:44countries to join Jordan in
00:28:47enforcing an international Gaza humanitarian
00:28:50gateway, a massive relief effort to deliver
00:28:54food, clean water, medicine. The
00:28:57conflict in the Middle East, and not
00:29:01for the first time, developments on the ground have made
00:29:05me question the worth and
00:29:08utility of words in capturing
00:29:12the crisis. Yet, not speaking about
00:29:16it would signal acceptance of the
00:29:19situation and abandonment of our
00:29:22humanity, and that I will not
00:29:26do.
00:29:38The voice of wisdom international
00:29:42forums. His Majesty King Abdullah II
00:29:45delivers a historical speech before
00:29:48the United Nations General Assembly.
00:29:51He addresses the most prominent challenges and global
00:29:54responsibilities and outlines Jordan's vision
00:29:59the region and the world.
00:30:46Welcome to a new episode of The Window. We start
00:30:50with the most prominent headlines.
00:30:53His Majesty the King begins a working visit to New York, during which
00:30:56he will deliver a speech at the opening session of the General Assembly