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00:01:52Welcome to the Israeli watch, Israeli media shed light on
00:01:56some recent allegations concerning Pick Ax Mountain in Iran.
00:02:00along with the latest developments in Yemen. Other topics included
00:02:04Britain's decision to boycott Israel west bank
00:02:07products and new information that has been surfaced concerning
00:02:11warning made to Benjamin Netanyahu's prior to the
00:02:14Alaqa Floud operation. We will discuss these
00:02:17deeper into these topics with General Elyas Farhat,
00:02:21military and strategic expert. Welcome general Elyas.
00:02:24Israely media focused heavily on what has been
00:02:27recently circulated concerning alleged.
00:02:46In recent times, this indicates that the economic boycott
00:02:5070% of is leading the Iranians to go to the option of dragging the Americans into another
00:02:53major campaign. We are talking about a report that also
00:02:57comes from Reuters and also from CNA. They indicate activity
00:03:01of renewed construction in Pickaxe Mountain, the most fortified Iranian site
00:03:04of the Iranian regime. We see the satellite images that were published yesterday
00:03:08by CNN. Now you see these images, Rafael
00:03:12Grossi, from the IAEA, the agency for Iranian control, confirms and
00:03:16war and of says, we see movement around this site, which, as stated, was not
00:03:19bombed by the Americans or by the Iranians in the two rounds of war
00:03:23in the last year. In the meantime, just in the last few minutes, a report from the Wall
00:03:26Street Journal talks about new American intelligence that indicates
00:03:30the construction and assembly of ballistic missiles in Iran at underground
00:03:34sites that were not hit by the Americans or by the Israelis. They identify a willingness
00:03:37of the Iranians to rebuild the production line of these missiles at underground
00:03:41sites so that they cannot be hit. But the Americans,
00:03:44the people who also talk to CNN and also to, in the end,
00:03:48they send all the messages so that we will know that the Americans knew and that primarily the Iranians
00:03:52to go for a significant move
00:03:55soon is identified. The question will be whether Trump will preempt
00:03:58them. General Elias, could this issue
00:04:02serve as a pretext for new kind, new round
00:04:05of escalation with Iran? Yes, it is, it's
00:04:08an issue raised by the United States, the issue of
00:04:12pikax mountain, which united states says
00:04:15that it hides nuclear
00:04:19reactor and nuclear facilities inside it, and it's so
00:04:23fortified that needs the special kind of bombs
00:04:26and this domain,
00:04:30the united states army conducted the training in New Mexico
00:04:34state in the United States near Arizona where there
00:04:38are mountains looks like the look like
00:04:41the the pickaxes in Iran
00:04:44and they start bombing it but so
00:04:47far no details about the bombs used
00:04:50or the outcome of this bombing or this
00:04:53training but you know that some
00:04:56international media CNN androiders they uh
00:05:00published reports about the
00:05:03fortified
00:05:05pickax mountain and the possibility of
00:05:09nuclear facilities inside or '
00:05:13conventional ballistic missiles, so are we seeing some kind
00:05:16of escalation because of this? that will
00:05:20be at pretext ready for any escalation by the United
00:05:23States, it will be used along with
00:05:26other pretext in order escalate the
00:05:30situation by the United States. on another note,
00:05:34the Yemani armed forces recent advances towards the
00:05:38territories located near Babel Mandeb represents major
00:05:41game.
00:05:49over the region and even over the world. In fact, today
00:05:52the Houthis have a limited ability to disrupt shipping in Hormuz because they are forced to operate
00:05:56from deep within the territory. If they occupy the coastal strip and the sea adjacent to it,
00:06:00this ability will improve dramatically and it can be said that they
00:06:03will be able to completely block shipping in Bab al-Mandeb. Today they
00:06:06fire from deep within the territory using drones and coastal
00:06:10missiles, these are complex and expensive
00:06:14means that require the operation of exposed radars
00:06:17to American fire, and therefore this is quite a significant
00:06:21operational challenge for them, which leads to relatively low
00:06:24firing and hit rates. If they occupy the coast and the islands and the
00:06:28sea passages in Bab al-Mandeb, which are even narrower than those in Hormuz, every
00:06:32Houthi cell armed with standard anti-tank missiles, Kornet or any other anti-tank missile,
00:06:35will actually be able to close the strait, and this is already
00:06:37a strategic
00:06:41those recent development. in Yemen, how would they worry
00:06:44Israel? this was a big surprise
00:06:48for the Saudi Arabia, United States,
00:06:51Israel, this southern
00:06:54the Yemen is towards the
00:06:58southern western part of Yemen, especially in the
00:07:01muhafazat of Hudaida and Taz and occupying
00:07:05the island of Mayun at the
00:07:09entrance of the red sea and the...
00:07:13straight of b almandab now
00:07:16they they occupied the
00:07:20and the the area and they pulled
00:07:24out
00:07:27about 13 brigades from the army
00:07:30that's related to the but general yes for this really
00:07:34in particular how bad the situation is this is very bad
00:07:37because the the Yemenis are able to close the
00:07:40straight of um
00:07:44any any time and with any with
00:07:47any place either with machine guns or with morters or
00:07:51with drones or with ballistic missil, it's very
00:07:54easy, but so far the the yemen is declared
00:07:58that it's only prohibited for the Saudi Arabia
00:08:01to use Babel mandib entrance or
00:08:04straight, but now it is a weapon in
00:08:07the hands of the Yemenis that can be used any time, which
00:08:11which? sets the the security
00:08:14of Israel, but genel, do you think that at this point the
00:08:18Israeli might go to attack the Yemani from the Somali
00:08:22land? they they already attacked the yemen several
00:08:25times during the last
00:08:29these times they killed the prime minister and
00:08:32five or six ministers and they assassinated the chief of
00:08:35staff and they destroyed the refineries in
00:08:39Hudaida and Rasa and others.
00:08:42places so they did nothing and now the the
00:08:46yemen,
00:08:48mean activated
00:08:51their forces and now they launched this sudden
00:08:55attack which was really a surprise for international
00:08:59community, the yemeni developments meanwhile
00:09:02also attracted wide spread attention on Israeli social
00:09:06media, had shotmon
00:09:09despite the united states expanding its intelligences
00:09:12distance to Saudi Arabia in its war against thehis, they are
00:09:16increasing their control by land and
00:09:18sea. these military achievements
00:09:22in Yemen threaten to cut off the movement of oil
00:09:25tankers through the mandib straight with Saudi
00:09:29Arabia being the most affected.
00:09:32the horties takeover of areas near them straight is
00:09:36increasing and this is worrying for us and for the
00:09:39world. while Trump rejected crown prince with Muhammad bin Salman's
00:09:43request to participate in confronting the
00:09:46hoothies.
00:09:48General, yes, do you think that the Israelis should be
00:09:52concerned that the Trump administration in a way has
00:09:55refused the Saudi Arabia request for a more
00:09:58active help in Yemen? Yes, website
00:10:02published that Prince Muhammad
00:10:04bin Salman called the President Trump twice
00:10:08and asked him to attack the his before
00:10:11they.
00:10:25his demand and said that he had deal with the
00:10:29yemenis not to attack them, this deal was
00:10:33stuck in the early 2025 after
00:10:36one after 50 days of united states
00:10:40attacks on the yemenist, there was
00:10:42a an agreement or
00:10:46deal broker by
00:10:48oman of which the
00:10:52the the humanist allow the...
00:10:56the american ships to pass through babel mandab
00:10:59against the united states stop any
00:11:02aggression against the yemenis
00:11:06which is now valid now and enforced but isn't it
00:11:10a sign general yes that trump the the
00:11:13us could escalate against Iran
00:11:17uh yes now we don't know
00:11:20what's in the mind of President Trump I
00:11:23don't think that he is. satisfied with this
00:11:27economic war and he is
00:11:30prepares preparing something military or against Iran
00:11:34because you know that he all the
00:11:38times he surprised us, surprised Iran, surprise
00:11:41the world with the world, maybe he will surprise us
00:11:45again, Iran and its allies are seeking
00:11:48escalation, this according to Israeli analys who mentioned
00:11:52specifically Hizballah and Hamas in addition.
00:12:01and the Prime Minister will have to accept this as a decision. Look, Mega,
00:12:05in the north, Hezbollah is looking for a settlement. We see Hezbollah's conduct in recent
00:12:09weeks, especially in recent days. He is looking for a trigger, for him any
00:12:13movement that Israel will make will be a justification to come and say: Here, Israel
00:12:16started, we are just reacting. In Iran, there are already
00:12:19clear data, the International Atomic Energy Agency also reports today on
00:12:23movement in that same mountain that Trump already declared in the past that he would bomb
00:12:26it and did not bomb it, and there are also announcements and indications such
00:12:30and others that Iran is making efforts to renew the
00:12:33ballistic missile project, and if we look for a moment at a wider
00:12:37range, also in the Gaza Strip, Hamas is looking for a trigger to ignite
00:12:40an event. Everyone wants to ignite the arena for a simple reason, one is direct intervention in
00:12:44what is happening in Israel, two is to return the and those who determine when
00:12:48escalation begins and when escalation ends, meaning the switch must
00:12:52be in our hands and not theirs. general
00:12:56yes, at this stage, a large scale escalation,
00:12:59who would it serve, the access of resistance or the
00:13:02Israel? i think so far the Israelies,
00:13:05because especially in gazza strip, because gazza,
00:13:09you know, it's a small strip and now
00:13:12it's 60 to
00:13:15the the gaza strip are occupied
00:13:18by the Israeli forces and israel did not abide by
00:13:22the seas fire which declared by president on the board of
00:13:25peace, so since the declaration of the cease
00:13:29fire, uptil now, more than 1,300 people
00:13:33were dead under the attacks of the
00:13:36Israeli drones and and war planes as well
00:13:40as morters and
00:13:43snipers, so but what we mean to say, general
00:13:46elias, does the Israeli wants to go for a
00:13:50large scale war more than the axis of resistance at this at this
00:13:53stage? i think think that they don't
00:13:57want a large scale b because a large
00:14:00scale on all the fronts in Gaza,
00:14:03Lebanon, Iran and maybe Iraq will take part
00:14:07and Yemen will take part, it's not in their favor now, you
00:14:10see, but they want to as
00:14:14they did before, they want
00:14:17escalate, yes, can they separate them, yes, yes, can
00:14:21they can escalate in Gaza, then escalate in south.
00:14:25Lebanon about Iran, its
00:14:27calculations are related to the United States because
00:14:31they can launch in offensive against Iran
00:14:35without the partnership of the United
00:14:37States. Britain's decision to boycott
00:14:41settlement products in the occupied West Bank continues to
00:14:44be wildly discussed. An official in the Israeli
00:14:48ministry of economy pointed to how the implementation
00:14:51of this decision could take almost a year.
00:14:55The event we are in is a very significant event, but we need to take this
00:14:58and clarify the situation that this is a
00:15:01declarative event.
00:15:05that it will not allow companies that are beyond the Green Line
00:15:09to import to Britain. However, legislation has not yet been created and
00:15:13regulations have not yet been established that will allow this. Can
00:15:15it change? It can definitely change. The British
00:15:19Foreign Minister, when he proposed this announcement, he mentioned that between six to nine
00:15:23months they will create the.
00:15:27Meaning it's not an immediate event but an event of legislation that could take, let's say,
00:15:31about a year, let's say it was legislated, okay, what happens
00:15:34at this stage, what are the implications? I cannot go into.
00:16:07that means that it's a decision by the UK government along
00:16:11with another 10 European countries plus Canada in order to
00:16:16the settlements in the west bank,
00:16:20so I think this affects
00:16:23Israel a certain extent, but
00:16:27what's wanted exactly is to cancel
00:16:30the the trade partnership between the European
00:16:33Union and Israel if they cancel the the...
00:16:37ment of trade partnership that
00:16:41will undermine the
00:16:44the trade between Israel and the europe
00:16:47European Union. now it is a
00:16:49partial measure that will affect to a certain extent the
00:16:53Israeli economy, especially in the settlements in
00:16:57the west bank. but what about the US not
00:17:00criticizing this decision by the Britains?
00:17:04united states secretary of state (
00:17:08you just approved this decision and said
00:17:11they would never join such decisions here,
00:17:13but they consider that the trade
00:17:17with united states will,
00:17:19mean
00:17:22will replace all the losses by
00:17:25the european union and america did not condemn this
00:17:29decision, the us didn't condemn this
00:17:33decision by the britans just
00:17:35in. released by
00:17:39secretary of state,
00:17:41yes, they said this approved it, but
00:17:45they didn't take any measures against the
00:17:48UK and the European
00:17:50countries,
00:17:52because they are, i think they are relying on the partial
00:17:56effect of this, this
00:17:59this boyottage on the Israeli trade, but is
00:18:03this some kind of unprecedent attention between the Israeli
00:18:06and europe? Yes, there is a difference, because we go
00:18:10back about six months ago
00:18:12when
00:18:15United Kingdom, France and other
00:18:18European countries recognized the state of Palestine, and now we
00:18:22have 154 countries in the United Nations
00:18:26recognize the state of Palestine, only
00:18:30Germany and Italy did not do
00:18:33recognize, so now this
00:18:35is a great. dispute between
00:18:38the UK, France from one side and Israel from the other side,
00:18:42but how important the European support for the
00:18:45Israelies? you know that when
00:18:48Israel was founded, it was founded by
00:18:51europe and trade and
00:18:55and all everything and even in the armed forces and the arms
00:18:59and the air force and
00:19:01all were from the France and from
00:19:05the United Kingdom and sometimes from
00:19:08Germany, so I
00:19:11think now they shifted all
00:19:12the
00:19:16the the economy or the military towards the United States,
00:19:20but there is still, there is still an effect to Europe in
00:19:24the Israel policy, so Israel is affected, yes
00:19:27it is affected, but it will be affected
00:19:31more when the European Union cancel
00:19:34the the the agreement.
00:19:38of partner trade partnership between EU
00:19:42and Israel, but do you expect more European measures or
00:19:45more European countries joining such actions? there
00:19:49should be about 26 countries,
00:19:52only 11 out of 26, this
00:19:54is small number, it should be, but you know
00:19:58there are germany, germany and Italy, they did
00:20:02not join even the the
00:20:05or the...
00:20:37at least that was in October 23, a similar warning
00:20:41from the Egyptian side in those
00:20:44days. We also see
00:20:47today and hear today and also.
00:20:50Yes, in publications that Ronen Bar exactly in those days, the head
00:20:54of the Shabak, uh, came and warned. We
00:20:57know the warnings of the IDF,
00:21:00but if this information is correct, that it was not
00:21:04through some head of a state or through someone else, but
00:21:07a direct conversation that was indeed held, then I can
00:21:10say here very clearly
00:21:14that every person is responsible for the casualties
00:21:18and injuries. On his hands if he did not share
00:21:22with the security
00:21:24system and did not give them this information so that they too could look
00:21:28and connect it perhaps to other things that exist despite their other
00:21:32failures, assuming that everything Shlomi says
00:21:35is correct and he himself says that he has full documentation
00:21:38and evidence, then there is a scandal
00:21:42that uh I know every
00:21:46ear uh should be shocked when hearing.
00:22:05Yes, it is measure used by the opposition against
00:22:09Netanyahu, and when we notice the timing of
00:22:12this issue that before October
00:22:167, which is the third anniversary of the
00:22:19October. attack and before about 25,
00:22:2320 days from the Israeli
00:22:26elections, now Haris
00:22:29Daily published a story that sheikh Muhammad bin Zayat the
00:22:33president of UAE, called Netanyaho
00:22:37for 40 hours, for 40 minutes and told him
00:22:40that he has intelligence
00:22:44that the Yahya Senoir and Hamas are
00:22:47planning to cross the... borders and
00:22:51enter the settlements in the neighborhood of
00:22:55Ghazza and he assured
00:22:57him that his intelligence
00:23:01accurate and his sources are accurate, but
00:23:04as daily said that
00:23:08Netanyahu neglected this and did not refer it to
00:23:12the intelligence agencies in order to examine
00:23:16it or to take measures, this will
00:23:18affect the M of Netanyahu
00:23:22and in the elections and make his
00:23:24situation more weak than before, but why would
00:23:28Netanyahu do that? I think
00:23:31that he he do not
00:23:34respect any Arab report from any Arab countries,
00:23:38especially from the emirates, they consider them that they have
00:23:41money, nothing else, so
00:23:44he neglects all the political
00:23:48or the intelligence, that come from them, as if he
00:23:52overpower their political themselves and the is
00:23:56underestimating their ability to get
00:23:59intelligence and send them, but could he
00:24:02lose the election because of this? yes,
00:24:05it will affect the elections. now
00:24:09all all the, mean the poll say that
00:24:12it's swinging between both sides, between
00:24:15netanyahu and gadi izenkot, but
00:24:18so every... is using
00:24:22whatever means in order to affect to the other one to push to
00:24:26their s. how about his opposition with eisenkott has
00:24:29been a trend lately with the polls that's saying that
00:24:33Eisenkott has high chances in front of netanyahu and his party? yes
00:24:36is and relies on
00:24:38the the the the
00:24:42mistakes and the misconduct of Mr. Netanyahu
00:24:46starting from October 7 and starting from committing massacker.
00:24:50and his name is now wanted by
00:24:54the ICC, international criminal court and
00:24:57his relations with
00:25:00turkeys
00:25:03now and he did not promote
00:25:05the this peace Abraham to
00:25:09accords with the Arabs and so there are many
00:25:12many issues that they consider
00:25:16Netanyahu failed to
00:25:19uh uh to achieve it to gain
00:25:22back the trust of this people, but why these polls are trying to show
00:25:26that people prefer eisenkott over Naftalie Bennet
00:25:29as the other position? they prefer
00:25:31to to to
00:25:35let Netanyahu go out,
00:25:39then they want to replace it by Azenkot or any other, but
00:25:42now the opposition they agreed
00:25:46is and goat as the one option.
00:25:50but uh the main issue is that they want to
00:25:54out of the political place, well thank you
00:25:57general elias for joining us today, thank you everyone for
00:26:01watching and goodbye
00:27:04a situation where that the whole of their economy is based on rich people coming
00:27:08and living there in the in their countries, so once you've got that situation
00:27:12that even though they have defense, but they're not a military country, so
00:27:16really they they just want to keep the status quo for themselves, whatever is
00:27:19going on around them.
00:27:32a situation
00:27:33where
00:27:37with the click of a but killer applaudes and leaves
00:27:40behind innumerable number of victims our
00:27:44good friend all harmed by
00:27:47tools of killing.
00:29:17President Pesishian says the straight of hormoves would open within the framework of
00:29:21international law if the US stopped its acts of aggression against
00:29:25Iran.
00:29:29The Islamic Revolution God's course says it has shot down and destroyed and American
00:29:33MQ one run over the straight of hormos
00:29:34and
00:29:40at least three civilians have been killed in fresh Saudi air
00:29:44strikes on Yemen's southwestern province of Tires.