Will Lebanon Go to War to Save Gaza? w/ Rania Khalek

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  • Beirut-based journalist Rania Khalek, host at BreakThrough News, joins Abby to discuss the Gaza genocide, the border war between Hezbollah and Israel, and the potential for a full-blown regional war.
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  • @zzeshan100
    @zzeshan100 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +61

    Love these two ladies very informative and truth speakers

  • @SuzyEH
    @SuzyEH 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Great discussion. So very happy to see you Abby. I'm a 73 year old woman that admires you and what you do for us.😁

  • @endamccormack5581
    @endamccormack5581 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +589

    Love you both for being great reporters for humanity

    • @pluto9000
      @pluto9000 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      Me too 🇵🇸♥️

    • @davidgafo
      @davidgafo 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      They are so pretty!!! 🥰😍

    • @rebeccariley2803
      @rebeccariley2803 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Was hitler right?

    • @davidscapin8610
      @davidscapin8610 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      THEY MAY BE PRETTY but these two wonderful humanitarians and good jpurnalists @@davidgafo

    • @alexalaniz2423
      @alexalaniz2423 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      And supporters of Hamas. Pityful!

  • @lmac9718
    @lmac9718 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    Solidarity from (an anti-zionist, anti-colonialist Jew) Australia! Thank you Rania & Abby!
    🇵🇸✊

    • @crhu319
      @crhu319 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for standing up, Jewish leadership against Zionism has never been more necessary.

    • @itshakgordin5145
      @itshakgordin5145 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Two pretty women who would have better things to do than talk nonsense..

    • @joelferguson8714
      @joelferguson8714 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      How long before you stop calling yourselves jews?

    • @Anp562
      @Anp562 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Anti-colonial from Australia LOL. Irony in the statement itself

  • @sameeramin5316
    @sameeramin5316 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Abby, ive been following you since I was a teenager. Love your work, courage and speaking truth to power. Keep exposing them. Love from Toronto ❤

  • @carlo6912
    @carlo6912 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +55

    My mind is having a hard time understanding this madness as I listen to these HC providers tell their stories. I honesty thought we were past this type of brutality. How can humanity stad by and do nothing as this masacre continues???

    • @karlyoung1713
      @karlyoung1713 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yemin .war same support from London Paris Berlin USA .

    • @gypsystargirl6626
      @gypsystargirl6626 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      💯 Exactly

    • @karlyoung1713
      @karlyoung1713 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@gypsystargirl6626 See you have Rupert. Sheldrake morphic resonance the house of sound in string theory Mr kaku also David bohm has admitted it true from what angle it was viewed was pretty much guarded no doubt it plays a part in some processes and fields

    • @hyhhy
      @hyhhy 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Who is this "humanity" you speak of? It basically means "someone else than me", which is basically the same as no one. There are powers that can oppose this agenda of Israel and USA, but their name isn't "humanity".
      Just saying in September 2024 as things seem to be heating up.

  • @vanyllinha
    @vanyllinha 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Abby I am your fan. Thank you for speaking out. This whole genocide is disgusting and horrific!

  • @joeblackwolf17
    @joeblackwolf17 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    This is a great channel and these are great interviews

  • @TheTruthwillOut442
    @TheTruthwillOut442 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    It is incomprehensible that anyone can justify this slaughter. I am appalled and heartbroken. I also feel so powerless. Thank you for your work that lets the message get out there.

  • @valt3692
    @valt3692 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Well said 🤯....I hope all your videos get the airtime it deserves...Thank you

  • @evangrey4737
    @evangrey4737 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Being sane in this system will make you feel crazy.

  • @AwsmNix
    @AwsmNix 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Abby’s outrage is what EVERYONE should feel. We are being gaslit on a global scale and we all can feel it. I don’t think the world has even been gaslit so explicitly when we have so much available proof it’s lies. Like if we had social media in the early 2000’s to prove America’s lies.

    • @steph7614
      @steph7614 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yep! See that’s what is so insane to me, is that I know the US lies so much, but to be lying to us on this scale when we can see with our own eyes what is happening! I heard reports of injured woman having c sections with no anesthesia, it’s the most gruesome things we’ve ever witnessed in the present and they just keep saying “Israel has a right to self defense”.

  • @mattchew6426
    @mattchew6426 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I'm just glad that we have the ability to get genuine reporting and analysis of the current situation in the Middle East. Thank you, Rania and Abby. You ladies are helping to keep journalism alive in the real world...
    #KeepUpTheExcellentWork

  • @MuhammadHussain-tv8gd
    @MuhammadHussain-tv8gd 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you so much.Love you both for being great reporters for the humanity.

  • @ramunas874
    @ramunas874 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The best discussion about Gaza that I’ve ever seen, thank you so much, Abby.

  • @MagnetoMasterMan
    @MagnetoMasterMan 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    00:00 🌍 Overview of the Situation
    - The ongoing war in southern Lebanon has escalated for 37 days, leading to Israeli attacks 40 km into Lebanon.
    - Rules of Engagement are breaking down, posing the risk of a larger war, with a focus on the impact on Gaza.
    - The psychological toll on Lebanon's people, the role of Hezbollah, and the potential trigger for regional conflict are discussed.
    04:11 🤯 Psychological Impact on Lebanon
    - Living in a constant state of uncertainty due to the threat of escalation and potential war.
    - The normalization of the new reality in Lebanon and the impact of threats from Israeli leaders.
    - Concerns raised about the psychological toll on the population and the role of Western embassies in heightening fears.
    07:52 🚨Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza
    - Horrifying details of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, including the dire situation at Shifa Hospital.
    - Criticism of international leaders, particularly the U.S., for not intervening to stop the genocide.
    - Expressing outrage at individuals justifying or ignoring the suffering of innocent children in Gaza.
    13:40 🏥 Targeting Hospitals in Gaza
    - Israel's unprecedented targeting of hospitals in Gaza as part of a military strategy.
    - The impact on doctors, nurses, and medical professionals who refuse to abandon their patients.
    - Analysis of Israel's military tactics and the intentional destruction of critical infrastructure.
    15:31 🌐 International Response and Israeli Public Opinion
    - Highlighting the shockingly low percentage (3%) of Israelis supporting a ceasefire.
    - Criticism of organizations, such as the American Medical Association, for not advocating for a Gaza ceasefire.
    - Expressing disbelief and concern about the societal issues reflected in Israeli public opinion.
    17:21 ⚔️ Conflict in Southern Lebanon
    - Providing a timeline of the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah since October 8th.
    - Noting the significant military presence on the Lebanese border and the tactics employed.
    - Highlighting the impact on both Israeli and Hezbollah forces, as well as the use of a smoke screen during Gaza-related events.
    20:38 🇮🇱 Impact of Lebanon Conflict on Israel
    - Ongoing war in southern Lebanon prompts over 100,000 Israelis to evacuate, causing damage and resource strain.
    - Israeli military faces challenges from Hezbollah, with a historical context of the 2006 war and Hezbollah's evolution since.
    - Israel refrains from an all-out assault on Lebanon due to Hezbollah's enhanced capabilities and a reluctance to repeat past defeats.
    27:20 🌐 Understanding Hezbollah
    - Dispelling misconceptions about Hezbollah being an Iranian puppet and emphasizing its Lebanese roots.
    - Hezbollah's dual identity as a political party and a military resistance force against Israeli occupation.
    - The Resistance Axis, including Iran and other groups, collaborates based on shared goals, not control.
    33:31 💼 Hezbollah's Power and Support in Lebanon
    - Hezbollah holds about 13 seats in Lebanon's Parliament, part of the largest parliamentary block.
    - Lebanese public support for Hezbollah's armed resistance due to the weakness of the national army.
    - Hezbollah's crucial role in protecting Lebanon, especially during the ISIS threat and Syrian conflict.
    35:38 🔄 Hamas vs. ISIS Narrative
    - Rejecting the false equivalence of Hamas and ISIS, emphasizing their distinct goals and nature.
    - Highlighting the genocidal occupation faced by Palestinians, making armed resistance a different context.
    - Exposing the propaganda behind labeling Hamas worse than ISIS and pointing to Israel's support for extremist groups.
    39:14 🎙️ Nasrallah's Speech and Hezbollah's Position
    - Nasrallah's speeches: Reintroducing Rules of Engagement, urging a ceasefire, and addressing global powers.
    - Emphasizing that the conflict is primarily a Palestinian war, and Hezbollah's red lines for broader engagement.
    - Stating Hezbollah's preference to avoid a war with Israel while warning against Israeli atrocities.
    41:20 🚀 Hamas's Resistance and Israel's Dilemma
    - Discussion on Israel's reluctance to escalate the conflict to avoid damage to Tel Aviv.
    - Analysis of the waiting game between Israel and Hamas, with Hezbollah's potential involvement.
    - Psychological warfare tactics and the significance of patience and steadfastness.
    42:11 🌍 International Influence and Nasrallah's Message
    - Nasrallah's acknowledgment of global protests as a crucial factor to pressure Western countries.
    - The role of the U.S. in potentially stopping the conflict, as mentioned by Nasrallah.
    - Reinforcement of Rules of Engagement and Nasrallah's preference to avoid a broader war.
    43:51 🛑 Challenges for Hezbollah in Southern Lebanon
    - Escalation of conflict in southern Lebanon and challenges faced by Hezbollah.
    - Breaking down of Rules of Engagement, depletion of targets, and potential escalation triggers.
    - The delicate balance between the ongoing conflict in Gaza and the situation in Lebanon.
    48:40 🔍 Hezbollah's Regional Perspective
    - Nasrallah's overview of different fronts in the region: Gaza, West Bank, Yemen, Syria, Iran, and Lebanon.
    - Emphasis on Lebanon's role in alleviating pressure from Gaza.
    - Analysis of the potential escalation of the conflict based on U.S. involvement and military presence.
    53:54 🌐 Regional Dynamics and Arab States' Response
    - Critique of Arab states' failure to take a united stand against Israeli atrocities.
    - Mention of a recent summit where Arab leaders condemned Israeli actions but vetoed impactful measures.
    - Reflection on the significance of an oil embargo and the power dynamics with client states.

    • @nayastah1439
      @nayastah1439 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I don't know how you got this breakdown (analysis) chaptered & titled so quickly.!! 😮
      You posted it approx 45min ago & the chat was only posted about an hour ago. Seriously RAPID work dude ❤

    • @theresabarzee1463
      @theresabarzee1463 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Rania's disgust w/u.s. & democrats matches most americans' by now too.

  • @RobAndKim444
    @RobAndKim444 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    THANK YOU RHANIA & ABBY, YOUR BOTH DEFENDERS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS & FAITH

  • @samabderrazzaq1836
    @samabderrazzaq1836 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Great reporting Abby and Rania.

  • @PlantPoweredRadio
    @PlantPoweredRadio 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    A Syrian friend (who grew up in a refugee camp in Damascus after Israel took over his family’s homeland) says there are loads of Canadian/UN military in the Golan Heights area right now.

    • @crhu319
      @crhu319 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes Syria retaking Golan is very likely since it is internationally recognized as part of Syria.
      Canadians would flip if they knew this, Canada did not EVER recognize Golan as part of Israel.
      Can we get any source on this at all?

  • @taif1505
    @taif1505 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    You guys are absolutely amazing. Thanks abby for speaking the Truth and letting us know the true news

  • @yallalebanon5778
    @yallalebanon5778 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Rania spitting fact after fact 🤌
    Thank you both for this great episode 🙏

  • @ericktellez7632
    @ericktellez7632 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    “What is like being next to a maniac committing genocide?”
    🇨🇦: 👁️👄👁️
    🇲🇽: 👁️👄👁️

  • @kraka2oanIner
    @kraka2oanIner 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Abby...you and Rania know and exemplify what LOVE is. Keep up the great work; I need to be inspired for personal CIVIC ACTION(!) You two are leaders, and lead well!

  • @softanna27
    @softanna27 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I heard some women called Weiss say "We own it all. From the Euphrates to the Nile" Blew my bloody mind

    • @crhu319
      @crhu319 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What part of Zionism did you not understand?

    • @Fungoul
      @Fungoul 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@crhu319 Uh...maybe you don't know which rivers those are?

    • @rosariocannistraro3561
      @rosariocannistraro3561 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Bari ? she's a complete sociopath of the highest order .

  • @MultiHandj
    @MultiHandj 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you both 😀😀😀😀😀

  • @7hx89
    @7hx89 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Two greatest lady journalists of our time. Thank you.

  • @harbinger6562
    @harbinger6562 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank You Love Y'all ♥️🇱🇧🇺🇲🦾😇🌹👋

  • @nancyroberts1668
    @nancyroberts1668 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Excellent. I love you both.

  • @avlidanet8862
    @avlidanet8862 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Abby we all love you. We love justice. You are our justice. Go ahead

  • @azchemguylopez2596
    @azchemguylopez2596 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I learn a lot from listening to both of you. ❤ Thank you.

  • @nedakaighobadi
    @nedakaighobadi 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you for another great discussion! You are both amazing.

  • @LevanGudadze
    @LevanGudadze 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    In my opinion, inspired by the unconditional support of the United States and other NATO countries, the Israeli leadership will continue its strategy of displacing the Palestinian population from the Gaza Strip to Egypt, which has been discussed many times on my channel too, and will also continue to provoke a conflict with Lebanon and possibly with Iran, hoping that the United States and NATO countries will fight for Israel and bear the main burden.

    • @LevanGudadze
      @LevanGudadze 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Ankara has filed a lawsuit against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the International Criminal Court (ICC), accusing him of genocide in the Gaza Strip, Metin Kulunk, a lawyer for Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party, said on the social network X.

    • @Revel136
      @Revel136 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@LevanGudadzethe ICC is a joke. Bush should have been indicted years ago.

    • @samiazza
      @samiazza 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      i just had a look at your channel after reading your comment, you have good contents and anylisis, this channel is highly recommend, subscribed for sure

    • @LevanGudadze
      @LevanGudadze 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@samiazza Greetings. Thank you very much for your kind words and attention. I appreciate it.

    • @mischevious
      @mischevious 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@LevanGudadzeThat’s great but the ICC will defer it’s decision to the US.

  • @suzannenobel6809
    @suzannenobel6809 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The best duo 🇵🇸🇱🇧

  • @ArtDutch
    @ArtDutch 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you so much

  • @kennethvick
    @kennethvick 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you!

  • @joyduncan9434
    @joyduncan9434 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    How unbelievable that we are living in a time when there is even a question so barbaric of how many dead ( murdered ) children are enough for one country to decide to finally use its power to end it ? But here we are.Thank you for this discussion.

  • @mohammadtahrani4601
    @mohammadtahrani4601 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    my favorite 2 Women in Politics in 1 Video 🥰

  • @bobo-wf1jv
    @bobo-wf1jv 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The best discussion ever, thanks for this 🥂💞

  • @laeilou6366
    @laeilou6366 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you ladies for all this knowledges ❤❤

  • @BiddutMitra
    @BiddutMitra 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Israel can not fight real army!!!

    • @Wamsuo58u
      @Wamsuo58u 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      No they can't theyre too vulnerable

  • @pauloneill9880
    @pauloneill9880 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Rhania is right she does look fantastic!

  • @xSmallsx
    @xSmallsx 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Abby I love you

  • @MarkTheLamplighter
    @MarkTheLamplighter 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Brave, beautiful, and intelligent. These are the ideal women. Much love. Keep up the great work!

  • @mohamadhasan-u6f
    @mohamadhasan-u6f 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awesome talk much respect as always for abby

  • @schinaro
    @schinaro 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Well done Abby. Enjoying the show and all your guests :)

  • @moabushahba4687
    @moabushahba4687 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Two amazing and smart women whom speak the utter truth

  • @anhtang4402
    @anhtang4402 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    they are not just racist, their religion tells them to protect Israel at all cost.

    • @crhu319
      @crhu319 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Including the cost of .. Israel

  • @mongolike513
    @mongolike513 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +52

    Abby thank you for introducing me to Rania. Very moved by her words. I am 73yo Australian who slowly became awakened to the real world through identifying the unbalanced and unfair treatment of Palestine in my twenties.
    The constant pushing by zionists and their sayanim inch by inch year by year until Adelson was king of the Congress donors and US secretaries of State were predominantly Duish as were the power brokers of Wall Street, the Fed, MSM, Social Media, FDA, CDC , DNC, Trumps White House and more. Until today where it has become ever more obvious that it is Israel which operates Washington not the other way around. Just look at Congress dressing up in IDF costumes and swearing allegiance to their Fuhrer Netanyahu. By taking control of Washington they also get control of The Five Arses that union of white supremacist nations that speak English.
    So many phoney wars to bring “justice, freedom and Democracy” to the Mid East! Most of which occurred in “Greater Israel”!? Wars and regime change to the neighbours.
    It is simple, Israel has never achieved peace with its neighbours because it doesn’t want peace.

    • @thevindictive6145
      @thevindictive6145 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I just fail to believe that the US takes orders from Israel. Why?

    • @ActiveTravelWestUSA
      @ActiveTravelWestUSA 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      So right. Well people are awakening and the truth will prevail.

  • @ld9038
    @ld9038 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +63

    Abby Martin the voice of truth

    • @avibhagan
      @avibhagan 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      nope, she is just like CNN and BBC, and only used convenient truths. She will lie to sell a story. I've caught her .

  • @mhha2698
    @mhha2698 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +401

    Two queens. I've been listening to Abby for decade while she covers the atrocities happening in Palestine. back then not a lot of people were listening. I'm glad her work finally paid off and the world started waking up.

    • @msway836
      @msway836 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Exactly, shes been on Is-it-Reals axx for a lonnnnnngggg Time

    • @craigrobb8197
      @craigrobb8197 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      her RT days. abby been a staunch leftist for a long time

    • @robertbrown8317
      @robertbrown8317 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      People have always been listening.

    • @epis8613
      @epis8613 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@robertbrown8317Not enough people. Hopefully this is a tipping point.

    • @jeffanderson1708
      @jeffanderson1708 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@msway836 Is Ra El - Isis Ra El

  • @Live4truth369
    @Live4truth369 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +55

    Thank you ladies. I’m Lebanese and want to say how proud I am of Rania, she speaks with so much strength and conviction and does so intellectually. God bless all the innocent lives taken during this time.

    • @ld9038
      @ld9038 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Rania is Libanaise or Palestinian?

    • @rosariocannistraro3561
      @rosariocannistraro3561 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Rania is from Lebanon yes .

    • @consultancy6434
      @consultancy6434 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      She looks and feels Palestinian,
      She has no regards for lebanon or the Lebanese.
      H I z b do not have a green light from the rest of the Lebanese to wage a war.
      They waged a war in Syria, and still fighting there, before Gaza was taken hostage by Hamas.

  • @beckfordism
    @beckfordism 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +342

    two real journalists ...thank you both for your work .

    • @hitreset0291
      @hitreset0291 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Yes agreed.

    • @katong1953
      @katong1953 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Two of the most heroic people in the world. They are the conscience of the world.

  • @ithidil
    @ithidil 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

    Rania you make me proud as a Lebanese in Lebanon, I was laughing when i found out that you're here lol Abby you're a beast as always, keep fighting the good fight ladies

  • @RHD4871
    @RHD4871 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +789

    I just can't wrap my head around the fact that some people are still blaming Hamas for this genocide

    • @sturetrandans3747
      @sturetrandans3747 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      ?? All of a sudden I understand, not defend, but I understand why Isael does what they do, starting from your comment.

    • @benzun9600
      @benzun9600 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Well not hamas but Allah 500 years ago

    • @sunnydlite-t8b
      @sunnydlite-t8b 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Because brainwashing and submitting to authority are hallmarks of enslaved people. Whipped dog syndrome is heavy in the west.

    • @urrywest
      @urrywest 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My impression is that Hamas behaved in a way that Isreal and the west wanted and that the shocking level of carnage is what they want..... They want to inflame passions and make the whole region explode.

    • @slappyfun
      @slappyfun 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +109

      @@sturetrandans3747I've heard someone use this metaphor: imagine having your home invaded and you are thrown into your bathroom while they ransack your house and threaten your life. Then you try and escape, maybe with violence, and you are now to blame for the whole situation.

  • @PerceivedREALITY999
    @PerceivedREALITY999 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +46

    Thank you ladies. Independent journalists with journalistic integrity are the heroes of our time.

  • @msalhix
    @msalhix 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +65

    Thank you, Abby and Rania. God bless you both.

  • @seerona-wa-yaraona
    @seerona-wa-yaraona 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

    Wow. Rania brought in alot of new dynamics that have been at play in that region. In particular her clarification on Hezbollah's existence (and similar resistance groups) as a counter to the corrupt Lebanese armed forces, were completely new information for me.
    And I would have continued to be ignorant of the complexities of that region had i continued to rely on western media's narrative (i.e. that these are no more than Iranian proxies). Thanks alot Abby Martin for bringing her on the show.

    • @softanna27
      @softanna27 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      A really good book that taught me so much about Lebanon was Pity the Nation by Robert Fisk a journalist who was based in Beirut for 30+ years. He had amazing access over the years even interviewed Bin Laden pre and post 9/11

    • @seerona-wa-yaraona
      @seerona-wa-yaraona 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@softanna27 thanks for the suggestion..will look up.

  • @MoragTong
    @MoragTong 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +64

    knocked the ball out of the park. thanks for your work, comrades!

  • @winfriedbanzhaf1067
    @winfriedbanzhaf1067 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +49

    Two with a conscience and guts!

    • @naturallaw1733
      @naturallaw1733 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@waterbottles4744 { no conscience detected } 🚨😀

    • @SaiKiran-fd3gq
      @SaiKiran-fd3gq 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They should blame muslims.Pakistan murdered 2 million hindus in 1971.Why don't people talk about that.

    • @itshakgordin5145
      @itshakgordin5145 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Two pretty women who would have better things to do than talk nonsense..

  • @1Deep43VA
    @1Deep43VA 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +353

    I’m glad Abby is back. When this first happened she was the only one who came to mind that I remembered talking about this and I really needed to learn. I’ve since bought many books, listened to many podcasts, done lots of research and it’s quite clear that Israel has to stop occupying them. Stop taking their homes. Treat them like equals. Stop the genocide. It’s disgusting how long this affair has been able to continue.

    • @hitreset0291
      @hitreset0291 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Why does the US still support israel?????
      Because it is not in the interest of the filthy rich in the United States to have a government "for the people".
      No money in it.
      As compared to their motto of "Death Destruction and Division will always be the more profitable pursuit".
      If the Jews of this world do not want to witness another genocide of their people then they need to reign in this blood thirsty Israeli government NOW before it is too late.

    • @perrybelcourt5441
      @perrybelcourt5441 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No because Jews in Vermont and Sanders worked in Palestiniansm and abbey didn't and senator Bernie Sanders knows that Palestinians has a billion dollars in nature gas and oil and cease fire not happening and senator Bernie Sanders voted for the Ukraine money and senator Bernie Sanders knows it wrong because his relatives die fighting against the nazi regime and Ukraine but Vermont over 84 percent of Vermont voters wanted to support the Ukraine bullshit everywhere about Sanders and Tucker Carlson went on to Spain with the socialist party to overthrow the corrupt Spanish government and Zionist Israel bought America

    • @Merudinnn
      @Merudinnn 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Thank you for being the kind of person who hears about something they know nothing about, and immediately proceeds to educate themselves as much as they can on it before forming an opinion. I wish there were more people like you.

    • @1Deep43VA
      @1Deep43VA 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@Merudinnn Thank you. Those are kind words and I appreciate them.

    • @perrybelcourt5441
      @perrybelcourt5441 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Merudinnn not a opinion it's a fact and chesley Manning threw Greenwald under the bus and Brazil TH-cam channel wanted Greenwald in Brazil to face a Brazil court for being a traitor and Hamas are terrorists and Zionist Israel are terrorists and some countries wanted wars crimes against the Zionist Israel administration like they did to Hitler administration and a socialist jew from Vermont now lives in Europe somewhere and studied the collapse of communist Russia and seen the British empire collapse and said that the American collapse is next because what going on in China and Jimmy Dore had sex with a underage girl before he was married British and some Canadian TH-cam channels really investing all the American and Canadian and British government bullshit and those are facts and the British new leader family in India made money from Russia and he makes money from Zionist Israel and Sanders listen to the people in Vermont who put him in office because his relatives die fighting the nazi regime and Ukraine but Vermont support Ukraine for some reason and Sanders knows how to trade illegally he did with Russia it was Russia steel for Vermont products and some African countries no money change hands because that illegal and Canadian and American and French and British corrupt corporate media outlets are like nazi Germany media outlets they listen to the IDF military bullshit and say that true Palestinians land has billions of dollars in nature gas and oil and America like to overthrow government with resources CIA main job and Bush and Obama Clinton Biden trump policy causes the issue today in the world and for some reason Abbey Martin is calling a Jewish senator a war pig and Tulsa and JFK jr wants to destroyed the Palestinians children so they can't become Hamas terrorist and Zionist Israel bought America and most politicians we investigate those channels and issues because we learn from Assange uncle Joe is a puppet for Obama his third term and Obama now is bullshit America with the Palestinians issue and President Joe illegal immigrants policy is to keep wages down and destroy unions with cheap labor because Mexicans will take a job for less money than the minimum wage

  • @melchoraslez1689
    @melchoraslez1689 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +158

    Thank you both Abby and Rania for your work on palestine

    • @victormeidan1062
      @victormeidan1062 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The two women are talking nonsense. Israel bashing again and again.

  • @jeffwithmaintenance6229
    @jeffwithmaintenance6229 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +180

    I am so happy to know these powerful women are here in the world. We need more people in the world like these two.

    • @rebeccariley2803
      @rebeccariley2803 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      do you support hitler?

    • @itshakgordin5145
      @itshakgordin5145 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Two pretty women who would have better things to do than talk nonsense..

  • @BenMcAulay-j5g
    @BenMcAulay-j5g 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Back-to-back, two of the best: Roger Waters and now Rania Khalek. Awesome. Keep up the great work Abby.

  • @BiddutMitra
    @BiddutMitra 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +188

    Yes true, Abby has been working very hard for Palestine

    • @ld9038
      @ld9038 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, i agree specifically through the Empire files

  • @islam6138
    @islam6138 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +63

    Brilliant discussion. Massive respect to both ladies for such an educated discussion

  • @xalivt
    @xalivt 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +167

    Thank you queens .. the fact that all the world talking about the palestinian case is giving me hope .. this is the first in history the world cares enough to study this case ..i have to thank social media and the independent podcasts such yours .. thank you again

    • @roymurray6721
      @roymurray6721 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah....... people are taking notice because the other side are jews. Nobody gives a shit when it happens in Syria or Sudan, death figures much higher than Palestine btw. The israel government are horrendous and use residual war/ holocaust guilt to act as they please, but let's be very clear, there is anti-semitism at play here too. Hamas are not innocent just because they have a weaker military than Israel, they have shown an equally disgusting lack of respect for their citizen's lives.

  • @garliclasagna
    @garliclasagna 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    two of the greatest minds on this subject, thank you guys for being who you are and working tirelessly to fight injustice and war crimes in our name...

  • @cobaltbomba4310
    @cobaltbomba4310 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +63

    America's biggest strategic blunder to aid Israel to massacres in Gaza.

    • @wither8
      @wither8 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh buddy, I can think of a lot larger strategic blunders the Empire has made in the course of its history. Fuck, I can think of bigger blunders effectuated during this brief Biden administration. (Still a year left, there's far further to fall)

    • @37Dionysos
      @37Dionysos 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Yes, although thinking of MILLIONS of people needlessly dead at US hands in the last decade+, should we say "strategic" or "staggeringly stupid"?

    • @ArslanAli-cs1be
      @ArslanAli-cs1be 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Its USA its strategic@@37Dionysos

    • @MusMasi
      @MusMasi 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      its been doing that for well over 200 years now.

    • @rightsdontcomewithpermits7073
      @rightsdontcomewithpermits7073 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@37Dionysosnot as many as by the hands of communists.
      Former sovok prisoner...

  • @homapirzadeh3930
    @homapirzadeh3930 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    🤗 what an opportunity to see news analysis with
    Abby Martin and Rania Khalek !!Thank you both!🙏🙏🤗👏🙌

  • @c59222
    @c59222 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    Nikki Haley is the next American nightmare

    • @Lavvonaffair
      @Lavvonaffair 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That reptile ( NH ) is a war mongering snake

    • @Algolxxxxxx
      @Algolxxxxxx 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Both American houses, Congress and Senate, are situated in a deep Zionist mental space. You never see House members ever take a step out of it. For they know upfront, thanks to Israel's lobbies and pressure groups, if you decide to serve your conscience, then you do so by jeopardising your political future.

    • @AmericanNope
      @AmericanNope 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And the Zionist governments wet dream

    • @misterhill5598
      @misterhill5598 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Either Nikki or Kamala will be your next president.

    • @Algolxxxxxx
      @Algolxxxxxx 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@misterhill5598 Nikki has done everything to try to appease the republican electorate. She's changed her faith, kissed Trump's arse, worked for weapons contractors and pressed her face firmly into Netanyahu's groin, and sold her soul to Satan. If Republicans don't choose Nikki to run for president, she must wonder what else could I have done?

  • @Karpp1nen
    @Karpp1nen 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    Thank you so much for your work Rania and Abby. Not only does it keep me informed but also makes me feel that there is still sanity left in these horrifyingly dark times.

  • @smokeymcpot9883
    @smokeymcpot9883 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    Great work to both of you thanks for doing what you do 🙏🏼

  • @MrMoss786
    @MrMoss786 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    Heart breaking.. greetings from South Africa 🇿🇦 South Africa 🇿🇦 supports Palestine freedom. Love your work Abby. Keep it up.

    • @Faiez-rh1gm
      @Faiez-rh1gm 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And D A still support these Nazis

  • @ParadoxxedMedia
    @ParadoxxedMedia 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    So proud of you two, like I would a Big Sister! I will keep both of you in my prayers continually and hope you raise awareness of this issue to as many people as God wills it. Keep the good work going, someday only God can reward your works. Thank you! I hope people support you both financially as well s morally too.

  • @jameswandiba7929
    @jameswandiba7929 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Great stuff ladies...You guys are our heroes. I wish I had millions to fund these alternative news sources. It's been a long time since I watched CNN/FOX

  • @whitemountain2904
    @whitemountain2904 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +210

    Rania is exemplifying the difference between the political concepts that just looks at numbers and then justifies them and the actuality of seeing the mutilated bodies of innocent children. Again, the concept of "collateral damage" and experiencing the fact of collateral damage. We, as modern humans, live not in the world of actuality but in the mental world of concepts and ideas.

    • @News2021-l7f
      @News2021-l7f 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Are you justifying the loss of innocent Palestinian lives at the hands of Hamas who are using them as human shields by embedding themselves in and around populated areas? Under and near hospitals, schools and residential areas?

    • @amelliangames7365
      @amelliangames7365 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@News2021-l7fif you care about civilians you should condemn israel

    • @snakejuce
      @snakejuce 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Well said whitemountain

    • @naturallaw1733
      @naturallaw1733 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I like to say Ideology versus Rationality. one is Only true SUBJECTIVELY. while the other is True OBJECTIVELY. that's why I HATE Political Ideology so much. it basically Warps, Distorts, Deludes people's Brains around the World. 🥴

    • @DorkJelly
      @DorkJelly 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@News2021-l7f People like you are crazy. If Hamas end up in a US airport, do you just say "well nothing we can do...I guess we have to bomb it"
      "human shields" have NEVER been an excuse to justify the mass death of innocent civilians. If a robber is in a bank taking hostages, do you just bomb the bank? If a terrorist takes over a bus and plane and holds hostages....do you justify taking out the whole bus/plane? You are a psychopath...

  • @shezzy97
    @shezzy97 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Abby thank you for your hard work and raising awareness we greatly appreciate it

  • @Van_Wilder
    @Van_Wilder 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +59

    Wowza - I’m new to your channel and this is by far the best segment on the Palestinian/Israeli conflict that I’ve watched since October 7th. This coming from someone who watches the following respected shows every single day i.e. Redacted, Richard Medhurst, The Duran, Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris respectively, The Gray Zone, Katie Halper, Dan Cohen (Uncaptured Media), George Galloway, Scott and Doug, and even sometimes the likes of the Hill (Rising), Breaking Points and Kim Iverson this was probably the best show I’ve watched since. Absolutely love Rania Khalek and have been following her channel a while back now 👍🏻🔥

    • @EmpireFiles
      @EmpireFiles  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Thanks! Check out our Reporting From Palestine playlist for more :)

    • @AisuruMirai
      @AisuruMirai 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@mischevious Andrew Napolitano was a Superior Court judge in New Jersey, not a Supreme Court justice.

    • @AisuruMirai
      @AisuruMirai 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@mischevious "Judge" is a shorter word than "justice."

    • @AisuruMirai
      @AisuruMirai 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@mischevious Not a rhetorical question: Why not fix it?

    • @CriticalThinker27
      @CriticalThinker27 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You should add The Last American Vagabond to your list.

  • @ericrobinson7184
    @ericrobinson7184 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Masterpiece of commentary...thanks!

  • @thorinbane
    @thorinbane 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    Love the doo Abby, thank you for the updates about Gaza. Nice to see regular content from your channel.

    • @naturallaw1733
      @naturallaw1733 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      hey thankz! 👩‍🦳🤳

  • @Happytommy657
    @Happytommy657 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Great that Abby Martin is back, huge respect for her courage and passion ❤

  • @LyndaElliott
    @LyndaElliott 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +69

    You’re saying exactly what I feel. It gives me incredible pain to know this is happening and I just can’t believe the world is simply watching. Millions of us are feeling this horror and rage.
    I’m due to fly to Beirut in a few weeks and I’m terrified they’ll start bombing the city.
    But more than this, my heart is aching to the depths of my soul for the Palestinians.

    • @benxamin13
      @benxamin13 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Let's pray it doesn't come to that. Best of luck. Cease fire now.

    • @kirstinstrand6292
      @kirstinstrand6292 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Stay Safe ❤

    • @hitreset0291
      @hitreset0291 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Why does the US still support israel?????
      Because it is not in the interest of the filthy rich in the United States to have a government "for the people".
      No money in it.
      As compared to their motto of "Death Destruction and Division will always be the more profitable pursuit".
      If the Jews of this world do not want to witness another genocide of their people then they need to reign in this blood thirsty Israeli government NOW before it is too late.

    • @driedbrainfreeze2149
      @driedbrainfreeze2149 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Not just watching. Saudi Arabia is enabling by shipping fuel to Israel

  • @benxamin13
    @benxamin13 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Ladies you bring both truth AND SANITY to this whole geopolitical madness we are currently living. Your work is as important as those brave manifestations going on worldwide. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

    • @itshakgordin5145
      @itshakgordin5145 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Two pretty women who would have better things to do than talk nonsense..

  • @The_universal_cynic
    @The_universal_cynic 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +107

    Lebanon is proof that two religions can exist in peace, Israel obviously doesn't like that which is another reason they want war with Lebanon. They don't like the fact that two major religions can exist mostly peacefully.

    • @mischevious
      @mischevious 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      They want to take Lebanon and Jordan too now, their “promised land”.

    • @nadBKgea
      @nadBKgea 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Trust me, don't use Lebanon as an example.
      This is coming from a Lebanese.
      Multiple religions can definitely coexist. Bu don't use Lebanon as an example

    • @The_universal_cynic
      @The_universal_cynic 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@nadBKgea why?

    • @KH-mn7bt
      @KH-mn7bt 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@The_universal_cynicdo you have any idea what was going on in Lebanon from 1975 to 1990? Lol

    • @The_universal_cynic
      @The_universal_cynic 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      @@KH-mn7bt Yes the Lebanese civil war. An Israel and America funded and supported the fascist wing of the Lebanese parties. But guess what? It's been relatively peaceful after that so please shut up. Stop talking about the past and start talking about now.

  • @windalfalatar333
    @windalfalatar333 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Thank you, Abby and Rania, and the rest of your people, for this extremely good, extremely deep and extremely detailed interview. For me, with a degree in War Studies from King's College London it is interesting to hear the numbers on the respective fronts, and it makes it easier to understand the dynamic of the conflict by realizing how much Hezbollah and the Lebanese are binding down of Israeli resources in terms of personnel and materiel.
    The Genocide of Gaza is pure evil. But unlike the non-sensical "evil" people like Mike Pompeo and mainstream Western media are trying to make us believe in - the cartoonish portrayals of people like Vladimir Putin - it is an evil based on capitalism, on the profit motive. I think Jimmy Dore in his show accurately explains how U.S., UK and Israeli capitalists and their cronies in the governments of those countries, are after the natural gas, the fossil fuels off the coast of Gaza, and that this is the motive for the genocide, the death camp. Everything: the War in Ukraine, the blowing up of the Nordstream pipeline, that explosion in Lebanon and now the torturous extermination and displacement of the Palestinians of Gaza makes sense if you realize that they're doing it to make money. It doesn't make it any less evil. In fact, if anything quite the opposite. Madmen who torture and murder people like the Israelis are always and now doing, are in "civilized" countries judged along different parameters than those who commit these heinous crimes based on premeditation and "malice aforethought" as the English legal term goes. How can these evil people, who murder children - the Netanyahus and Bidens and Blinkens - stand to look themselves in the mirror? They have children of their own. How can they look at these images and still go to work enabling, planning and carrying out the genocide? And: "Why are these Satanic murderers allowed to go on?" as Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme put it (even though he, himself was a C.I.A. asset who was later deemed by the Reagan Administration and others to have gone sour) when he ennumerated the places whose names echo through the Ages of human malice, malice ultimately caused by capitalist greed: Song My, Treblinka, Sharpville, Sabra and Shatila (these two Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon)... and now Gaza, which he can't pronounce because he was murdered by the Apartheid South Africans at the behest of Reagan and the C.I.A. The answer is obvious: They are allowed to carry on, these Satanical murderers, because it is in the interest of capitalism that they should do so. The Nazi German holocausts were a money-making operation. More Jews died from maltreatment and bullets than they did from being gassed. Old people and children were gassed because they were improductive, the others were generally put to work. The Nazi Party in Germany worked for their capitalist elite. Which is EXACTLY what is happening now in Palestine: U.S., Israeli and European politicians are working for their capitalist masters to make them money by way of genocide. One of the few differences is that a higher proportion of the Israeli people support this genocide than did the Germans during another Nazi tyranny.
    I just wanted to add, though I'm I suppose by modern "moral" standards not allowed to do so, that both of you are EXTREMELY beautiful. I hope that doesn't detract from the gravitas of my otherwise somber message. (This, last paragraph is the only thing I've edited in this text.)

  • @4imagesmore
    @4imagesmore 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Staying alive is an act of resistance.

    • @feistygheisty
      @feistygheisty 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Saving lives even moreso.

  • @HAZONA78
    @HAZONA78 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    two beautiful and brave queens. thank you for being the voice of truth.. god bless you both. love from sweden ❤️❤️❤️

  • @karlknight4678
    @karlknight4678 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Two of the absolute best! Thanks again for your compassionate and informative reporting!

  • @katemary2331
    @katemary2331 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Amazing interview. The indignant passion in your reporting echoes so much of what majority of sane world thinks. Really informative. Thanks 🙏

    • @theresabarzee1463
      @theresabarzee1463 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, sobbing as Rania "hollers into the ether" and we get it. Sorrow, outrage, fury at this horrific death cult.

  • @heyanon75
    @heyanon75 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

    This is a very upsetting and stressful time for many people including journalists. I hope that everyone at empire files and around the world have the time and space to take care of themselves as best they can. Love the show as always 🩷🩷🩷🫡🇵🇸

  • @misterhill5598
    @misterhill5598 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Abby has such a good voice. Here is an idea: Why don't we have a musician to write a catchy "free Palestine" song. Then have Abby sings it.

  • @raeham693
    @raeham693 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Thank you both for a great logical discussion.

  • @David.-zr5ph
    @David.-zr5ph 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Good evening Ms Rania, and Mrs Abby Martin ❤️🙏. Great too see the empire files back. Scotland UK 👁️🙏👁️

  • @badhas786
    @badhas786 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I love u guys soo much.2 people who have been on the right side of humanity for so long never wavering and seeing straight through msm properganda the world owes u both soo much ❤❤❤

  • @criticalthought7527
    @criticalthought7527 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Thank you both for tying to inform us of what's going on in this horrible War of hate fueled by a 75 year old Apartheid State pressure cooker.
    Peace, Love, and Health to All.
    ct

  • @sanjayastephenson670
    @sanjayastephenson670 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I just want to stop to thank you! To you both, to those around you that love and support you, to all those working behind the scenes, to all those supporting and commenting with love.
    The collective trauma is so intense now, no one feeling it more acutely than the peoples of Gaza.
    You all help to bring hope, when it feels hopeless; love when there seems so much hate; compassion in the midst of intense ugliness.
    Powers are changing. That is a scary transition. None of us know how cowards will behave when they start loosing their security - and they are now exposed and finished!
    But I can say that I stand with beautiful people who just want peace and goodness to prevail.
    I am forever grateful for the comfort that you bring.
    From Australia with love 💕

  • @MendeMaria-ej8bf
    @MendeMaria-ej8bf 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    What a strong woman you are! Thank you for your work.

  • @MrGadfly772
    @MrGadfly772 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I'm retired now and I'm a bit of a geek. As time is fluid for me I am up at all sorts of times. I am universally shocked by American perceptions. It's like talking to mental patients living in their own mythical world. Just how can we combat the shear intolerance combined with the most profound ignorance. Part of this of course is to insist that all Shii'a are in lick stepand controlled by Iran

  • @David.-zr5ph
    @David.-zr5ph 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Great show ladies. Scotland UK 👁️🙏👁️.

  • @theresabarzee1463
    @theresabarzee1463 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    You two are such powerful commentators. Rania your knowledge is super important to keep educating us. We need this dynamic of you both as historian journalist reporters. Huge impactful explanations. This program is why we must get this work funded, folks. The lived experience of Lebanon in the historical bigger power grabs on it, tracking this is your forte. I'm so sorry you must keep this insanity on your everyday mind. Thank you, Abby and Rania. Seriously imperative work.