 is global connections. And, you know, when we say global connections, we mean connecting all the dots in all the places, including dots and places that have spoken about other places. And I think it's very important we recognize that the world is completely interdependent now in what happens on one side happens in the other. So the question is, should Chuck Schumer be calling for regime change in Israel? There are some people on one side of that, some people on the other side of that. Is Chuck Schumer serious? Or is he just following orders, perhaps from the administration? And to help us understand this, we have Dr. Rupati Khandekar, our global strategist. Welcome to the show, Rupati. It's lovely to have you here. Aloha, Jay. Always my pleasure to be with you. So a few days ago, Chuck Schumer made a big speech in Congress on behalf of his role as a senior senator. And in that regard, the press covered it from stem to stern. And then he went on the media and repeated himself and was involved in a campaign over several days where it dominated, dominated the news. Can you summarize what Chuck Schumer was saying in this remarkable speech about calling for regime change in Israel? Yeah, Jay, it was a shocker because as Israel supporters and as Israel side always views Chuck Schumer as a supporter, as a proponent or proper, you know, who has always taken the right side. And to come out, it's such a critical juncture of this Israel Hamas dispute and talk about how domestic politics should change and how people of Israel should vote against Netanyahu and end this regime, which is not doing anything for Israel is share and direct interference in another country's domestic politics. And that is a no no for any country to be so openly. He was very overt in his conversation. And Jay, we have seen Netanyahu has been in power for the last 15 years with coalition without coalition independently. So he is at the helm of Israel politics and Chuck Schumer to be dictating or to pretend to be guiding Israeli people against Netanyahu is was kind of a little bit of there was no I couldn't believe it technically just because Netanyahu is leading a country against a terrorist attack. So at that time, he needs all the support not only from his domestic but international allies also. And Chuck Schumer was very overt in his conversations day in a speech when he spoke that now Netanyahu after going through Gaza has to go forward to the Rafa crossing and Rafa crossing is near the Egypt border. And this is the southernmost town of Gaza. And Jay, as we know, after the terrorist attack of October 7, Israel had guided the entire population to move towards Rafa cross. And with that, within the civilian she is battalion of Hamas undoubtedly has gone so if the end goal is to eliminate Hamas, Israel forces have to move towards Rafa. And when Netanyahu presented this, Schumer is saying that if you do this, it's crossing the red line. And that red line is to move towards Rafa. So he's stopping the Rafa border. Well, I just have some rhetorical questions for you. I'll lump them up. What would happen if Netanyahu called for the election of Donald Trump rather than Joe Biden made a big speech about it and said that I don't think Joe Biden can do the job and I want Trump to do the job. What would happen if Macron calls for the election of one candidate or another or Olaf Schultz called for the election of one candidate or another or any number of world leaders? What would happen if Xi Jinping called for the election of one candidate or another in the United States? We would be outraged, wouldn't we? That, as you said, that doesn't go. It doesn't wash. It's an absolute no-no interference in domestic politics, especially of a democracy. It's not like Israel has been avoiding elections, Jay, at such a critical juncture when the economy is not in place, when people are not in place, you're talking of elections. Election requires campaigning, election requires coalition building, election requires so many other things. They are right now at heading a war against a terrorist outfield. And as we have discussed, six antagonistic countries against them. So to concentrate on domestic politics and somebody from the outside while telling or propagating to the domestic population to vote against the leader right now is wrong. It hurts the morale. They are at a war front and that is the leader of Israel at the war front. He's leading a democracy which has just been attacked. It is as clear as that, as simple as that. And he is at the bitter end of a PR campaign, which is so well-funded. It's propaganda at its best. Like you said, if you can repeat that point of how New York now, on the propaganda, I woke up thinking that. And gee whiz, the atrocities were visited on those kibbutzim near the Hamas fence on October 7th. And the Israelis didn't actually make war on Hamas, didn't enter Gaza for, what did you say, two or three weeks. But on October 8th and 9th already the propaganda was starting. And there were people in Europe, protests in Europe favoring the Palestinians, favoring Hamas, favoring Hamas. And ripping down the photographs of the hostages where they had been posted. This happened in New York, it happened in other places in the United States, long before Israel ever attacked Gaza, long before we got into any of this humanitarian issue. And who's using the hospital issue? And it's really quite extraordinary that the propaganda war was all set to go, just like all the other elements of that attack on October 7th. And they let it fly on October 8th. And it has been successful. And I take your point, buddy, that what effect, there's so many effects of what Schumer has done. I really don't know if he's thought about it. I don't think he has thought about it. But one of the many effects is the morale of Israel. Most people in Israel support this war. Most people see it as a war for survival, which I think it is. And against all kinds of enemies who are sworn to kill you, sworn to push you from the river to the sea. And so now you have your erstwhile friends criticizing you and telling you to change your regime and telling you how to conduct yourself in so many ways. And you say, gee whiz, this is our war, not their war, it's our war. Furthermore, I want to add that the bill to support Israel and Ukraine is stuck in Congress. And Trump has it stuck. And the aid, the support, the weapons, the money that was supposed to go to help Israel isn't going. So it's really ironic that Schumer or Biden should get up and criticize Israel, call for regime change, try to tell Israel what strategies to use in dealing with Hamas when it is not actually supporting Israel. I find that really intolerable myself. But let me ask you this, though. Why did Schumer get up there and make these statements to the Senate? Why did he get on national TV on every channel he could find and make these statements over and over again occupying the airwaves for days and days and days? Why did he encourage and interview with the newspapers to make these statements? I mean, it was a blitzkrieg of news that he created. Why did he do that? You know, this Schumer has come out at a time when the Mike moment happened with Biden and he said that come to Jesus conversation he wanted to have with Netanyahu, that has come to the point. And he was being a bit frustrated with Netanyahu. And this happens like it happens in a series, in a linear progression that takes place. And when you have these officials who you feel that they are in support and they go against and they make these statements, it's a progressive line that they cover you up with. Now Netanyahu at the same time has told an asset that he at the Foreign Affairs Committee of Israel that he needs to go into Rafa with a ground incursion to take care of if they want to achieve the end goal of eliminating Hamas. See the end goal is eliminating Hamas. Israel is put blinkers on it. They are very clear about now America because the American administration because of the pressures of PR, the delay that is taking place, the humanitarian crisis that is being advertised, they are giving into the pressure and trying to suppress Israeli movements, maneuvers. So Jay, but on the ground, he is at the war front and he knows if he wants to eliminate Hamas, like he said in the committee statements that if he eliminates 80% of Hamas and leaves 20% in Rafa, it will be like the world war leaving 20% of Nazis still waiting. They will again come back together and they will re-attack. They will re-take the strip, they will re-attack. And Jay, has the Hamas ever said that they want to surrender? Has the Hamas said that they will lay down their arms and like you always say, have they released the hostages? So where is the giving in from Hamas on even a single front? And Israel has to take in the terrorist attack, themselves be the sufferers, give up the hostages, give up the livelihood, lifestyle, live in terror and bow down to external pressures as well as internal pressures. I think it's really an important number of important points you've made because all the while Hamas is still fighting the IDF and killing them. Every day we hear about additional casualties and deaths among the IDF and that's Hamas shooting them from everywhere they can from every building, every room. They haven't stopped, they haven't surrendered. Finally, furthermore, they've been firing rockets into central Israel and their friends in Hezbollah have been firing rockets into Israel. So, you know, exactly what kind of irony is that? And they still have, as you said, they still have the hostages. They haven't released them and the quote cease fire talks and quote have not gone anywhere because they haven't agreed to it. And so the result is that we are telling Israel what to do even while these things are still happening, even while Hamas is alive and well and making trouble. And so I wanted to ask you these questions. Suppose Chuck Schumer's his demand is met. Suppose Israel goes through an election. And of course, he's saying, I don't want Netanyahu to be reelected, although that's a logical possibility. He's looking for a change, someone else, a regime change. And suppose Israel doesn't go to rough. Suppose Israel, you know, capitulates and slows down its initiative to terminate Hamas. Suppose they listen to Schumer. This is kind of what you were talking about. What happens if Schumer prevails? What happens if the Israelis are forced to listen to him and take his advice because he's essentially threatening them with some kind of punishment or lack of support, which he's already incapable of providing? What happens then? What happens to the morale in the Israeli army? What happens to the morale of the people where most of the people in Israel support this war and support Netanyahu's conduct of the war? Whether they like him politically or not? What happens if Israel accepts Schumer's demands? His overt use of language was what was stunning. He talked about Netanyahu losing his way. He's calling for new elections, everything. Now, if we listen to him, the next in line is the war cabinet minister, Benny Gantz. And tell me one thing, anybody in this situation or any leader at the top of Israeli politics, will he think something lesser than what Netanyahu thinks? Each person over there, each individual, each citizen of Israel is fighting, as you always say, for existential points. They're not fighting for luxury. They're not fighting for land. They're fighting to exist. And that any person in the cabinet, any person takes the charge will always think for Israel. Do they want a person who will think below Israel? Do they want somebody who will think below national interest? Do you want somebody to lead American politics who will not think about America first? Any leader of any country, if he doesn't think about the country first, the country will decline, the country will disintegrate, the people will not be able to have a developing or progressive lifestyle. So any leader who comes, even if it's Benny Gantz or if Netanyahu continues, Shuma has to understand that Israel, each and every citizen of Israel will fight for Israel because the other person is oppressor, oppressor of a terrorist level. It is not somebody of a country who's fighting. They're terrorists who are willing to give up their lives to eliminate it. And giving of arms, America supplies arms to Israel to defend itself. And in this ordeal, America is supplying arms to Israel. But even if nobody supplies anything, I know and think Israel will fight to lead. It's always that. I hope so. But you know, when you say you want to get rid of Netanyahu, you're also saying you want to get rid of his conduct of the war. And you want the Israelis to pick somebody who would not conduct the war the way Netanyahu is conducting the war. And what does that mean? That means conduct the war in a less aggressive way. I don't think I don't really think that's appropriate. And I don't think it would work either. So he's really, you know, all his remarks about regime change is he's trying to change the war policy and the strategies of Israel. Really, that is completely utterly appropriate for one country to tell the other one Western democracy. Arguably, the U.S. is still a democracy for one Western democracy to tell the other. And the other thing is he stands up and says, I am the senior Jewish person in Congress. The implication is that he represents the Jews in this country. He doesn't. He doesn't represent me, I'll tell you. And in fact, he created a huge argument among the various Jewish communities when he made that speech, because many of them don't agree with what he said. Many of them are more like, you know, on the Netanyahu side of the equation. And on the, you know, the existing war strategy side of the equation. Because they have seen all the attempts at peace over the years. And they have seen, you know, the steps necessary to subdue terror groups like Hamas. And giving in is not one of those steps. It's proven by history. And so, I mean, look at how, look at Gaza itself. Israel gave in on that one. And look what happened. War after war after war, attack after attack. Anyway, so Schumer thinks he knows best. He knows best than the Jewish community, the whole Jewish community in this country. That's not true. And I'm really offended by the fact that he would purport to speak for me. He doesn't speak for me. And he doesn't speak for a lot of other people. I don't know why he did that. I don't think he consulted Jewish groups. I don't think he tried to bring them together into some consolidated statement of one kind or the other. He just came out, all by himself one day. And I would like to ask you to examine with me why, what forces were operating on Schumer that he should do that? Did he wake up in the middle of the night and say, oh, my conscience is bothering me about these humanitarian things that are more important than anything else. So I am going to, I mean, throw the state of Israel under the bus. Why exactly did he do this? He has a proponent of the Biden administration when they speak about the red lines. So many Jewish, organized Jewish people, Jewish supporters have said that that's the red line. If America stops support to Israel, that would be the red line to vote for Biden. And then you have something like this, you know, they're talking of support to Israel as such a critical juncture, democratic process has never stopped in Israel. This state of conflict that Israel is in has been in its condition since 1948. Since 1948, since it's born, you know, this has been the state, but they have conducted elections, free and fair elections. They have spoken about the will of the people, everything that a democracy has, except that they have been the ones who have really been struggling to protect their sovereignty. They have been struggling to protect their borders. And when Shuma talks about regime change, it's giving a bad effect not only to Netanyahu, it gives a bad effect to the kind of support that, but like you said, he's not the voice of the entire Jew community from America. How they support Israel is an altogether different issue, totally different. So, you know, one thing is that it all seems to me, and I like your thoughts about it, that this is a kind of an organized campaign to bring Netanyahu down to undermine his leadership in Israel. And the fact is, you know, that he is the duly elected prime minister, and he's the guy. And that was under a democratic, you know, arrangement that's the way it worked. And he's still there because that's the way it worked. And if the democratic process in Israel wants to bring him down, they can bring him down. There's no reason they can. People in Israel know how to express themselves. But what, you know, what I'm thinking is that Joe Biden, for his own political reasons, remember, he's running for office. And there are many people who are very vociferous in this country who don't want him to support Israel. At the same time, he doesn't want to alienate that part of the Jewish community that does want him to support Israel. So he gets proxies to speak for him. This is my theory. He gets proxies to speak for him. So, Tony Blinken goes over and he says, Benjamin, you got to cool it. Kamala Harris goes over and says, Benjamin, you got to cool it. They all go over there and say, Benjamin, you got to cool it. And he himself, Biden, has been over there, and he's said the same thing. You know, you got to step back, make peace. We can't have this humanitarian crisis, and you can't be so aggressive in trying to eliminate Hamas. Okay, doesn't work. Netanyahu is still, you know, aggressive. So he's got to find somebody else. So my theory is that he goes to Schumer. And he says, Schumer, you're Jewish. How about something from you? How about getting up there in front of Congress and telling them how I feel? And you can be the humanitarian of the week. And so now there's another American official who is, you know, contending and criticizing Netanyahu. This has all kinds of implications and we talk about that too. But do you agree? Do you feel the same way? It's only, it's speculative, but it's just funny that you can connect the dots and find all these people who are singing the Biden's song, and all of a sudden, now they include Schumer. They election politics at its peak. So they are trying to doing the lobby. They don't want to isolate the pro-Palestine supporters. They want to show that we are each way. They want to have both the hands in all the places. But I feel politics requires a very clear-cut position that you have to take in realities. If you're leftist, you're leftist. If you're rightist, you're rightist. You can't be left-right. That creates a confusion amongst the people. And see, like we support Biden on so many issues, but we would not support him if he wants to cut aid and stop being an ally of Israel at this critical juncture. So you understand 1,200 people killed on October 7th, and six months you have this number which is inflated coming up. That itself, you know, if a person has reasonable logic. You mean the 30,000, the claim that Hamas has made, the 30,000. Over six months. Over six months. And they have, you know, they compare it to the same thing. Just imagine, you flip the sides and imagine Israel at the receiving end. Would they have had any pity? If Hamas comes back, will they not come with a stronger attack? First they started with apathy, then they started with malnutrition. It's more than Somalia. It's more than everything. They come up, the UNRA was UNRWA was involved in more propaganda and indoctrination than any other organization which was possible. It was under the guidance of the United Nations. Where do we talk about this? Where do we appeal against this? So so many factors which are not in pro-Israel territory. Still Israel is trying to make it possible to, you know, for an amicable solution. Bring back the hostages. Get Hamas to lay down their arms. Do something concrete. You're just on one side. You're trying to just put down Israel. And you have, you know, beacons of democracy, fake pseudo-democracy like Canada who will come and say, you know, that we support a two-state solution and we want to stop arms to Israel. Oh, yeah. That's the other part of this, that he's campaigning. All of these guys that I mentioned are all campaigning for a two-state solution, which many people in Israel and in the U.S. do not believe can ever actually happen. And it's only going to lead to more terrorism. And as I said, it's been, you know, it's been the case at least half a dozen times in the past when Israel has agreed to a two-state solution. But the Arabs and Palestinians have projected it, even under Bill Clinton. And so one thing I want to mention is you mentioned Canada. And Canada announced that because of Schumer's speech, it's not going to support Israel. So what you have, everybody, I think is the beginning of a whole international movement that Schumer has set in motion about countries who might otherwise support Israel are no longer going to do it because they think Schumer is very authoritative and represents, you know, the Jewish people in the United States and also the government somehow, or at least the Senate, which the Democrats still control but can't do anything. So I wonder about Trump. You talk about political. So Trump, whatever Trump does is to unseat Biden. That's what he does from morning till noon till night. So he takes the position that, of course, Biden is wrong because he, well, I don't know why, why is Trump criticizing Biden on this one? Biden is not doing enough. Biden is doing too little. Whatever Biden does, it doesn't do Trump attacks him. Do you have the idea about what Trump would actually do if he were able to get back into the Oval Office? I think we can agree that whatever Biden does, whatever Blinken does, whatever Kamala Harris does, and whatever Schumer does, Trump will attack him, them, all of them, for their policies around Israel. Jay, Trump will come in like an angel. Like he claims he will make good to the world, but like you said, every policy is going to be anti-Biden and in a reverse, Biden's policies, whether it be on immigration, whether it be on economic, everything. And Israel, Jay, Jared Kushner, his son-in-law, has already spoken of it being a waterfront property. So they support Israel in the sense that I feel America as a whole, Republican, Democratic, Red, Blue, always supports Israel. Because Israel has always been a good ally, Jay. It's a reliable ally in the Middle East, which has supported America also technologically. They have defense mechanisms, which we have developed together. There are so many things which are interdependent to so many Jewish people living in America. So many, you know, that's a base in the Middle East for a reliable partner. Yes, there are a lot of factors which make Israel and the U.S. a very strong ally bond. And that bond has to be maintained by every president. That's what I believe, whether it's red or blue. It has to be maintained by every president. And right now, like so many other times in history, Israel is really at a critical juncture. And this time Hamas has thought it out. I feel that it was just a provocation that they did. They knew all these factors that they had played out beforehand. They knew that they had to get into a propaganda war. They knew they had to long-drawn effect. You know, taking hostages, they have just taken out the heart, the vulnerability of Israel. This terror attack was really well thought of. And it's a strategically long-drawn battle that they have brought us into. And Israel is taking it one bit at a time. After they have gone into Gaza, they have achieved the knowledge of fighting the tunnels, you know, seeing the... Oh, I think that's such a good point. If Israel pulls back and doesn't do the strategy as designed, that encourages Hamas. And Hamas will do it again. If they are not eliminated, just looking at the flip side, if they are not eliminated, they're going to use the same playbook again, not only in Gaza but elsewhere. It's going to be a no-solution solution. And that includes the West Bank, but it also includes other places, other countries, because the techniques that they have learned, including, you know, the human shields, including the street fighting, including the hostages, including getting legislators in other countries to speak for them, and animating, activating the kids on the college campuses to riot for them, and activating anti-Semitism for them. This is all going to be, again, this will be played out. And so this war is a dress rehearsal for the next one, as all the wars around Gaza have been. But I want to ask you about the proxy issue and about Iran. I would assume that anything that happens bad to Israel, anything that makes Israel pulled back or worse yet get into a parliamentary crisis over new elections, such as Schumer has called for it. Emboldens Iran, and they say, good, we've got them on the run. Let's do more of that. Let's provide more weapons through the tunnels in Raqqa. Let's keep fighting. Let's hold on to the hostages. Let's keep giving them rockets and missiles to fire into Israel. And indeed, their whole proxy system would be emboldened. Do agree? Absolutely. Draw the parallels. The proxies are very vocal at critical junctures. South Africa coming to the ICJ, Schumer talking in the Senate. All these things weaken the leadership of, or a very unstable election would weaken the leadership. And that would strengthen the access of evil which Iran leads. So this kind of geo-strategic advantage that it would give the enemy and weaken Israel at the same time would cause a very critical support system to the other side, other than Israel. So this is a point which is very, very important that these proxies are supposed to be ignored at its best. Ignored. I mean, really, when you have something like this which just books and does not do any good to further your cause, it has to be just ignored and let go of. Because Israel is very clear in its aim to eliminate Hamas. This two-state solution, J. Gaza and Israel were staying side by side. Gazans were employed in Israel. There was democracy. There was every bit of freedom that was given within Gaza. But still, this attack was planned and innocent civilians were killed from their home. The next attack is going to be deadlier. And they are very sure about it and they keep on saying it. And we cannot discount Hezbollah and the other people around it. And we have doctinated minds which are there. Like I told you, we were talking of release of hostages. They were talking of release of prisoners who were criminals who have offended Israeli territory, people, everything. So there's an imbalance in that. And the proxies speak this. They try to level it. Let me ask you about Putin. Putin was only too happy to see a conflagration in the Middle East because, A, that takes the heat off what he's doing in Ukraine. B, it gives him a chance to be the kind of backroom leader among the troublemakers in the Middle East. He's been doing that for a long time. So recently, he's gone out again for another recruitment. And he made a speech the other day about how he was winning this war. And indeed, he is slowly but steadily taking territory against the Ukrainians who don't have ammunition. This is very problematic. And I think it emboldens Putin clearly, physically. The other aspect is that Putin has troops on the Golden Heights. And I don't know what he's doing, but he's there. And he may be offering some kind of help through the terrorist organizations. Against Israel, on the Golden Heights with troops and tanks and aircraft and what have you. So we can't overlook that. I don't think the press has done enough with that. But here we are. And Putin is likewise affected by what happens in the Middle East, what happens with Israel. And he must be doing a kazasca that's a dance over Schumer's remarks. What do you think? I really write it because somebody is speaking his language. And when America is involved, he never stays back. If it's Middle East politics, he'll jump into Middle East politics. If it's Afghanistan, he'll come into Afghanistan. So it's his fifth term, Jay, and we are in for a ride right now because he's come out stronger than before. And when he has troops in the Golden Heights, remember that he has long-term plans over there. And he wants to be in the midst of things. He doesn't want to be away from international politics. He counts himself as one of the main slayers of international politics, and he wants to be one of the determinants of the way international policies go. Now, Jay, Israel will be isolated by all these nitty-witty countries at every international platform or national platform. Everywhere they will be isolated. And this verbal letdown of the policies is going to be a topic. These proxies give people a talking point against Israel. Now, the focus shifts to elections and democracies being weak in Israel when that's not the case. So these proxies are very important in giving the talking points to the international media. How many articles are being written about elections, elections, Netanyahu being a bad leader, everything comes up in international media and creates pressure so that his whole family has been in the war. He knows Israel politics from the beginning, Jay, when you listen to Netanyahu speak, he speaks about 3,500 years history all the time. They know the value of Israel. You speak to a supporter on the street. He will not know anything what is happening. He will talk to you about yesterday's news or today's news. Do they know the integrities of Israel politics? Do they know the conflict? Do they know what was before? What was before Alaska mosque? They don't know that. They think of Alaska as the third most important Islamic, but they have to understand. I hear you saying that the media has not done a good job in representing the Israeli side of this state. They're going for the humanitarian thing and all the Michigan, the United Nations, South Africa, what have you filed that claim that war crimes claim against Israel? All of this, but they don't really tell you about the Israeli side that you've been talking about here. Do you agree with me that the media really hasn't given us a balanced view of it? And as a result, there's a lot of people, places, and for that matter, public officials who are uninformed. Your thoughts? Yeah, Jay, media has been very, very unfair, emphatically unfair to Israel in this entire conflict. Like you said, at the beginning of the program, the next day, there were people supporting Hamas when they have killed 1200 civilians, Israeli civilians in their homes taken 300 plus hostages. People were supporting on the street. When do you expect the support to not be there for Israel? When these people are so, they have heartfelt hatred, Jay. And that is what makes the determination more strong to get rid of the terrorists, because whatever you do, you cannot please these naysayers. And media is so biased in its reporting. When you see malnutrition and you see civilians being killed, they do not write articles of human shields, tunnels, Hamas using hospitals and civilian places as their access points. They don't tell these points, Jay. They speak just about civilians, civilians. They don't speak about the warnings that Israel gave to people to cross the Rafa border. They don't talk about why Palestinians are not being taken in by Jordan. They don't talk about why other countries are not taking these Palestine immigrants. They have so much of empathy and sympathy for them. They should help them by just blaming Israel. If you cannot keep your own breath in of your own kind, you expect people who are at loggerheads with each other to mend them and take care of them. That is not possible, Jay. So media never reports these things, Jay. Talk about how this would affect the mindset of the terrorists, of Iran, of Putin and Russia. What about in this country? The people who have sensibly put pressure on Schumer, how emboldened are they? The people who support the Palestinians, the people who support Hamas, the people who are anti-Israel, anti-Zionist, anti-Semitic. What effect does Schumer's remarks have on them? I'll tell you in one line, they would care less. They would care less about what Schumer said. And they will ignore him the next time he opens his mouth, because when you can't support a person in need, when you can't support your own person in need, Jay, that is when the trust is broken and you leave that person. So exactly Schumer has done this. When at this critical juncture, you needed him, just if you can't support, be quiet. But don't go against. And he talking so overtly about regime change and domestic politics at a time when they are really struggling to fight Hamas. And it's not a Palestine-Israel issue at all. It's a Israel versus Hamas issue. So equating that to domestic politics didn't make any sense. There is no it is absolutely senseless that he talks about domestic politics. If Netanyahu wants to skip an election because they are in an emergency situation, what would he say about that? They are at war. They would delay the elections. Doesn't mean that they have less of a democracy. That is not important at this time. Yeah. We're talking about war. If the United States was at war, maybe we'd understand it better, but we haven't had a war that affected our national politics very much. Okay. Anyway, thank you very much, Rubani. That's a very interesting discussion. You've made some incredible points and very important points. And my reaction is we're not out of this yet. Schumer has not finished making his remarks. They will probably be other, may I say, proxies for the Biden effort to require the Israelis to back off. And we'll hear more about it. So you and I should plan to discuss this further as it evolves. Thank you so much, Rubani Kandekar. Aloha. 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