Israel assassinates top Lebanese commander, sparks major escalation

On June 12, 2024, Israel assassinated a senior commander of the Islamic resistance. His name was Hajj Abou Taleb. At Taleb's funeral, a resistance leader vowed to escalate its operations against Israel in "severity, strength, quantity and quality."
Within hours, Israeli military bases in northern Israel came under intense fire from drones, missiles and artillery shells launched from Lebanon. Some of the attacks sparked large fires. One of the attacks severely damaged the plant of a major Israeli weapons manufacturer.
On June 14, Dimitri Lascaris spoke with Lebanon-based, geopolitical analyst Laith Marouf about these latest developments. Marouf and Lascaris also discussed a recent op-ed in the Jerusalem Post in which a former Brigadier-General in the Israeli military stated unambiguously that Israel was headed for a military defeat and "collapse".
The Brigadier-General's op-ed can be found here: www.jpost.com/israel-news/art...

[@peypeepoupou]

Lebanon has the right to defend themselves

[@PecosChico]

Lebanon hasn't been a legitimate country since the Palestinians moved in and wrecked it.

[@nikolaosstamos420]

Only liberal democracies have a right to defend themselves.

[@radupopa6642]

And the right to respond in kind.

[@PauloAdriano-zo2ng]

Your username and the frog avatar just kill the good mood. 😅

[@peypeepoupou]

@@PauloAdriano-zo2ng lol why tho

[@MmmmTwoTacos]

Voting Dr Jill Stein✅️

[@PauloAdriano-zo2ng]

No one cares! 😅

[@Sana0567]

After US threatened G. Soleimani he responded, “ The more you break the glass, the sharper it becomes.”

[@amber40494]

What did he mean?

[@Sana0567]

@@amber40494 it means their successor believes in fighting than diplomacy.

[@nikolaosstamos420]

The reason I read the comments is because of epic quotes.

[@Sana0567]

@@nikolaosstamos420 This is his famous quote when Trump threatened him, “ Trump, the gambler, I am your opponent. There is no night that we sleep not thinking about you. It is not the "honor of the IRN president to respond to Trump's tweets, so I am responding to him as "a soldier".

[@nikolaosstamos420]

@@Sana0567 Warms the heart of every partizan!

[@jackwody7774]

Unlike the pro-Israel media in Canada and other Western countries, here are two voices of reason who are also promoting peace and justice. I am hoping that the BRICS+ countries will take a stronger stand against Israel as long as Zionism is a core policy.

They’re hiding comments in here. We are TRULY being censored by modern day Nazis.

They keep deleting my messages

The Yazis keep deleting my messages

[@vinceneuwirth568]

FREE PALESTINE

[@amania9254]

Why the Apartheid Israel lobbyists are not yet registered as Foreign Agents whom they are?!

[@tinaforbes1059]

They @re running the Congress/@nd the entire disunited st@tes of Amerik@ .

[@judithstapleton74]

Thank you Canadian gentlemen! You are rare voices of Canadian sanity.

[@ETALAL]

Thanks again for interviewing Laith and keeping usupto date with the resistance in the North 🙏🌻🐝❤️

[@lancemanfredi6123]

YOU GENTLEMEN ARE, ALONG WITH THE ELECTRONIC INTAFADA, SO INTELLIGENTLY INFORMATIVE. MILLIE GRAZIE !!!

[@ruka1511]

There is no place in this world for zionazism

[@davidshraiber]

There is no place in the planet for YOU!

[@sunnyboy4553]

It must be universally outlawed just as naz cism is. It is equally based on false ideas of racial supremacy and genocide of "inferior" others.

[@wiwlarue4097]

the problem with that is that judaism is the driving force behind zionism. they deflect when they say zionism has nothing to do with judaism. zionism stems in judaism. judaism is the bases to zionism. one should get familiar with the midrashic interpretations of their script (very few of us do) and it becomes obvious who is the rider on the horse.

[@RussellKatz-up4rm]

Learn to spell first 😅

[@sunnyboy4553]

@@RussellKatz-up4rm Certain words or names of groups are not allowed to be spelled correctly or the yt algorhythmns shadow ban the comment. You have to read between the lines. "To know who controls you, you must ask who you are not allowed to talk about." George Orwell.

[@wyesjcbnwr8606]

you answered your own questions, and correctly. Israel has been lying to the world for 76 years, never, ever had any intentions to let the Palestinians have a state. Nothing has changed.

[@Anon_E_Muss]

Morning gentlemen Thanks for having Laith back on!!!

[@elevenfiftynine]

Laith, so glad to see you! You get the theatrics of the west. HOLDING YOU IN PRAYER.

[@danieldrazenovich935]

When it comes to this conflict, Dimitri and Laith are the experts.

[@amirafrankovich5171]

Thank you for having Laith

[@cheri238]

Thank you, Dimitri and Laith.

[@ptbrad752]

Keep speaking the truth

[@coonhoundqueen9216]

Great talk. Thank you

[@user-dp4sj8jz8c]

This was an excellent podcast Dimitri and please try and do a weekly podcast with Laith. Your journalism is of much higher calibre than the trash mainstream journalists

[@KUGW]

Your videos are awesome, but please up the volume a bit when you edit them... They are a bit low.... thanks for great information

[@adam8642]

Great insight, rationally explained.

[@Pitonisa]

Thank you , from Brasil

[@warrenschaich6873]

Dimitri, thanks for having Laith, always great, and your phrase ,the US is a "Hugh military base masquerading as a country" is a deep insight that will be quoted for years to come.

[@claudermiller]

Ever since Oslo and beyond, the US has "offered " the Palestinians vague promises. There are never specific principles or direct promises because they know the Israelis will legalese their way out of anything.

[@hongry-life]

The USA wants to dominate Middle East and the rest of the world, so why listen to them? The USA doesn't care for the people anywhere, only for material gains and power over all.

[@coshyno]

So very true

[@annjoyce579]

My sympathy and love to my arab bloodline at the loss of yet another person who might have lived long enough to finally see Peace. My bloodline arab and Israeli Jewish, why I care for both peoples. Thanks for your video. Peace is coming, foretold by islamic and judaic and Christian prophesies.

[@andinorth1507]

Wow, so grateful that your podcast showed up in my queue. A new favorite!

[@erikalulea3608]

Tired of the word moderate or modern muslim. As Muslim we follow The Quran and AUTHENTIC Hadith .

[@Dee-JayW]

Hello Dimitri 👋 🇨🇦 🇲🇽

[@susan40177]

Excellent interview.

[@arekkembangkuning7173]

Thank you ❤

[@vyper6426]

Thank you for the report. I look forward to future updates.

[@LoveFix2558]

Very informative discussion 🙏

[@fightback397]

Thank you Dimitry and Laith . Very informative exchange . Take care both of you . Also you Dimitry if you are in a EU country . Lots of angry people walking the streets .

[@irenez3410]

As usual my comment is gone! Thanks to both of you for a great talk. 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸

[@davidotness6199]

It gets very frustrating does it not, Irene? I get so tired of the censorship too.

[@sectoudie1820]

Beautiful interview as always. Bravo brilliant job

[@rubyslippers103]

Excellent intelligent conversation. As always.

[@marcseghatol6583]

Great conversation

[@1o1s1s1i1e]

Thank you both for these very informative discussions!

[@lachlanscanlan5621]

not sure about any major escalation, however the Leb bombing is causing social instability in Iz

[@anneholloman8517]

Thank you 😢

[@bernadettedunn6129]

Sound of your guest is too low. I thought it was just me but as I read the comments I see others are having the same issues.

[@JillT123]

Excellent interview thank you both. Refreshing to hear you both just tell it like it is. I cant look at legacy media at all any more. My head hurts at the cognitive dissonance!

[@divinelycreated4him]

Catapults??? What year is it in Israel?!

[@tinaforbes1059]

You should have known that the Zionists are following the stoneage ideology. Even in the 21st century, they are still living in the stoneage mindset / everyday life . Hence why the catapults 😉 .

[@a.randomjack6661]

It's the year they say "looks like we might be f'd" 😰

[@shaunlovett1565]

Good report thanks

[@UmiYogi0205]

Hasbunallah wanikmal wakil💔

[@wiwlarue4097]

from now on it is perfectly clear who have always been the provocators

[@Greebstreebling]

they remind me of a kid I knew in school. All he could do was fight. Everything was a battle, he was always the victim. If he wanted to do something, there had to be a fight in it, otherwise he wasn't interested. Sound like any country you know?

[@melissagilbert9654]

That is really messed up!!!

[@jimmytrasport3705]

Thanks for the important update.

[@StateOfPurgatory]

They have the most power But at the end nothing can overcome people if they get united

[@bunyip5841]

Hard to disagree with Dimitri's analysis of US intentions for Palestinians, disturbing as it is.

[@amber40494]

Thanks for this interview!!

[@esmaanderson1802]

Thank you for another excellent and very informative interview.

[@HiPlainsThrifter]

Excellent interview

[@sunnyboy4553]

Sound is WAY too low.

[@mydoghitler]

thanks for saying that! I thought I was going deaf!!

[@kathylarson8876]

Not for me, maybe your sound problem

[@zoejay]

Seriously it is low. I maxed out my phone volume button.

[@hongry-life]

@@kathylarson8876 It's very low volume compared to all other channels.

[@hongry-life]

But the hard coded subtitles help :)

[@volafsdottir216]

Laith always inspiring and extremely intelligent, Garland's streams featuring Laith go by to fast

[@andujarpain2629]

I am told that there is 7500 palestian hostages in israeli jails, including kidnapped children.

[@ileanahernandez1709]

On Oct 7th there were between 5,000 and 6,000 inside Israeli concentration camps. After the 8th of October the Israeli's have kidnapped many more Palestinians and the last count was 11,500 illegally held in Israel.😢

[@DanaDoe]

These numbers also do not reflect the unknown people abducted from Gaza Strip into prisons and clandestine military or torture camps. Nor martyrs bodies withheld, some for decades, in detention. Nor any Palestinian that has been abducted throughout West Bank or Gaza that no one knows about. Nor any bodies stolen. Hundreds of children too. It is important to note that medical NGOs serving Palestinians in Occupied Palestine are disallowed from treating anyone who has been held in detention, without charges even, including children. Another layer of brutal occupation.

[@timbarry5080]

Volume is low

[@getinetkifle3341]

Thank you both, gentlemen 🙏 Maruf has been my go to guy analyst like few of him. I am straightforward person & that's why i resonate with few of you people that tell like it's.

[@Putins_shirt]

Great coverage, as always! Thank you Dimitri for bringing this interview to us! Laith Marouf is an astute geopolitical observer.

[@kingdang855]

Great content

[@matdyde]

cant hear it mate

[@Hiptoys]

Voting Dr Jill Stein

[@ewalker1057]

Desire for vengeance is not about Palestine. Nothing to do with that. Trump will seek it. It is personal.

[@hongry-life]

Vengeance for what and on who?

[@ewalker1057]

@@hongry-life As mentioned in this video presentation

[@elsonck2523]

@@ewalker1057 I didn't get your comment either and your response was unhelpful

[@ewalker1057]

@@elsonck2523 Suggest going back and listening to the discussion on vengeance in the video. Then apply.

[@lah6739]

The volume is a problem Dimitri. I have my computer turned up to full volume and it is still pretty hard to hear.

[@mechwarrior83]

what a great guest and interview

[@patrickdanaee2708]

Bravoo, very informative.

[@shovanbijoy7136]

Good talk

[@troyheald77]

AAA+++Bedford, Texas=========Thank You Gentlemen=======

[@danieldrazenovich935]

It’s very true that don’t look at what people say look at what they do.An example of this would be Nick Fuentes not being allowed to speak at this turning point convention in Detroit. Which is suppose to be a conservative event. And if I am not mistaken they may have wanted Nick arrested at this event. As these gentleman pointed out . In America it’s a one party system.

[@MakePeace123]

❤❤ Hello Dimitri ❤❤

[@nihal3075]

Dimitri what is your opinion about the US resolution in UNSC. What I mean is, according to Sam Hussaini, a journalist, he said it should be the resolution for the implementation of ICJ order to hault any action on Rafah without any conditions. To overcome, US suddenly put forth the resolution and bring a Biden's proposal as an Israeli proposed deal.

[@dimitrilascaris3051]

I think Sam's analysis makes sense

[@favourites2654]

blinking is a monster 31:02

[@danieldrazenovich935]

There is no basis for rosy historical optimism. Christianity does not teach it. The world is moving towards a tragic division and struggle of opposing spiritual principles. But in these paths it makes great sense to eliminate illusions, to expose true realities.” - Nikolai Berdyae

[@frictionpeg]

Trebuchet

[@RsZ789]

Dimitri, thank you for what you do. I encourage you to look into Islam and embrace it. The great work you are doing and standing against injustice and oppression is one of the best deeds you can do.

[@ArohaStill]

Respect other people's religions if you want yours respected in return

[@favourites2654]

Bless you both 44:36

[@sydneyhardin-vw2ym]

❤❤ Great podcast

[@wytrose4602]

Just wondering: should we the people in the usa not come visit your country? We have had several people die there. I totally understand if you don't want us there since many cant separate us from our leaders.

[@peymas]

fix the sound

[@vganad3739]

Are you still going to let it be so !?

[@okaytoletgo]

audio could be a lot heightened my dears!

[@chick930]

volume on this very low compared to other channels - Is youtube moddfin g the sound output on 'certain videos ' to make them less watched

[@hongry-life]

I also noticed this novel appearance on1-2 other channels with similar stance, content and opinions. Not wide spread (yet) so it could still be exemplary, but who knows. Maybe it's the newest type of attacking channels on YT.

[@user-yq1tb2ei4k]

👌🏻

[@Gigika313]

👍🏼

[@vganad3739]

They just go on doing as they please. And all anyone of you do is talk !

[@a.randomjack6661]

👋I'll just read some comments and leave a few 👍Like I did for this video. !st time I see this channel, but I know the guest ✊

[@Jake-jr2zh]

🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

[@kasirmir1925]

🇵🇸❤️🇵🇸

[@MichaelHolloway]

in the working out of the difference, the public vote has zero function.

[@eshelozer]

Itzhak brick is the former idf chief auditor, he is speaking for years about the malfunction of the army, and is concived as a prophet after 7.10 that he kept saying would happen in the lebanese border, he is constantly interviewing in hebrew for all political sides that arr united in tge critism of israeli intitutions

[@ram09568]

Joshua 5:13

[@BethHexamer-jp5xl]

I live on a ranch in Colorado and I read the news everyday. I heard Trump got a million dollar donation for the west bank in Gausa!

[@zack256300]

You are ignorant the West Bank and Gaza are two different places...😅

[@DanaDoe]

Weird Israhell bot accounts

[@trevormarnies2768]

Volume is bad - vearyf bad.0

[@sectoudie1820]

Beautiful as always. Are you engaged Dimitri??😅 I quite like you your charisma etc haha.

[@StateOfPurgatory]

Do you mean everybody will die

[@robertrichard6107]

Biden needs to get it like Bogart in 'Scirroco'.

[@BuGanwah]

Can you not whisper?

[@tonynaim9240]

Really good insight but misleading title; Hezballah commanders don't represent Lebanon

[@njnative8111]

Just so you know the sound was so low I turned this off 13 minutes in.

[@madeehasaeed786]

I watched/listened on my iPhone with the volume 3 points below max and I could hear both people perfectly fine, yes the guest’s volume was slightly lower but still perfectly good, he spoke slowly and clearly but I think that’s a good thing, I think a lot of issues arise watching it on a laptop or something.