Israel is very fearful that it has replaced the Shia-led axis of resistance with the GAD-Suni

axis of resistance.

Jolani will try to consolidate power in Syria.

He will be supported by Turkey that sees itself as a power that's returning to an area that it controlled for hundreds

of years during the Ottoman Empire. And after he finishes consolidating power, Dan, Jolani

will do what every Arab leader, Sunni or Shia or anything like that, has done. He will

say, we need to return our stolen Arab land, which is the Golan Heights.

And what Israel is fearful of is that the Golan Heights will become a magnet to every Sunni GED in the region

in ways that the Shia could never achieve through their own axis of resistance,

because they are such a minority.

And because of this Turkish influence there,

Israel needs to prepare.

This is the argument within the defense apparatus. It's 8 o'clock a.m. on Sunday, January 12th here in New York City.

It's 3 o'clock p.m. in Israel on Sunday, January 12th, as Israelis start a new week

and anticipate, hope for, pray for, await any news of a possible

hostage deal. That is a topic we'll be following closely. It is 5 o'clock a.m. on Sunday,

January 12th in Los Angeles, California, where many of our friends and members of the

Call Me Back community are suffering from the utter catastrophe of these LA wildfires, which is an

issue we will also be turning to in the days ahead. But today, we are going to be focused on the Middle East and an area of the

Middle East we had not been as focused on up until recent weeks. Following the collapse of Bashar al-Assad's

regime in Syria, there has potentially been a new geopolitical reality created in which Turkey has emerged as a or the

dominant regional power, both militarily and diplomatically. For Israel, the new reality does

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