35 Burst results for "Lebanon"
AP News Radio
Palestinian officials say Israeli strike on eastern Lebanon kills 5 militants, Israel denies role
"Israeli air strike kills 5 Palestinian militants. An Israeli attack targeting a Syria backed Palestinian group in eastern Lebanon leaves at least 5 people dead and ten wounded. According to an official from the Popular Front for the liberation of Palestine general command, the air strike hit positions in kasia, a Lebanese town near Syria. After the attack and other official tells the AP that the group will retaliate at a suitable time. The PFL PGC has military presence and precisions along the Lebanon Syria border and has attacked Israel in the past. Commenting on the air strike and Israeli official denies the country had anything to do with it. I'm Mimi Montgomery.
AP News Radio
Hezbollah stages wargames for media, asserts readiness to confront Israel
"Lebanon's militant group Hezbollah put on a show of force in one of its training sessions, which was unusually open to the media. In the training, Hezbollah's forces staged a simulated military exercise, masked fighters fired from the backs of motorcycles and blew up Israeli flags posted in the hills above. They also jumped through flaming hoops, the exercise came ahead of liberation day, the annual celebration of the whipped rule of Israeli forces from south Lebanon on May 25th, 2000, it also came in the wake of a recent escalation of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in Gaza, militant group Hamas, which rules Gaza has long had ties with Hezbollah, I am Karen Chammas
Mike Gallagher Podcast
Brigitte Gabriel Endorses Donald Trump for 2024 President
"Trump. Trump is the only person that can save this country. Trump is the only person that can save this country. I am somebody who's illegal immigrant to the United States. I have seen my own country of births Lebanon go down. I know what it takes to straighten out a country from corruption. President Trump is the only leader who can take on the establishment. What president can face all the lawsuits all the attacks? What president is able and willing to go into CNN and do a CNN town hall. President Trump has no fear. He has the courage and the backbone of a lion. Many of the rhinos are not able to face and take and handle what he can handle. The Democrats fear him because he fights like they do. And that's why they despise him more than any other personality on the face of the planet. We need to stand together. Obviously, we're going to support whoever the nominee is going to be to save our republic. It's not going to be on the democratic side. It's going to be on the Republican side. So I'm putting that out there. We're going to stand up and support whoever is the nominee of the party. However, I believe president Trump is the only person that can save this country. And I believe we as Americans need to come together and work together and apply pressure on our elected officials because a lot of things happen between now and election day. You know, a lot of, a lot of Republicans do not become engaged until election day, they think, oh, well, I vote every two years. You need to be engaged as an active citizen. Go to act for America dot org act for America dot org and join us. We are almost 2 million members. We have helped pass 180 bills to defend and protect America on the federal level and the state level. We have many act now campaigns about the border about free speech on our website. Go and take action. Action. Speak louder than words.
Mark Levin
U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy Addresses Israeli Parliament
"Let's listen in just to a little bit of this Cut 12 go But as we welcome peace we can not ignore the threats to peace in our region Those threats have one primary cause The rogue Iranian regime Most of the turmoil in this region of violence and instability can be traced back to that source Which continues to fund terrorism arms its proxy militias and pursues nuclear weapons Iran seeks to destabilize Iraq It wants to entrench missiles in Syria It empowers the terrorist organization Hezbollah in Lebanon And it is fueling a brutal Civil War in Yemen And among all this aggression it seeks to encircle Israel with hostile forces We can not allow Iran regime evil campaign to succeed To deter To deter Iran's dangerous behavior our nations must continue to stand together We the United States integrated Israel into our central command And our continuing to carry out military exercises together As long as I am speaker America will continue to support fully funding for security systems in Israel
Mark Levin
Gov. Richard D. Lamm: How Great Nations Commit Suicide
"From the late governor dick lamm Democrat liberal State of Colorado And on the issue of immigration it was a great man Great man And so he was speaking in Washington D.C. 2005 and he stood up and gave a stunning speech on how to destroy America If you believe that America is too smug too self satisfied too rich then let's destroy America It's not that hard to do No nation in history has survived the ravages of time Arnold toynbee observed that all great civilizations rise and fall And that an autopsy of history would show that all great nations commit suicide Here's how they do it lame said How they destroy how you destroy America Turn America into a bilingual or multilingual and bicultural country History shows that no nation can survive the tension conflict and antagonism of two or more competing languages and cultures To blessing for an individual to be bilingual but to curse for society to be bilingual Said the historical scholar Seymour lipset put it this way The histories of bilingual and bicultural societies that do not assimilate Our histories of turmoil tension and tragedy Canada Belgium Malaysia Lebanon all face crises of national existence Which minorities press for autonomy if not independence
AP News Radio
On this week's AP Religion Roundup, the confluence of Ramadan, Passover and Easter sparks tensions in Jerusalem.
"On this week's AP religion roundup, the confluence of Ramadan Passover and Easter, sparks tensions in Jerusalem. Religious Jews celebrating Passover, sing at the entrance to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount. Tensions here have recently spiraled into a regional confrontation between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria. This year pass over overlapped with Easter, celebrated this week and lasts by Christians in the east and west. It also coincided with the Muslim sacred month of Ramadan. The overlapping holy days in each faith was felt on the streets of Jerusalem, where there is a close proximity of holy sites. For Christians, Jerusalem was where Jesus was crucified and resurrected. For Jews, it's the ancient capital, home to two biblical Jewish temples. For Muslims, it's where the prophet Muhammad ascended to heaven. This week, leaders of the Greek Orthodox church say Israeli police are unfairly limiting worshipers right to celebrate the Easter holy fire ceremony in Jerusalem's ancient Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Church leaders called attendance restrictions, heavy handed. And inappropriately placing the burden of the churches to issue invitations while tying the church's hands with unreasonable restrictions. Israeli police said their goal is the safety of thousands of worshippers expected for the ceremony, but the Roman Catholic Church and the Holy Land says there has been an increase in brazen attacks on Christians here. Not only an increase of a number, but also the way the attacks are done. John munay are monitors the welfare of religious minorities in Israel. Going into churches, there's no shame or even hesitation at times when it comes to these types of attacks. Most Israeli officials have stayed quiet about the attacks, and the introduction of a law criminalizing Christian proselytizing and the promotion of plans to turn the mount of olives into a national park have stoked anger. Prime minister Netanyahu vowed to block the bill from moving forward following pressure from evangelical Christians in the United States. I'm Walter ratliff.
AP News Radio
Lebanon still proxy battleground, 50 years after Israel raid
"The Middle East's Lebanon is still a proxy battleground 50 years after an Israeli raid. It was a cold night 50 years ago when an Israeli commander team led by a man disguised as a woman infiltrated an upscale Beirut neighborhood and shot and killed three top officials from the Palestinian liberation organization in their apartments. The anniversary is little noted, but the April 10 1973 operation has a relevance that continues today. The raid was one of the first times that Lebanon became the arena where Israel and its opponents would settle their accounts. It remains so 50 years later as highlighted by an exchange of rocket fire and air strikes across the border between
AP News Radio
Israel strikes Lebanon, Gaza, as Al-Aqsa crisis escalates
"Israel has launched rare air strikes in Lebanon, a sharp escalation that sparks fears of a broader conflict after militants fight dozens of rockets from Lebanon into Israeli territory. The Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon was analysts describe as the most serious border violence since Israel's 2006 war with Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group threatened to push the confrontation into a dangerous new phase following violence at one of Jerusalem's holiest sites in addition the Israeli military reports a Palestinian carried out a shooting attack against Israelis in the northern West Bank Israeli medics say some people were critically wounded and remain unconscious. The shooting marks the latest incident in a period of unusually high violence in the occupied territory. I'm Charles De Ledesma
AP News Radio
Rockets fired at Israel from Lebanon raise risk of conflict
"Militants have fired a barrage of rockets into Israel from Lebanon, ratcheting up regional tensions as Israelis celebrated the Jewish Passover holiday, Israel's military said dozens of rockets had been fired across the border and that many were shot down by its Iron Dome aerial defense system, Iranian backed Hezbollah, holds most of the power in southern Lebanon, which has long been a flash point with Israeli forces. The rocket fire raised fears of a wider conflagration, especially as clashes erupted at Jerusalem's most sensitive holy sites, Palestinian worshippers clashed with Israeli forces who tried to evacuate them from the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Palestinian militant group Hamas responded to the clashes with rockets attacks across the border from the Gaza Strip into Israel, I am Karen Chammas
AP News Radio
Top UN court rejects Iranian bid to free assets frozen by US
"The top United Nations court has rejected Iran's effort to free assets frozen by the United States. I Norman hall. The International Court of Justice has rejected Iran's legal bid to free up some $2 billion in Iranian Central Bank assets frozen by U.S. authorities. The money is being held for compensation to victims of the 1983 bombing in Lebanon and other attacks linked to Iran. In a ten 5 majority ruling the court said it did not have jurisdiction to rule on the Iranian claim. In a complex 67 page judgment, the world court also found that some other U.S. moves to seize assets of Iran and Iranians in the United States breached to 1955 treaty between the two card race and said they should negotiate compensation. By Norman hall
AP News Radio
Tear gas, clashes as Lebanon protesters try to storm govt HQ
"Clashes erupt in the Lebanese capital with retired soldiers in the thick of it. Lebanese security forces fire tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters who've tried to break through a fence, leading to the government headquarters in downtown Beirut. The protists comes amid widespread anger over the harsh economic conditions in the country, the majority of those in the clashes are retired army soldiers demanding better pay and riot police and troops, on the other side, Lebanon's in the grips of the worst economic and financial crisis in its modern history, rooted in decades of corruption and mismanagement by the political class. I'm Charles De Ledesma
AP News Radio
Hunter who killed pet dogs says he thought they were coyotes
"A New York man is charged with killing two pet dogs, I'm Lisa dwyer, a hunter who told authorities that he killed and skinned what he thought were too coyotes, but later discovered that they were a Connecticut family's pet German shepherds has been criminally charged. During a hearing Michael konchak said that he is ashamed of what he did, a judge rejected contracts request for probation program that could have resulted in charges being erased. Authorities say contract killed the dogs with a crossbow on November 18th after the animals escaped from their owner's yard in richfield, Connecticut, the families of the dogs Lebanon and simo got out because of fence was damaged, possibly by a bear, the hunting and trapping of coyotes is legal in Connecticut. I'm Lisa dwyer
The Breakdown
"lebanon" Discussed on The Breakdown
"Coin desk podcast network feed, which comes out in the afternoon, and is featured alongside other great coin desk shows, or you can listen on the breakdown only feed which comes out a few hours later in the evening. Wherever you're listening if you would take the time to leave a rating or a review, I would so appreciate it as it makes a huge difference in new people finding the show. All right Friends, well, if you have been on Bitcoin Twitter this week, you've probably seen some tweet like this hyper viral message from Leia halpern. She writes, Lebanon Central Bank has announced it will devalue its currency by 90% as of tomorrow. Imagine waking up one day in your life savings are gone. Absolutely criminal. Now on the surface this is a totally understandable take, but in many ways what happened this week was not the trigger event, but instead. The culmination of years of monetary and economic horror for the people of Lebanon, so today we're going to try to give all that a bit more context and this is a story I've been following almost as long as this podcast has been around. In April 2020, I released an episode called when currencies fail, a primer on the crisis in Lebanon. At that time, part of why Lebanon had exploded into consciousness for the citizens of Bitcoin Twitter were provocative headlines saying that Bitcoin was trading at 15,000 U.S. dollars per Bitcoin in Lebanon. That was more than twice the $7000 price it had in U.S. markets. Now when one poked and prodded, this was the classic issue of the difference between the official and the black market exchange rate. In other words, Bitcoin wasn't trading at a 200% premium. The black market for Lebanese lira, which are also known as Lebanese pounds, instead valued the pound at only 50% of what the official exchange rate did. Thus the two X premium if you priced Bitcoin in the official exchange rate. But even this is not going sufficiently far back to understand what's happening.
The Breakdown
The Tragedy of Lebanon's Currency Devaluation
"All right Friends, well, if you have been on Bitcoin Twitter this week, you've probably seen some tweet like this hyper viral message from Leia halpern. She writes, Lebanon Central Bank has announced it will devalue its currency by 90% as of tomorrow. Imagine waking up one day in your life savings are gone. Absolutely criminal. Now on the surface this is a totally understandable take, but in many ways what happened this week was not the trigger event, but instead. The culmination of years of monetary and economic horror for the people of Lebanon, so today we're going to try to give all that a bit more context and this is a story I've been following almost as long as this podcast has been around. In April 2020, I released an episode called when currencies fail, a primer on the crisis in Lebanon. At that time, part of why Lebanon had exploded into consciousness for the citizens of Bitcoin Twitter were provocative headlines saying that Bitcoin was trading at 15,000 U.S. dollars per Bitcoin in Lebanon. That was more than twice the $7000 price it had in U.S. markets. Now when one poked and prodded, this was the classic issue of the difference between the official and the black market exchange rate. In other words, Bitcoin wasn't trading at a 200% premium. The black market for Lebanese lira, which are also known as Lebanese pounds, instead valued the pound at only 50% of what the official exchange rate did. Thus the two X premium if you priced Bitcoin in the official exchange rate.
AP News Radio
Qatar boosts influence in Lebanon amid multiple crises
"Qatar is silently expanding its influence in Lebanon, despite the fact that the crisis hit countries under growing control from the Iranian backed militant group has Bala, signs have emerged of Qatar's ever more present involvement in its regional neighbor Lebanon. It has continued to receive Lebanese leaders and has pumped tens of millions of dollars and to helping the country's armed forces amid a historic economic meltdown. Catas started to see the fruits of its investments when its state owned Qatar energy replaced a Russian firm in an international consortium to search for gas in the Mediterranean Sea, Qatar will also for the first time join a meeting in Paris, along with officials from France, Saudi Arabia and the U.S. for discussion focusing on Lebanon's political and economic crises. I'm Karen Chammas
The Bible in a Year
Day 16: The Suffering of Job
"We are reading today day 16 from chapter 31 and 32. Job 21 and 22 and proverbs three, 9 through 12. Let's get started. Genesis chapter 31 and 32. Now Jacob heard that the sons of Lebanon were saying, Jacob has taken all that was our father's and from what was our father's he has gained all his wealth. And Jacob saw that laban did not regard him with favor as before. Then the lord said to Jacob. Return to the land of your fathers and to your Kindred, and I will be with you. So Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah into the field where his flock was, and said to them, I see that your father does not regard me with favor as he did before. But the God of my father has been with me. You know that I have served your father with all my strength, yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, but God did not permit him to harm me. If he said, the spotted shall be your wages, then all the flocks or spotted. And if he said, the striped shall be your wages, then all the flock or striped. Thus God has taken away the cattle from your father and given them to me. In the mating season of the flock, I lifted up my eyes and saw in a dream that the he goats, which leaped upon the flock or striped, spotted and modeled, then the angel of God said to me in the dream, Jacob, and I said, here I am, and he said, lift up your eyes and see. All the goats that leap upon the flock are striped, spotted, and modeled. For I've seen all that laban is doing to you. I am the God of bethel, where you anointed a pillar and made a vow to me. Now arise, go forth from this land and return to the land of your birth. Rachel and Leah answered him. Is there any portion or inheritance left to us in our father's house? Are we not regarded by him as foreigners? Free has sold us, and he has been using up the money given for us. All the property, which God has taken away from our father, belongs to us into our children. Now then, whatever God has said to you, do.
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Never-Ending Speaker Saga
"Right now there are speeches in favor of Kevin McCarthy that are happening right now in the House vote. So basically where it goes right now is there are 20 people, 20 Republicans that are withholding any support whatsoever for Kevin McCarthy. Several of them are going to join our program. We have Mike Gallagher again from Wisconsin, who is giving a speech in favor of Kevin McCarthy. This is a great way to get me not in favor of your cause as Gallagher gave a speech yesterday. He said, look, there's a lot that we disagree with. We want to be energy and depend on all this, but we can all agree with the Democrats that we need to fight our enemies abroad. And I was like, oh man, this is just another virtue signaling towards Ukraine. It drives me nuts. So I would have this guy to stop talking. I would not have him as the lead act, not exactly helpful. But especially for those of us that I don't know, want our own border secure while we fund border security of Tunisia, Lebanon, Syria and Pakistan. All right, so there are 20 Republicans that are saying I am not going to give any support whatsoever to Kevin McCarthy. It seems as if though, the McCarthy team gave a very generous deal last evening. A deal that would include representation on the rules committee, a deal that would include a prohibition from engaging in primaries. I'm going to talk about that and what that actually concretely can mean. If these deals are going to be followed through upon if they are built on actual trust, if they're not just being said for the sake of trying to get a deal done so that one could become Speaker of the House. These are all very, very big ifs, one, two, three, four, 5 gifts. There are also negotiations on House floor votes on the Texas border plan on getting a house floor vote on term limits. If I were advising the McCarthy team, I would say just give those away. Those mean nothing. I mean, you should have, you should have house floor votes on term limits anyway.
The Charlie Kirk Show
Newt Gingrich Tears Into Republicans Over Speaker Vote
"Gingrich has some wisdom to share. That has made some headlines. Let's play cut 26, please. You know, Lincoln in his first inaugural warned that the problem of secession is once you establish that principle, then everybody can secede from everybody. These 5 people need to take a deep breath tonight and ask themselves, are they really want to send a signal that every 5 people in the conference can screw up everything for whatever reason? They were three of them one end and presented Kevin McCarthy with 30 some different demands. Most of them involving personal advancement and in a free society, you can not just as you can't give into terrorists and you can't give in to hostage takers. You can't allow them to take the conference hostage and win. You know, I don't think newt meant that literally because the left calls us literal terrorists and uses the national security apparatus to come after us. But let me continue to build out an argument that I floated the base has been looking for a pressure release valve ever since the midterms. We had our hopes up for Carrie Lake. We had our hopes up to win seats in the Senate. We had hopes up for Herschel Walker and for Blake masters. And so we had a very disappointing showing in the midterms. We had a disappointing showing in the Georgia runoff. And then how does Mitch McConnell the turtle thank us? How does D.C. act after a disappointing midterms? We get an inexcusable, 1.7 trillion dollar bill that is now law that sent money to every LGBTQ fantasy camp that sent money to go secure the border of Tunisia Oman, Pakistan, and Lebanon, while disallowing any money, to be spent on our own southern border.
AP News Radio
Israel and Lebanon reach historic deal over disputed maritime border
"Has announced an agreement that would end a maritime border dispute between Israel and Lebanon I Norman hall President Joe Biden says Israel and Lebanon ending disagreements over their shared maritime border is a historic agreement that could reduce the risk of war and pave the way for natural gas production 11 and Israel bolt claim some 330 square miles of the Mediterranean Sea Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the agreement is mutually beneficial It's going to benefit the region And ultimately benefit the entire world with very
The Economist: The Intelligence
"lebanon" Discussed on The Economist: The Intelligence
"In Lebanon, prime minister Najib mikati announced a national day of mourning. In Beirut yesterday, gunmen killed at least 6 people in Lebanon's worst sectarian violence in years. The shooting came during a protest organized by the Shia Muslim groups, his volar and Amal. They had gathered to object to the judge whose investigating last year's port explosion, which killed more than 200 people and shattered much of Beirut's center. Eyewitnesses said that snipers from nearby buildings had fired into the crowd. Then there were clashes in the area which straddles a Shia neighborhood and a Christian one. A reminder of the sectarian violence that fueled the country's 15 year Civil War. In response to the shooting, Michel own, Lebanon's president urged calm. The port explosion exposed Lebanon's political rot to a people already struggling through a crippling economic crisis. Lebanon's currency continues to tank and energy woes keep its people in the dark for much of the time. And the effort to shed some light on the explosion is only bringing more instability. As is so often the case in Lebanon, we know the middle of the story, but we don't know the beginning. Greg carlstrom is our Middle East correspondent. There are videos that seem to show snipers firing into this crowd of protesters quite early on in the protest. But we don't know who those people were. But what is clear is that this has taken an already difficult situation for this port investigation that was facing a number of legal and political challenges and has now presented a much more tangible physical challenge to continuing this investigation. And the people who were killed at this protest group, what were they protesting against? This was billed as a protest against politicization of the port investigation, but I think it's fair to say it was in fact a protest against the investigation itself. The judge who's overseeing the investigation partly guitar by all accounts seems to be taking his job seriously. He's summoned the number of high ranking officials for questioning, including former prime ministers, former cabinet members. Some of them have refused to show up for interrogation and he is subsequently issued warrants for their arrests. And that is, of course, engendered a lot of opposition within the Lebanese political class. This protest in particular was organized by the two main Shia parties, Hezbollah and Amal, they have been very critical of the investigation. There have also been efforts in court by ministers and politicians affiliated with ML to try and shut down the investigation in court. In fact, it was suspended earlier this week pending the outcome of a lawsuit. So again, there was already a legal and political challenge to this investigation, and it's now become something much more. So we spoke to you at the one year anniversary of the explosion and you said that the investigation had so far provided more questions than answers it appears that's still the case. And that is unfortunately always a safe battle with the likely turn of events in Lebanon. There is a long history of impunity in Lebanon, the Civil War ended with no real accountability for its perpetrators. In fact, there was an Amnesty law that allowed many of them to become politicians. There's been a wave of assassinations over the past two decades. Again, for which no one has been held accountable. And there is certainly an effort to do the same thing in this case. Judge bitar, the judge who's overseeing it. He's the second judge to hold this job. His predecessor was removed earlier this year because he was found to be biased because his house was damaged in the explosion, which of course, given the scale of the explosion as farcical just about anyone who lived in central Beirut at the time had their house damaged or destroyed myself included. This was something that affected a huge share of the population in Lebanon. But that is the level of opposition to accountability that even these sorts of ridiculous claims can gain traction. And again, we're seeing that play out here with Hezbollah and ML both of them say the investigation is biased against them what they really mean is that the judge has summoned their politicians has summoned their allies for questioning. And they're worried this is getting a little too close to them. And so they're determined to try and stop it. But you suggested there's also something of a more purely political angle to it. There is a political angle when Hezbollah is involved in particular. This is the most powerful, most influential force in the Lebanese political system. This is a group of course that was founded in the 1980s of xia group that spent its early years fighting against the Israeli occupation of south Lebanon, which continued until the year 2000. And it's trying to position itself now as simultaneously the savior of Lebanon, and also the guardian of the political order that created this economic crisis in the first place. So on the one hand over the past few weeks, it has broken a deal with Iran to send shipments of fuel to Lebanon via Syria as a way of trying to ameliorate the country's energy crisis, which has become quite severe, the national power grid can only squeak out one or two hours of electricity each day. It went down altogether earlier this week because the main power plants ran out of fuel. On the other hand, the group has worked very closely with ammo, the other main Shia party to ensure that they can decide who holds the finance ministry. They've had control of that ministry since 2014. They have control of it once again in this newly formed Lebanese government. So we have a situation now where the party that oversaw the finance ministry when Lebanon was running a state sanctioned Ponzi scheme when it was taking on unsustainable levels of debt, is now the same party supposedly in charge of overseeing a financial rescue plan and that has worked out about the way you would expect the party has in fact been an obstacle to a financial rescue plan over the past 18 months. So again, on the one hand, eager to look like a savior, but on the other hand, also keen to preserve the system that caused this mess in the first place. And now add to that some sectarian violence. Where do you see things going from here? In terms of the port investigation, there is certainly a lot of pressure both within Lebanon and without to continue it. The families of the victims have become influential for us over the past year. We've also heard from a number of Lebanon's partners around the world that they would like to see a proper investigation, including just yesterday when Victoria and new Linda, deputy assistant Secretary of State from America was on an official visit to Lebanon. But what happened yesterday in the streets of Beirut certainly makes it more difficult to continue this investigation. I would make a parallel to something that happened in 2008 when Hezbollah gunmen took over temporarily parts of Beirut for a few days. The cause back then was a dispute over a telecommunications network. That Hezbollah was running. The government wanted to shut it down. And so the question became can the group run a communications network outside of the state? By deploying gunmen in the streets, it sent a very clear message that any action that was perceived as a move against the group would have very severe consequences. I think the same message was sent yesterday regardless of how the shooting started in the first place. The fact that these parties organized a well armed protest in the middle of town. I think sent the very clear message about what they are prepared to do. Should this port investigation continue? Thanks very much for joining us, Greg. Thank you. For more analysis like this from our international network of correspondents, take out a subscription to The Economist. Get a great introductory deal at economists dot com slash intelligence offer. The link is in the show notes. Out scale means pgim has global resources to access the world's public and private markets for 1500 clients in 52 countries. Join the pursuit of outperformance at P Jim dot com. That's PGI M dot com. A.
Wild Yoga Tribe
"lebanon" Discussed on Wild Yoga Tribe
"It is very very similar. Yeah so how do you distinguish the difference between product healing and rakia. Then i not very familiar with ray by would not know how to answer that very specifically but i believe they're both energy heating pakistan that just following maybe methodologies Maybe the founders or the fence each one has a person name but i really believe that The purpose of energy healing the end of the day is one and there's really so many different ways of doing it. Yes i agree. So thank you so much tracy for answering all of my questions and for being such a wonderful guest here on the podcast and i'd like to let my listeners. Know that i will link to tracy's instagram. And to the yoga studio she's affiliated with serum yoga and that will be linked in the podcast show notes as well as on my website. The wild yoga tribe dot com. So thank you so much tracy for being with me today. Been a joy to be with. You thank you so much for having me. Thank you so much. Dear listener for being with me and tracy estefan a yoga teacher from lebanon today here on the wild. Yoga try podcast. I hope you enjoyed learning more about. Her journey getting started with hot yoga in london and then diving in to her profession as a yoga teacher right after doing her yoga teacher training in thailand. I love stories when people immediately mris that opportunity. Take that leap of faith and then dive right into this passion and calling of service to their communities. I feel so grateful that tracy took the time to be with us given everything that's going on in her life. She still carved out time very grateful as well. Dear listener that you took time. I know your time is precious to be with us here today. Thank you and be well. Thank you for being on this journey with me. It has been a privilege to be with you. I know that your time is precious. And i am both humbled and honored that you chose to spend your time with me here on the wild yoga tribe. Podcast as you're on your own. Inner journey remember that you are not alone. There are so many of us on this path to awakening this path of self discovery and expansion. And we are right here alongside you remember to hit subscribe so that you never miss an episode and if you feel called please share this episode with someone that you think could benefit from leaving a review would also be so appreciated. If you're on social media. I am there to at the wild yoga tribe. You can tap into all the amazing resources on my website. The wild yoga tribe dot com. And you can meditate with me on insight timer and get your flow on with me on my youtube channel where i've recorded free yoga classes. If you'd like to schedule a private yoga or meditation class with me or coaching session you can find the link to do so to book in the show notes on my website again. The wild yoga tribe dot com. Thank you once again. Dear listener for being with me may your debut light and bright. May you be peaceful and happy and lead on the right path. Free of suffering and free of sorrow be while dear one dwell.
The Signal
"lebanon" Discussed on The Signal
"This is where we're at now and then you have people who are leaving. You have an exodus. that is happening. Lebanon right now. I myself am traveling soon to be able to work from abroad to provide for my family. So if. I'm a journalist. And i have to leave. Its means that you know definitely other people who are much. More talented are leaving the country including doctors which is also causing Dick challenge which is also It's impossible for hospitals to to work without without doctors without physicians. I cannot even begin to describe you. Know how linked all of this problem as but people are not surviving. People are on people are no longer on survival mode. They are on life support mode right now and from this moment you know from this very very low ebb. I mean. I suppose it might be painful to imagine things getting worse. Let's get to that point in a second but first how could things get better. I mean the government did secure learn from the world bank recently. Right how much of a different to something like that. Going to make. I mean what would salvation look like here for lebanon. It would make a difference if they actually form a cabinets but today the designated prime minister as she not. If i'm not mistaken it's going to be his thirteen visit to the baabda palace to discuss the cabinet formation with president town and this is such a waste of time because of course yes you can have international loans. That could help the poorest divorce people in lebanon. They are talking about these eight cards that are to support the poorest families that all of these are temporary solutions. We are.
The Signal
"lebanon" Discussed on The Signal
"It's so hard to grasp how all of these things together but of course they do. Let's talk a little bit about how lebanon got to be in this dire circumstance. I mean how did this start. Well it started with a poor management of resources. I can tell you that lebanon imports. Almost everything it's also left by the poor management of whatever loans lebanon got from entering the international community in the past in the past years accumulated so much step in the country. There has been also a poor management of the energy sector and we are now realizing all of the mistakes that have been made not by the people but actually by one government and one cabinet after the other We relied a lot. As i told you on international aid that is sanctuary. There was no constant development of any sector in lebanon the water the energy sector even when you look at how the to the bank dealt with all of its with all of its financial problems and the challenges that occurred between the banks from the private sector and the central bank and how it is still up until two day unknown. Where did the money of of depositors exactly go where our money go. You can see that. There's been more than just what they call a ponzi scheme or a corruption the there's been There's been an intentional devaluation of the whole country. And i think personally and this is my opinion for the benefits of politicians that don't belong to To one side of the equation all of them benefits from this even politicians who are on different sides of the tape at a certain point and of course this was also protected by the presence of a of a power her own political party in lebanon that also controls a big portion of the problem. Which is the lebanese borders. That had any syrian borders where the fuel smuggling is basically what is causing this fuel shortage in lebanon and hasbollah are the main influencers when it comes to.
The Signal
"lebanon" Discussed on The Signal
"Import-dependent nation leaving residents struggling to find fuel medicines and basic supplies. I'm steven smiley. And today on the signal. Why has life in lebanon deteriorated. Why thousands fleeing the country for good. And what did those who are part of that exodus. Say about the broken homeland. They of leaving behind..
The Journal.
"lebanon" Discussed on The Journal.
"Which he denies he's still leads the central bank. How does lebanon get out of this. The technical solutions are there and this utions are essentially a unity forming of the finances. You structuring lebanon's banking sector and especially restructuring the central bank. Who is balance-sheets negative right. Now does that seem like it'll happen though especially especially when there's not really a government in place as it stands now. Nothing seems to point out that the will institute deep reforms that are needed to let us the collapse of been used currency. And it doesn't seem like they're going to do. The reforms needed on lock aids from the west and from institutions. I s in the west bank. And what that translates on the ground means more hyper-infation means more people going hungry. Means even that the you know middle class upper middle class wealthy segments of society startling to just make ends meet getting gaza struggle. Getting food is a struggle so people's expectations have been narrowed to their basic needs. Which.
The Journal.
"lebanon" Discussed on The Journal.
"To borrow them from the lebanese people. So how does that work. So in effect what would happen. Is that my mind with commons at me. That if you send us a v five hundred thousand dollars and fees for three years. Brigham gives you twenty percent interest on that so i would be very happy with that. Because that's the return on my twenty percent return just for storing money in a bank account is really high and using it for two three years some offers got this is that and so you know people obviously were more than happy being in their money and lebanon because essentially fee money. So what would happen. Is i would bring in my. Let's say thousand dollars. I would give it to my bank and they would give me eighteen percent twenty percent interest that your bank would then turn around and lend your money to the lebanese central bank with interest. So my back made money. I made money and we're all happy. This plan worked. Us dollars flowed into lebanon central bank. The catch was that the central bank was now going to have to pay interest on all of it in. Us dollars the key thing here. Is that the central bank is not the us federal reserve which means that he believes. Central banks does not have the right to print tolerance so the question becomes. Where is the interest in dollars that the central bank is saying my mind. Where's that coming from an answer. That question turned out later on was that it was coming from new investors. So what you're saying is that the central bank was basically taking money from new investors to pay off old investors. Yeah that's exactly it. On people in lebanon economists coined. This ploy upon this team and french president emmanuel macron letter. Call that the ponzi scheme. Were there signals that what the central bank was doing could pose a threat on lebanon's economy so in the summer of twenty nine seen the banking system started acting funny way. People find themselves not being able to withdraw their daughters from their accounts deeper going to pay for their mobile phone. Bill sign that they were being charged at the highest rate than the bag. So kind of all of the signs were there and then in twenty nineteen. Something happened to push the country into a full blown financial crisis. It started with something small. The government announced that it would be imposing a tax on whatsapp calls and in response the country erupted in protests. The protests weren't just about the tax museum says they were a reaction to years of government mismanagement and corruption but people actually testing where the political elite that came to power in the civil war and has done to power since these protesters hughes the political elites of sabotaging the economy of destroying lebanon's denture have industrial economy and they accused their corruption as being the main driver behind lebanon's economic stagnation. There's no future for us jobs at all and this is not acceptable anymore. This moment would become a turning point for lebanon's economy during the protests lebanon's banks closed citing security concerns. This meant that all over the country everyday. Lebanese people couldn't access their money. Only the richest most well connected. People were reportedly able to deepen have kind of lost faith in the system and especially in the central bank and they were scared because he could not access their money when the banks reopened two weeks after the protests lebanon experienced a bank run as anybody went through local band to try to withdraw their money but they were denied and people were knocked out of their accounts by the banks and where limited to very small amounts in some cases. One hundred dollars a week. I imagine that people going to the bank and not being able to withdraw all their money must have just inspired panic among everybody else. What was it like on the streets. At that point the started attacking banks started at that can bank managers with here. News reports of the been going to bank managers homes than setting them but also we saw Queuing up for hours and suffering in the adventures of banks but the dean is always turning Comedies soviet to be started seeing people take their homework with them to banks. We started seeing lebanese. Mom stake their cooking utensils to the bank on johnson vegetables and make some silence whether way the lebanese had a term for their money that was stuck in the banking system. The call them lawler's as in l. o. L. what does this moment mean for. Lebanon's currency in the period after the bank's closure e kind of had his audience in march for that had been easier in addition bizarre and the first one was attack. Which was you know. One dollars equals one thousand five hundred zero but another was the black market value of the dollar black markets emerged or lebanese can exchange their lira for dollars on the black markets. The lira became exactly what the central bank had originally wanted to avoid. They became a floating currency value determined by supply and demand and as people's faith in the lebanese banking system eroded demand for the lira plummeted lira on the black market traded. For less and less lebanon was experiencing hyper inflation. Out of the southern. You had people who were used to things happening. A certain way wake up. The next day undiscovered discovered the fundamental theories that they had based their knives upon now no longer through and the biggest indicator of that was kind of the bag. You know somebody who's my age was born in nineteen ninety. Doesn't know anything except the bag to wake up one day and realized that your salary instead of being worth fifteen hundred dollars is now all of the sudden worth thirteen hundred dollars. Twelve hundred dollars and as time moved on. It's becoming worth even less than that. That's really i people panic. In the midst of this panic a massive explosion rocked beirut lebanon's largest city a stockpile of ammonium nitrate beirut's port exploded damaging tens of thousands of homes and killing over two hundred people. It was one of the biggest non nuclear explosions in history. The tragedy made an already bad economic situation. Worse i off the explosion stories. Some of the liveliest neighborhoods of the city destroyed the center stage with the bahamian district district. You would come stated if you visited from abroad and that's on the culture aspect of things but also it meant that the country's biggest sport was destroyed so that meant that you know the cost of shipping to and from lebanon just went up. It's after the resignation of the cabinet. That the dime. The cabinet collapsed because of infighting and now a year later. We still don't have a cabinet or places since the explosion. The economy has continued to spiral today on the black market. One dollar doesn't cost fifteen hundred. Lear like it did in the days of the peg. It costs almost twenty. One thousand lire lebanon's central bank hasn't been able to get hyper-inflation under control and as for the pegs architect riyadh's dilemma. Prosecutors in switzerland and france are now investigating in for possible money laundering and embezzlement.
The Journal.
"lebanon" Discussed on The Journal.
"This episode is brought to you by american express. Business with features and benefits like membership rewards points and flexible payments american express. Business cards are built for business. Terms apply learn more at american express dot com slash business cards in nineteen ninety. Lebanon ended a fifteen years of a war and afterward the economy experienced an extended upswing before this economic collapse. What was lebanon like in. What was its reputation like around the world. Lebanon was kind of the glitzy party capital of the middle east as a foreigner area with come to the ebanon for good time parties. Go onto the break of dawn. And then the next day there was not as economic inequality in the country as well. You know the rich very rich and the poor very poor but things like hunger. We're never an issue for people. It was relatively middle class economy so to speak. One institution. Got a lot of credit for that middle class economy. The country's central bank lebanon's central bank functions a lot like the federal reserve dozen the us it regulates lebanon's banks loans the government money overseas monetary policy and for almost three decades. The central bank has been led by one man riyadh soleil the leadership of the central bank and the ninety s and he's a former merrill lynch banker and he was seen as kind of a national hero and the cornerstone of selma's legacy was something called the currency peg so there are two kinds of currencies in the world. Floating currencies pegged currencies. The value of floating currency is determined by supply and demand. A pegged currency works differently. Its value is tied to the value of some other often. More stable currency in lebanon that currency is the us dollar when riyadh dilemma and the central bank instituted the peg they decreed that one us dollar would always be equal to about fifteen hundred lebanese lira. The peg had a lot of benefits. The made it easy for lebanese businesses to import goods from abroad. And it also helps stabilize. lebanon's currency during hard times. The country could be at war facing a diplomatic crisis. And still around fifteen hundred. Lebanese lira would always equal one american dollar so when the beg was placed in one thousand nine hundred seven that was actually had as a smart move because that gave confidence to investors where where very worried that not vomited guernsey for the lebanese central bank to maintain the peg. It needed a big of dollars. That's because the lebanese economy largely depends on dollars when lebanese importers import stuff into the country to sell. They often pay for that stuff in dollars. When there's a political crisis say people will rush to exchange their lebanese lira. Four dollars and it's the central banks job to make sure that those dollars are always available for exchange at the pegged rate that requires a lot of dollars and for years. The central bank had those dollars. They flowed into lebanon from two main sources. Now that has a very large ties for around the world so not to the knees would send their money back home or send their back into the lebanese banking sector because always had high interest rates so that attracted daughters from abroad but also lebanon allies would step in the country with its donner needs in times of crisis so for example the two thousand six four saudi arabia and billions of dollars into central bank. Which allowed the central bank to stabilize. The currency as long as us dollars kept flowing into lebanon. The system worked people could exchange lira for dollars..
The Journal.
"lebanon" Discussed on The Journal.
"The supermarket in my colleague nazir asset. Ron's neighborhood is called spinneys missoula's in beirut and covers lebanon and last week. He went to spinneys to pick up some groceries. It's a big huge base. These stories and basically has everything you want to buy. It hasn't needs action. Fish section the section. it's easy to section for for launchers. It's kind of like the walmart there's lebanon but there was something unusual about the scene at spinneys after his trip. Museu told me about it on fridays. You'd expect people to be added supermarket buying sensors gearing up for the weekend by what they need but island after the off of work and it was basically almost empty just because basic things like that is just beyond the nature of most people today groceries out of reach for many lebanese these days because the country is in the grips of hyper inflation. The value of the lebanese lira has fallen more than ninety percent over the past two years. And that translates into eye-popping prices. It spinneys. i just finished my shopping. And i just bought some very basic things by chickens and pleading items us and the nano sim called birds and some chocolate on. My bill came to almost a million three hundred lebanese leader. Which is the equivalent of the average monthly salary. Astonishing unaffordable grocery bills are now common in lebanon. The country is experiencing one of the worst economic breakdowns. In modern history. The economy has collapsed and society with it. According to the world bank the crisis lebanon is going through right now might be one of the top fie worst economic crisis. The band tested in the past one hundred and fifty years and the span of a year and a half lebanon went from. What's good this guy at as middle income country and to one of the worst economies when the world welcome to the journal our show about money business and power. I'm ryan knutson. It's wednesday august eleventh coming up on the show how lebanon got itself into one of the worst economic collapses of the last century..
Sky News Daily
"lebanon" Discussed on Sky News Daily
"And when i spoke to a senior general he told me that the situation was so catastrophic. The financial situation was so dire that the armed forces were several months away from total collapse. Soldiers who are being paid the equivalent now of one hundred dollars a month because of this currency crisis and economic collapse were risk of being bribed the risk of deserting with risk of having to go home because they simply couldn't. It's not viable to live into that family on such little money. I mean if you armed forces are potentially months away from collapse and if the majority of the population can't afford or even find basic medical and food supplies in the country and if as we've just outlined the political situation remains this precarious and there doesn't seem to be any kind of solution on the horizon. Then i think the answers your question look. Lebanon is a country and it's a situation where a lot of hyperbole can be used so you say it's a failed state on the verge of being a failed state. It's almost superfluous when you have to look at the reality. I mean the situation is there. People can't afford to live can't afford to provide for their families. There's an army according to their senior commanders. That's on the verge of collapse and there's absolutely no hope in sight so i think if you're listening to that scenario you can make your own mind up about. What kind of state is as for the poor explosion. We'll those affected get the closure. They need you. Have thousands of people family members loved ones friends of those who were killed in that horrific blast at the port of beirut still waiting for accountability still demanding justice and they've received nothing since an investigation was launched into who was responsible. The first judge leading the investigation was pulled out by senior lawmakers in the country. The new judge that's now overseeing. The investigation has summoned the acting prime minister senior. Mp's former ministers who were working at the time of nitric coming into the port. He's been blocked from trying to speak to them and interrogate and question them and essentially at every avenue when we're waiting to see how the investigation is progressing. There's either constitutional intricacies or legal loopholes or political deadlock that stops the investigators. The lawyers representing the families and the families themselves demanding justice and when recently members of those families who are demanding justice went to protest outside the interior minister's house in beirut they weren't met with support they weren't met with perhaps more understanding minister or senior politician. They were met by his private security forces and security officials beating them harassing them. Haranguing them in what. We're really ugly scene. So we are seeing an absolute outpouring of anger on the streets of beirut and yet still despite one of the worst explosions in modern history. We are absolutely none the wiser or any closer from getting a sense of justice or accountability for those responsible. Lebanon was once described as the switzerland of the east because of its financial power and stability through the nineteen fifties in the nineteen sixties with beirut often referred to as the paris of the middle east. Will it ever flourish again. The people of lebanon like alexandra parents tracy and paul want to see better times ahead. It's the hope for justice under truth for our daughter. This is You know the key reason why Fighting we need to have to be able to stay here. Hope is also about looking at the people around us that are fighting because they are not stopping. Everybody has their northern their sheriff eight. you know. we're country that's going through so many prices right now Us is price of justice and truce but others have also there are. There are struggling with and altogether. We would make a difference. It's a crime against humanity that happens on the fourth of august. So i really hope and wish that you know international counties see what's happening in lebanon here our screen for head and had boss. That's it until next time. I thanks to all of our gas.
Sky News Daily
"lebanon" Discussed on Sky News Daily
"Oxygen was running out. People were dying into homes. It was an absolutely horrendous situation. The country has managed to get back on track and get those numbers down but once again here. We are in a holiday season. The holiday periods a country which is struggling economically the service industry which is pleading for support from a government that is broke and can't provide them with any financial support so hotels and restaurants and bars and clubs. They are reopening again the hoping to bring people in from around the world tourists but also a very large lebanese diaspora. So they're trying to get people in and already we're seeing those case numbers rice and actually the director of lebanon's largest hospital dealing with corona virus. A man called dr harass yards..
Sky News Daily
"lebanon" Discussed on Sky News Daily
"You've got a situation. Where in the weeks after the explosion. The government led by the prime minister. Hassan diab resigned. Had a mobile. You can imagine the reactional streets fury that anger the domon per accountability and justice there were protests there were clashes with the security forces in the immediate aftermath about blast walls. People were still trying to repair and return to some sort of normality as difficult as it was then. Lebanon went into this period of trying to form a new government. Now that takes a long time. Historically we've seen this process repeated before the man who was tasked with forming a new government. Who is himself a former prime minister. A man called saad hariri had waited until now to try and form a new government and ultimately after a year of negotiations. Discussions disagreements with other political parties. He has now stepped away from that role. He's quit as the pm designate without even being able to form a government. He said i can't do this anymore. I agree with the president. He is the expected or incoming prime minister and the sitting president have disagreed over the formation of the cabinet. Lebanese politics is very complicated..
Kris Kourtis
"lebanon" Discussed on Kris Kourtis
"Good morning lebanon. This is chris cordis here. We wanted to talk about next lakes and how we are. Only getting fifteen percent of what americans canadians and british people are getting. Why is that. I find that to be fair. I mean yeah. We have good movies. We have good series. But we don't get the nicest seasons or the nicest movies i mean. Look at american horror story from ethics. Everybody has it in the states from season. One to ten. So it's just not fair that we don't get toge- all the latest series in all the latest movies we only get fifteen percent of what they get which is saw unfair. And i don't understand we're paying the same price. We should be able to get the same thing as people in the states kind and britain so my friend watches american horror story all the time in the states on that flakes. And he pays the same price. As i do here so i. I'm not understanding why. Netflix doesn't open up the doors for us to watch better quality movies and better quality season series so look at this series that we have here they take a very long time to update the seasons in. I don't know why that is look at brooklyn nine nine. It took a long time for them to get the latest season. Looking good girls. There was a good season called good girls in. It takes a long time for them to get the latest season. We're really far behind. And i think it's unfair. 'cause we're paying the same price for that to happen to us so think about it. You know speak to net. Flix asked them why i don't watch metrics anymore. I canceled my account. I'm only using my apple. Tv which i think is great 'cause on apple. Tv you can watch anything you want in the latest series the latest movies. It's a bit like max and who together now who's a different platform. You can only get it in the states. So as hbo max but apple tv you get everything. It's a bit expensive for some people to rent or buy movies or series but it's really worth it is really worth it. so is natural lakes worth in lebanon. Not so much. There was one of my favorite childhood movies called hocus-pocus i saw weinstein son net flicks and then a month. Later disappeared a lot of movies. Come and go which is unfair. Why are they doing this. We'll be back after the break..
Kris Kourtis
"lebanon" Discussed on Kris Kourtis
"Good morning lebanon. This is chris cordis. We were talking about zoom in house. Zuma's become so popular in lebanon. People are using it for schools. Universities connecting with their loved ones with their friends with their girlfriends boyfriends family grandmothers grandfathers. It's becoming very important. And especially during this pandemic zuma has been bringing everyone closer together. A lot of teachers now are teaching on the through zoom because they can teach in class because of the pandemic sa- zuma's becoming very vague popular very quickly. It's the new generation of skype and it's more professional and it's it's so much clearer than skype so i've tried zoom with my family when they were in dubai and it was a clear and the quality was crispin. Good the sound and i really enjoyed. It was a very good experience. Only thing that i don't like about is that you have to send invitation every time you should have a direct call. I think zoom should adjust that instead of an email invitation. You should do it like skype. A direct call or maybe an invitation call but not through email because a lot of people don't like emails specially even now in this generation. A lot of people do not use emails. The like it specially the youth of today do not like emails very much. So you would be best if we could if we could zoom straightaway through call to call like skype and watch and talk to each other. Normally like we would do in. What's up what's up is so easy to use. You just press call video and it works so it's very interesting. It's fun it's exciting. We feel like we're closer together and that we are all one when we what win wearing zoom together. So that's.
The Stories Behind Wine
"lebanon" Discussed on The Stories Behind Wine
"He went into wine. I thought actually if you remember in the film he said he wanted to become a priest. So i think he had this kind of zen like software in him from the beginning but he immediately undestood. What the weld wanted from a wine. He understood that the world wanted to story a understood that the world wanted to frontman a front of house. Man who could tell that story and who is charismatic. And i think he understood that to really succeed. The world wanted to wine. There was a little bit controversial as well and christian. I'm sure as you know. Shot to moselle wines have the supporters and detractors because they're not the most credible winds in the well but i think those people who taste them and like the immediately lifelong converts and i think that making an esoteric. Enigmatic wine for many satiric enigmatic partner weld was wonderful formula. And so i think all that wrapped up was the magic of soc and as you mentioned wine world lost surgeon in two thousand and ten is that correct is new year's eve two thousand fourteen two thousand fourteen that must have rocked the lebanese wine world. I'm sure and more recent events as you mentioned the horrible explosion in east. Beirut in august of this year the covid crisis the financial crisis. I mean lebanon continues to face what seems to be body blow after bodyblow. What does the future hold for this country and for the wine trade yet. It's absolutely horrendous. Is utterly horrendous. What's happened to lebanon in the last yet. If i could take your business back to just over a year ago. I think but ten twenty nineteen. There was a popular revolution in. Lebanon which precipitated a financial crisis and horrific inflation. At that point. The lebanese wind produces with saints themselves. We need to generate hard currency if we are going to survive this because the lebanese pound to the dollar i think lost something like eighty percent of his value so between october and february october. Twenty nineteen in february twenty twenty. The strategy and i was working with lots of lebanese wine produces on this was that exports to be the priority just to generate hard currency that they could use to buy the materials to buy bottles coats. Capsules labels will the wind making materials that they need on an annual basis. That was a challenge in itself and then the pandemic hit lebanon had one hand tied behind his back. It.
The Stories Behind Wine
"lebanon" Discussed on The Stories Behind Wine
"It was when the country was really finding his feet. Yes no was. The second world will what by-in-large lebanon was sped that we get to nineteen seventy five. And the country descends into civil. And the party. If you want ended and the lebanese wine industry which was probably made up about six produces radi found itself taking a blood but then we have the third accident of history. Which is the decision by the show family which chateau musar. Probably the most famous Wine producer to take no wines and seldom abroad and they were discovered in england at the bristol. Wine fat in nineteen seventy nine and in doing so. Lebanon's flag was planted on the world wine map and everyone knows search hoshar during the eleven civil war. He was a war hero in stories about making wine in conflict. Were were famous. And that's why he was decanted magazines. I managed the air. But what people don't know. This is the point that i'm trying to get to enter. The long winded way is a lot of lebanese wine producers. Were also struggling to make wine war but that stories went told the owners of shattuck sahra were regularly kidnapped and threatened with mocks. At with threatened with mark cuban's shattered could friars wine mak- was taken prisoner during the nineteen eighty two israeli invasion of lebanon and on a day to day basis repaired to fifteen years. Lebanese winemakers faced danger and constant instability. And yet they never really missed a harvest and that's why that's why we're until that story. Yes so the thanks for mentioning the wine and war documentary. I would encourage all listeners to watch. The documentary was just released. This spall tell me little bit about how that documentary came to be. I got a phone call in two thousand thirteen. From two rather charming californian filmmakers who wrote up in beirut and blessed with making film about lebanese wine can become an interview and i said yes sure and i was in my house in the mountains at the time and i said islam going down to bury. You'll have to come up and see me if you want to see me. It was like dude fine fine. Yeah house k. And so they turned up. It'll the cameras and everything and they were meant to. Just come for a couple of hours and this on a saturday and they didn't leave to sunday morning because i cook them. Lunch in. the one bottle of wine led to quite a few bottles of wine when that afterwards so but that was fun. I'm looking forward to seeing the film when it comes out and about a month later i get a phone call. And they said listen. Would you like to collaborate with us on the film on writing the script on structuring the story and so on so that was an and i said yeah fine. I'll do much time. But yes no i can do that. I can do that what i thought would be. A couple of weeks came seven years and an intervening period while the tragically search ocean of chacha. Musar died in a swimming accident. Tax bill koa news even twenty fourteen and that rather through us a bit because we didn't know whether to stop what we're doing and make a film just about surge because we had so many hours of him on film probably more than anyone else has had still has. And then i think by twenty fifteen twenty sixteen. We settled on a formula that it would be still a film about lebanon and winemakers and their struggle to make wine and went true that it would be in fact..