Is Russia also behind Hamas’ brutal invasion?



The atrocities inflicted upon Israel are heartbreaking, disturbing, and downright terrifying.

Glenn Beck invites bestselling author Jack Carr to the show to discuss the why behind Hamas’ sudden brutal attack.

“The question is why now.” says Jack. “Hamas, and really by proxy Iran and possibly Russia, chose the time and the place of this engagement, so that's the question geopolitically — why right now?"

Jack thinks the answer is that “Israel is so divided” due to “issues with their judicial and executive branch.”

Further, the “U.S. is very weak,” and the rest of the world can “see the billions of dollars going to the Ukraine, see the division here, see our leader in the White House — so there's a lot on the table just with those things,” he tells Glenn.

“Then we have this U.S., Israel, Saudi Arabia just on the brink of ... a trilateral type of agreement that deals with oil — increasing production, decreasing price, and a defense pack” that potentially “includes defense by nuclear weapons ... possibly making Saudi Arabia the first nuclear power in the Middle East aside from Israel,” he continues.

“On the other side, you have Iran, Russia, and China. And China is Iran's largest trading partner ... so it is in China's interest and Russia's interest to have Iran as the dominant nuclear power in the region. ... What this Hamas incursion does really is just delays possibly this agreement,” explains Jack.

“Where would they be getting the nuke?” asks Glenn.

“Well, from the United States,” answers Jack. “Netanyahu actually says that that's a possibility on the table.”

“Nuclear supremacy in the Middle East is what's on the table here,” he says. “What's happening behind closed doors there is that the U.S., Israel, Saudi Arabia are going to lead the way with this trilateral agreement to really change the face of the Middle East going forward.”

“Iran doesn’t want that ... Russia doesn’t want that, [and] of course, China doesn’t want that,” he adds.

“If Iran was behind this, is Russia behind this?” asks Glenn.

“It's fairly safe to conclude that that is a very strong possibility,” says Jack, adding that Russia could easily “use Hamas ... Hezbollah ... [and] these different proxy terrorist organizations and really manipulate them to get what [they] want.”

To hear the full conversation, watch the clip below.


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Is THIS why Hamas choose WAR with Israel NOW?

Is THIS why Hamas choose WAR with Israel NOW?

Chris Pratt laughs at critics panning his new show as ratings soar



While top critics have panned Chris Pratt’s new action series "The Terminal List" as “an alpha male cry for help,” the Amazon Prime Video show has been a smash hit among audiences.

The show, which stars Pratt as a Navy SEAL and premiered on July 1, came in second place on the list of America's most-streamed shows after the series' first full week on Amazon Prime. (Netflix’s "Stranger Things" took the top spot.) "The Terminal List’s" official Instagram account revealed last month that it was the top TV series on Prime Video over Fourth of July weekend.

While the show has been a hit with fans, garnering a 94% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, critics have shown a near-universal disdain for the military thriller. Daniel Fienberg of "The Hollywood Reporter" called the show “the entertainment equivalent of a charred hockey puck, with the same limited range of flavor and aesthetics.”

Pratt, 43, has taken the criticism in stride, posting to his Instagram story a report that noted "The Terminal List" “defies woke critics' scathing reviews.” Pratt also shared a picture of Dr. Evil from the "Austin Powers" movie franchise, saying, "One point six BILLLLLLLLLION minutes." The number is in reference the amount of time people had viewed his show on Amazon, according to Nielsen reports.

"The Terminal List" is based on a "New York Times" best-selling novel by former Navy SEAL Jack Carr. It follows Navy SEAL Commander James Reece (Pratt), who seeks vengeance as he investigates the “mysterious forces behind the murder of his entire platoon.”

Carr spoke about critics’ reaction to the series on "Tucker Carlson Tonight" in early July, saying, “It seems to have triggered quite a few of these critics.”

"We didn’t make it for the critics. We made it for those in the arena. We made it for the soldier, sailor, airman and Marine that went downrange to Iraq and Afghanistan,” Carr told Carlson.

Carr, who is also one of the executive producers of the series, said that a critic asked him what to even call a show like "The Terminal List." Carr’s response? “You call that the No. 1 series on Prime Video.”

Chris Pratt's 'The Terminal List' is a massive hit with regular movie watchers — 'red-blooded Americans.' But critics? It's just not woke enough for them.



Chris Pratt's action-packed Amazon series “The Terminal List” — about a Navy SEAL commander on the hunt for those who took away people he cared about most — has proven a massive hit with "red-blooded Americans," as one reviewer concluded.

Indeed, Rotten Tomatoes shows a whopping 94% score for the series from your everyday audience members. But critics? Well, it's safe to say they don't hold that opinion. They give only a 38% score for "The Terminal List."

Why?

As with most things out in the culture these days, the crux of the dislike appears to emanate from a difference in politics.

For instance, the Daily Beast's headline shouts that the series is “an unhinged right-wing revenge fantasy." RogerEbert.com calls it an "alpha male cry for help." EW's assessment is that Pratt's "version of traumatized seriousness is all vacant stares and bicep rage." The Hollywood Reporter says the "target demo" watched the series in order to see "patriotically waving flags" and "substance-free military jargon."

Audience members haven't been swayed by the critics a bit, however. The following are but a few examples:

  • "The difference between the audience score vs critics score tells you everything you need to know about this series," one audience member wrote, adding that it "doesn't shove political correctness down your throat (which is what gets you high critics score)" and that "red-blooded Americans will love it. The silent majority will love it. Wokesters will hate it. Ten thumbs up from this guy."
  • Another audience member wrote, "DO NOT READ CRITICS['] reviews; it is clear they are biased against a show that only represents military life without wokeism in it."
  • "I have a simple rule," another audience member wrote. "If a show or movie makes good content without interjecting left-wing ideology and politics, I support it. I genuinely hope they make a season 2."
  • Another audience member opined, "The critics once again show how out of touch they are with the average American. They got it completely wrong, and it's been fantastic to see them called out for it. Their opinion mean less and less with each passing day."

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Here's what SHOCKED liberals the most when they tried to panic-buy guns in California



On “The Rubin Report” this week, former Navy SEAL sniper Jack Carr, author of The New York Times bestselling thrillers "Savage Son" and "The Devil's Hand," told BlazeTV host Dave Rubin what he learned about Hollywood while filming “The Terminal List,” an upcoming Amazon Prime Video series based on his novel of the same name.

I\u2019m on a mission to uncover the truth. Watch the Official Teaser for #TheTerminalList coming to @PrimeVideo 7.1.22.pic.twitter.com/oHL4Ehgu1r
— The Terminal List (@The Terminal List) 1652972425

In this clip, Jack explained how Chris Pratt, who stars as the main character James Reece, and co-producer Antoine Fuqua, became involved in turning "The Terminal List" into a television series. He also described a non-woke side of Hollywood you might not know exists and shared what happened when a few liberal friends in Los Angeles tried to panic buy guns for the first time.

"When the summer of civil unrest hit ... I was getting texts and phone calls and emails from people in California, in particular, asking about, 'what gun should I get,'" Jack told Dave.

Jack said many were surprised when they found out that they couldn't "just run down and ... pay cash and walk out with [a gun] the same day" or "get ammunition sent to their house in Los Angeles."

"These things were a shock to a lot of people," he said. "Yet they've been voting people into office there for so long that they don't have those rights anymore. They've outsourced those [rights] to a government ... whose leaders are surrounded by taxpayer-funded security, when they're trying to take your rights away. And we see that, of course, all across the country now, but California, Chicago ... New York stand out from the crowd in that regard."

Watch the video clip below to catch more of the conversation or find more episodes of "The Rubin Report" here. Can't watch? Download the podcast here.


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