Battle in the Holy Land starts right now. Im Pete Hegseth and this is battle in the Holy Land. Its not just weapons, its weaponized language. Is it sovereign israeli soil or occupied territory . Theres the biblical and religious arguments. Theres the history of this ancient land and then there are the geographic and security realities. Right here where im standing is the front edge of the Judea And Samaria heights which overlooks israel proper. Jerusalem, the ben gurion airport, Tel Aviv and beyond it the mediterranean sea. 70 of Israels Population and industrial base can be seen from this point. Whoever controls the hills of Judea Samaria controls israel. You may not be familiar with Judea And Samaria, but the West Bank. Theres no difference, in fact the Word Jew comes from the word judea. Where theyd primarily look at it. Over the centuries the jewish people were forced out as crusading armies went over the land, including the conquests and the Ottoman Empire which ruled for 300 year
Battle in the Holy Land starts right now. Im Pete Hegseth and this is battle in the Holy Land. Its not just weapons, its weaponized language. Is it sovereign israeli soil or occupied territory . Theres the biblical and religious arguments. Theres the history of this ancient land and then there are the geographic and security realities. Right here where im standing is the front edge of the Judea And Samaria heights which overlooks israel proper. Jerusalem, the Ben Gurion the mediterranean sea. 70 of Israels Population and industrial base can be seen from this point. Whoever controls the hills of Judea Samaria controls israel. You may not be familiar with Judea And Samaria, but the West Bank. Theres no difference, in fact the Word Jew comes from the word judea. Where theyd primarily look at it. Over the centuries the jewish people were forced out as crusading armies went over the land, including the conquests and the Ottoman Empire which ruled for 300 years. Ottoman empire ruled until Wo
an extra hour in school for some pupils in wales as heads try out changes to the academic year. the winter olympics torch relay kicks off in beijing as china s capital gears up for the games. good morning. quite a lot of cloud producing light rain in the north and east. not as windy as it has been but it is still going to be mild. details later in the programme. good morning. it s wednesday, the 2nd of february. the government will today set out its long delayed manifesto plan to level up the lives of millions of people across the uk. the proposals include a series of pledges to improve education, public transport and housing in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the country. labour have dismissed the project as more slogans and strategies . our political correspondent jessica parker reports. we are a government committed to levelling up. it is absolutely what levelling up is all about. what we re doing is levelling up. level up across the whole of the uk. ministers hav
address to respond at 8:45 this morning. we will bring it to you live when it happens. brian: just like we did yesterday live across the state with a firsthand look at the devastation and all seeing it for the first time because the sun is coming up. seen evermeteorologist is standing by our team fox coverage starts with robert ray live in fort myers. that s where it hit robert, right? did sure did good morning to you from the devastated streets from downtown fort myers. you see this debris field i m walking through with garbage cans, mud, palms that were literally projectiles when these hurricane force winds were coming through here yesterday and into the evening. this guys, if we look at the video was i am not even exaggerating and not to use a cliche a rushing river yesterday evening street after street here full of storm surge water that came up from the bay and the river about three blocks behind me made its way into streets here destroying businesses and now business