So much for being here. that is all in for this evening the racial model starts now. good evening rachel. model starts now. good evening rachel. happy to have you here as well.h we ve got so much to get to this hour. we re going to jump right in. this last 11 days of fighting in israel and gaza, of course, has been absolutely horrifying, and of course it is not the first t time that we have seen conflict in this exact part of the worldx that looked a lot like this, between israel and hamas. israel and hamas fought wars in 2014. before that, they fought another war in 2008. previous conflicts between israel and hamas and how they have ended can tonight, i think, give us some relevant context, give us reason to be both hopeful and cautious about what has just happened tonight. in 2014, it was six days into the fighting when a cease-fire was declared. that cease-fire held for a few hours, and then within 24 hours, it was completely off.