Chaim starts by saying that he loves the smell of fresh air after rain, and it has been raining is Israel these last few days. He says he wants to commend all the soldiers who are defending Israel, who are out in the rain and the cold doing it.
He also mentions that the world seems to be getting more and more bizarre, with Turkey refusing to allow Israeli President Isaac Herzog to fly to an international conference through their air space. Turkey has also decided to give shelter to the Hamas leadership who have recently been kicked out of Qatar.
Chaim says it’s crazy to give shelter to terrorists, and he cites another example of Hezbollah shooting a rocket that hit a synagogue in Haifa. He says that this can’t go on, there has to be a stop to it. He says that he sees things changing only when hearts change, and he sees that coming soon.
But in the meantime, the IDF continues to find, clean out and destroy Hezbollah terror infrastructure in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah is also trying to find a way to agree to a US-proposed cease-fire, which Chaim says will see them retreating north of the Litani River. But they will have to be persuaded to do that and the US is putting a lot of pressure on them to do it.
But, Chaim says, someday this war will end, and when it does there will be a resumption of the expanding Abraham Accords which will fuel an economic boom in Israel and a large influx of new immigrants.
In this context, Chaim quotes Psalms 143:12; In Your mercy cut off my enemies, and destroy all those who afflict my soul; for I am Your servant.