and i know you have family in beirut, in amman, in nazareth, in the galilee. and so know that this for you and i imagine for in the room this is also deeply personal. and so i think let's just before we turn it over to you just a brief moment of silence to remember all whose lives have been cut short, completely, unnecessarily and sadly, with the complicity of the us government. thank you. so i want to just go to the title and helena, we'll start with and then we'll go to rami and say, understanding hamas and does this matter? so maybe you could just like answer that question. it comes out of a of webinars from last may. it's amazing the turnaround so maybe just why does this right now to have book and what's in it with the folks you interviewed. so first. okay. well, thank you so much, david, for with us. it's always a pleasure. be next to you on any panel. big thanks to colin and the rest of the team at all books for working us. i'm here in my capacity as the president of just world educational which is actually quite separate. the publishing company. just w