joining us now palestinian american, middle east analyst omar badar. appreciate your time.rt with the timing. the big question has been the surprise about how did this happen. how was israel caught so offsense about the timing of why it happened now? >> i think the timing is inherently random, because otherwise, it would not be a successful surprise attack. and i just want to mention that obviously, what we've seen out of it has been absolutely horrific. i've listen listening to your previous guests who are talking about not being able to find their children. and that's absolutely heartbreaking. i have two little children, and i cannot imagine how i would feel if they were kidnapped and i did not know where they were. but the real scandal here is this is every bit horrific as it is predictable and preventable. i think there's a much more common failure of l common sense that you can put millions of palestinians under indeft occupation as recognized by every major human rights, where israel commits daily war crimes against palestinians everywhere, land theft, lack of access