On October 7th, Hamas struck Israel with a deadly attack. Earlier today, Israel's defense minister told ground troops at the border that they are to get organized and be ready with orders to advance. Tens of thousands of troops amassed at the Gaza border would seem to indicate that a new chapter in the war is about to be written.Is there more to this conflict than we're led to believe? What is the "big picture" to all that's going on?To answer those questions, Jim had Alex Newman return to Crosstalk. Alex is an award-winning international freelance journalist, author, researcher, educator and consultant. He is senior editor for The New American. He is the author of Deep State: The Invisible Government Behind the Scenes. He is founder of Liberty Sentinel.In order to understand what's taking place you need to know history and part of that is recognizing Islamic theology. Since the time of Mohammed, Islamic armies have been beheading Christians and Jews. North Africa was Christian and Muslims went through that area and killed those who refused to convert to Islam. From there, they went into the Iberian Peninsula and tried to take over Europe but were stopped by Charles "The Hammer" Martel at the Battle of Tours. They also tried to go through Vienna but were stopped multiple times, so what we're seeing today is not a new phenomenon.Alex also called attention to why the Biden administration continues to send billions of dollars to the Arab governments who are sponsors of such terrorism, such as Iran. Our money is also going to U.N. agencies that are indoctrinating young Arab children to think of Jews as pigs and monkeys.