Like most of how Gandalf flexes power in The Lord of the Rings, it’s not about magic, but about politicking. The giant eagles of Middle-earth aren’t beasts to tame, like Shadowfax; they have their own society and concerns. And just like literally everyone else in the story, it takes a lot of work to get them to care about all this Dark Lord stuff until it affects them directly. The eagles can’t carry the Fellowship to Mordor because Gandalf can’t simply summon a squadron of birds to divebomb Mount Doom.

Hence Palestinians are SOL (until the fascist Orcs are challenged).

Also:

Velshi's comments were not this week, but were in 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKkjPtleWEU

His points are incredibly prescient. Velshi is still at MSNBC, AFAIK.