Special Report Erick Stakelbeck: Gaza Peace Plan

October 13, 2025 | 87:6

Erick Stakelbeck and guests discuss the historic end to the war in Israel and the release of all hostages.

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| Special Report Erick Stakelbeck: Gaza Peace Plan | October 13, 2025

You are looking live at
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Jerusalem, a city that just experienced one of the most
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Remarkable days in its modern history, possibly in all of its
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Long and glorious history. it's 2:30 a.m. there now, but
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Earlier today, jerusalem was alive with israelis glorifying
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God, dancing in the streets with unbridled joy because the
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Hostages are finally home. i'm eric stakelbeck, and this is a
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Tbn special report. those 20 live israeli hostages were
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Finally released after two hellish years in hamas
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Captivity, and the scenes of their reunions with their
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Families were unforgettable. watch. oh! oh. oh. oh. and. so
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Powerful, folks. i've been covering the middle east
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Closely for well over two decades, and i have never seen
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Anything like this. the captives return on the jewish
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Holiday of simchat torah, which celebrates the completion of
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The annual cycle of torah readings. it was on this very
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Same holiday two years ago that hamas carried out the october
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7th massacre and sent the region spiraling into war. now
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Things have come full circle, and that doesn't happen without
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President trump. his gaza peace plan came together quickly.
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Israel agreed to it. and once a majority of the world's arab
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And muslim nations got on board, hamas was completely isolated
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And peace was possible. peace through strength. here was
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President trump speaking before the israeli knesset earlier
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Today to mark this historic deal. this is not only the end
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Of a war. this is the end of a age of terror and death and the
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Beginning of the age of faith and hope and of god. it's the
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Start of a grand concord and lasting harmony for israel and
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All the nations of what will soon be a truly magnificent
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Region. i believe that so strongly. this is the historic
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Dawn of a new middle east. generations from now, this will
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Be remembered as the moment that everything began to change
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And change very much for the better. like the usa right now,
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It will be the golden age of israel and the golden age of
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The middle east. it's going to work together. incredible. now
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There is still a lot of hard work to be done, folks. hamas
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Has yet to hand over the remains of 20 dead israeli
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Hostages. and will hamas really lay down its arms as president
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Trump still demands? and who runs gaza now that the war
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Seems to be ending, serious questions still remain. but for
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One day at least, jubilation in israel. here's prime minister
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Benjamin netanyahu. now, i said that we're going to read this
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Week the book of ecclesiastes. it has it's not a book of
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Action. it's a book of. meditations of thought, a
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Perspective on life and on death. and in this book we read
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The immortal words of king solomon. to everything there is
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A season and a time for every matter under heaven. to the
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Editor. shalom. a time for peace and a time for war. the
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Last two years have been a time of war. the coming years will
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Hopefully be a time for peace. amen. we are living in historic
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Prophetic times, and our tbn israel correspondent, yair
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Pinto has had a front row seat for all of it. he's co-host of
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Boots on the ground, seen right here on tbn every thursday
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Night, and he joins us now in the middle of the night from
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Jerusalem. yeah. great to see you, my friend. first of all,
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Congratulations to you and to all the people of israel. and
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Secondly, your personal reflections. look, you've been
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Covering literally boots on the ground since october 7th.
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That's when you began with your great reports for our tbn
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Viewers. two years on, hostages home. how does it feel for you
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Personally, given all that you've done covering this war?
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I think, first of all, happy holiday from jerusalem, from
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Israel. and yes, this is the happiest day, the happiest
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Reporting day that i had since this war began two years ago.
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It's just amazing to remember that morning two years ago when
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We had rockets coming to israel, terrorists infiltrating the
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Country, roaming the streets, taking our hostages into gaza.
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And then we got the call to wear our boots and join the idf
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And fight. i did it. marty did it. and the reason for all of
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It was to bring our hostages back home. and we've seen so
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Many miracles happen in israel in the past two years, from
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Interception of rockets, from iran, from feeling god's peace
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Inside the gaza strip. personally, when i was there to
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Many, many more. but this is the biggest miracle. the
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Hostages are back home. this is not just a celebration for the
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Families. the entire nation of israel was in the streets of
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Israel. tens of thousands of israelis in each city center
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Celebrating the return of the hostages, just dancing in the
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Streets, in the houses of the families of the hostages. just
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Before they were released. people waiting on the border
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With the gaza strip for the convoys of hostages to come
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Back home. the entire nation of israel was waiting for this
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Moment for two years. and after this peace plan was announced
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On sunday, then nobody was sleeping. everybody was glued
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To the tv and checking out. when the hostages are actually
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Back in israeli hands. this is just an amazing moment for
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Israel and for the world, because it's just proof that
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God is faithful. he's faithful to his promises to the people
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Of israel. he's faithful to his promises to the world. and he
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Just proved again and again that he is performing biblical
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Level miracles in modern days. if you need any kind of
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Encouragement that god actually exists. just open your tv.
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Check out what god did in israel in the past two years.
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This is just the biggest miracle that you can see as big
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As the miracles of the bible, eric, and we're just so excited.
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Prayers work. and this is the time to be united with the
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Hostages, as they have a long journey to return from being
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738 days underground in hamas dungeons, terror tunnels in the
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Gaza strip. many of them had been barely eaten. they lost
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Dozens of kilos of their weight. some of them have not seen
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Sunlight for hundreds of days straight. they have a long
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Physical process to get back to normal, but more than that,
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They have a long mental process to get back to their reality
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Here in israel. but they have all the strength of this nation,
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And they can use also all the prayers from our viewers back
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Home. i would like to use this opportunity to say thank you
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For prayers. praying for me personally throughout this war.
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It's been a process for me, for my family and for all the
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People of israel. eric. but it's an amazing day and i'm so
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Excited. this is definitely the happiest day i had in two years.
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Yeah, amazing. yeah. you're great breakdown in israel. the
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Idf paid such a price as you know, firsthand, of course,
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Families paid a horrific price. but now the captivity, the
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Captivity is over. the captives home. freedom reigns in israel.
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About 30s left. do you see major developments unfolding in
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Israel in the days to come? it seems to me that israel is
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Moving into a beautiful new age. how do you see it? about 30s
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Left. well, first of all, eric, from a security point of view,
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It's amazing to know that we don't have israelis in the gaza
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Strip. just amazing to say it. no israelis in gaza from
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Cooperation point of view, this is the time to have deals with
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Our neighbors. when israel is strong, when the united states
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Is strong, deals of prosperity, deals of security, deals of
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Peace. yeah, yeah. well said. abraham accords back on the
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Table in a very big way, my friend. yeah. we can't thank
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You. on behalf of all of our viewers. we cannot thank you
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Enough for your work, your steadfastness, your bravery,
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Your diligence over the past two years covering this war.
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Some good days lie ahead, yair pinto. blessings, my friend.
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Get some sleep. god bless you and your family. we'll see you
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Again soon. thank you. eric, thank you so much to everybody
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For their prayers and the support. and we are staying in
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Israel right now with our good friend jonathan conricus. of
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Course, he's a senior fellow at the foundation for defense of
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Democracies, is a former international spokesman for the
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Israel defense forces. he joins us now. jonathan, what a day.
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Always great to see you. and hey, we could talk a bunch, of
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Course, about president trump's peace plan. he's getting credit,
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And rightly so. but jonathan, i want to ask you about the role
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The israel defense forces played in all of this. without
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The brave work of the warriors of the idf. it seems to me none
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Of this happens. yes, eric, thank you for having me on this
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Happy and joyous day of holiday. it's double joy because we're
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Celebrating the jewish festival of simchat torah, which is when
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Jews rejoice. and having received the torah, we
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Celebrate that every year. and very importantly, finally,
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There are no more live israeli hostages in hamas captivity.
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And that's a strategic game changer that wherever this goes.
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You mentioned the trump plan, whether this goes all the way
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To peace or whether we go back to fighting, the situation is
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Fundamentally different and in a better way. now, regarding
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The idf, well, imagine pearl harbor, but imagine pearl
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Harbor with a tremendous amount of civilian casualties. that is
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Ultimate mission failure. that's how the idf started the
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October 7th war unprepared and caught off guard. and two years
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After, which is a long, long time for a small country like
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Israel. finally, i think we can say that we're dusting
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Ourselves off now that, thanks to president trump, hostages
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Have come home. i think we can scan the horizon and say the
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Situation now is profoundly better than what it was before.
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Before. and that has been obtained through fierce
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Fighting, professionalism, stamina and i would say a giant
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Amount of belief, belief amongst israeli soldiers,
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Knowing what they are fighting for, knowing why they need to
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Fight, knowing what they're defending. and two years after
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We're in a good situation. still a lot of work to do, but
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In a much better situation than how we started. yeah. jonathan,
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Do you think we see now or are we on the verge of a new middle
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East where, look, israel is the region's superpower number one.
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And number two, countries like saudi arabia come in and join
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The abraham accords. could that be on the doorstep now? well,
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One would hope so. and if it's going to happen, then i think
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None better than president trump and his talented team of
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Businessmen turned diplomats to bring that about. and i think
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That we've seen that what they've been able to do
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Diplomatically is pretty unprecedented to have
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Adversaries or countries that are hostile towards israel,
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Like turkey, egypt, jordan and qatar sign on a document that
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Says this enemy of israel, hamas, needs to be disarmed and
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It needs to be relegated basically away from power. that
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Is a big, big achievement. so maybe it will happen. maybe the
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Fault lines of the middle east are changing, and maybe this is
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The what's heralding in a new era. that's fine for people to
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Believe in. and i pray that that is true on the ground.
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However, i think vigilance is and should be the order of the
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Day. we still are not beyond phase one. phase one in the
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Deal, in the ceasefire deal, we're still waiting for the
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Return of all of the bodies of the murdered israelis. hamas
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Today, not surprisingly, instead of returning 28, all of
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The remaining bodies, they returned only four of the
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Israeli hostages. and that's already a major violation of
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The first phase. we'll see how israel responds to that. but
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However this goes, yes, there's possibility, but there is still
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So much, so many details and so much work that it needs to be
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Done. when we're dealing with an enemy like like hamas. but
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There's nothing like winning. if you want to create alliances
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And bring about peace. jonathan. very well said. two things.
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Number one, israel, of course, paid a heavy price here. by the
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Way, releasing hundreds of hardened life sentenced
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Palestinian terrorists. number one. and number two, you talked
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About gaza and this is only phase one. what does gaza look
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Like going forward? do we see gaza perhaps collapse into
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Internal fighting between hamas and other factions there? in
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The short term at least? yeah. i mean, yeah, gaza is looking
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Very bad. and what we see hamas doing, like the thugs and
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Terrorists that they are, they're settling scores.
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They've been spending the last 36 hours basically executing
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Dissidents, executing rival clans, terrorizing people,
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Palestinians, arabs, their own people and doing it in typical
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Jihadi fashion, with brute force, with mass terror. that's
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What they've been doing in the last 36 years, 36 hours in gaza.
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And the longer it takes for the trump plan to transition from
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Stage 1 to 2 and three, the larger the chances, the higher
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The chances that it won't advance. because this interim
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Period before going from one to 2 to 3 is something that hamas
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Will use in order to consolidate its power. when you
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Look at what hamas is doing, they don't look like an
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Organization that is readying itself to transition out of
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Power, like an outgoing administration. that is not
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What they're doing. and you can see that they're communicating
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With the locals. they're saying that we're here to stay, and
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They're also saying openly they said it on sky uk two days ago.
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We're not going to hand over our weapons. we're not going to
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Disarm. so this doesn't spell well for the future. and this
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Is already a test. how will qatar, turkey, egypt and the us
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And of course israel respond to this. and the sad reality is
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That, you know, it's a it's a succession of things that one
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Has to happen before the other. so first hamas is disarmed,
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Then they are relieved or they relinquish control over gaza,
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And then will a new government be in place, and then will the
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Rebuilding of gaza start rebuilding of gaza? an
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Alleviation for civilians there will not happen as long as
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Hamas is in power. so it's a it's a complex situation after
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War. scenarios are always challenging and messy and
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Bloody, and it's kind of jungle laws that will prevail for a
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While. and at this time, israel will have to be very vigilant.
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And the faster the work is done, the better. jonathan, great
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Breakdown and look we'll enjoy today, of course, but as you
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Said, much work to be done in this still all playing out. no
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One does it better than our good friend jonathan conricus.
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Be sure to follow him on x across social media. jonathan.
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Thank you so much my friend. god bless you. we'll see you
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Again soon. eric, can i say one more word? of course. i just
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Want to say thank you. i want to say thank you to all of the
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Non-jewish supporters of israel. and i want to say that your
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Prayers, your help, your involvement, your donations,
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But mostly your prayers, your care for israel throughout
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These two years. they are part of the success story. eric, you
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Asked me in the beginning about the role of the idf. we have
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Fought, the idf has fought and i think fought well, but i
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Think we would not have been able to succeed had it not been
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For the help that we have gotten from abroad, from our
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Jewish brothers and sisters around the world, in the u.s.
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And elsewhere, but also from our non-jewish brothers and
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Sisters. and i think this is a great venue for me as an
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Israeli, to say thank you and that we should all enjoy this
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Sweet moment of victory, that we're seeing the hostages being
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Returned home and really a marvelous and sweet moment to
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Enjoy. so thank you very much. jonathan, thank you so much. it
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Is our honor and pleasure to stand with you and the nation
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Of israel, my friend and the jewish people, jonathan. we
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Appreciate it. god bless. we'll see you soon. thank you. god
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Bless. great stuff. and we are joined now by our good friend
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Pastor allen jackson, host of allen jackson, now seen right
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Here on tbn every week night at 7 p.m. eastern time. alan,
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Great to see you as always. and hey, jonathan conricus just
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Mentioned the role that non-jewish supporters,
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Christian supporters of israel in particular, have played over
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The past two years in inspiring the people of israel, in
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Supporting the people of israel. okay, alan, the hostages are
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Now home. what can the body of christ do now, in the days
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Ahead, to stand with israel, especially when we see
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Anti-semitism rising, even right here in america and
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Certainly around the world? well, i think first, today we
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Rejoice with our friends because this is a miracle of
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Biblical proportion. you know, as i've been listening to your
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Guest. october the 7th, the horrors of october the 7th, was
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The greatest loss of jewish life since the holocaust. and
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Today reminds me a bit of may 1945. i wasn't there, but that
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Was victory in europe day, when we declared victory over
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Germany and the horrors of the holocaust. you know, and on
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That day, there was a victory recognized. but we also
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Understood there was still a great deal of decisions to be
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Made, a lot of work to be done. but that led us to the birth of
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The modern nation of israel. and today there's a great
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Victory. i understand there's still work to be done and
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Questions to be answered, but i believe it marks the beginning
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Of a whole new future for the nation of israel. i believe out
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Of this horror and out of this great loss, we will see god
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Move in a way that will write a whole new chapter for the
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Nation of israel that two years ago, honestly, was probably
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Beyond imagination. so i think for those of us who are friends
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Of israel and have been honored to stand with them through this
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Difficult time, we continue to pray and trust god that his
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Purposes that he his the covenant he made with that
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People, we will see it expressed in an entirely new
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Way in gaza, in the west bank, in what he's doing in that land.
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It's a privilege to stand with our friends there. amen. what
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The enemy meant for evil. god meant for good. hey, we have a
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Great clip here, real quick of an israeli hostage. eitan
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Reunited with his family earlier today. let's take a
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Look. you.
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Climb. over. alan.
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Just so beautiful. you're a father. i'm a father. the raw
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Emotion there is just heart rending. it's so touching. as
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You said, this is a day of jubilation. a lot of things
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Need to be ironed out still. gaza and beyond. but right now,
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This seems to be a gift from the lord that we should rejoice
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In. well, absolutely. i don't no way that we could have this
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Victory today without god's sovereign involvement. i'm
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Grateful for president trump. i'm grateful for the prime
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Minister of israel, their work and courage. but there has to
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Be the recognition of the hand of god in this, and we'll
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Celebrate that victory. and all of us can take heart. god keeps
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His promises in the earth, and what we're watching him fulfill
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In the land of israel today. he will continue to watch over,
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But he'll watch over his word in every one of our lives as
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Well. amen, pastor. and before we let you go, number one allen
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Jackson. now, folks, check it out every night. every
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Weeknight here on tbn, 7 p.m. eastern time. number two. we've
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Got about a minute left. alan, can you take us out in prayer
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For israel? for america? absolutely. i'm just the warm
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Up act for you every evening, eric. let's pray. father, i
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Thank you for the for the tangible reminder today of your
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Faithfulness in the earth that you watch over your word, that
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You watch over your covenants, that you keep your people. i
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Thank you not for only for the peace of jerusalem, but that
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You are the prince of peace in all the earth, and we can trust
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You to establish your kingdom. may your name be lifted up and
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Your purposes break forth in the days ahead, as never before
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In our lifetimes. we thank you for your faithfulness. in jesus
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Name, amen. amen. thank you. eric. yes, pastor allen, thank
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You. god bless my friend. keep up the great work. we'll see
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You on allen jackson now very soon. god bless alan and folks.
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Look, i said at the top, this day doesn't happen without
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President trump. no one knows that better than our good
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Friend lance wallnau, host of the lance wallnau show. and
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He's been talking about the trump effect for years. lance,
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Are you with us? great to see you, my brother. there he is.
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There he is. great to see you as always, my friend. hey, the
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Trump effect. we're talking about peace through strength.
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He's got all the leverage in the world, quite literally, and
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He's not afraid to use it. talk about president trump's imprint
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On this region, the middle east and the world. yeah. look, we
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Got to get some of those pictures of cyrus the great
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With a picture of trump all over jerusalem. you know, the
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Friends of zion are advertising. trump is the modern day cyrus.
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And there's no doubt this is the word that god gave us. by
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The way, this is christians shaping history. donald trump
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Is the key actor. it was christians 40 million voting
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And participating christians that put him in office in 2016
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And put him back in office again for his third term. and
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Without that christian alignment with the president
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That god wanted in office. pray for rulers and those who are in
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Authority, the bible says, and every now and then they line up
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Perfectly, and we got the right man in. the other thing is
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Interesting is i was just in israel. i like you're there.
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You and i are always so funny. we we grew up in the same
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Neighborhood. you're going in israel? when i'm leaving. i met
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With ambassador huckabee there. and and the amazing thing to me
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Is i said to him is the stars align in their courses. when
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You have donald trump in the white house, bibi netanyahu in
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Israel, and mike huckabee as an ambassador, you know that god
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Is setting something up. and by the way, for those that are
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Prophetic christians, which ought to be our audience, the
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Three great feasts of israel passover, pentecost and
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Tabernacles, today marks the last day of the feast of
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Tabernacles, which is the feast that is coming to the earth of
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The final end time harvest, where the messiah is going to
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Come and bring lasting peace. which you're getting here is
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What you could say is just what it's like when righteousness
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Prevails for a period of time and the nations are aligned and
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In peace. i don't think prophetically this is the last
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Chapter of israel's conflicts. we know that as students of the
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Bible, but it says that god has designed this moment to be a
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Parenthesis around satan's agenda on the earth, and hell
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Is being pushed back so that the end time gospel of the
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Kingdom can go forth to all the nations. yeah, lance. well said.
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We've got this unique window, it seems, right now, and i
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Really feel like israel is a dividing line. you've talked
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About the sheep and goat nations. it seems to me that
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Israel is at the dividing line. which way will you go? will you
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Stand with israel and the jewish people, or against
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Israel and the jewish people? and we're about to find out,
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Because, lance, it seems like the abraham accords are very
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Much back on the table again, thanks in large part to
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President trump's leadership. it's entirely because of his
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Leadership. and curiously enough, jared kushner. and i'll
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Also say something else. donald trump's genius is that he's a
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Pragmatic entrepreneur. he saw the old guard, the old way of
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Doing things in washington with the old. i hate to say the old
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Establishment was stuck. he started investing in mohammed
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Bin salman, jared kushner, the younger generation of saudis
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And leaders he has to work with, like turkeys, the guys that are
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There. but he literally started building relational
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Infrastructure with the next generation and said, hey guys,
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What kind of world do you want? you guys could saudi arabia,
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You could be dominating the tech space. arab emirates, you
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Guys could be could be prosperous. we need to deal
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With this region. and he sold them on the idea that america
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Was strong enough, stable enough and willing enough to
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Provide the context for them to deal with iran, their sworn
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Enemy that they could not go public with, lest there be a
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Muslim uprising over the division of their own religion.
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But iran was the enemy and is the enemy of the uae, of iran.
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And so what you saw is god sovereignly used israel to have
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To defend its life against hezbollah, against hamas,
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Against iran. but donald trump, let there be no doubt. isaiah
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45 donald trump comes along as a modern day cyrus who undoes
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The military ability of his enemies. isn't it interesting?
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The prince of persia rose up in order to in order to catalyze
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World war three, a nuclear engagement. and god said no and
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Knocked that timing back. and now the dragon in china is
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Rising up. and we've got to pray there'll be a continued
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Extension of mercy on america, perhaps playing off of the the
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Blessing of our of our support of the of the protection of
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Israel, because china is the next great threat. and i
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Believe the next thing is god's going to use donald trump as a
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Cyrus to push the dragon back. yeah. lance, about a minute
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Left israel right now. we talked about this window of
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Peace right now. do you also see a window of prosperity here
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In israel? do you see israel really shaping up into the
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Regional superpower, not only in the region, actually, lance,
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But becoming a global power out of the ashes of the october 7th
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Wars? about a minute left. well, this this is also eric, as you
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Know, we could find it. we ought to do a bible study on
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This. now, i get nervous when i hear peace. peace because most
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Of us are like so trigger warning with our end time
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Prophetic training. the bible says when they say peace, some
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Come sudden destruction. well, this isn't that. this is a
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Peace. peace because god's promises to israel is that they
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Would have a period of of extended grace and extended
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Prosperity and peace that i believe is now coming in. now
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Is the great moment. they call it the golden era. i'll go with
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That. i'll say that god has opened up a window for the
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Flourishing of the gospel throughout the middle east, and
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Into asia and africa, and into south america and europe. and
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We must be ready, eric, like never before, to actually put
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The pedal to the metal, because the lord is opening up the lane
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For peace, for prosperity, for the end time gospel. amazing,
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Lance, so well said. great breakdown my friend. folks,
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Check him out on the lance wallnau show x across social
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Media. lance god bless. keep up the great work my friend.
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Always great to see you. and folks, if you are just joining
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Us, our praise audience, of course, this is a tbn special
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Report on one of the most momentous historic days in the
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History of the modern middle east. the hostages are home.
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President trump spoke before the israeli knesset today. he
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Spoke in egypt today. what a day. and we've got these great
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Clips of the hostages returning home. we've been showing you to
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Showing them to you throughout the first 30 minutes. we'll
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Show them to you throughout the next hour. but we've got a
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Special one here of a man rising out of his wheelchair to
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Greet his young son, returning home from two years of hamas
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Captivity. folks, you have to see this. take a look. at.
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Chonda pierce. thank you. sir. you're getting. i. know, i
00:31:18.295 --> 00:31:32.643
Usually incredible. we are joined now by the ceo of the
00:31:32.643 --> 00:31:38.015
Israeli american council, our good friend ellen car. and
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Ellen, you see those scenes? and you were the envoy for
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Combating anti-semitism under the trump administration and
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Hamas. really? the depths of anti-semitism, genocidal
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Anti-semitism. now we see triumph today. just in your
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Role that you've played over the years in fighting this
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Fight, what were your feelings today? well, eric, you couldn't
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Have said it better. momentous day, a game changing moment and
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Truly, truly something that is is breathtaking. and these
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Images, they capture it. you know, it's very important what
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You just said that that hamas is an anti-semitic, genocidal
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Organization. and we can't lose the fact that just because
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You're talking about israel and the middle east and statecraft
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And geopolitics, somehow we no longer can talk about jew
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Hatred. that's what this is. this is a genocidal
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Anti-semitic organization. and the amazing thing here, eric,
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Is when i was in the first trump administration, the
00:32:36.407 --> 00:32:40.644
United states stood with israel in a way that it had never
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Stood with israel before, moved the embassy to jerusalem,
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Recognize sovereignty over the golan heights. we know the
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Whole list. what happened? peace, prosperity, the abraham
00:32:51.388 --> 00:32:55.025
Accords, right? things that we had never seen and frankly
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Couldn't have imagined happened. and they happened because of
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Strong, resolute, morally clear u.s. leadership. now, then,
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What happened in the intervening years when we
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Projected weakness, we got a bloodbath. israel was was on,
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You know, was was was attacked brutally on on october 7th.
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Slaughter of jews in the, in the holy land. and then, of
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Course, the iranian axis of evil ascendant. and and it was
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Only through israeli strength that israel was able to restore
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Its deterrent capability, its geopolitical position. now,
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Fast forward, president trump back total change in u.s.
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Policy again, a position of strength again, moral clarity
00:33:41.138 --> 00:33:43.507
Again standing with israel. and what happens? peace. an
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Arrangement that we never thought was possible. hamas
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Agreed to give up all of the hostages, which we said would
00:33:51.248 --> 00:33:55.352
They would never do. even president trump said, you know,
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They're going to resist doing that. you know, you know why
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They didn't? they finally did that. they couldn't resist any
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Longer because they were pummeled. they were pummeled by
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Israel with a full green light of the united states. and the
00:34:07.064 --> 00:34:11.068
United states made very clear that we are not going to
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Tolerate this anymore. and so the moral of the story here is
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That we have to lead with conviction, with moral clarity.
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We have to stand with our friends. we've got to support
00:34:22.412 --> 00:34:26.150
The state of israel, and we have to weaken our enemies. and
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That includes the iranian axis of evil. and this story tells
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It all we might. eric. the next step might be an expansion of
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The abraham accords. that's what president trump wants.
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That's what i think president trump and prime minister
00:34:38.195 --> 00:34:40.797
Netanyahu are going to get. by the grace of god. this is a
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Great, great moment, and we should celebrate it. no doubt,
00:34:44.334 --> 00:34:48.038
Ellen, we're hearing about saudi arabia, of course, but
00:34:48.038 --> 00:34:50.807
Lebanon, syria, perhaps even coming to the table for the
00:34:50.807 --> 00:34:53.377
Abraham accords. indonesia. amazing moment. and you
00:34:53.377 --> 00:34:56.113
Mentioned you mentioned that iranian axis, that ring of fire.
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Can you talk about how it has been smashed over the past two
00:34:59.917 --> 00:35:03.921
Years? i mean, two years ago, iran saw it october 7th as the
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Pinnacle of that axis. now the iranian regime itself in
00:35:08.025 --> 00:35:11.295
Shambles. its nuclear program destroyed hamas, hezbollah. the
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Houthis are next on the list. amazing how that ring of fire
00:35:15.165 --> 00:35:19.069
Is pretty much a smoldering heap of ruins right now. well,
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That's exactly right. i mean, just two years ago, israel was
00:35:23.006 --> 00:35:27.010
Brought to its knees. this was an attack that was that was not
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Only savage and brutal and barbarous, but an attack that
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Really rendered israel deeply vulnerable and deeply exposed.
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And don't forget, hamas was always seen and legitimately
00:35:39.289 --> 00:35:43.460
Seen as the small ticket item, the big ticket item in terms of
00:35:43.460 --> 00:35:47.264
Terrorist armies was from the north hezbollah in lebanon,
00:35:47.264 --> 00:35:51.101
Which was a a grave threat with its terror armies, but also
00:35:51.101 --> 00:35:56.940
180,000 rockets and missiles aimed at israel. then you had,
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Of course, the assad regime in syria. and then you, of course,
00:36:01.178 --> 00:36:05.082
Had the houthis in yemen. and then, of course, the mothership,
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The head of the octopus, which is iran, the islamic republic
00:36:08.185 --> 00:36:11.989
Of iran, and all of the death and destruction and mischief
00:36:11.989 --> 00:36:15.325
That it was working in the region. and so israel, after
00:36:15.325 --> 00:36:19.529
October 7th looked like it was it was as vulnerable as it had
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Ever been. would it ever be able to restore its deterrent
00:36:23.200 --> 00:36:26.570
Capability? how could it ever return to a position of
00:36:26.570 --> 00:36:29.473
Strength? and my goodness, we we have to. it's hard to even
00:36:29.473 --> 00:36:33.243
Imagine that anymore, because in in a year, in the last year
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And a half, of course, it took a few months to get settled and,
00:36:37.514 --> 00:36:40.250
And, you know, recapture its posture. but in the last year
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And a half year and three quarters, stunning hamas
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Decimated, degraded to to almost nothing. hezbollah
00:36:47.624 --> 00:36:53.330
Decapitated and dramatically attenuated to the point where
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They really no longer pose a serious threat in its current
00:36:56.967 --> 00:37:01.505
Form to israel. the assad regime gone, the entire houthi
00:37:01.505 --> 00:37:06.009
Leadership are wiped out, and then iran, iran, its nuclear
00:37:06.009 --> 00:37:12.049
Weapon, its nuclear weapons program destroyed. it's it's a
00:37:12.049 --> 00:37:16.386
Iranian islamic revolutionary guard corps, the irgc and the
00:37:16.386 --> 00:37:20.524
Quds force dramatically damaged. i mean, this is a whole new
00:37:20.524 --> 00:37:25.128
Middle east. and when you when you fight evil and this is the
00:37:25.128 --> 00:37:29.032
Bottom line, when you fight evil and when evil is in
00:37:29.032 --> 00:37:33.303
Retreat, then good has a place to to grow and expand. and
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That's what we're seeing now as, as, as good, productive actors
00:37:38.075 --> 00:37:42.279
Come together and say, okay, now let's turn a new page. now
00:37:42.279 --> 00:37:46.450
Is the time to usher in a new chapter, a new chapter of not
00:37:46.450 --> 00:37:50.087
Only ending the conflict in gaza, but a new chapter for the
00:37:50.087 --> 00:37:55.258
Entire region. and yes, you're right, saudi arabia and and
00:37:55.258 --> 00:37:58.261
Lebanon now is not only talking normalization, which we have to
00:37:58.261 --> 00:38:02.165
See if it will happen, but lebanon is currently engaged in
00:38:02.165 --> 00:38:05.902
The disarmament of hezbollah. can you imagine such a thing?
00:38:05.902 --> 00:38:09.306
We would have said this as a fantasy only only a year ago.
00:38:09.306 --> 00:38:14.144
We would have said such a thing as a fantasy. and today it's
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Happening. and of course, syria is negotiating with israel, a
00:38:17.881 --> 00:38:20.650
Sworn enemy to israel for years now, negotiating with israel.
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This is a time of miracles. now we are not out of the woods.
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It's precarious. iran is not gone. the islamic republic is
00:38:29.826 --> 00:38:33.563
Still is still there. they could potentially go back to a
00:38:33.563 --> 00:38:36.099
Nuclear weapons program, which which is why president trump,
00:38:36.099 --> 00:38:39.102
Again, so smart, such great leadership said, let me tell
00:38:39.102 --> 00:38:43.340
You something. those planes are going to go right back there.
00:38:43.340 --> 00:38:46.276
If iran goes, goes, decides to to repurpose its nuclear
00:38:46.276 --> 00:38:51.214
Weapons, to go back to its nuclear weapons program and
00:38:51.214 --> 00:38:54.050
Restart it. and so this is, you know, we have to be vigilant.
00:38:54.050 --> 00:38:58.155
But my goodness, what a time we're in. and again, it's
00:38:58.155 --> 00:39:01.725
Strength and determination and smart leadership that got us
00:39:01.725 --> 00:39:05.395
Here. peace through strength. we keep coming back to it.
00:39:05.395 --> 00:39:08.565
Right. it's a biblical value by the way eric, you know peace
00:39:08.565 --> 00:39:11.468
Through strength is a biblical value. and it's it's you know,
00:39:11.468 --> 00:39:15.605
We we keep seeing the fruits of that doctrine over and over and
00:39:15.605 --> 00:39:18.375
Over again. when you're weak, bad things happen. and when the
00:39:18.375 --> 00:39:22.112
Good guys are strong, peace is is made possible. god willing,
00:39:22.112 --> 00:39:26.316
We should see real peace throughout the region. ellen.
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It always works. and as prime minister netanyahu has said,
00:39:29.286 --> 00:39:32.122
First comes the strength and then comes the peace. it never
00:39:32.122 --> 00:39:35.158
Fails. ellen carr, great job as always, my friend. folks, be
00:39:35.158 --> 00:39:37.994
Sure to follow him on x across social media. god bless. we'll
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See you again soon. and joining us now, another good friend,
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Chief strategist for the middle east forum, president of world
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Strategy jim hansen is with us right now. jim, it's been
00:39:48.004 --> 00:39:51.508
Really striking to me that all the so-called pro-peace
00:39:51.508 --> 00:39:55.145
Demonstrators who wanted to end the supposed genocide, they're
00:39:55.145 --> 00:39:59.449
Dead silent right now. there's crickets chirping. where are
00:39:59.449 --> 00:40:02.185
They? you think they'd be in the streets in jubilation in
00:40:02.185 --> 00:40:05.021
Places like new york city and d.c. but they're not jim. what
00:40:05.021 --> 00:40:08.492
Gives? yeah, they're binge eating ice cream and crying
00:40:08.492 --> 00:40:12.062
Because they didn't actually want peace. they wanted israel
00:40:12.062 --> 00:40:14.965
To lose. and they're not getting what they want. israel
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Comes out on top of this. you know, obviously it's a blessing
00:40:18.335 --> 00:40:22.772
To have the hostages home, but there's a lot of work to do.
00:40:22.772 --> 00:40:26.176
And i think the people right now who are failing to cheer or
00:40:26.176 --> 00:40:29.145
Even in some cases, cheering against this peace process,
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Have a detestable, you know, kind of demeanor. and i don't
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Think they're the people we should listen to. let's listen
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To the people of gaza who want freedom from hamas and in
00:40:41.291 --> 00:40:44.294
Israel, who just want prosperity, peace and security.
00:40:44.294 --> 00:40:47.564
Yeah. i mean, this combination of radical islamists and the
00:40:47.564 --> 00:40:51.034
Radical left, obviously, jim, you've talked about a bunch
00:40:51.034 --> 00:40:53.470
Over the years, but do you think a bit today, too? i mean,
00:40:53.470 --> 00:40:57.173
It's a day of jubilation, of course, but you got to think
00:40:57.173 --> 00:40:59.943
That these european leaders i'm thinking of starmer, macron,
00:40:59.943 --> 00:41:03.213
You think of carney in canada, australia as well, that
00:41:03.213 --> 00:41:06.182
Recognize the palestinian state unilaterally no matter what
00:41:06.182 --> 00:41:10.053
Israel thought about it. they seem to have egg on their face
00:41:10.053 --> 00:41:13.323
Right now because appeasement does not work. and president
00:41:13.323 --> 00:41:16.493
Trump's peace through strength approach brought the results.
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They literally made the peace process last longer than it
00:41:20.163 --> 00:41:24.167
Needed to by recognizing a palestinian state and by
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Sabotaging negotiations all the way along. they didn't think
00:41:27.470 --> 00:41:31.241
Hamas was getting a good enough deal, and in this case, they
00:41:31.241 --> 00:41:34.377
Actually have to go ahead and admit that it took president
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Trump's steamrolling their objections and bringing in the
00:41:38.882 --> 00:41:42.052
Gulf states and others to go ahead and bring a peace to the
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Region that the europeans are now trying to climb on the back
00:41:45.088 --> 00:41:48.491
Of, like baby possums onto a mama possums back. and he did.
00:41:48.491 --> 00:41:53.396
Really, jim, literally steamroll them. if you caught
00:41:53.396 --> 00:41:56.433
His handshake today with emmanuel macron, the president
00:41:56.433 --> 00:41:59.069
Of france, that's another story. but okay, decks are cleared a
00:41:59.069 --> 00:42:02.973
Bit. the iranian axis smashed that ring of fire in ruins.
00:42:02.973 --> 00:42:06.943
Largely still a threat. but two years on, clearly a shell of
00:42:06.943 --> 00:42:11.348
What they were. jim, what are the threats? you see? of course
00:42:11.348 --> 00:42:14.417
We're talking. it's a great day. peace on the horizon. but it's
00:42:14.417 --> 00:42:18.488
The world's most chaotic region. what are some of your remaining
00:42:18.488 --> 00:42:21.157
Concerns in the middle east? again, not to overshadow this
00:42:21.157 --> 00:42:24.928
Historic, jubilant day, but are you watching turkey? are you
00:42:24.928 --> 00:42:28.331
Watching qatar, the muslim brotherhood? what concerns you
00:42:28.331 --> 00:42:32.202
As you look ahead? i think the reactions of countries like
00:42:32.202 --> 00:42:37.474
Turkey and qatar who were very involved in this peace process,
00:42:37.474 --> 00:42:41.277
President trump brought them in purposely because of their
00:42:41.277 --> 00:42:45.148
Ability to influence hamas, partly due to the fact that
00:42:45.148 --> 00:42:48.118
They paid hamas. they helped them, they supported them, they
00:42:48.118 --> 00:42:51.388
Housed them. so they had a lot of influence over hamas. and i
00:42:51.388 --> 00:42:56.226
Think now hamas is already, you know, committing mass
00:42:56.226 --> 00:42:59.796
Executions all across gaza. of all the people who they
00:42:59.796 --> 00:43:03.233
Consider a threat to their reestablishment of their rule,
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It's going to require turkey and qatar and other gulf arab
00:43:06.236 --> 00:43:10.040
States to go ahead and put the hammer down on them to stop
00:43:10.040 --> 00:43:14.044
Them from doing that, because without the idf in gaza, there
00:43:14.044 --> 00:43:18.615
Is no law and hamas is running rampant again. so their
00:43:18.615 --> 00:43:22.118
Reaction to that is what i'm really interested in seeing.
00:43:22.118 --> 00:43:25.088
Yeah. no doubt. jim, can you talk a bit about this
00:43:25.088 --> 00:43:27.457
Partnership between president trump and prime minister
00:43:27.457 --> 00:43:29.359
Netanyahu? i've compared them to two modern day churchillian
00:43:29.359 --> 00:43:32.462
Figures. i think, of reagan and thatcher bringing down the
00:43:32.462 --> 00:43:36.633
Soviet empire during the 1980s, trump and bibi bringing down
00:43:36.633 --> 00:43:39.235
That iranian terror empire. can you talk a bit more, a bit more
00:43:39.235 --> 00:43:43.473
About that historic partnership? i think what president trump
00:43:43.473 --> 00:43:47.444
Continued to see was that israel is the indispensable
00:43:47.444 --> 00:43:51.147
Nation in the middle east. and the question was, how do we
00:43:51.147 --> 00:43:54.984
Create a situation where the rest of the countries, the gulf
00:43:54.984 --> 00:43:59.723
States, and the others can go ahead and accept israel's
00:43:59.723 --> 00:44:02.726
Existence without compromising their core cultural values? and
00:44:02.726 --> 00:44:07.197
I think he gave them the opportunity to do that. he said,
00:44:07.197 --> 00:44:11.034
You come along with me on this journey. we're going to, you
00:44:11.034 --> 00:44:14.003
Know, expand on the abraham accords. we're going to open up
00:44:14.003 --> 00:44:17.240
Trade. it's going to be a new golden age for the middle east.
00:44:17.240 --> 00:44:20.243
But to do that, you have to help me take care of iran and
00:44:20.243 --> 00:44:24.214
Take care of the palestinian problem. and at this point,
00:44:24.214 --> 00:44:28.017
Those two things are in better shape than they have been in my
00:44:28.017 --> 00:44:32.388
Lifetime. now, the question is, can we move forward on the
00:44:32.388 --> 00:44:35.525
Other half of that, which is a broader peace and prosperity
00:44:35.525 --> 00:44:38.461
For the region? and i think that's what president trump
00:44:38.461 --> 00:44:41.264
Promised them. and i think that's what they want. yeah,
00:44:41.264 --> 00:44:44.567
Jim, i think president trump clearly sees israel, rightly so,
00:44:44.567 --> 00:44:47.303
As the first line of defense for western civilization. and
00:44:47.303 --> 00:44:51.841
Yet we have segments even on the right now. i guess you
00:44:51.841 --> 00:44:54.210
Could call them the woke, right. some have used that terminology
00:44:54.210 --> 00:44:57.814
Who are turning against israel. can you talk about how
00:44:57.814 --> 00:45:00.116
Concerned you are about that, that there seems to be amnesia
00:45:00.116 --> 00:45:03.086
Among some, even on the american right, about the
00:45:03.086 --> 00:45:06.389
Crucial role israel plays in defense of the region and
00:45:06.389 --> 00:45:10.026
Defense of western civilization? yeah, there is a rising
00:45:10.026 --> 00:45:15.899
Anti-semitism, anti-israel sentiment that i think is
00:45:15.899 --> 00:45:20.236
Problematic. it's always been deeply embedded in the left.
00:45:20.236 --> 00:45:24.207
But now the people on the right who don't understand, and in
00:45:24.207 --> 00:45:27.243
Many cases, they've been educated improperly. if they
00:45:27.243 --> 00:45:30.380
Went to college in the united states, everything they learned
00:45:30.380 --> 00:45:33.650
Was wrong. so they have no idea about the history. they listen
00:45:33.650 --> 00:45:38.054
To the lies and the propaganda that say, israel is the problem.
00:45:38.054 --> 00:45:42.826
And the poor palestinians have lived under apartheid and been
00:45:42.826 --> 00:45:45.795
Oppressed, you know, and occupied. none of which is true,
00:45:45.795 --> 00:45:49.232
You know, and it's the same thing that led to this idea
00:45:49.232 --> 00:45:53.036
That there was a gaza genocide. there is an entire industry,
00:45:53.036 --> 00:45:56.406
And it's a global one designed to push down on israel and prop
00:45:56.406 --> 00:46:01.878
Up the palestinians, partly due to islamist sentiments and
00:46:01.878 --> 00:46:04.981
Partly due to, as you mentioned, the revolutionary left. so
00:46:04.981 --> 00:46:08.184
That's where we're sitting with the with the problems we have
00:46:08.184 --> 00:46:11.087
On the right. and i think it's going to take some education
00:46:11.087 --> 00:46:14.490
And a little bit of pushback from those of us who do
00:46:14.490 --> 00:46:18.261
Understand to tell them that's not the case. jim, thank god we
00:46:18.261 --> 00:46:21.464
Have you doing the educating my friend world strat the middle
00:46:21.464 --> 00:46:24.133
East forum, of course folks, follow jim hansen on x across
00:46:24.133 --> 00:46:27.337
Social media. jim great breakdown as always. god bless
00:46:27.337 --> 00:46:30.073
My friend. we will see you again soon. and look folks,
00:46:30.073 --> 00:46:32.976
Wrap your head around this. and jim and i were just discussing
00:46:32.976 --> 00:46:36.546
The rise of anti-semitism, even here in america, even among
00:46:36.546 --> 00:46:40.149
Some segments of the right here in america, it makes no sense.
00:46:40.149 --> 00:46:43.786
It's completely irrational because this is, at the end of
00:46:43.786 --> 00:46:46.356
The day, a spiritual battle. again, wrap your head around
00:46:46.356 --> 00:46:50.159
This for a second. the jewish people make up 0.02% of the
00:46:50.159 --> 00:46:56.332
World's entire population. there are 8 billion people on
00:46:56.332 --> 00:47:01.371
This earth, only 16 million of them are jews. that's it. not
00:47:01.371 --> 00:47:06.109
Only that, the world's one and only jewish state, the nation
00:47:06.109 --> 00:47:09.145
Of israel, is the size of the state of new jersey. to put it
00:47:09.145 --> 00:47:14.017
In even starker terms, israel is the size of the dallas fort
00:47:14.017 --> 00:47:19.088
Worth metroplex where i'm sitting right now. hint, hint.
00:47:19.088 --> 00:47:22.392
That's tiny. there are 10 million people in the nation of
00:47:22.392 --> 00:47:26.629
Israel. only 8 million are jews. and yet the world is quite
00:47:26.629 --> 00:47:31.901
Literally obsessed with israel. think of the u.n. the u.n.
00:47:31.901 --> 00:47:35.905
Since its inception in the late 1940s, has passed more
00:47:35.905 --> 00:47:40.043
Resolutions condemning israel than any other nation. that
00:47:40.043 --> 00:47:44.180
Includes communist china, cuba, iran, syria, the soviet union,
00:47:44.180 --> 00:47:48.918
On and on and on. why? why have the jewish people, this tiny,
00:47:48.918 --> 00:47:54.190
Minuscule people group throughout the centuries, been
00:47:54.190 --> 00:47:57.327
Blamed for everything from the black death, the plague, to, in
00:47:57.327 --> 00:48:00.396
More recent times, nine over 11? now we even hear these insane
00:48:00.396 --> 00:48:05.335
Conspiracy theories that it was the jews behind charlie kirk's
00:48:05.335 --> 00:48:10.073
Assassination. again, there's no rationale to this. it makes
00:48:10.073 --> 00:48:14.377
No sense at all, other than this is a spiritual battle. no
00:48:14.377 --> 00:48:21.217
Doubt the devil. yes, he exists. if you believe in the god of
00:48:21.217 --> 00:48:25.288
Abraham, isaac, and jacob, the god of israel, you need to
00:48:25.288 --> 00:48:28.091
Believe in the devil as well. he does exist and he hates the
00:48:28.091 --> 00:48:31.461
Jewish people, and he hates israel because they are proof
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Of god's existence. now, today, this incredible historic event,
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Prime minister netanyahu and president trump, of course,
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Speaking before the israeli knesset and prime minister
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Netanyahu, laid out in this great clip how, yes, the
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Demonic forces in the middle east aligned against israel.
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But israel came out on top against all odds. take a look.
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More and more governments bought into hamas's false
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Propaganda. more and more governments succumbed to
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Anti-semitic mobs in their own countries. they just turned on
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Israel. they called for us to surrender to hamas demands to
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Leave gaza immediately, they said, end the war without
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Committing to disarm hamas, without committing to
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Demilitarize gaza. had israel succumbed to those demands, not
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Only would sinwar and nasrallah, assad and iran's missile and
00:49:26.315 --> 00:49:31.988
Nuclear program remain intact. not only that, because in no
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Time hamas killers would be back on the border fence, ready
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To repeat the horrors of october 7th again and again, as
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They vowed to do. but just at that point, just at that point
00:49:46.202 --> 00:49:52.442
Of maximum pressure on israel, a man named donald j. trump was
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Elected president of the united states. and, ladies and
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Gentlemen, overnight, overnight, everything changed. everything.
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Indeed it did. and we are joined now by our good friend
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Lisa daftari. folks, check her out. the foreign desk news.com.
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Lisa, always great to see you and what a day. right. and how
00:50:22.405 --> 00:50:26.209
The tide has turned over the past two years. i was
00:50:26.209 --> 00:50:29.178
Discussing it earlier with jim hansen, our prior guest. you're
00:50:29.178 --> 00:50:32.482
An expert, of course, lisa, in iran, that iranian axis. and
00:50:32.482 --> 00:50:36.919
Now the decks are cleared. in a sense, iran still dangerous,
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But very much wounded. and it seems to me that israel is
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Stepping into a role as the regional superpower, even a
00:50:44.927 --> 00:50:48.431
Global power. how do you see it? absolutely. there is so much
00:50:48.431 --> 00:50:53.269
Potential. and of course, today we want to focus on the
00:50:53.269 --> 00:50:57.106
Optimism, the hope, the positivity, and really the
00:50:57.106 --> 00:51:00.409
Prospect of a middle east that can be. and we got a glimpse of
00:51:00.409 --> 00:51:04.180
That in trump's first term under the abraham accords,
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Where he was able, through his vision to bring the moderate
00:51:07.583 --> 00:51:11.320
Arab states around and say, israel doesn't have to be the
00:51:11.320 --> 00:51:15.491
Bad guy. israel can be your partner in bringing you
00:51:15.491 --> 00:51:17.460
Prosperity and taking you into the next chapter of modernity
00:51:17.460 --> 00:51:20.229
For the region that has never seen that before. now, you
00:51:20.229 --> 00:51:24.200
Talked about the devil, and i think that's a that's a great
00:51:24.200 --> 00:51:28.037
Way to put it. the devil stands right next to this vision and
00:51:28.037 --> 00:51:31.140
Says, well, there's still money that can come from iran's
00:51:31.140 --> 00:51:34.443
Regime, and there is still a deadly ideology where we are
00:51:34.443 --> 00:51:38.214
Indoctrinating young people to blow themselves up, to do
00:51:38.214 --> 00:51:42.084
October 7th, again and again and again as hamas has
00:51:42.084 --> 00:51:45.354
Threatened. so when we talk about the deal that donald
00:51:45.354 --> 00:51:48.357
Trump put on the table, there's 20 points of that deal. and of
00:51:48.357 --> 00:51:51.727
Course, anyone who has a heart is focused on the 20 hostages
00:51:51.727 --> 00:51:55.331
And the 28, the dead hostages coming home. but the more
00:51:55.331 --> 00:52:00.169
Important part in terms of of the future of the region, in
00:52:00.169 --> 00:52:04.407
Terms of stability, in terms of october 7th, not happening
00:52:04.407 --> 00:52:07.410
Again and again and again, is disarming and dismantling hamas
00:52:07.410 --> 00:52:11.347
And other terror group in the region. and if we are not able
00:52:11.347 --> 00:52:15.651
To do that, the money and the indoctrination coming together
00:52:15.651 --> 00:52:18.287
Will create more and more. october 7th. so again, it's a
00:52:18.287 --> 00:52:23.125
Day where we want to focus on the the former and not the
00:52:23.125 --> 00:52:26.028
Latter, and we want to focus on the possibility of bringing
00:52:26.028 --> 00:52:29.966
This other middle east to the region. and kudos to donald
00:52:29.966 --> 00:52:33.936
Trump. only donald trump can round up the moderate arab
00:52:33.936 --> 00:52:37.206
States and not just say, you know, let's move forward on
00:52:37.206 --> 00:52:40.543
This plan. he sold them a vision. he said, this is what
00:52:40.543 --> 00:52:44.013
We're moving forward with. you need to support israel. you
00:52:44.013 --> 00:52:47.617
Need to support the ceasefire. you need to put an end to
00:52:47.617 --> 00:52:50.653
Radicalization because you don't want it on your borders.
00:52:50.653 --> 00:52:53.055
Israel certainly doesn't want it for them. and we need to
00:52:53.055 --> 00:52:56.058
Move forward together. and because of his relationship
00:52:56.058 --> 00:52:59.128
With these nations, because of his vision that he was able to
00:52:59.128 --> 00:53:02.131
Sell, because of what he was able to do under the abraham
00:53:02.131 --> 00:53:05.601
Accords in his first term, he was able to get this deal
00:53:05.601 --> 00:53:08.271
Through. yeah, lisa, great points all around. and you make
00:53:08.271 --> 00:53:10.973
A key point. yesterday is a day to celebrate. but this was only
00:53:10.973 --> 00:53:14.310
Phase one. there is much work to be done. hey, on that
00:53:14.310 --> 00:53:17.179
Positive note though, you see the jubilation in israel today.
00:53:17.179 --> 00:53:20.383
The hostages return. hamas vanquished largely, the iranian
00:53:20.383 --> 00:53:23.452
Regime weakened. do you think the events we're seeing unfold
00:53:23.452 --> 00:53:26.389
Right now in the region can inspire freedom loving people?
00:53:26.389 --> 00:53:31.093
Dissidents in places like iran, other nations around the region,
00:53:31.093 --> 00:53:34.230
Really across the world, people who are starving for freedom.
00:53:34.230 --> 00:53:37.466
They see what just went down with israel. they see president
00:53:37.466 --> 00:53:41.237
Trump's support for israel, support for freedom loving
00:53:41.237 --> 00:53:44.106
Forces. maybe this could spark some inspiration around the
00:53:44.106 --> 00:53:46.942
Region and around the globe. absolutely. and i want to
00:53:46.942 --> 00:53:51.380
Remind people, and i'll never forget the eve of october 7th,
00:53:51.380 --> 00:53:55.985
2023. i had just filed a very large magazine article on the
00:53:55.985 --> 00:54:02.391
One year anniversary of the mahsa amini protests, and that
00:54:02.391 --> 00:54:05.928
Was the protest that began after the death of a 22 year
00:54:05.928 --> 00:54:11.233
Old iranian woman who was showing a bit of her hair under
00:54:11.233 --> 00:54:14.537
Her hijab. people ran into the streets, there were protests
00:54:14.537 --> 00:54:17.440
And people calling for the end of the regime. and you really
00:54:17.440 --> 00:54:20.376
Saw the courage and the bravery of the iranian people. it was
00:54:20.376 --> 00:54:24.480
Led by iranian women, but supported by iranian men and
00:54:24.480 --> 00:54:27.049
Everyone across the board. and it was truly probably the most
00:54:27.049 --> 00:54:32.355
Important protests that we've ever seen in the last 46 years
00:54:32.355 --> 00:54:36.392
Under this regime in iran. and then october 7th happened and
00:54:36.392 --> 00:54:40.563
All the focus was on stopping the hamas and stopping iran's
00:54:40.563 --> 00:54:45.768
Regime from supporting hamas. and all the focus was on
00:54:45.768 --> 00:54:49.238
Outside of of iran and not inside iran. so i think, you
00:54:49.238 --> 00:54:53.142
Know, it's important to say now, of course, this will give this
00:54:53.142 --> 00:54:57.146
Will invigorate every freedom loving person in the middle
00:54:57.146 --> 00:54:59.982
East to say we want an end to radicalism. and i think that's
00:54:59.982 --> 00:55:03.986
Where we see that support for something like the abraham
00:55:03.986 --> 00:55:07.723
Accords. most people in the middle east, we're not talking
00:55:07.723 --> 00:55:11.160
About gaza or the west bank or really radicalized houthis in
00:55:11.160 --> 00:55:14.330
Yemen or radicalized syrians in syria. we're talking about the
00:55:14.330 --> 00:55:18.167
People of saudi arabia and the people of bahrain. and the
00:55:18.167 --> 00:55:21.470
People who are their governments are now signatory
00:55:21.470 --> 00:55:23.672
To the abraham accords. they want better for their children.
00:55:23.672 --> 00:55:26.308
They do want them to have a life away from radicalism. and
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More than anything, those leaders want to keep that
00:55:30.312 --> 00:55:32.214
Extremism outside of of their borders as well. so, you know,
00:55:32.214 --> 00:55:36.252
We're looking at a time where people are absolutely
00:55:36.252 --> 00:55:40.322
Invigorated by the stability, prosperity and cleaning up of
00:55:40.322 --> 00:55:46.128
The middle east. a new page, a new day, a new dawn, however
00:55:46.128 --> 00:55:49.265
You want to call it. i think this will be an absolute page
00:55:49.265 --> 00:55:53.068
Turner for everyone in the middle east, and particularly
00:55:53.068 --> 00:55:56.505
The iranian people. there is such an organic, a symbiotic
00:55:56.505 --> 00:55:59.675
Relationship between the people of iran and the people of
00:55:59.675 --> 00:56:03.145
Israel. there's one thing i've always criticized israel's pr.
00:56:03.145 --> 00:56:08.517
We've seen the propaganda machine from hamas. we've seen
00:56:08.517 --> 00:56:10.453
The iran regime's political warfare machine and really
00:56:10.453 --> 00:56:14.690
Duping, whether it's college students or college professors
00:56:14.690 --> 00:56:18.227
Or the mainstream media or the woke left, the woke right,
00:56:18.227 --> 00:56:22.498
Whoever you want to call it, they have brainwashed everyone
00:56:22.498 --> 00:56:24.467
Across the board, and israel has not done a good job at
00:56:24.467 --> 00:56:27.970
Keeping up with that level of pr because they are honest and
00:56:27.970 --> 00:56:32.208
They have a democracy, of course. but the one thing i
00:56:32.208 --> 00:56:35.144
Will absolutely credit the israeli government, israeli
00:56:35.144 --> 00:56:39.048
Media, the israeli people with is making it absolutely clear
00:56:39.048 --> 00:56:43.018
As day that they stand in solidarity with the freedom
00:56:43.018 --> 00:56:47.056
Loving people of iran. and the the opposite is true as well.
00:56:47.056 --> 00:56:52.094
So many iranians that i get to speak to on a daily basis, that
00:56:52.094 --> 00:56:55.197
Support the people of israel that are celebrating side by
00:56:55.197 --> 00:56:58.567
Side with them today, that talk about a potential cyrus accords,
00:56:58.567 --> 00:57:02.438
A deal, a kind of an abraham accords, but between the people
00:57:02.438 --> 00:57:06.675
Of iran and the people of israel, because that is such a
00:57:06.675 --> 00:57:10.012
Natural relationship to hardworking, smart, freedom
00:57:10.012 --> 00:57:15.184
Loving people of the middle east who celebrate life and not
00:57:15.184 --> 00:57:18.087
Death, who want a life away from this extremism and really
00:57:18.087 --> 00:57:23.025
Want to see a new day for the middle east. so we do pray for
00:57:23.025 --> 00:57:26.195
The people of israel and the people of iran to have that
00:57:26.195 --> 00:57:29.398
Freedom away from this extremism and to find each
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Other again under cyrus accords. amen. lisa, from your lips to
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God's ears, the cyrus accords. love, lisa daftari folks, check
00:57:35.571 --> 00:57:39.008
Her out at the foreign desk. lisa, keep up the great work.
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God bless. we'll see you again soon. and folks, throughout
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This 90 minute special about the peace plan in gaza, we've
00:57:44.914 --> 00:57:48.317
Been showing you highlights from today, the incredible
00:57:48.317 --> 00:57:51.320
Reunions of israeli hostages reunited with their families.
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Here's another very moving clip. some scenes from earlier today.
00:57:54.290 --> 00:57:59.194
Take a look. israel adonai eloheinu adonai baruch atah.
00:57:59.194 --> 00:58:08.470
Adonai eloheinu. shimmy shimmy
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Shimmy shimmy. oh, stuttering. stuttering. oh. i'm. olive.
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Shimmy. oh, no! no. folks. just
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Incredibly powerful. and no one knows this better than our good
00:58:51.246 --> 00:58:55.417
Friend chris mitchell. he has been on the ground for 25 years.
00:58:55.417 --> 00:58:59.488
We call him the dean of middle east journalists. tbn news,
00:58:59.488 --> 00:59:03.225
Middle east bureau chief, host of course of the jerusalem
00:59:03.225 --> 00:59:06.195
Dateline show. hey brother. it is late at night in jerusalem.
00:59:06.195 --> 00:59:09.999
I know you've had a long day but chris 25 years on the
00:59:09.999 --> 00:59:14.269
Ground in god's city covering all this up close. have you
00:59:14.269 --> 00:59:17.239
Ever seen a day like today in israel? in all your time there?
00:59:17.239 --> 00:59:22.177
No, i don't think i have, eric. you know, after two years of
00:59:22.177 --> 00:59:26.248
This nightmare of all these hostages, 251 and now the 20
00:59:26.248 --> 00:59:31.286
Living remaining hostages are finally back home, 28, maybe 26
00:59:31.286 --> 00:59:36.258
Of those bodies yet to come home. but but the living ones
00:59:36.258 --> 00:59:41.664
And that emotional reunion just multiplied over and over again.
00:59:41.664 --> 00:59:45.267
You know, eric, i was at hostage square over the weekend.
00:59:45.267 --> 00:59:48.303
This is sort of the epicenter, the emotional heartbeat of
00:59:48.303 --> 00:59:52.675
People that were just advocating for those hostages.
00:59:52.675 --> 00:59:55.344
And, you know, many people say they were just telling me, we
00:59:55.344 --> 00:59:59.381
Can breathe again. once they come home, we can breathe again.
00:59:59.381 --> 01:00:02.151
It's like the family is home. they're reunited. you've been
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Here so many times, eric, you know that eric israel is more
01:00:05.220 --> 01:00:08.190
Like a family, and everybody is internalized these hostages as
01:00:08.190 --> 01:00:12.261
Their own, just like it would be their own son or daughter or
01:00:12.261 --> 01:00:16.765
Father or mother. and here they are coming home. and this first
01:00:16.765 --> 01:00:20.235
Phase of trump's plan, eric, i think, is just genius for them
01:00:20.235 --> 01:00:25.708
Because it allows israel to go on emotionally. i think there
01:00:25.708 --> 01:00:29.211
Will be a lot of divisions that may be healed internally here,
01:00:29.211 --> 01:00:34.216
And i feel like this is the only way that they can get back
01:00:34.216 --> 01:00:38.287
To being a society again, because there's so much angst
01:00:38.287 --> 01:00:42.224
About these family members that are finally come home and we
01:00:42.224 --> 01:00:46.061
See this incredible emotional reunions all throughout the day.
01:00:46.061 --> 01:00:50.099
Yeah, chris, we saw president trump, of course, who you
01:00:50.099 --> 01:00:53.001
Mentioned speak today at the knesset. he spoke in egypt. how
01:00:53.001 --> 01:00:56.171
Is he perceived in israel? he seems to be very, very popular
01:00:56.171 --> 01:01:00.209
Inside the world's one and only jewish state. well, eric, if he
01:01:00.209 --> 01:01:05.180
Ran for prime minister, he would win in a landslide. right
01:01:05.180 --> 01:01:07.616
Now, everybody is giving him the lion's share of the credit
01:01:07.616 --> 01:01:11.286
That he was able to broker this peace plan and bring all the
01:01:11.286 --> 01:01:14.323
Hostages back. it was like a love fest there in the knesset
01:01:14.323 --> 01:01:18.093
Today. so many standing ovations that he got during his
01:01:18.093 --> 01:01:22.464
Speech, very extemporaneous, very, very off the cuff in many
01:01:22.464 --> 01:01:26.635
Ways. but he they love president trump. there you see.
01:01:26.635 --> 01:01:30.472
Thank you, mr. president. that's down in tel aviv. there
01:01:30.472 --> 01:01:33.175
Were a number of banners in tel aviv and around israel just
01:01:33.175 --> 01:01:37.346
Giving him so much of the credit. but we also need to
01:01:37.346 --> 01:01:41.483
Give credit to the man that we have called the churchill of
01:01:41.483 --> 01:01:45.454
Our times here in israel, eric benjamin netanyahu was able to
01:01:45.454 --> 01:01:49.391
Manage this crisis for the last two years to navigate israel
01:01:49.391 --> 01:01:53.095
Not only to bring the hostages back, but also to defeat hamas.
01:01:53.095 --> 01:01:57.466
You know, i shouldn't say defeat hamas because they're
01:01:57.466 --> 01:02:00.969
Still there and they're promising not to disarm. but
01:02:00.969 --> 01:02:04.173
But he is able to navigate and develop this extraordinary
01:02:04.173 --> 01:02:08.143
Relationship between president trump and himself. and i think
01:02:08.143 --> 01:02:11.146
That really has been the key to make sure that we are where we
01:02:11.146 --> 01:02:15.017
Are right now in terms of the potential of more middle east
01:02:15.017 --> 01:02:18.921
Peace, with the caveat for the the dangers that lisa just
01:02:18.921 --> 01:02:23.392
Talked about. but right now she's, as she said, i think,
01:02:23.392 --> 01:02:27.329
Which is which is really we need to focus on today the the
01:02:27.329 --> 01:02:31.266
Joy, the reunion of coming home. you know, there's a scripture
01:02:31.266 --> 01:02:36.772
In jeremiah 31, i think, that prime minister netanyahu
01:02:36.772 --> 01:02:40.175
Referred to is they are coming home, back home. and so we can
01:02:40.175 --> 01:02:45.280
Rejoice in that today. amen. and that trump netanyahu
01:02:45.280 --> 01:02:48.450
Partnership. chris, we've talked about it a bunch. it is
01:02:48.450 --> 01:02:51.153
A partnership for the ages, quite literally. do you see
01:02:51.153 --> 01:02:54.056
Israel now with its enemies? not completely, but largely
01:02:54.056 --> 01:02:58.193
Vanquished, at least in the short term. do you see israel,
01:02:58.193 --> 01:03:01.463
Chris, in some ways, now about to step into its prophetic
01:03:01.463 --> 01:03:04.166
Destiny? i think of genesis 12 three. of course, the first
01:03:04.166 --> 01:03:07.469
Part of that verse, i will bless those who bless you. i
01:03:07.469 --> 01:03:10.339
Will curse those who curse you. god says to abraham about the
01:03:10.339 --> 01:03:13.275
People of israel and the jewish people. but the second part of
01:03:13.275 --> 01:03:16.378
That verse, we sometimes forget, god says to abraham, and
01:03:16.378 --> 01:03:19.615
Through you all nations on earth will be blessed. do you
01:03:19.615 --> 01:03:25.320
See israel perhaps now stepping into that destiny? more and
01:03:25.320 --> 01:03:29.992
More? i. very much so, eric. and you mentioned that it's now
01:03:29.992 --> 01:03:34.129
Becoming a regional superpower, even maybe a global superpower.
01:03:34.129 --> 01:03:38.367
Remember what happened two years ago, the worst day of
01:03:38.367 --> 01:03:42.170
Israel's history since the holocaust, and now they have
01:03:42.170 --> 01:03:45.040
Defeated or degraded almost every one of those seven
01:03:45.040 --> 01:03:48.343
Enemies that surrounded them the houthis, hamas, hezbollah,
01:03:48.343 --> 01:03:52.180
Iranian backed militias in iraq and syria. iran itself, who
01:03:52.180 --> 01:03:56.285
Would have guessed two years ago israel would be on the
01:03:56.285 --> 01:04:00.188
Precipice of really stepping into its prophetic destiny. and
01:04:00.188 --> 01:04:04.159
We see that, you know, prophecy unfolding before our brother,
01:04:04.159 --> 01:04:07.996
And we're just privileged to be able to report on that. the
01:04:07.996 --> 01:04:12.067
Amazing work you do day by day, telling people about and
01:04:12.067 --> 01:04:16.371
Explaining how we are living in prophetic times. and here we
01:04:16.371 --> 01:04:20.342
Are, israel, walking into its prophetic destiny. amen,
01:04:20.342 --> 01:04:24.279
Brother. and none of that happens without prayer. we were
01:04:24.279 --> 01:04:26.181
All praying, of course, the body of christ over the past
01:04:26.181 --> 01:04:29.051
Two years, but it seems like there's a revival stirring even
01:04:29.051 --> 01:04:32.187
In israel. a hunger for the god of israel. chris, about a
01:04:32.187 --> 01:04:35.157
Minute left, can you take us out here in prayer for israel,
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For america, the hostage and just the state of the world
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Right now? sure, father. we just lift this day up. we just
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Thank you, father, that so many families have been reunited
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Today. people have prayed for this fast and for this long for
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This, and cried out to you that these would come together. and
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Here we are. and father, we pray for the protection over
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The jewish people and the jewish state. we thank you that
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Your word says that you never slumber nor sleep, but you
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Watch over. we pray for wisdom for president trump. we pray
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For that for prime minister netanyahu, and we pray for
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Israel as it steps into its prophetic destiny. for such a
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Time as this, we pray for the reincarnation, lord willing, of
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The cyrus accords. as lisa talked about, that iran and
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Israel could be reunited as it was thousands of years ago. we
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Ask this in jesus name. amen. amen. the one and only chris
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Mitchell. check him out folks. tbn news jerusalem dateline
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Chris god bless brother. thanks for staying up late with us.
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We'll see you again soon. great to be with you eric. and
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Joining us now is richard goldberg. he is a senior
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Advisor at the foundation for defense of democracies in
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Washington, dc. and he led the fight at the national security
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Council during president trump's first term in
01:05:54.536 --> 01:05:57.172
Countering iran's weapons of mass destruction program.
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Richard, always great to see you. hey, can you talk about
01:06:00.342 --> 01:06:03.378
This historic partnership between president trump and
01:06:03.378 --> 01:06:07.315
Prime minister netanyahu? richard, i've compared them to
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A pair of modern day churchills working in tandem. talk about
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How the partnership is changing not only the region, but really
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Changing history. i think that's completely right. when
01:06:18.226 --> 01:06:21.897
You think about it, the operative recipe for president
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Trump's success in his first term was maximum pressure on
01:06:26.101 --> 01:06:30.272
Iran, combined with maximum support for our ally israel.
01:06:30.272 --> 01:06:34.676
And the face of that paradigm, arab countries said, hey, i
01:06:34.676 --> 01:06:39.414
Want to be part of this success. i want to be part of weakening
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Our enemies, those that don't want to see a better future for
01:06:43.552 --> 01:06:47.389
The middle east, strengthening partners that are leading the
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World, not just in defense technology, but as the
01:06:50.625 --> 01:06:53.995
President said today, innovation in the state of
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Israel. and that's how the abraham accords was born. well,
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President trump went right back to the recipe book when he took
01:06:59.067 --> 01:07:02.904
Office here, because over the last four years, we had seen a
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Switch where we were having a maximum deference policy to
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Iran and pressure on israel. it wasn't working. we got october
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7th. we had a seven front war. israel was under pressure to
01:07:12.914 --> 01:07:17.052
Basically surrender in that war. and had they done that, we
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Would have a very different picture today. instead,
01:07:20.288 --> 01:07:22.190
President trump came in and said, israel is our ally. there
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Are vital allies. he said today in front of the knesset.
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They're a democracy, shared values, obviously a leader in
01:07:29.831 --> 01:07:33.702
Defense technology, but in innovation, we're going to
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Support them. he lifted all the restrictions on military supply
01:07:36.271 --> 01:07:40.175
That joe biden had put on israel. he said we're going
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Back to maximum pressure on iran quickly and secretly
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Coordinated with prime minister netanyahu on what else israel
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Needed in order to finish the job against iran's ring of fire
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Around it, and also its nuclear and missile programs came in at
01:07:54.156 --> 01:07:58.193
The end with his own b-2 bomber strikes. and then all the other
01:07:58.193 --> 01:08:02.264
Cards sort of came together on the table here as as israel had
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Already decimated hezbollah. now you have iran itself cut
01:08:07.135 --> 01:08:10.438
Down to size. hamas on its last legs, a strike in doha that
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Even made the qataris, the sponsor of the muslim
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Brotherhood, fear for their own vulnerability. and president
01:08:18.446 --> 01:08:22.384
Trump was able to then go to the arab world and say, listen,
01:08:22.384 --> 01:08:26.121
I'm with the winner here. i'm with with my ally israel. we're
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Not abandoning them. i don't care what european power wants
01:08:29.124 --> 01:08:32.194
To get up at the un and recognize fictitious
01:08:32.194 --> 01:08:34.863
Palestinian state. i'm sticking with israel. you can be part of
01:08:34.863 --> 01:08:38.166
This win, and i can do a lot of great things for you. and i
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Think that what we saw today was getting all the hostages
01:08:42.037 --> 01:08:45.707
Out. while israel's military remains in gaza, the president
01:08:45.707 --> 01:08:48.376
Was there for a victory speech and a victory rally because
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This is truly the president, united states and the prime
01:08:52.013 --> 01:08:54.983
Minister of israel declaring victory over iran's ring of
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Fire against the islamic republic and all of their
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Terror axis, and saying that now, for those who want to be
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Part of that winner's circle, that want to be part of the us
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And israel's vision for the future of peace, come to the
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Table now, and i hope, i think we will start seeing the saudis,
01:09:12.334 --> 01:09:17.205
The indonesians, many other countries that don't have
01:09:17.205 --> 01:09:19.641
Normalized relations with israel say we want to be a part
01:09:19.641 --> 01:09:22.844
Of this future. and that is really why the president is
01:09:22.844 --> 01:09:25.480
Talking about the fact that he is the peacemaker in chief here,
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But he's doing that by having peace through strength. yeah, a
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Key point there, richard. great breakdown. and as you said,
01:09:32.254 --> 01:09:35.423
Look, israel, the united states and the free world, the big
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Winners today, big losers, hamas, of course, but by
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Extension, the head of the snake of that ring of fire that
01:09:41.196 --> 01:09:44.733
You mentioned, the iranian regime. you've called attention
01:09:44.733 --> 01:09:47.068
Speaking winners, losers and how things are going to shake
01:09:47.068 --> 01:09:49.271
Out in the aftermath of this historic day. you've called a
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Attention to the nefarious role that qatar has played, and the
01:09:52.340 --> 01:09:56.111
Regime in turkey as well. as we look ahead, what does the
01:09:56.111 --> 01:10:01.016
Future where does the future lie for qatar and turkey?
01:10:01.016 --> 01:10:04.452
They're going to angle to be a be more prominent players in
01:10:04.452 --> 01:10:07.922
The recovery plan in gaza. where do you see those two
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Troublesome regimes heading, and will the west hopefully
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Hold them accountable? yeah, this is a great question. and i
01:10:15.463 --> 01:10:19.134
Think obviously there's details in the plans for the next phase
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Of who's doing the demilitarization of gaza that
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That the president talks about, who's going to actually disarm
01:10:26.775 --> 01:10:30.645
And verifiably disarm hamas going forward? how is that
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Going to happen? who's going to be destroying the tunnel
01:10:34.482 --> 01:10:37.052
Infrastructure throughout gaza? all important questions. i
01:10:37.052 --> 01:10:39.454
Think one of the key questions that the president talks about
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Is the deradicalization of palestinian society. he said
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Today the palestinians need to spend more time focused on
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Building up their own people instead of tearing down israel.
01:10:49.164 --> 01:10:52.367
He's totally right. that's why past peace processes have
01:10:52.367 --> 01:10:55.570
Failed. so what are the key strategic impediments to that
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In front of us? i think one is the potential for radical
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Islamist forces to continue to have a hold over palestinian
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Society. that's the muslim brotherhood. hamas is a branch
01:11:06.181 --> 01:11:09.684
Of the muslim brotherhood who sponsors it. it's qatar, it's
01:11:09.684 --> 01:11:12.454
Turkey. how do we actually make sure that the muslim
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Brotherhood doesn't continue to have a grip there or elsewhere
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In the world, by the way, operations, the united states
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As well, we can designate that organization as a terrorist
01:11:21.196 --> 01:11:24.366
Group. what about al jazeera and turkish media that
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Radicalizes people throughout the arab world to hate america,
01:11:28.103 --> 01:11:32.640
Not just israel, that something has to be done there,
01:11:32.640 --> 01:11:35.276
Especially as we've seen al jazeera embedded with hamas
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Throughout this war. and then the other side of the coin is
01:11:38.413 --> 01:11:43.618
The united nations. the un obviously has a whole
01:11:43.618 --> 01:11:46.621
Institution and apparatus just dedicated to radicalizing
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Palestinians, to go to war with israel. that has to be
01:11:48.990 --> 01:11:52.594
Completely dismantled. hamas, islamic jihad, these are not
01:11:52.594 --> 01:11:56.264
Terrorist groups, according to the u.n. and so if we put the
01:11:56.264 --> 01:11:59.234
U.n. in any sort of responsibility role in the
01:11:59.234 --> 01:12:02.437
Reconstruction of gaza or in continuing their operations in
01:12:02.437 --> 01:12:05.540
Where the palestinian authority operates in the west bank,
01:12:05.540 --> 01:12:08.643
Judea and samaria, that's a recipe for continued failure
01:12:08.643 --> 01:12:11.079
And radicalization of the palestinian population. so we
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Have to deal with the muslim brotherhood, their sponsors,
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Their media, and we also have to deal with the united nations.
01:12:18.319 --> 01:12:22.190
Yeah, richard, great points all around. look, today, a day of
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Jubilation, of course, but much work needs to be done. still,
01:12:25.226 --> 01:12:28.163
This was only phase one of this gaza peace plan. and you make a
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Great point about the muslim brotherhood. it is time to
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Designate them the united states, to designate them as a
01:12:34.169 --> 01:12:37.272
Terrorist organization. officially, they are the
01:12:37.272 --> 01:12:40.241
Granddaddy of them all when it% comes to modern islamic terror.
01:12:40.241 --> 01:12:43.178
Richard. great breakdown folks. be sure to follow richard
01:12:43.178 --> 01:12:45.513
Goldberg on x and across social media. richard. great work. god
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Bless. we'll see you again soon. god bless. thank you all.
01:12:48.183 --> 01:12:53.087
Joining us now is our good friend michelle bachman, dean
01:12:53.087 --> 01:12:55.156
Of the robertson school of government at regent university,
01:12:55.156 --> 01:12:58.159
And of course, a former congresswoman. michelle, always
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Great to see you. and what a day to see you. hey, a day of
01:13:00.128 --> 01:13:04.299
Jubilation in israel for sure. but michelle, it seems to me
01:13:04.299 --> 01:13:07.135
This doesn't happen without president trump's leadership.
01:13:07.135 --> 01:13:09.304
And it seems with the western world seemingly heading off the
01:13:09.304 --> 01:13:13.241
Cliff. i think of great britain and france. it seems the united
01:13:13.241 --> 01:13:16.444
States more and more is really that shining city on a hill.
01:13:16.444 --> 01:13:21.850
And we saw that in full effect today. that's true. and we can
01:13:21.850 --> 01:13:25.787
Be we can just rejoice at the prayers of people all over the
01:13:25.787 --> 01:13:29.157
World for the last few years, because just think. but for god
01:13:29.157 --> 01:13:34.128
Intervening at butler, pennsylvania, we may not have
01:13:34.128 --> 01:13:38.132
Had president trump. and that came up during the remarks
01:13:38.132 --> 01:13:40.969
Today at the knesset. everyone realizes that there's a concept
01:13:40.969 --> 01:13:45.039
Known as irreducible complexity. you have to have a certain
01:13:45.039 --> 01:13:49.377
Number of factors at play for something to work. clearly,
01:13:49.377 --> 01:13:53.314
Bibi netanyahu had to be the prime minister of israel. for
01:13:53.314 --> 01:13:57.519
This to work. donald trump had to be the president of the
01:13:57.519 --> 01:14:01.189
United states. for this to work, they had to bomb the nuclear
01:14:01.189 --> 01:14:05.193
Facilities in iran. for this to work. so many things had to
01:14:05.193 --> 01:14:09.564
Work. that's why we're at this moment, and that's why no man
01:14:09.564 --> 01:14:14.202
Can take the credit for this, eric, not donald trump, not
01:14:14.202 --> 01:14:17.071
Bibi netanyahu, although they are great men. i don't take
01:14:17.071 --> 01:14:21.476
Away anything from them. god did this. it's just like in the
01:14:21.476 --> 01:14:25.079
Old testament when god told israel, you have to get on the
01:14:25.079 --> 01:14:28.316
Battlefield. i will win the battles, but you've got to get
01:14:28.316 --> 01:14:31.953
On the battlefield. and what we saw is absolute fearlessness on
01:14:31.953 --> 01:14:35.690
The part of president trump and bibi netanyahu. it was
01:14:35.690 --> 01:14:40.161
Fearlessness to go after this prize of bringing the hostages
01:14:40.161 --> 01:14:44.265
Home. today was a brilliant day. my day started at 3 a.m. the
01:14:44.265 --> 01:14:49.437
Lord woke me up at 3 a.m. i went to my favorite news sites,
01:14:49.437 --> 01:14:52.173
And then i watched everything live at the knesset. i was so
01:14:52.173 --> 01:14:55.977
Filled with joy and gratitude because like all of your
01:14:55.977 --> 01:15:00.381
Viewers, we've been praying nonstop for two years for this
01:15:00.381 --> 01:15:05.920
To happen. recently, we just did another 40 days of prayer
01:15:05.920 --> 01:15:09.223
And fasting at regent university. we had over 8000
01:15:09.223 --> 01:15:12.193
People sign up. we had, on average, about 1000 people
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Every day from all over the world praying for the hostages
01:15:16.097 --> 01:15:19.434
To come, praying for israel, praying for people to return to
01:15:19.434 --> 01:15:25.073
The lord and all the all our prayer requests. and i just
01:15:25.073 --> 01:15:28.176
Want to encourage anyone who was on that call. this is these
01:15:28.176 --> 01:15:31.980
Are the miracles we talked about. god hears prayer and
01:15:31.980 --> 01:15:35.617
Answers. this is a day of answered prayer prayers by jews
01:15:35.617 --> 01:15:40.622
At the western wall, prayers by family members praying for
01:15:40.622 --> 01:15:44.158
Their family members. praise prayers from america all over
01:15:44.158 --> 01:15:47.161
The world. people praying for this day so we can't take away
01:15:47.161 --> 01:15:52.200
From the fact just by focusing on man. this was clearly from
01:15:52.200 --> 01:15:56.337
The hand of god and the irreducible complexity of every
01:15:56.337 --> 01:16:01.009
Person that was needful. just even someone who doesn't get a
01:16:01.009 --> 01:16:04.512
Lot of credit, but who is a big player is ambassador mike
01:16:04.512 --> 01:16:07.515
Huckabee. we couldn't have a better ambassador than mike
01:16:07.515 --> 01:16:11.219
Huckabee at this point in history. so everyone played a
01:16:11.219 --> 01:16:15.156
Role, and i thank god for what it is. and if i could just go
01:16:15.156 --> 01:16:19.560
Back to what your previous guest was talking about with
01:16:19.560 --> 01:16:23.731
Deradicalization going forward in gaza, that is the number one
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Issue. when i was in the us congress, i originally filed
01:16:27.235 --> 01:16:30.938
The bill to name the muslim brotherhood a foreign terrorist
01:16:30.938 --> 01:16:34.308
Organization. i sat on the intelligence committee and i
01:16:34.308 --> 01:16:37.412
Knew the problem was the muslim brotherhood. and of course,
01:16:37.412 --> 01:16:40.348
Hamas is a franchise of the muslim brotherhood and so on.
01:16:40.348 --> 01:16:44.385
Numerous visits that i took to the middle east, i met with the
01:16:44.385 --> 01:16:48.656
Leadership of the palestinian authority, and i looked at the
01:16:48.656 --> 01:16:51.192
Textbooks that they teach their children from, just like your
01:16:51.192 --> 01:16:55.096
Viewers, when they sent their kids off to school in the
01:16:55.096 --> 01:16:58.032
Morning, they'd say something like, be kind and good to in
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All you say and do to your own children. that's how we treat
01:17:01.402 --> 01:17:05.606
Our children. not in not the the muslims that are in the in
01:17:05.606 --> 01:17:11.312
Gaza very different. they teach their children to hate another
01:17:11.312 --> 01:17:15.450
Group of people. they're very racist in gaza. they hate the
01:17:15.450 --> 01:17:20.455
Jews. i hate to say this, but they do. and how do we know
01:17:20.455 --> 01:17:24.292
This? israel offered a lot of money for gazans to come
01:17:24.292 --> 01:17:28.796
Forward and give them any intelligence on where the
01:17:28.796 --> 01:17:32.066
Hostages were, or various pieces of information. not one
01:17:32.066 --> 01:17:36.204
Person, not one taker in all of gaza. that's because the
01:17:36.204 --> 01:17:40.041
Mothers and the fathers taught their children. your highest
01:17:40.041 --> 01:17:45.146
Goal is to hate a jew and kill a jew. that's what has to
01:17:45.146 --> 01:17:49.283
Change. so whether it's coming from southern lebanon or gaza
01:17:49.283 --> 01:17:53.020
Or any of the countries surrounding israel, that's what
01:17:53.020 --> 01:17:56.724
Has to change. that's a monumental change. but it can
01:17:56.724 --> 01:17:59.360
Be done. it happened after world war two, when the allies
01:17:59.360 --> 01:18:04.132
Decisively destroyed imperial japan. they had the japanese
01:18:04.132 --> 01:18:07.602
Had to be de-radicalized, just like in nazi germany. the
01:18:07.602 --> 01:18:12.840
Germans have been brainwashed toward hitler. they had to be
01:18:12.840 --> 01:18:15.943
Radicalized, which is brainwashed out of their hatred.
01:18:15.943 --> 01:18:19.547
That's what has to happen now. and more than anything,
01:18:19.547 --> 01:18:23.584
Rebuilding apartment complexes or anything. nothing should go
01:18:23.584 --> 01:18:26.154
Forward until the deradicalization the
01:18:26.154 --> 01:18:30.024
Brainwashing out of the brainwashing has to happen
01:18:30.024 --> 01:18:33.427
First. such a key point. michelle and president trump
01:18:33.427 --> 01:18:35.429
Talked about exactly that today in his knesset speech talking
01:18:35.429 --> 01:18:39.000
About the palestinians. let's take a look. yes. we don't have
01:18:39.000 --> 01:18:43.271
The clip right now. hopefully we will in a minute. but
01:18:43.271 --> 01:18:46.841
Michelle, great breakdown again. the deradicalization of gaza is
01:18:46.841 --> 01:18:50.111
An absolute must. i don't think it happens without the god of
01:18:50.111 --> 01:18:54.348
Abraham, isaac and jacob. as you said, we do have that clip.
01:18:54.348 --> 01:18:58.319
Michelle live tv. let's take a quick look. and the choice for
01:18:58.319 --> 01:19:02.657
Palestinians could not be more clear. this is their chance to
01:19:02.657 --> 01:19:06.527
Turn forever from the path of terror and violence. it's been
01:19:06.527 --> 01:19:10.398
Extreme to exile the wicked forces of hate that are in
01:19:10.398 --> 01:19:15.169
Their midst, and i think that's going to happen. i've met some
01:19:15.169 --> 01:19:18.406
People over the last couple of months that want to see it
01:19:18.406 --> 01:19:21.275
Happen very much. and after tremendous pain and death and
01:19:21.275 --> 01:19:26.214
Hardship, now is the time to concentrate on building their
01:19:26.214 --> 01:19:29.183
People up instead of trying to tear israel down. we don't want
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That to happen again. amazing. michelle. i'm so glad he called
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That out. number one. and number two, we only have about
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A minute left with you, unfortunately. but revival
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Stirring in america, you see that up close? obviously at
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Regent university, even israelis turning more and more
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To the god of abraham, isaac and jacob, it seems that we are
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Moving into some very important prophetic times. how do you see
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It? about a minute left. we're in revival, so we've all been
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Praying for it. we're in it. church attendance is up by 15%,
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And it's younger people that are going to church. and the
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Gender breakdown is there's more males going to church than
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Females. so young women, if you want to find a man, go to
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Church because young men are going to church. so we keep
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Praying and we want to go from revival to an awakening. and we
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Do that by keeping in the word of god and then by obeying the
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Word of god. so as we pray for revival now, we pray for
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Awakening so that our society changes and that will bring
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True reformation here in our nation, but also around the
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World. michelle, great to see you as always. and what a day,
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An historic day. and you've been doing great work, of
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Course, at the jerusalem prayer breakfast as well. sounding the
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Alarm. michelle, we appreciate everything you're doing. god
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Bless. we will see you again soon. the one and only michelle
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Bachman folks. follow her on x and across social media again
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Folks, what a day as we wrap up here. and for me, look, i've
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Been covering this covering the region, covering israel for
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About 23 years. professionally, i've been to israel well over
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30 times. i have never quite seen a day like this. the
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Absolute jubilation among the people of israel, the unity in
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The nation. look, we've covered it here on tbn over the past
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Few years, in particular right before the october 7th massacre.
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There was great division in israel, political upheaval.
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Then october 7th happens. the nation unites, the nation
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Rallies around the hostages. now the hostages are home. it
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Was a day in which political affiliation ideology was pretty
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Much thrown out the window, and the entire nation was in
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Celebration mode, and rightly so. as michelle bachman just
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Said, i see god's hand all over a divine hostage rescue
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Released from captivity. and now what happens to hamas?
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There's a few questions that certainly still need to be
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Answered. this was only phase one. the hostages were released.
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Excellent, by the way, something to keep in mind.
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Israel, as part of this deal, had to release thousands of
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Palestinian prisoners from israeli jails, including
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Hundreds of hardened palestinian terrorists who were
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Serving life sentences. so israel not only paid a heavy
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Price on the battlefield, but paid a heavy price in this deal.
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But ultimately, the people of israel, the leadership of
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Israel, prime minister netanyahu said, look, it is
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Worth it to bring home those 20 living israeli hostages. but
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Hamas playing games, as we mentioned earlier here in this
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Special report, there are the remains of 28 deceased israeli
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Hostages murdered by hamas, and the hamas ghouls hung on to
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Their remains in gaza. now, hamas released the remains of
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Only four of those victims handed them over today. but
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Israel is still awaiting the arrival of the remains of 20
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Dead israelis from hamas's clutches. hamas has not handed
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Them back yet. so again, a demonic force, a modern day
01:23:06.300 --> 01:23:10.237
Nazi death cult like hamas is playing games. not to be
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Surprised or not surprising there, but at the end of the
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Day, on october 7th, 2023, folks, two years ago, hard to
01:23:18.446 --> 01:23:22.116
Believe hamas signed its own death warrant. unbeknownst to
01:23:22.116 --> 01:23:25.986
Hamas, it was hamas's crowning achievement, or so they thought.
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And then president trump came along with this peace plan, and
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It gave hamas two very stark and very clear options. number
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One, lay down your arms and hand back the hostages and
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Essentially go into exile. you will never, ever, never have a
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Part in the governance of gaza ever again. or, number two,
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Choose to fight on and hold on to the hostages and be utterly
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Destroyed. that's the choice hamas was facing. and once the
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Arab and muslim nations got on board with president trump's
01:23:58.052 --> 01:24:00.621
Plan, in particular turkey and qatar, which have so much
01:24:00.621 --> 01:24:05.593
Influence over their fellow muslim brotherhood brethren in
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Hamas, the writing was on the wall for hamas and now gaza. we
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Shall see what happens. president trump put forward
01:24:13.167 --> 01:24:15.469
That really interesting plan several months ago about
01:24:15.469 --> 01:24:19.240
Revitalizing gaza, turning it into kind of a global economic
01:24:19.240 --> 01:24:22.376
Zone with some waterfront property there on the
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Mediterranean. it truly is a beautiful strip of land, no
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Doubt. we'll see what comes next. again, that hinges on
01:24:29.049 --> 01:24:32.686
Hamas disarming. and that's going to happen. i believe it
01:24:32.686 --> 01:24:35.656
May take some time, but in the meantime, today again, a day of
01:24:35.656 --> 01:24:40.127
Jubilation, folks. you just witnessed history. i believe it
01:24:40.127 --> 01:24:43.164
Was prophetic and biblical history as well. but no doubt
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You witnessed history. israel is not just any other nation.
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It was miraculously reborn in 1948 and god is doing, has done
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And will do mighty things through this tiny nation again
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The size of not just new jersey, the size of the dallas-fort
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Worth metroplex. that's how small israel is. yet it has
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Outsized influence in world affairs, and i believe that
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Will only increase in the days and years to come. fasten your
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Seat belts. we're glad to have a front row seat to bring it to
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You every night here on tbn. thanks for joining us. god
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Bless you and we'll see you soon.
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Special Report Erick Stakelbeck: Gaza Peace Plan

October 13, 2025 | 87:6

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