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Stakelbeck Tonight | Erick Stakelbeck: The State of the Iranian Axis | Stakelbeck Tonight | July 17, 2026
- Welcome to
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- Stakelbeck tonight i'm erick stakelbeck and the world's
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- Most chaotic, strategic and prophetic region
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- Is being reshaped before our very eyes.
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- The middle east has gone through
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- Seismic changes since the october 7th massacre,
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- And with iran's regime on the ropes,
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- We could be on the verge of a new day for the region.
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- But there's still much
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- Work to be done and new threats are emerging.
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- So what does it all mean for america, israel and you?
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- Joining me now from jerusalem to break it down is mati
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- Shoshani, co-host of boots on the ground,
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- Seen right here on tbn every thursday night.
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- Great to see you, my friend,
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- And always great to have you with us, mati.
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- Hey. let's start. big picture.
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- We've got a lot of ground to cover.
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- Let's start big picture where we are at.
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- It's hard to believe,
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- But the october 7th massacre was now nearly three years ago.
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- And in many ways, mati, it seems that iran and its axis
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- Signed its own death warrant on that day.
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- How do you see it right now?
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- Iran in trouble. obviously, the u.s.
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- Restarting serious military action over the past few days.
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- How do you see the landscape of the region right now
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- And the state of the iranian axis?
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- First of all, erick, it's
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- Always great to be with you and to answer.
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- It's a really good question where you're asking,
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- Which is where are we in this process?
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- I think many people had this expectation
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- In their minds, maybe in their hearts,
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- That it's going to be a bang and over kind of operation,
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- You know, it's going to fall and it's going to happen.
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- Maybe not overnight, but as close as possible to that.
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- But if we zoom out for just a second and talk
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- About what's happened in the last,
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- Well, let's say since february, but definitely
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- If you go back to october 7th, the iranian ideology,
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- The iranian doctrine when it comes to warfare,
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- Was built around the ring of fire doctrine
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- Surrounding israel and other u.s. allies.
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- It's called u.s.
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- Forces in this region
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- Surrounding them by terrorists and proxy groups.
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- That's the houthis in yemen, that's in lebanon, hamas
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- In gaza,
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- Islamic jihad and hamas in judea and samaria, and several
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- Other pockets of terrorism globally and regionally.
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- And most of those
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- Proxies are gone or diminished to a great degree.
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- Much of their military power has been diminished
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- To a great degree.
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- Much of their leadership
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- Has been diminished to no longer existent.
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- And the list goes on and on.
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- If you're looking at this from a percentage perspective,
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- The damage to the iranian regime is very, very significant.
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- And the challenge here, as people looking at this
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- And trying to get an answer to when is this going to end?
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- Where are we on a scale from one to regime change?
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- You never really know when the tipping point is coming.
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- That's really the challenge in history,
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- The challenge in geopolitics.
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- I will say this.
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- Israel and the united states have dealt the iranian regime
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- A very substantial series of blows, setting back
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- The military capability,
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- Their leadership, their command and control
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- Systems, ballistic missiles, their financial mechanisms
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- Behind them, much of what they do.
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- A lot of it is taking a substantial beating.
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- But we're not over yet.
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- And that's really the challenge.
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- We're in the in-between season.
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- We're we're waiting to see what iran does next,
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- Trying to reach an agreement with an entity
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- That has no desire to reach an agreement, and
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- Wanting, ultimately to safeguard the passage of ships
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- Through the strait of hormuz, and, of course, both for israel
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- And the us allies in the gulf states.
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- Yeah, mati great breakdown.
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- Is it your sense that the iranian regime
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- Would essentially like to string these talks along?
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- The talks
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- Pretty much are off the table right now
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- As military action restarts, but the regime would like to
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- String the us along essentially
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- Until president trump leaves office january 2029.
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- And then the regime is back to its old tricks.
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- Is that your sense? it seems to be their m.o.
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- Over the past 47 years.
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- Yeah, i think that's an accurate depiction, really.
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- We need to understand the the memo,
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- The modus operandi of the iranian regime.
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- They're not waiting for trump to go home and end his term
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- For them to go back to building iran.
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- That's never their desire.
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- It hasn't been in the past, and it's
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- Not going to be in the future.
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- What they are about is bringing forward this end
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- Times eschatological theology that has to do with the mahdi.
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- And, you know, this, this really destructive narrative.
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- And that's what they're promoting.
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- They want to hurt their population,
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- And they do so with and without our help.
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- Well, let's put it that way.
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- And they want to harm israel and the united states,
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- Not necessarily in that order.
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- That's not going to change.
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- And really, the way to look at this is not a binary
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- Yes or no iran.
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- It's understanding that this is always a conflict
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- As long as the ayatollah regime is in power
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- And as long as the supreme leader is in power,
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- We're not exactly sure
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- Who's pulling all the strings right now in iran.
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- But let's say it's the mullahs, the clerics and the irgc.
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- As long as they're in power,
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- They're going to continue pushing in that direction
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- And direction of destruction and suffering for others.
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- But but i don't want people to lose hope here in this
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- Because, again, it's not a black and white game.
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- It's weakening, pushing back, harming the iranian regime's
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- Ability to fight.
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- That is the end goal here.
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- And ultimately, if that regime and when that regime topples,
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- It's going to happen like this almost overnight, like
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- Many of these revolutions do.
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- It's just almost impossible
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- To see the signs until it really happens.
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- And i think that's what we should be praying for
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- And hoping for when it comes to the iranian regime.
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- So well said. i love the point.
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- You made a very relevant point about the ideology that drives
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- This regime.
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- We're talking
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- That so-called twelver ideology, the mahdi that's wealthy mom.
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- It's an apocalyptic
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- Islamic end times ideology that ultimately drives him.
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- Hey, about a minute left and we'll bring you right back.
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- Is it your sense that iran's nuclear program, at least
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- For now, is pretty much dead and no pun intended, buried?
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- No, no.
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- Definitely not.
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- Iran never stopped trying to develop a bomb.
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- They're always working on a contingency plan
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- Because they've made lessons
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- From history and seen that in their mind,
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- The best thing they can pursue
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- Is some kind of nuclear capability,
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- Even not reaching full bomb capability,
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- But having a threshold sort of position that's good for them.
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- We've seen recent developments in pickax mountain,
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- Where they're trying to bury enriched
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- Uranium and facilities underground,
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- As testament to the fact that they want to make sure
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- That it's
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- At least a bargaining chip that they can use in the future,
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- If not actually pursuing a bomb now or sometime in the
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- In the later future. yeah. mati so true.
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- I mean, the nature of evil, right? it is relentless.
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- They will not stop unless they are decisively crushed.
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- Great stuff with our good friend shoshone folks.
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- Check them out.
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- Youtube, the tbn israel channel x instagram across
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- Social media.
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- Of course.
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- Every thursday night here on tbn. co-host
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- With our good friend yaya pinto of boots on the ground.
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- Coming up,
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- Mati mentioned the strait of hormuz,
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- Where there's another strategic waterway in the region
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- Not too far from the strait of hormuz that may be under siege.
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- How can that impact you?
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- Find out with mati after the break. stick around.
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- Find out with mati after the break. stick around.
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- Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight.
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- We're talking
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- Friend mati shoshani,
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- Co-host of boots on the ground, seen right here on tbn.
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- Set your dvrs every thursday night, 9:30 p.m.
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- Eastern time.
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- Do not miss it, mati,
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- We were talking about the strait of hormuz.
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- Everyone's talked about the strait of hormuz right now.
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- But there's another crucial maritime choke point the bab
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- El mundo strait.
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- Now, that kind of separates yemen from africa.
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- And the houthis, of course, that iran backed terror group
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- Have a strong presence in yemen.
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- Now, we're hearing rumblings that the houthis may try on
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- Iran's orders, of course, may try to shut down the bob
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- Almond straight.
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- And look, some 10 to 12% of the world's trade
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- Passes through that waterway every day.
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- What's the latest on the houthi situation?
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- And that would be a nightmare scenario.
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- It seems that
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- The strait of hormuz and the bab el mundo strait jeopardized.
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- Yeah.
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- So i think that's a great point.
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- Straits really are this choke hold
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- On, on global trade specifically for ships and sort of
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- By the nature of the business, they're slow and they're big
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- And they're easy to target and harm.
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- And again they carry expensive cargo.
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- So they're very risk averse in the way they operate.
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- They make the perfect target for terrorists
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- Who want to fire a rocket
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- And jeopardize global trade and economies that happen in the
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- Strait of hormuz.
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- And it's been threatened once again
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- To happen in the straits of mandeb,
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- Leading into the red sea.
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- And we've been in this, this game before.
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- The houthis have tried to do this before.
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- I need to say a couple of things to to clarify the difference,
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- Though the bubble up straight is considerably wider than the
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- Strait of hormuz actually is, so it's a lot harder
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- To completely close.
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- It's a lot harder to completely jeopardize
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- The ships in as it as it happens in the strait of hormuz.
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- But it is a threat.
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- And this is the way the iranians operate.
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- For the most part, they operate through proxies,
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- And they usually try to use
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- The threat of violence versus just using straight on violence,
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- Because it's more effective and gives them
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- Considerably more bang for buck when it comes to that effect.
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- And the houthis have been their allies,
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- Their friends, their partners in crime
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- For a very long time now,
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- Both in creating destruction in their country
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- And destabilizing the region and fighting against the saudis,
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- Which are sworn
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- Enemies of the iranians for multiple different reasons
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- That we won't go into right now.
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- And, of course, the hotels are perfectly placed
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- To also jeopardize travel
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- Through the red sea or into the red sea
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- Leading to the suez
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- Canal, and again, a huge disrupter of global trade.
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- But i need to say a couple of things here.
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- This war is, to a great degree, a financial and attrition war.
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- What we're witnessing now,
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- These press releases that we're hearing from the hopis
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- And we should take them as press releases,
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- Not just as war threats and more chance by them.
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- This is all a game, and it's a high stakes
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- Game, but a game in which
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- Iran is trying to disrupt
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- Global trade and humiliate the united states
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- By causing damage to the markets.
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- And the us is using military, financial and diplomatic tools
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- To try and create a counter effect to that.
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- And they're doing so very successfully.
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- By the way,
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- If you follow the press releases from the white house,
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- If you follow the schedules and went to operations
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- Or carried out against iran by the united states,
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- There's a deep understanding of the financial mechanics
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- Over there, and also in the way the markets respond globally.
- 00:11:05.857 --> 00:11:09.260
- And president trump and his, let's call it war cabinet,
- 00:11:09.260 --> 00:11:13.030
- Have been incredibly successful in preventing prices from going
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- Too high and the disruption to global trade
- 00:11:16.634 --> 00:11:19.237
- Being very dramatic up to this point
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- Over a several month conflict.
- 00:11:21.305 --> 00:11:23.074
- And i think we need to
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- Acknowledge how effective it's been so far.
- 00:11:24.776 --> 00:11:27.111
- So yes, there is a threat is a detrimental to global trade.
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- It is not.
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- And we need to remember that
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- The us and israel
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- Have a substantial military presence in the region.
- 00:11:33.651 --> 00:11:36.053
- And we've shown repeatedly over the last couple of years
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- That we know to find the leadership
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- And their targets when we need to.
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- Yeah, they've been a lot more quiet
- 00:11:42.894 --> 00:11:44.428
- In the past year, needless to say, have been the houthis.
- 00:11:44.428 --> 00:11:46.998
- And you make good point to mati.
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- Yes. and gas prices have risen since february
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- When operation epic fury slash roaring lion kicked off.
- 00:11:51.636 --> 00:11:54.705
- But nowhere near the nightmare
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- Scenarios that some were predicting.
- 00:11:56.841 --> 00:11:59.477
- Speaking of nightmares and speaking of iran's proxies,
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- You just returned from northern israel near the lebanon border.
- 00:12:02.747 --> 00:12:06.284
- Hezbollah, another situation
- 00:12:06.284 --> 00:12:08.252
- Where they're down but they're not out.
- 00:12:08.252 --> 00:12:11.322
- What's the latest up north? marty, we know the u.s.
- 00:12:11.322 --> 00:12:13.891
- Has been brokering negotiations between the u.s.
- 00:12:13.891 --> 00:12:16.894
- And the lebanese,
- 00:12:16.894 --> 00:12:18.062
- Between israel, i'm sorry, and the lebanese government,
- 00:12:18.062 --> 00:12:20.464
- But hezbollah still there has not disarmed.
- 00:12:20.464 --> 00:12:23.868
- What's the latest on the ground in lebanon?
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- Well, i'll give you it straight from the source
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- I just interviewed this afternoon,
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- A high ranking officer
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- In one of the elite units in the idf,
- 00:12:32.710 --> 00:12:34.545
- And he just came out two days ago from lebanon
- 00:12:34.545 --> 00:12:37.915
- After spending a considerable
- 00:12:37.915 --> 00:12:39.150
- Amount of time dismantling infrastructure inside lebanon.
- 00:12:39.150 --> 00:12:42.520
- And i need to remind people
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- At home or watching this, he's spent a lifetime
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- Building fortifications
- 00:12:47.658 --> 00:12:49.393
- Inside of lebanon for the purpose
- 00:12:49.393 --> 00:12:50.761
- Of attacking israel and gathering weaponry
- 00:12:50.761 --> 00:12:53.497
- And training a population to be a war tool against israel.
- 00:12:53.497 --> 00:12:57.935
- They're not freedom fighters.
- 00:12:57.935 --> 00:12:59.036
- They're not there to liberate the people of lebanon.
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- They are
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- There to be the evil doers on behalf of the iranian regime.
- 00:13:02.673 --> 00:13:06.244
- If ever there
- 00:13:06.244 --> 00:13:07.345
- Was an imperial force, if ever there was a, let's call
- 00:13:07.345 --> 00:13:10.147
- It, a mercenary force in the middle east,
- 00:13:10.147 --> 00:13:11.949
- It is on behalf of iran.
- 00:13:11.949 --> 00:13:14.719
- They were created in their image with their funding.
- 00:13:14.719 --> 00:13:17.255
- The name was given to them by iran.
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- Iranian leadership and their funding,
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- Training and equipment
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- Continues to come and originate from iran.
- 00:13:22.426 --> 00:13:25.363
- That's a reality that we have to put on the table.
- 00:13:25.363 --> 00:13:27.999
- That's locally.
- 00:13:27.999 --> 00:13:29.066
- The idf continues to fight against hezbollah
- 00:13:29.066 --> 00:13:32.603
- Infrastructure and strongholds within lebanon,
- 00:13:32.603 --> 00:13:35.072
- With the very clear purpose of pushing them as far back
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- As we can from the israeli border and israeli civilians,
- 00:13:38.242 --> 00:13:41.312
- And importantly,
- 00:13:41.312 --> 00:13:42.313
- Also eliminating pockets of resistance of that.
- 00:13:42.313 --> 00:13:45.983
- Are some of them closed off in areas
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- Where they're surrounded by the idf
- 00:13:47.919 --> 00:13:49.520
- That's locally now internationally.
- 00:13:49.520 --> 00:13:51.822
- To your question, there's an ongoing negotiation
- 00:13:51.822 --> 00:13:54.258
- Taking place,
- 00:13:54.258 --> 00:13:55.559
- Sort of at the behest and with the backing
- 00:13:55.559 --> 00:13:57.361
- Of the united states between israel and lebanon.
- 00:13:57.361 --> 00:13:59.997
- And the idea is simple,
- 00:13:59.997 --> 00:14:01.198
- And it's been in the making for over a year at this point,
- 00:14:01.198 --> 00:14:04.135
- It's to empower the lebanese
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- Government sufficiently and the lebanese
- 00:14:05.937 --> 00:14:08.172
- Fighting forces sufficiently so they can take israel's place
- 00:14:08.172 --> 00:14:12.043
- In specific pockets.
- 00:14:12.043 --> 00:14:13.444
- It's called the pilot program, replacing them one at a time.
- 00:14:13.444 --> 00:14:16.881
- Idf withdraws
- 00:14:16.881 --> 00:14:18.049
- Lebanese forces replace them and allowing them to push
- 00:14:18.049 --> 00:14:20.785
- Against hezbollah.
- 00:14:20.785 --> 00:14:21.953
- Now, this is no simple task.
- 00:14:21.953 --> 00:14:23.988
- Lebanon is a country that's been war
- 00:14:23.988 --> 00:14:25.656
- Torn and internally suffering from severe problems
- 00:14:25.656 --> 00:14:29.560
- For many, many years now.
- 00:14:29.560 --> 00:14:30.962
- And hezbollah is one of those big problems.
- 00:14:30.962 --> 00:14:33.264
- They need funding and they need training,
- 00:14:33.264 --> 00:14:35.099
- And they need diplomatic
- 00:14:35.099 --> 00:14:36.834
- And even practical support on the ground to do that.
- 00:14:36.834 --> 00:14:39.603
- Finally, i think we're getting to the point
- 00:14:39.603 --> 00:14:41.839
- Where both the us and several european countries
- 00:14:41.839 --> 00:14:44.442
- Are expressing willingness
- 00:14:44.442 --> 00:14:46.077
- To really give that practical help, as is the idf, by the way.
- 00:14:46.077 --> 00:14:49.380
- And i think we're able to see a future now in lebanon,
- 00:14:49.380 --> 00:14:52.516
- A country that used to be considered
- 00:14:52.516 --> 00:14:53.951
- The french riviera of the middle east and
- 00:14:53.951 --> 00:14:55.753
- And really was a beautiful country,
- 00:14:55.753 --> 00:14:57.788
- Both in topography and nature and people.
- 00:14:57.788 --> 00:15:00.358
- They might have a future that expels hezbollah and starts
- 00:15:00.358 --> 00:15:04.095
- Rebuilding that country.
- 00:15:04.095 --> 00:15:05.096
- Now, rebuilding is a lot harder than destroying.
- 00:15:05.096 --> 00:15:06.998
- But i think finally, after many, many years, decades, i guess
- 00:15:06.998 --> 00:15:11.602
- We're able to see a future in which lebanon
- 00:15:11.602 --> 00:15:13.337
- Would be able to rebuild itself without hezbollah being present
- 00:15:13.337 --> 00:15:16.707
- And sabotaging things in the country.
- 00:15:16.707 --> 00:15:19.910
- Great breakdown, god willing. right?
- 00:15:19.910 --> 00:15:21.679
- A new day in lebanon. it's been a long, long time.
- 00:15:21.679 --> 00:15:24.515
- The long suffering people of lebanon, much like iran,
- 00:15:24.515 --> 00:15:27.618
- Long suffering under tyrannies, iran and hezbollah.
- 00:15:27.618 --> 00:15:31.789
- Coming up, we're talking about
- 00:15:31.789 --> 00:15:32.990
- Iran, hezbollah, hamas, the houthis, the axis.
- 00:15:32.990 --> 00:15:36.494
- You do know already, but are you aware of any merging threats?
- 00:15:36.494 --> 00:15:41.198
- Some consider it the next iran.
- 00:15:41.198 --> 00:15:44.135
- And guess what? it's a nato member nation.
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- Get the inside story from mati shoshani after the break.
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- Don't move.
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- Don't move.
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- Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight.
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- We are talking to the man, mati shoshani.
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- Folks, a few things i want you to do right now.
- 00:16:01.519 --> 00:16:03.187
- Number one, go over to youtube and subscribe to the tbn israel
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- Youtube channel.
- 00:16:06.957 --> 00:16:08.159
- Number two, set your dvrs every thursday night, 9:30 p.m.
- 00:16:08.159 --> 00:16:11.762
- Eastern time, right here on tbn.
- 00:16:11.762 --> 00:16:13.230
- You can check out
- 00:16:13.230 --> 00:16:14.265
- Mati, his co-host yair pinto boots on the ground.
- 00:16:14.265 --> 00:16:17.735
- Incredible, incredible analysis, commentary,
- 00:16:17.735 --> 00:16:20.371
- And from a biblical perspective, from the very heart
- 00:16:20.371 --> 00:16:23.674
- Of the middle east.
- 00:16:23.674 --> 00:16:24.575
- Mati, great to have you back with us.
- 00:16:24.575 --> 00:16:25.876
- Hey, we're talking iran's ring of fire for much of the show.
- 00:16:25.876 --> 00:16:28.979
- I want to shift a bit now
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- To what i see as an emerging threat.
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- We're talking turkey and nato member nation, the second
- 00:16:33.384 --> 00:16:36.520
- Largest military in nato, behind only the united states.
- 00:16:36.520 --> 00:16:40.324
- Tape.
- 00:16:40.558 --> 00:16:41.425
- Erdogan engages and i think some of the
- 00:16:41.425 --> 00:16:43.761
- Most vicious anti-israel and anti-semitic rhetoric
- 00:16:43.761 --> 00:16:47.665
- This side of the iranian regime.
- 00:16:47.665 --> 00:16:49.500
- Marty, he's been a big supporter of hamas.
- 00:16:49.500 --> 00:16:52.903
- He's talked about conquering jerusalem.
- 00:16:52.903 --> 00:16:55.072
- He's muslim brotherhood through and through.
- 00:16:55.072 --> 00:16:58.042
- And it seems that israel is concerned about him as well.
- 00:16:58.042 --> 00:17:01.912
- How do you see the erdogan situation right now?
- 00:17:01.912 --> 00:17:04.315
- Is he poised to perhaps
- 00:17:04.315 --> 00:17:06.450
- Fill a vacuum left by the collapse of the iranian axis?
- 00:17:06.450 --> 00:17:11.288
- Well, before i answer, erick, i want to credit you and say
- 00:17:12.456 --> 00:17:15.025
- That more than a decade ago,
- 00:17:15.025 --> 00:17:17.027
- You repeatedly talked about the fact
- 00:17:17.027 --> 00:17:18.596
- That he is going to be a huge threat to the global peace.
- 00:17:18.596 --> 00:17:21.732
- And we talked about this on back in
- 00:17:21.732 --> 00:17:24.001
- The good old watchmen days and in personal conversations.
- 00:17:24.001 --> 00:17:27.171
- You saw this coming and sadly, in the middle east.
- 00:17:27.171 --> 00:17:30.307
- And i guess in this part of the world, empires may rise
- 00:17:30.307 --> 00:17:33.110
- And they may fall, but they never really go away.
- 00:17:33.110 --> 00:17:35.079
- And logan is exactly that.
- 00:17:35.079 --> 00:17:36.914
- It's the same spirit of the ottoman empire
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- That wants to conquer, wants to control just with him.
- 00:17:40.584 --> 00:17:43.521
- There's a spice of radical islam and a deep seated
- 00:17:43.521 --> 00:17:47.291
- Anti-semitism towards israel.
- 00:17:47.291 --> 00:17:49.260
- Israel looks, and i need a understate this
- 00:17:49.260 --> 00:17:52.997
- Every time that he comes to the global stage once more,
- 00:17:52.997 --> 00:17:56.700
- Our country publicly responds in a very visceral way
- 00:17:56.700 --> 00:18:00.638
- Against it.
- 00:18:00.638 --> 00:18:01.872
- This man has publicly expressed repeatedly
- 00:18:01.872 --> 00:18:04.642
- His hatred to the jewish people, a desire for,
- 00:18:04.642 --> 00:18:07.545
- I mean, hurting the nation of israel
- 00:18:07.545 --> 00:18:10.414
- Only purely from an ideological perspective.
- 00:18:10.414 --> 00:18:12.383
- It's not a practical conversation.
- 00:18:12.383 --> 00:18:14.218
- It's not bedded in in any kind of logic that makes sense.
- 00:18:14.218 --> 00:18:17.321
- Aside from the spiritual side of this,
- 00:18:17.321 --> 00:18:19.557
- This entire conversation,
- 00:18:19.557 --> 00:18:20.958
- And he's always looking for a stake
- 00:18:20.958 --> 00:18:23.027
- And a place to shove his interest in the middle east.
- 00:18:23.027 --> 00:18:25.663
- If it's in syria, when it gets destabilized,
- 00:18:25.663 --> 00:18:28.232
- If instead lebanon,
- 00:18:28.232 --> 00:18:29.533
- If it's when the kurds are mentioned
- 00:18:29.533 --> 00:18:31.235
- In any context in the middle east,
- 00:18:31.235 --> 00:18:33.337
- You know, first and foremost
- 00:18:33.337 --> 00:18:35.206
- On the line to get them, they're in the business of this
- 00:18:35.206 --> 00:18:37.841
- Topic is turkey, led by eldon that wants to have a stake
- 00:18:37.841 --> 00:18:41.579
- In this. and again, his intent is malicious.
- 00:18:41.579 --> 00:18:44.114
- He has sponsored terrorism against israel.
- 00:18:44.114 --> 00:18:46.317
- He has sent, even in recent months,
- 00:18:46.317 --> 00:18:48.953
- Flotillas to, quote unquote, liberate the people of gaza
- 00:18:48.953 --> 00:18:52.523
- That mean nothing but to use terrorism against the government
- 00:18:52.523 --> 00:18:56.260
- And the people of israel, a very dangerous,
- 00:18:56.260 --> 00:18:59.263
- A very alarming individual who's just been on this ongoing
- 00:18:59.263 --> 00:19:03.067
- Trend to bring more havoc into this part of the world.
- 00:19:03.067 --> 00:19:06.270
- And and i think we need to recognize him for what he is.
- 00:19:06.270 --> 00:19:09.073
- He's a muslim radical.
- 00:19:09.073 --> 00:19:10.341
- He has declared over every possible stage
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- That he's planning to carry out a ideologically motivated,
- 00:19:12.776 --> 00:19:17.147
- Violent attack against israel,
- 00:19:17.147 --> 00:19:19.083
- And he wants to see the demise of the state of israel.
- 00:19:19.083 --> 00:19:22.052
- So well said on every front, and it's hard to believe.
- 00:19:22.052 --> 00:19:25.022
- But before erdogan took office in 2002,
- 00:19:25.022 --> 00:19:28.826
- Turkey was a great friend to israel.
- 00:19:28.826 --> 00:19:30.561
- The united states, westernized, had about a minute left.
- 00:19:30.561 --> 00:19:33.497
- Can't let you go without a quick israeli political breakdown.
- 00:19:33.497 --> 00:19:37.268
- Elections, i believe october 27th or 28th.
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- Coming up, bibi once again standing.
- 00:19:39.770 --> 00:19:42.306
- And the likud party wants to sta
- 00:19:42.306 --> 00:19:46.577
- Naftali bennett.
- 00:19:46.977 --> 00:19:47.945
- Yahya lapid isn't a coalition forming
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- Only about a minute left.
- 00:19:51.348 --> 00:19:52.416
- But the latest
- 00:19:52.416 --> 00:19:53.851
- Your political forecast as we look ahead to october.
- 00:19:53.851 --> 00:19:56.587
- Still early, i know, but it's the conversation is growing now.
- 00:19:56.587 --> 00:20:00.858
- Yeah, it's too early to call any kind of numbers right now.
- 00:20:01.992 --> 00:20:05.029
- But what we do know is these are the first elections
- 00:20:05.029 --> 00:20:07.531
- That are taking place since october 7th, 2023 started.
- 00:20:07.531 --> 00:20:11.435
- It's a dramatic when it comes to security.
- 00:20:11.435 --> 00:20:13.470
- It's dramatic when it comes to caring responsibility
- 00:20:13.470 --> 00:20:16.740
- For what has happened in the last couple of years,
- 00:20:16.740 --> 00:20:18.709
- Whether this can be counted
- 00:20:18.709 --> 00:20:19.777
- As a success or failure, or both of them.
- 00:20:19.777 --> 00:20:22.346
- For prime minister netanyahu and his leadership of this country
- 00:20:22.346 --> 00:20:25.316
- In recent years.
- 00:20:25.316 --> 00:20:26.317
- But there's a huge shift in the political map
- 00:20:26.317 --> 00:20:29.153
- Just to talk about a few enormous young demographic
- 00:20:29.153 --> 00:20:32.423
- That makes up at least six seats in the knesset
- 00:20:32.423 --> 00:20:35.626
- That has never voted before, and much of it leans very right
- 00:20:35.626 --> 00:20:39.396
- Wing, very orthodox or very arab,
- 00:20:39.396 --> 00:20:42.066
- By the way, that's the demographic
- 00:20:42.066 --> 00:20:43.500
- That's entering the voter circle in this country.
- 00:20:43.500 --> 00:20:47.871
- Again,
- 00:20:47.871 --> 00:20:49.106
- The draft of the orthodox into the idf is a huge art in israel.
- 00:20:49.106 --> 00:20:52.876
- Even today, as we're speaking,
- 00:20:52.876 --> 00:20:54.745
- There were demonstrations that closed off one of the main
- 00:20:54.745 --> 00:20:56.914
- Highways in the country over this topic.
- 00:20:56.914 --> 00:20:59.783
- Again, a lot of really, really big topics.
- 00:20:59.783 --> 00:21:01.952
- And then you have finances that are,
- 00:21:01.952 --> 00:21:03.954
- You know, a big issue because of the war
- 00:21:03.954 --> 00:21:05.422
- Financing and everything else that's happening in the world.
- 00:21:05.422 --> 00:21:08.692
- There's a lot going on.
- 00:21:08.692 --> 00:21:10.060
- Again, there's a lot that's going to change.
- 00:21:10.060 --> 00:21:11.428
- There's a lot of political spin.
- 00:21:11.428 --> 00:21:13.664
- But i just say, let's pray for this before the elections come.
- 00:21:13.664 --> 00:21:16.834
- That's where i would end.
- 00:21:16.834 --> 00:21:17.935
- We're going to do that. exactly that after the break.
- 00:21:17.935 --> 00:21:20.070
- By the way, monte, look, israeli elections, late
- 00:21:20.070 --> 00:21:22.239
- October, big elections, midterms
- 00:21:22.239 --> 00:21:24.108
- Here in the us, early november, a need for prayer.
- 00:21:24.108 --> 00:21:27.111
- And we're going to do that with mati for the break.
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- Stick around for a closing prayer from jerusalem.
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- Stick around for a closing prayer from jerusalem.
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- Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight.
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- We're closing out with our good friend mati shoshani.
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- Mati, they say that in jerusalem, god is a local call.
- 00:21:45.061 --> 00:21:49.232
- So can you take us out in prayer
- 00:21:49.232 --> 00:21:51.467
- For america and israel and the world?
- 00:21:51.467 --> 00:21:55.438
- I'll just say that in jerusalem, we have no choice but to pray
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- Because things are usually difficult.
- 00:21:58.441 --> 00:22:00.410
- But let me just say this one
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- We're commanded to pray for the peace of jerusalem,
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- Or commanded to pray for god's will to be done on earth
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- As it is in heaven, and to pray for our leadership.
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- So let's do exactly that.
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- Father god,
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- We just thank you
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- For being sovereign, for being having dominion over
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- Everything that happens in this earth.
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- And we put before you everything that we discussed today
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- And just declare your will over this middle east.
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- And we pray specifically for our leadership,
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- Regardless of our political opinions.
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- We pray for president trump, racial prime minister netanyahu,
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- We pray for the leaders of this region,
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- Including those of the gulf states, ms..
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- Nbc and others.
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- We pray for supernatural wisdom
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- For those individuals and also supernatural protection
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- For our men and women in arms, both israelis and americans
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- Who are fighting to protect this country
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- And this region against
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- The greatest evil of our time, the iranian ayatollah regime.
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- And we ask god that you, your will, be done on earth
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- As it is in heaven,
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- That you continue to protect and safeguard the people of israel
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- And put your peace on this city, on your city, jerusalem.
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- I'm in. amen.
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- Mati great being with you, my friend.
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- Shabbat shalom.
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- God bless.
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- Keep up the great work, mati. we'll see you again soon. yes.
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- And, folks, boots on the ground every thursday night.
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- Tv and israel on youtube.
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- He's sure to check mati out.
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- Hey, have a great weekend.
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- Until next week. god bless you.
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- We'll see you soon.
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