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Allen Jackson: FragileCeasefire | Allen Jackson Now

June 10, 2026 | 22:11

Allen Jackson: FragileCeasefire | Allen Jackson Now
Fleur Hassan-Nahoum joins Allen Jackson to discuss current events.
#News #War #Israel #Terrorism #Nations #Military #Government #Leaders #Leadership #Peace #Politics #Relationships #Division #Hatred #JewishTradition #Persecution #Discrimination #Evil #AllenJackson #FleurHassan-Nahoum

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Allen Jackson NOW | Allen Jackson: FragileCeasefire | Allen Jackson Now | June 10, 2026
  • Well, good evening and welcome to nashville.
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  • I'm alan jackson.
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  • Just what it appeared the middle east
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  • Might be stepping back from the edge.
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  • Iran reminded the world
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  • Why peace in the region remains so difficult to achieve.
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  • The iranian regime launched missiles at israel,
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  • Sending millions of israelis into bomb shelters
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  • And threatening a fragile ceasefire
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  • That had been holding since early spring.
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  • Well, israel intercepted the missiles,
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  • Limiting the damage,
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  • But life once again in israel has been upended.
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  • Iran launched the missiles after israel targeted
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  • Hezbollah positions in beirut.
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  • Meanwhile, president trump,
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  • Who's been working to advance negotiations with tehran.
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  • Well, he expressed frustration that the missile attacks came
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  • Just as an agreement appeared to be within reach.
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  • The situation quickly escalated further after iran shot down
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  • A u.s.
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  • Military helicopter.
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  • Well, it was just patrolling over the strait of hormuz.
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  • Iran has tried to link nearly every conflict in the region
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  • To its broader negotiations with the united states.
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  • Hezbollah, the iranian backed terrorist organization
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  • That dominates much of southern lebanon.
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  • Well, they've been in one of tehran's
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  • Most important tools for projecting power
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  • And threatening israel's northern border
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  • Through hezbollah, hamas and the houthis.
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  • Iran has spent
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  • Decades building influence across the middle east.
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  • There are reports emerging suggesting that iran's
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  • Revolutionary guard is facing growing financial pressure,
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  • The same regime that always
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  • Seems to find money for hezbollah, hamas
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  • Or terrorism abroad.
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  • They may be finding it harder to sustain the system
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  • That has allowed it to project power
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  • Throughout the region now for decades.
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  • So what does this latest attack tell us about the regime
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  • In tehran?
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  • Is iran escalating because it feels stronger
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  • Or because it feels increasingly vulnerable?
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  • You know, when we hear
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  • About missile attacks on israel, it no longer shocks us.
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  • In fact, it's often glossed over by the media.
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  • But for the israelis, life is anything but normal.
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  • Imagine going to bed on a sunday night,
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  • Only to find yourself awakening up to sirens
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  • And a sudden new reality monday morning.
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  • Kindergartens, elementary schools, high schools all shut
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  • Down.
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  • Israel's robust public transportation abruptly reduced.
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  • Large public gatherings have been canceled,
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  • Limiting everything from sporting events
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  • To community activities.
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  • Israel's hospitals they activate emergency protocols.
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  • They move patients into protected facilities.
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  • Some of them are even underground.
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  • Missile sirens repeatedly interrupting daily life, sending
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  • Families rushing to shelters with very little warning.
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  • You know, for israelis, ordinary activities
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  • Like commuting, shopping, going to work,
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  • They become secondary to personal safety.
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  • Well, that's the reality for the people living in israel
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  • And the illogical hatred of the jewish people.
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  • It just continues.
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  • This hatred has infiltrated
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  • The minds of many in our own nation.
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  • You know, we've always known that some in the muslim world
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  • Hated the jews in the nation of israel.
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  • That's not news.
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  • But what has shocked me
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  • Is the depth of anti-semitism in our own nation.
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  • Even on conservative media platforms.
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  • It's become popular to single out
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  • Israel as particularly controlling
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  • Or manipulative on the global scene.
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  • This perspective is strikingly unaware of larger
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  • Global realities,
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  • Such as china's aggressive efforts to surpass u.s.
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  • Leadership or russia's war on ukraine in a power grab
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  • That has led to more than a million deaths or radical
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  • Islam's reign of global terror that has lasted for decades.
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  • To create an attitude that suggests israel
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  • And the jewish people
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  • Are the global puppet masters responsible
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  • For all the destructive forces we see.
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  • It's just a loud repetition of an old, old hatred.
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  • And unfortunately, the christian church
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  • Has too often been the conduit
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  • For such blatant disregard for the jewish people.
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  • As christians, we need a spiritual awareness
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  • To what's happening and to recognize that israel.
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  • It does matter.
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  • I don't believe that you can understand the bible
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  • If you don't have some insight and understanding
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  • Into the role of israel and the jewish people.
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  • Modern israel is the fulfillment of god's promise.
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  • The jewish people,
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  • They're a living testament to the faithfulness of god.
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  • Let it be clear the jewish people aren't perfect.
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  • We shouldn't
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  • Imagine that
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  • Every policy in israel is godly, or that slavish obedience to
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  • The every wish of the israeli government
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  • Should be demanded of christians.
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  • Any expression of ungodliness that you can find
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  • In the united states, you can find it in israel.
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  • But the bible says that every one on earth
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  • Will be blessed through the descendants
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  • Of abraham, isaac, and jacob.
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  • It's in our best interest to bless them and to understand
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  • God's purposes.
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  • God sent jesus, our messiah, to be born into their lineage
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  • Without the jewish people, there'd be no salvation.
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  • Every spiritual blessing, our entire spiritual inheritance
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  • We owe to the jewish people
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  • During this time of war with the jewish nation unfairly
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  • Being singled out and blamed
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  • For much of the world's injustices.
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  • It's important that we maintain a biblical perspective.
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  • I pray that in this season will not be manipulated
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  • By the forces of wickedness
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  • Into yet another season of hating the jews.
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  • Understanding why israel matters,
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  • And why the jewish people have a unique place in god's agenda
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  • And his purposes.
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  • It enables us to pray in cooperation with him,
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  • To see his purposes emerge in all the earth.
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  • God is moving.
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  • Let's have the courage and the clarity to track with him.
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  • What a moment.
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  • We'll get an up close look at what
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  • It's like on the ground, as we're joined by israel's
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  • Special envoy, flor hassan, to whom
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  • I'll be right back.
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  • I'll be right back.
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  • Well, tonight
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  • We're joined by the special envoy
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  • For israel's foreign ministry.
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  • Floor. hassan.
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  • The room.
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  • Welcome to the show floor.
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  • Thank you so much for having me, pastor.
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  • You know, president trump continues
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  • Down the path of negotiations with iran.
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  • He seems determined to at least
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  • Try to make diplomacy work rather than return to war.
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  • What's the consensus in israel, as this timeline
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  • Seems to drag on?
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  • And iran has attacked israel again over this past weekend.
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  • Well, we just don't believe you can make a deal with the devil.
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  • And that's exactly what the islamic republic of iran is.
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  • They may lie.
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  • They may pretend that they want a resolution, but ultimately
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  • They're playing for time
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  • The way that have been playing for time for decades.
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  • I actually believe that president trump
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  • Knows this really well, but he needs to give a chance
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  • To the diplomatic resolution of this.
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  • And i think he's going to realize pretty quickly
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  • That his people are simply playing around.
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  • Vice president
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  • Vance expressed his opinions on hopes for diplomacy,
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  • Which to hear the clip, and that i want to get your reaction.
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  • I don't assume that anybody is acting in good faith.
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  • Obviously, we've been very involved
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  • In these negotiations, jesse.
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  • We're going to take the attitude of accomplish
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  • The president's mission, but verify over the long term
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  • That the iranians are keeping their end of the bargain.
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  • The iranians don't want this war to continue.
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  • It's not in their best interest.
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  • And i think they're coming to the table
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  • Putting some real things on the table.
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  • We're of course, going to verifiably.
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  • Well, i'm certainly not the vice president
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  • Of the united states,
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  • But i'm not certain i agree with him
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  • About the iranians interest in that war.
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  • Do you have an opinion?
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  • Well, he's right about one thing.
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  • There's certainly no negotiating in good faith.
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  • And i
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  • Again, i believe that whatever they're putting on the table,
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  • They're lying.
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  • They will say whatever they need to say
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  • In order to
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  • Get the united states and israel to stop attacking them.
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  • They're on the ropes.
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  • And ultimately,
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  • All they want right now is their survival.
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  • They don't care about the 92 million people
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  • That live in iran.
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  • They only care of the survival of the poisonous jihadi regime.
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  • And the sooner we all realize that, the better.
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  • And so whatever they do
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  • Throwing, it's not in good faith and won't be real.
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  • And so, yes, i understand that you have to give
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  • Negotiated settlement a chance, but we've been here before.
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  • These people are only interested in surviving.
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  • They'll sell their mother to survive.
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  • And ultimately, i believe that we have to keep going
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  • Until they are no longer in power.
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  • In iran, for the people of iran, for the region and for
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  • The world
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  • With some unimaginable way,
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  • This regime were to survive as an israeli.
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  • Do you believe this has all been worth it?
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  • Well, it has been worth it in many ways.
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  • Whether they survive or not,
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  • And i actually do believe they won't survive.
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  • Whether it takes six months or a year or two year or two weeks.
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  • They won't survive.
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  • They can't survive
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  • Because the people don't want them anymore,
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  • Because they have basically murdered their own people,
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  • Murdered their own people.
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  • Think about that.
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  • Not an enemy, but their own people.
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  • So this regime has already started his countdown.
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  • But we don't know when it's going to fall.
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  • So i think weakening them to the point
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  • That the people of iran feel empowered enough,
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  • Go out on the street and risk their lives.
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  • I think it was worth it.
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  • I do believe we've set them back with the missile launchers,
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  • With their ballistic capabilities and with their
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  • Nuclear capabilities.
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  • So it was worse,
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  • And i need to believe that it was worth it
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  • Because we were running into shelters.
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  • So, so five, six weeks.
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  • And so even if it's just to strengthen the people of iran,
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  • Be able to topple this very poisonous regime themselves,
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  • It would have been worth it.
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  • Well, i think your point is very well taken.
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  • It's the iranian people that have suffered
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  • Five decades of horrific authoritarian abuse.
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  • Tens of thousands
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  • Of their people murdered for something
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  • As simple as speaking against the government.
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  • They are the ones who have suffered the most.
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  • And we pray they find a way
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  • To give expression to their desire for freedom.
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  • Exactly.
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  • They repress anyone who is not an extremist islamist.
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  • You know, there's
  • 00:10:21.914 --> 00:10:22.781
  • There's, in fact, a christian community,
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  • Which is growing in iran, but it's all underground
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  • Because it will kill you
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  • If you, if you say that you're a christian.
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  • The jews are living in a cage.
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  • Practically.
  • 00:10:32.424 --> 00:10:34.059
  • You know, whoever could get out, got out.
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  • And so, yes, this is what we're talking about.
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  • These people are evil.
  • 00:10:37.930 --> 00:10:39.465
  • Well, and your northern border, hezbollah, continues to reject
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  • The cease fire brokered between israel and lebanon.
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  • You know, sirens
  • 00:10:46.672 --> 00:10:47.873
  • Still send that sound across the northern part of israel.
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  • Seems to me it's impossible to negotiate
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  • When the ones behind the occupation are rejecting
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  • The integrity of the negotiation.
  • 00:10:57.282 --> 00:11:00.486
  • Well, you have to understand that hezbollah
  • 00:11:00.486 --> 00:11:02.788
  • Is a simply an army of the islamic regime.
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  • Once you understand that they they that's who they are.
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  • They are.
  • 00:11:10.496 --> 00:11:11.463
  • They're on me. on israel's northern border.
  • 00:11:11.463 --> 00:11:13.265
  • They've destroyed lebanon
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  • And destroyed the potential of so many wonderful people there.
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  • And they lebanon has zero territorial conflict
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  • Or dispute with israel.
  • 00:11:22.141 --> 00:11:23.542
  • This is all about the destruction of israel,
  • 00:11:23.542 --> 00:11:26.145
  • Which is, of course, the purpose of the islamic republic
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  • And its proxy, hezbollah.
  • 00:11:29.148 --> 00:11:31.150
  • So hezbollah has to be eliminated,
  • 00:11:31.150 --> 00:11:33.485
  • But it's the regime, the islamic republic regime come down.
  • 00:11:33.485 --> 00:11:37.389
  • Hezbollah ceases to be a strategic threat to israel.
  • 00:11:37.389 --> 00:11:41.226
  • So really,
  • 00:11:41.226 --> 00:11:42.361
  • It's all centers around the islamic republic of iran.
  • 00:11:42.361 --> 00:11:47.466
  • Well, the annual
  • 00:11:47.866 --> 00:11:49.034
  • Israel day parade recently took place in new york city.
  • 00:11:49.034 --> 00:11:51.804
  • I believe you got to attend in person.
  • 00:11:51.804 --> 00:11:54.072
  • It's the first time in many years
  • 00:11:54.072 --> 00:11:55.841
  • That new york's mayor chose not to attend,
  • 00:11:55.841 --> 00:11:59.144
  • But he's attended a long list of other cultural events.
  • 00:11:59.144 --> 00:12:02.181
  • What were the sentiments
  • 00:12:02.714 --> 00:12:03.882
  • Among the jewish community in new york that were there?
  • 00:12:03.882 --> 00:12:06.618
  • Well, first of all, because you didn't go,
  • 00:12:07.486 --> 00:12:09.321
  • More people showed up. so i love that.
  • 00:12:09.321 --> 00:12:11.557
  • I love that when people see
  • 00:12:11.557 --> 00:12:14.226
  • That there's, you know, an insult here.
  • 00:12:14.226 --> 00:12:17.362
  • And a essentially dehumanizing
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  • Of the jewish community in his own city.
  • 00:12:20.532 --> 00:12:22.734
  • More people showed up.
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  • I have never been to such, an incredible event.
  • 00:12:23.902 --> 00:12:28.240
  • There was at least 100,000 people there.
  • 00:12:28.240 --> 00:12:30.809
  • It was a beautiful day.
  • 00:12:30.809 --> 00:12:33.245
  • There were many jews, but also many allies, many christians.
  • 00:12:33.245 --> 00:12:37.616
  • There was even muslims against anti-semitism group.
  • 00:12:37.616 --> 00:12:40.953
  • It was very encouraging.
  • 00:12:40.953 --> 00:12:42.387
  • Just the dose of love there that we need right now
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  • We're back now with israel's foreign ministry special envoy
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  • Floor hassan nahum for you recently launched campus israel.
  • 00:13:14.219 --> 00:13:18.824
  • It's an alternative for jewish students
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  • Who are facing anti-semitism.
  • 00:13:20.392 --> 00:13:22.527
  • Can you tell us a bit more about it?
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  • Sure.
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  • Israel, as you know, is a start up nation is the home
  • 00:13:25.964 --> 00:13:29.401
  • Of incredible technological innovation.
  • 00:13:29.401 --> 00:13:32.804
  • It is all coming from
  • 00:13:32.804 --> 00:13:34.306
  • Our academic institutions, from our universities.
  • 00:13:34.306 --> 00:13:37.676
  • And in israel, we still have something
  • 00:13:37.676 --> 00:13:40.979
  • Called critical thinking, which means that people learn
  • 00:13:40.979 --> 00:13:43.815
  • How to debate healthily, how to disagree in a safe way.
  • 00:13:43.815 --> 00:13:48.120
  • And unfortunately,
  • 00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:49.388
  • I feel that around the world, campuses have lost that ability.
  • 00:13:49.388 --> 00:13:52.591
  • They're not teaching kids anymore.
  • 00:13:52.591 --> 00:13:55.360
  • How to say that?
  • 00:13:55.360 --> 00:13:56.695
  • Teaching them what to think.
  • 00:13:56.695 --> 00:13:58.964
  • And so i learned campus israel.
  • 00:13:58.964 --> 00:14:01.700
  • For it to be an academic destination,
  • 00:14:01.700 --> 00:14:03.669
  • We have a lot of incredible
  • 00:14:03.669 --> 00:14:05.504
  • International schools here that do full degrees in english.
  • 00:14:05.504 --> 00:14:09.341
  • They do junior year abroad, they do semester abroad.
  • 00:14:09.341 --> 00:14:11.710
  • They do master's post-grad degrees in english.
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  • Top universities, top academics.
  • 00:14:14.680 --> 00:14:16.949
  • And the cost is so much more affordable
  • 00:14:16.949 --> 00:14:19.484
  • Than the united states.
  • 00:14:19.484 --> 00:14:20.986
  • And so i started this organization to encourage
  • 00:14:20.986 --> 00:14:24.690
  • Jews to consider, studying, doing college in israel.
  • 00:14:24.690 --> 00:14:28.560
  • But now, once i've built the infrastructure, i'm
  • 00:14:28.560 --> 00:14:31.596
  • Also very busy creating a semester abroad
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  • For christian students so that they can learn
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  • Archeology, biblical hebrew, biblical studies, where they can
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  • Basically get to walk around, the footsteps of jesus.
  • 00:14:43.408 --> 00:14:47.612
  • So that's something that i am working on as well, in parallel.
  • 00:14:47.612 --> 00:14:51.616
  • The main thing is to market israelis, academic institutions
  • 00:14:51.616 --> 00:14:55.587
  • As one of the only places on earth left where
  • 00:14:55.587 --> 00:14:59.157
  • Critical thinking and healthy disagreements still exists.
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  • Well,
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  • I'm someone who's benefited from israel's academic system.
  • 00:15:04.863 --> 00:15:07.065
  • I had the privilege of studying
  • 00:15:07.065 --> 00:15:08.100
  • At hebrew university in jerusalem,
  • 00:15:08.100 --> 00:15:10.302
  • And it was a fascinating year.
  • 00:15:10.302 --> 00:15:13.305
  • So i need to get more people like you,
  • 00:15:13.305 --> 00:15:16.675
  • In of the younger generations to come
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  • And have that same experience as part of what we're doing.
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  • I will join you in that initiative.
  • 00:15:22.681 --> 00:15:25.083
  • Let's change directions a little bit.
  • 00:15:25.083 --> 00:15:27.019
  • Another conflict that israel
  • 00:15:27.019 --> 00:15:28.186
  • Has had to deal with in recent months has been gaza.
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  • What are your thoughts on what should happen in gaza
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  • As you begin to look towards the future for that area?
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  • Well, again, we have in gaza a poisonous leadership, hamas
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  • That is stealing from its own people, abusing
  • 00:15:41.566 --> 00:15:45.037
  • Its women, taking child soldiers,
  • 00:15:45.037 --> 00:15:48.306
  • Marrying 12 year old girls to fully grown men.
  • 00:15:48.306 --> 00:15:51.877
  • We have a toxic regime there
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  • From the same islamist book as the islamic republic of iran.
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  • And even though israel has taken basic territory
  • 00:15:59.618 --> 00:16:02.821
  • To protect our communities from the terrorists,
  • 00:16:02.821 --> 00:16:06.391
  • Unfortunately the terrorists are still running gaza every day.
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  • They're stealing aid trucks.
  • 00:16:11.229 --> 00:16:13.298
  • And even though we have what
  • 00:16:13.298 --> 00:16:15.167
  • President trump, created, which is the board of peace,
  • 00:16:15.167 --> 00:16:18.837
  • Nobody has yet managed to disarm hamas.
  • 00:16:18.837 --> 00:16:22.340
  • And hamas will not disarm on its own.
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  • And in the end, it'll probably be
  • 00:16:24.843 --> 00:16:26.144
  • Israel will have to go in and disarm, the gaza strip.
  • 00:16:26.144 --> 00:16:29.714
  • Meanwhile, 80% of the gazans are saying
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  • That if they have the opportunity
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  • To leave the gaza strip, they want to leave.
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  • And so i think we should facilitate
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  • And whoever wants
  • 00:16:39.491 --> 00:16:40.492
  • To help the gazans to get them out of there,
  • 00:16:40.492 --> 00:16:42.360
  • Because as long as hamas is in power, nothing will change.
  • 00:16:42.360 --> 00:16:46.832
  • And again, you know, the whole thing is the same pasta.
  • 00:16:46.832 --> 00:16:49.801
  • It's the same hezbollah.
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  • It's the same hamas, and it's the same
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  • As the islamic republic of iran.
  • 00:16:52.771 --> 00:16:54.706
  • A scorpion is always a scorpion.
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  • It can't change its colors.
  • 00:16:57.075 --> 00:16:59.444
  • It can't change its nature.
  • 00:16:59.444 --> 00:17:01.346
  • The very nature of these ideologues zealots
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  • Is simply to convert the world, and who kill anybody who
  • 00:17:04.749 --> 00:17:08.153
  • Doesn't convert.
  • 00:17:08.153 --> 00:17:09.354
  • And that is what the whole of western society is facing.
  • 00:17:09.354 --> 00:17:13.859
  • Israel is simply the first line of defense,
  • 00:17:13.859 --> 00:17:16.862
  • But they're coming for everyone.
  • 00:17:16.862 --> 00:17:19.898
  • Well, i'm
  • 00:17:20.198 --> 00:17:21.433
  • Curious if the iranian regime falls and hamas and hezbollah,
  • 00:17:21.433 --> 00:17:23.902
  • They lose their funding and their their base of support.
  • 00:17:23.902 --> 00:17:28.140
  • As you said, the ideology and the mindset of those people
  • 00:17:28.140 --> 00:17:31.143
  • Won't change.
  • 00:17:31.143 --> 00:17:32.043
  • Will they just withdraw from those areas
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  • And then regroup in someplace else to begin
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  • Invoking terror on israel and the rest of us?
  • 00:17:36.581 --> 00:17:40.185
  • Oh, yes.
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  • I mean,
  • 00:17:41.386 --> 00:17:42.187
  • Quite possibly, but you've still got
  • 00:17:42.187 --> 00:17:43.788
  • Problematic countries like qatar
  • 00:17:43.788 --> 00:17:45.991
  • That is hedge against banks, and it's funding islamist
  • 00:17:45.991 --> 00:17:49.261
  • Terrorism and is funding propaganda
  • 00:17:49.261 --> 00:17:51.263
  • In america against israel and against western values.
  • 00:17:51.263 --> 00:17:55.000
  • So a lot of problems.
  • 00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:56.701
  • But the islamic republic of iran
  • 00:17:56.701 --> 00:18:00.172
  • Was funding hezbollah to a tune of $1 billion a year.
  • 00:18:00.172 --> 00:18:05.010
  • What is hezbollah going to do
  • 00:18:05.010 --> 00:18:06.278
  • Without that billion dollars a year?
  • 00:18:06.278 --> 00:18:07.979
  • They were funding some massive were aiding and abetting hamas.
  • 00:18:07.979 --> 00:18:11.550
  • Hamas is weakened because we've cut all their supply lines off,
  • 00:18:11.550 --> 00:18:15.820
  • And now they're stealing food trucks from humanitarian
  • 00:18:15.820 --> 00:18:20.025
  • Aid organizations. that's what they're doing.
  • 00:18:20.025 --> 00:18:21.960
  • So you cut the funding in silos of money,
  • 00:18:21.960 --> 00:18:25.363
  • And you nurture alternative leadership.
  • 00:18:25.363 --> 00:18:28.867
  • This is the only way to move forward.
  • 00:18:28.867 --> 00:18:31.469
  • Well, we've talked about some of the challenges you face.
  • 00:18:31.469 --> 00:18:33.972
  • I think israel is also
  • 00:18:33.972 --> 00:18:35.040
  • A remarkable declaration of triumph and victory.
  • 00:18:35.040 --> 00:18:38.843
  • It is the most remarkable nation to visit.
  • 00:18:38.843 --> 00:18:41.112
  • When you think about the next generation of jewish people
  • 00:18:41.112 --> 00:18:43.648
  • Living through this current climate of war
  • 00:18:43.648 --> 00:18:45.750
  • And a reemergence of anti-semitism,
  • 00:18:45.750 --> 00:18:48.220
  • What words of encouragement do you have for them?
  • 00:18:48.220 --> 00:18:51.723
  • What i would always say to
  • 00:18:52.290 --> 00:18:53.491
  • Young people is that we are part of a long line of history.
  • 00:18:53.491 --> 00:18:56.861
  • The 3000 years we faced a persecution.
  • 00:18:57.629 --> 00:19:01.633
  • And we've grown stronger, sharper, smarter.
  • 00:19:01.633 --> 00:19:06.404
  • And today we have the privilege that very few of our ancestors
  • 00:19:06.404 --> 00:19:09.908
  • Did, which is a way back in our indigenous homeland.
  • 00:19:09.908 --> 00:19:13.979
  • And so, believe it or not, with everything going
  • 00:19:13.979 --> 00:19:15.981
  • On, with all the anti-semitism,
  • 00:19:15.981 --> 00:19:17.649
  • The jewish people
  • 00:19:17.649 --> 00:19:18.650
  • Are in a better place than we've ever been.
  • 00:19:18.650 --> 00:19:21.119
  • And so we have to think positive.
  • 00:19:21.119 --> 00:19:23.221
  • We have to pray.
  • 00:19:23.221 --> 00:19:24.456
  • We have to continue building bridges
  • 00:19:24.456 --> 00:19:26.691
  • With anybody that accepts us living in our homeland.
  • 00:19:26.691 --> 00:19:30.762
  • And we have to just keep innovating
  • 00:19:30.762 --> 00:19:32.697
  • Because that is our secret sauce.
  • 00:19:32.697 --> 00:19:34.699
  • Well, fluor, i thank you for your time today.
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  • We appreciate your insight.
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  • Israel and the jewish people remains in our prayers.
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  • Michael b from georgia,
  • 00:20:15.608 --> 00:20:17.443
  • Said the rapid increase in anti-semitism in the west
  • 00:20:17.443 --> 00:20:20.379
  • And the atrocious violence
  • 00:20:20.379 --> 00:20:21.714
  • It is bringing has caused me to wonder
  • 00:20:21.714 --> 00:20:23.683
  • If this might be god's final push
  • 00:20:23.683 --> 00:20:25.751
  • To encourage the remaining jews to return to israel before
  • 00:20:25.751 --> 00:20:28.621
  • The rapture of the church,
  • 00:20:28.621 --> 00:20:30.222
  • And his wrath is let loose on the nations?
  • 00:20:30.222 --> 00:20:32.725
  • Any thoughts on that?
  • 00:20:32.725 --> 00:20:34.460
  • It's an interesting question, michael.
  • 00:20:35.227 --> 00:20:37.129
  • You know, in the book of in the gospel of luke, chapter 21,
  • 00:20:37.129 --> 00:20:40.633
  • It says that jerusalem
  • 00:20:40.633 --> 00:20:41.434
  • Will be trampled on by the gentiles
  • 00:20:41.434 --> 00:20:43.102
  • Until the time of the gentiles is fulfilled.
  • 00:20:43.102 --> 00:20:46.238
  • And for almost two millennia,
  • 00:20:46.238 --> 00:20:48.240
  • Jerusalem fell under the authority of a series
  • 00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:51.777
  • Of non-jewish empires and rulers.
  • 00:20:51.777 --> 00:20:55.314
  • Jerusalem has almost completely come back under the control
  • 00:20:55.314 --> 00:20:58.451
  • Of the jewish people.
  • 00:20:58.451 --> 00:20:59.819
  • There is still some things to be completed there.
  • 00:20:59.819 --> 00:21:02.888
  • God is moving.
  • 00:21:02.888 --> 00:21:03.856
  • I do believe we will see the jewish people
  • 00:21:03.856 --> 00:21:05.191
  • Continue to immigrate back to the land of israel.
  • 00:21:05.191 --> 00:21:08.794
  • But the anti-semitism in america will no doubt accelerate that.
  • 00:21:08.794 --> 00:21:12.932
  • I think perhaps the most important note,
  • 00:21:12.932 --> 00:21:14.433
  • The book of revelation tells us
  • 00:21:14.433 --> 00:21:16.102
  • That the end of this age is god's judgment poured out
  • 00:21:16.102 --> 00:21:18.804
  • On the gentile nations for our rejection of messiah.
  • 00:21:18.804 --> 00:21:23.309
  • So rather than be angry or point
  • 00:21:23.309 --> 00:21:24.877
  • Accusing fingers at the jewish people,
  • 00:21:24.877 --> 00:21:27.113
  • Let's be certain we're doing everything
  • 00:21:27.113 --> 00:21:28.514
  • In our power to encourage those in our sphere of influence
  • 00:21:28.514 --> 00:21:31.550
  • To acknowledge jesus of nazareth as messiah and lord.
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  • Finally, lou from new york said, why would iran surrender
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  • The enriched uranium when they've historically lied
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  • About their true intent
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  • And the breadth of their nuclear weapons program?
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  • Lou, i agree with you.
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  • The iranian leadership has lied for more than five decades.
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  • Why would we expect them to be different?
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  • I pray that the iranian people are successful in bringing
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  • About new leadership for themselves and their future.
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  • We can pray.
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  • God's moving in the earth.
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  • Let's move with him.
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  • God bless you and have a good evening.
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