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Boots on the Ground | April 24, 2025 | Boots on the Ground | April 24, 2025
- Operation cheval is the name being given to a lightning
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- Campaign in the gaza strip overnight, between monday and
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- Tuesday that struck dozens of tractors and backhoes belonging
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- To hamas. palestinian sources claimed there were 26 fatalities
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- In the strike, while the idf said that hamas used these
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- Machines to restore tunnels, plant explosive charges and
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- Prepare traps for our soldiers. military intelligence and the
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- Shin bet mapped the machines in advance, and the strike was
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- Intended to protect the forces and damage hamas capabilities.
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- Meanwhile, hamas is at an unprecedented low and is turning
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- To turkey for help in conveying a cease fire proposal to the
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- United states. the proposal is that hamas will release all the
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- Israeli hostages in exchange for stopping the fighting, releasing
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- Palestinian prisoners and an israeli withdrawal from the gaza
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- Strip. israel has not yet responded. at the same time, the
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- Idf spokesperson's unit announced that in lebanon, a
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- Senior terrorist in the islamic jihad linked to hamas who had
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- Planted attacks in the north, was eliminated and another
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- Airstrike was documented in southern lebanon. a vehicle with
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- Hezbollah terrorists were attacked from the air, and a
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- Fugitive was hit in a follow up strike. netanyahu spoke on
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- Tuesday with president donald trump about iran trade and the
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- Situation in the gaza strip. and following the call that trump
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- Posted that we are on the same side on all issues. and
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- Meanwhile, the air force of israel drilled missile strikes
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- In preparation for a possible escalation with the islamic
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- Republic of iran against israel and in yemen. more than 500
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- Houthi operatives are believed to have been eliminated by
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- American strikes in this month, including senior figures. the
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- Organization hides the losses to avoid panic in the ranks, but
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- The united states says that the operation has significantly
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- Weakened their defensive arrays. so we have a lot to talk about
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- Today. so let's dive into the details. i'm yair pinto, and
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- This is your boots on the ground report about what is happening
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- In israel on day 565 of the war against hamas, hezbollah and the
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- Houthis in yemen, the shiite militias in iraq, and the terror
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- Organizations in judea and samaria, all of them are
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- Operating under the command of iran's islamic revolutionary
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- Guards corps, which is the head of the axis of evil in the
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- Middle east. before we start, i want to thank you for watching,
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- And i invite you to help us spread the truth about what is
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- Happening in israel by visiting our youtube channel, tbn israel,
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- And clicking the subscribe button so that you'll never miss
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- Another episode of our daily boots on the ground reports. at
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- Tbn israel, our vision is to share what is happening in islam
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- And encourage you to pray for the peace of jerusalem. we want
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- To bring you something before anyone else, and this time we
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- Have an interview with the new united states ambassador to
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- Israel, mike huckabee. so stay with us after a short commercial
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- Break.
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- >> we're here in downtown jerusalem, a place full of life,
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- History and resilience.
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- >> marty, growing up here, this was a whole different
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- Experience. terror was raging. bus bombings on our way to
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- School right here in the city.
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- >> this is what's unique about this place. it's rebuilt itself
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- Out of the ashes of countless terrorist attacks time and time
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- Again.
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- >> from the biblical times, the enemies of god want to destroy
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- Us. so this is what's happening now. another war. israel is
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- Still here. we're celebrating. and thanks to your help, israel
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- Is rebuilding. your support has been incredible. restoring our
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- Forests and healing the land after so much destruction.
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- >> there is still so much more to do. israel needs your support
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- Now more than ever.
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- >> so stand with israel. click on the link below. plant a tree
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- And continue to help us rebuild.
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- >> from here in jerusalem. it's clear israel will always
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- Persevere and stand strong.
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- >> we're back. and now we move to the interview that gives us a
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- Glimpse into what is happening in this region. israel was
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- Surprised by the report that the new york times on thursday
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- Revealed about an israeli-american plan to strike
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- Iran, which was blocked, according to the publication by
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- The president of the united states, donald trump in
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- Jerusalem. they believe this is an attempt by the united states
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- To pressure iran to advance in the talks between the two
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- Countries on the iranian nuclear program, and president trump
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- Said he has not definitely given up on the israeli attack against
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- Iran's nuclear facilities, but added that he is not in a hurry
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- To do so because iran has a chance to live happily. so.
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- Tbn.tv reohm senior middle east analyst matti shoshani sat down
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- With the ambassador mikehuckabee in the tbn israel studio in
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- Jerusalem for an in-depth interview about israel's near
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- Future.
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- >> we've been given exclusive access to the new us ambassador
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- To israel, mike huckabee, as he's just getting his footing
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- Here in israel to hear firsthand from him how his presence here
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- Is going to shape u.s. policies in this region for years to
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- Come. i'm aarti shahani, you're watching tbn israel live today.
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- We have something incredibly special for you, an exclusive
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- Interview with the new us ambassador to israel, breaking
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- Down everything that's been happening in this volatile, in
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- This pressed, in this fast paced and fast moving region. but
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- First, before we get into this, take a second pause, like share
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- And subscribe to this channel to make sure you never miss another
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- Video. so let's talk about what you're about to experience. i
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- Got exclusive access here with the tbn israel team to sit with
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- Our good friend mike huckabee, who is now the ambassador to
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- Israel. he comes after a very long chain of incredible
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- Individuals that were responsible personally, to be
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- The ones carrying the us relationship with its primary
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- Ally in this region, the state of israel. and mike huckabee is
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- No stranger to the state of israel, nor to the people of
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- Israel. he is someone who's been in this country, traveled the
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- Country extensively throughout his entire lifetime, and he
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- Comes to israel now in a time more pressing than ever. he
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- Comes while an attack or an agreement with iran is on the
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- Cusp of taking place one way or another, where u.s. relations
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- And interest in this region are reshaping every power balance
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- That you can imagine, be it egypt, syria, lebanon and all of
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- It. and we get to sit with him and hear from him how that
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- Policy is going to play out and what it's about to look like in
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- The years to come. so, ambassador, first of all, let me
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- Congratulate you. and i say this as an israeli and as someone
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- Who's known you for many years, we couldn't have asked for
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- Anyone better than you to be the ambassador to israel. you both
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- Have an intimate knowledge of this country and a deep care
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- Think that is greater than many israelis really care for this
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- Country. so congratulations on the appointment.
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- >> thank you very much, marty. it's such a joy to be here. it
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- Was an unexpected invitation by the president to come and
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- Represent the united states as ambassador to a land that i've
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- Been coming to for 52 years and have been in love with for that
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- Length of time, and never imagined that this opportunity
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- Of service would come up. but when he called and with
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- President trump, he doesn't ask you. he tells you what you're
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- Going to do.
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- >> i heard this, yeah.
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- >> but when he did, i had what i call my isaiah moment. here am
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- I, lord send me.
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- >> i don't think we could ask for anything better than that.
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- And i'm looking at this from the outside. you could say whatever
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- You want about us politics, and there's a lot to say, but the
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- List of friends that are now in key appointments within the
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- Government is. i've never seen anything like this before.
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- >> but the president has surrounded himself with people
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- Who are passionate about making america the best it ever can be
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- To truly make america great again, but also to recognize
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- There's never been a president who's smelled around him, an
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- Entire cabinet whose worldview is synonymous with that of
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- Israel is our ally, our friend, and we want it to be secure,
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- Safe, and prosperous.
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- >> okay, so here's a rough question.
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- >> one, i believe everything you're saying. and the last week
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- Has had me sort of puzzled because we had two contradicting
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- Narratives running. one was, you know, trump comes into office,
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- President trump comes into office, and he is he's
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- Essentially the one pushing his or poking his or from behind
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- More aggression, you know, move against hamas, use force. et
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- Cetera. et cetera. and then suddenly the story runs last
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- Week, new york times and an israeli journalist that says,
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- Look, the u.s. is the one pumping the brakes on on the
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- Iran attack. and it had everyone in israel really confused
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- Because we were expecting the u.s. government to be hawkish on
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- This topic. and the promise we've been hearing from the
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- White house is time and time again, you know, push as hard as
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- You can. and if we're not going to materialize on a negotiation
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- Side, then we're going to do it on a military strike and it has
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- Us all confused. so maybe you can set the record straight on
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- On where we're going.
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- >> well, first of all, i would say, who would you think would
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- Be telling you the truth more? president trump, who has done so
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- Many things for israel, moving the embassy, recognizing
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- Jerusalem, recognizing the golan heights and removing this
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- Nonsense of illegality about judea and samaria. the abraham
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- Accords him are the new york times.
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- >> that's an easy one. there you go. i mean, trump.
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- >> trump's definitely on much higher up on that on that
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- Ranking.
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- >> he has been very explicitly clear, both on the destruction
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- Of hamas, getting the hostages out and repeatedly saying iran
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- Will never have a nuclear weapon.
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- >> so here's what an american friend were in the car the other
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- Day visiting samaria with my kids. and we're talking about
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- This like, what could this actually mean? and my friend
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- Goes, this is probably a tactic. i said, what do you mean? he
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- Said, he's probably trying to, like, lull them into a sense of
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- Safety, the iranians, only to really materialize. i'm not
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- Going to ask you what's going to happen. i want to hear in your
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- Sense, where do you think all of this is going? i mean, we have a
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- President in the white house that is more supportive than, i
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- Think anyone in my lifetime. and he's surrounded by a cabinet and
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- People, yourself included, who care about israel as much as the
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- Israelis do or more. where are we going with everything that's
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- Happening in the middle east? like how is it going to reshape
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- This region?
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- >> there's an opportunity to see it reshaped, but iran can't be a
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- Part of it. if it wants to be a bully, it cannot continue to
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- Supply the funds for hamas and hezbollah and the houthis and to
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- Directly attack israel. yeah, it has to stop its rhetoric, which
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- Says death to israel and death to america. what the president
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- Is doing, i don't want to comment on what's really going
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- On. here's what i could say to people. if there is a way to get
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- The iranians to truly recognize they're not going to have a
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- Nuclear weapon, they're not going to be able to continue to
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- Threaten and attack israel and ultimately the united states, if
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- There is a peaceful way to achieve that. nobody would like
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- To see that more than president trump. but if not, it should not
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- Surprise people that president trump is a man of his word, and
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- He's repeatedly said they're not going to have a nuclear weapon.
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- Hamas will never control gaza. they will not be able to stay
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- There. we want the hostages home, and we want to bring a
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- Realignment of the middle east. we're seeing big changes in
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- Places like syria already, breakthroughs with other gulf
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- State countries. this is a president that would love to see
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- That realignment and the expansion of the abraham
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- Accords. so what i would say is trust what you have seen and
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- Heard from president trump more than what you've seen and heard
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- From the new york times.
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- >> i'll go to the bank with that one. so i have an interesting
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- Thought. we initially trump comes into office and we were on
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- The gaza agenda for a while. and then we realized, i realized, i
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- Think many people did, that. there was a much broader picture
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- That was at play here and a much bigger plan. this wasn't like a
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- One off or a single issue that was, you know, unplanned. there
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- Was a whole master plan for the region. and my question to you
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- Would be, you have multiple years now to exact the us policy
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- Within israel. where do you think, in a positive sense,
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- Let's say we reach an agreement or via violence or not with the
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- Iranians, we reach an agreement via violence or not with the
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- Gazans, hezbollah, syria, everything is stabilized. where
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- Is the us going to take israel? bearing in mind trump is the
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- Mastermind behind the abraham accords? we've talked about this
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- Many times on tbn, and just before this war broke out, saudi
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- Was on the brink of coming to the table to talk about this.
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- Where do you think this could go? what is the positive, the
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- Virtuous cycle that we could hit if things are stabilized in this
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- Region?
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- >> look at the benefits to every country in the region. if
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- There's an alliance with israel, there's no downside. israel is
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- Not going to attack the saudis. it never were. and they're
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- Certainly not. they're not going to attack the emiratis. they're
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- Not going to attack the qataris. they're not going to attack
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- Anybody else in the middle east. they got one piece of land they
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- Care about. it's the land god gave them 3500 years ago. they
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- Just want to protect and preserve that for their own
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- Existence and for that of their future generations. so more and
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- More, the arab nations understand israel is not our
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- Natural enemy. in fact, we benefit from shared
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- Intelligence, from shared technology, from shared
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- Agricultural pursuits. i think it's a maturing of the region
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- Where the old tribal superstitious attitudes, where
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- You have to hate people because your fathers and grandfathers
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- Hated them. people are beginning to think that doesn't make any
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- Sense for us anymore. so i'm optimistic. i'm not unrealistic.
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- I'm not assuming it's going to be an easy lift because it's
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- Going to be hard. there's a lot of old things have to break
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- Down. but if anybody can make this work, i think it's
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- President trump.
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- >> my sense is people look at like the financial conversation
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- That happens all the time as this like ulterior motive or
- 00:14:57.689 --> 00:15:00.625
- Almost cynical motive. and i look at it from a completely
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- Different perspective. i think many people should is they look
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- At what could happen in the middle east, that if you removed
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- The sting of the iranians, and if you removed the fact that
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- They're destabilizing and harmful force in this region,
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- You could hit a cycle that brings saudi to a place where
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- It's able to trade and grow financially outside of just oil
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- And etc. you bring in all the, let's call it the kingdoms of
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- The kingdoms of the region, the jordanians, the egyptians. we
- 00:15:23.915 --> 00:15:28.553
- Could strike gold when it comes to regional stability and
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- Regional peace. and in my mind, that takes us to almost this
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- Biblical place of people talk about how could you reach this?
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- You use the word maturing, maturing of biblical prophecy,
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- Maturing of a virtue that happens through leadership in
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- This region. and i look at this moment in time and i say never
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- Before in my lifetime, possibly in your lifetime, too, have we
- 00:15:48.773 --> 00:15:51.943
- Been on the brink of a point where everything can switch in a
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- Positive way, where the arch nemesis of israel and the west
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- Is on its knees, about to reach an agreement where things could
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- Be stabilized in israel between israel and palestinians, hamas
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- For a generation to come. and all these countries around are
- 00:16:05.590 --> 00:16:08.526
- Waiting to see how it can be stabilized. i feel hugely
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- Optimistic, and i know you've been leading groups here talking
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- About what god says in the bible for decades now. how do you look
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- At all of this?
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- >> i agree with you. i think it's the most promising time
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- Ever. part of the reason i feel this way is because the one
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- Really consistently bad actor in the entire region is iran. yes,
- 00:16:26.511 --> 00:16:33.051
- For the first time since the ayatollahs have taken over in
- 00:16:33.051 --> 00:16:37.022
- 1979, they are at the weakest point they have ever been.
- 00:16:37.022 --> 00:16:40.225
- Israel pretty much decimated their military capacity and a
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- Lot of their inner structure to carry out horrible things. in
- 00:16:44.095 --> 00:16:48.500
- Fact, they've had to pretty much do it through their proxies,
- 00:16:48.500 --> 00:16:51.536
- Hamas, hezbollah and the houthis. they've been able to
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- Finance it. president trump has started to put again the
- 00:16:53.938 --> 00:16:58.243
- Pressure of economic sanction on them. in his first term. it
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- Bankrupted them. it put them in a position where they didn't
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- Have any money to give to their proxies. and unfortunately, the
- 00:17:05.617 --> 00:17:09.721
- Biden administration came in, relaxed those sanctions. and
- 00:17:09.721 --> 00:17:13.758
- Suddenly iran was rich with money and they used it to
- 00:17:13.758 --> 00:17:17.462
- Massacre people. we're in a different moment right now
- 00:17:17.462 --> 00:17:20.465
- Because of the deterioration of the iranian threat. they are not
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- In a strong place. they are not in a place to do something that
- 00:17:25.937 --> 00:17:29.607
- Would do anything other than absolutely jeopardize their
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- Existence. that's why i share the optimism that this is a rare
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- And unique and one of a kind moment in history, to see
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- Something realign.
- 00:17:41.719 --> 00:17:43.588
- >> beautiful answer. on a personal note, you know, you've
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- Done many, many things in your life. you get this phone call.
- 00:17:46.991 --> 00:17:49.828
- Come be the ambassador to israel. you, i think, spend more
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- Time in israel and have seen more of israel than most
- 00:17:52.897 --> 00:17:55.667
- Israelis. and i don't say this lightly. what are you hoping to
- 00:17:55.667 --> 00:17:58.670
- Do that other ambassadors haven't been able to do in this
- 00:17:58.670 --> 00:18:01.506
- Region?
- 00:18:01.506 --> 00:18:02.574
- >> well, we've had some wonderful ambassadors from the
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- States and some under democrat presidents, some under
- 00:18:04.109 --> 00:18:06.744
- Republican presidents. so i don't have no pretense. i'm
- 00:18:06.744 --> 00:18:10.048
- Going to be better than them. i think, you know, i just want to
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- Do the president in my country viable and useful service. but
- 00:18:12.951 --> 00:18:16.554
- What i would love to be able to do, first of all, i want to be
- 00:18:16.554 --> 00:18:21.126
- Able to say that the hostages all came home while donald trump
- 00:18:21.126 --> 00:18:24.462
- Was president and in the early days of his presidency. this is
- 00:18:24.462 --> 00:18:27.532
- Very important, i think, to americans, because we have
- 00:18:27.532 --> 00:18:29.934
- American hostages, some living, some deceased. but i want the
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- Remains of those who are deceased and the lives of those
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- Who are living. i want them home. beyond that, i pray that
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- We continue this bond between the us and israel, where there
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- Is such an understanding of our value of cooperation, and not
- 00:18:47.118 --> 00:18:52.023
- Just that americans go, yeah, okay, we'll help israel out.
- 00:18:52.023 --> 00:18:54.659
- They really need us. i want americans to say, wow, israel is
- 00:18:54.659 --> 00:18:59.531
- Really helping us, too. they're doing a lot of things that
- 00:18:59.531 --> 00:19:03.168
- Benefit america, and they do. a lot of americans don't
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- Understand that. they don't know that. so if i can help
- 00:19:05.837 --> 00:19:08.606
- Communicate the other side of that story and bring those
- 00:19:08.606 --> 00:19:14.546
- Advancements that we benefit from in the us, that, to me
- 00:19:14.546 --> 00:19:17.115
- Would be a great joy because it would help solidify the reasons
- 00:19:17.115 --> 00:19:21.386
- That america needs to continue and even expand this
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- Extraordinary alliance.
- 00:19:27.825 --> 00:19:29.093
- >> one of the things that's very encouraging, i've seen you on
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- The ground in israel with countless groups in this
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- Country, and i think you and, you know, i call it your
- 00:19:33.698 --> 00:19:37.702
- Ministry work. you've done an amazing job educating people
- 00:19:37.702 --> 00:19:40.038
- About this country. but i think a lot of people are looking at
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- The demographics of the us. i think i saw a poll that came out
- 00:19:43.841 --> 00:19:46.878
- Recently. it was like 40 something percent of us younger.
- 00:19:46.878 --> 00:19:50.148
- The younger generation held semi antisemitic opinions on certain
- 00:19:50.148 --> 00:19:52.517
- Issues. highly alarming. how do you look at that? how do you
- 00:19:52.517 --> 00:19:55.620
- Look at rebuilding the us relationship with israel, both
- 00:19:55.620 --> 00:19:58.556
- On the ideological, not just the political level for the next
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- Generation?
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- >> it's really an urgent matter to deal with within the us. it
- 00:20:03.094 --> 00:20:08.132
- Is true. younger people, even younger evangelicals, are not as
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- Supportive of israel as their parents and grandparents. part
- 00:20:12.503 --> 00:20:14.672
- Of it is biblical illiteracy. if you believe the bible and you
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- Study the bible and you learn what it says, you cannot be
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- Anti-semitic. you just can't. you can't be anti-israel and
- 00:20:22.413 --> 00:20:26.884
- Anti-jew. that's just simply not possible if you embrace the
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- Book. so part of it, we've got to get back to biblical literacy
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- With younger people. we have to challenge what has happened on
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- University campuses, where many very wealthy, oil rich arab
- 00:20:37.128 --> 00:20:42.533
- Nations, muslim nations, have poured billions of dollars into
- 00:20:42.533 --> 00:20:46.904
- Indoctrinating college kids, and they've done a very effective
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- Job. so there's got to be some pushback there. not necessarily
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- Saying they can't spend their money the way they want, but
- 00:20:54.412 --> 00:20:58.316
- Holding accountable these universities who are basically
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- Being bought off to shovel out this propaganda.
- 00:21:01.552 --> 00:21:06.124
- >> one thing i think you're unique in is, you know, judea
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- And samaria in a way that most people don't. i've seen the
- 00:21:09.927 --> 00:21:12.864
- Circle of friends. you you have you know more about judea and
- 00:21:12.864 --> 00:21:15.867
- Samaria than many, many americans, but definitely many
- 00:21:15.867 --> 00:21:18.369
- Israelis do. what, in your mind is something people need to
- 00:21:18.369 --> 00:21:20.838
- Understand about that? and how do you look at that as you sit
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- Here as the new ambassador?
- 00:21:23.975 --> 00:21:26.144
- >> well, obviously, the long term decisions about judea and
- 00:21:26.144 --> 00:21:28.379
- Samaria are going to be the decisions that the israelis will
- 00:21:28.379 --> 00:21:30.782
- Make, not the americans. but i do understand that it's part of
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- The biblical homeland. you can't say israel has a homeland and
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- Carve judea and samaria out and say, yeah, but that's not part
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- Of it. of course it's part of it. it's impossible to call it
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- The biblical homeland and take away shiloh and hebron and, you
- 00:21:45.930 --> 00:21:51.803
- Know, the incredible biblical places where the scripture was
- 00:21:51.803 --> 00:21:55.573
- Written, all of which were part of that title deed that was
- 00:21:55.573 --> 00:21:58.843
- Given through abraham to isaac and future generations.
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- >> no one could have said it better. ambassador huckabee, i
- 00:22:03.147 --> 00:22:06.684
- Am personally thankful for the fact that someone who cares
- 00:22:06.684 --> 00:22:10.188
- About israel and the bible and what god is doing in this land,
- 00:22:10.188 --> 00:22:13.324
- Is now in your seat. and we can only imagine how good it's going
- 00:22:13.324 --> 00:22:16.427
- To be for the israel us relationship.
- 00:22:16.427 --> 00:22:18.496
- >> thank you marty, great to be with you. thank you.
- 00:22:18.496 --> 00:22:21.666
- >> you've just heard before everyone else what the us policy
- 00:22:21.666 --> 00:22:25.203
- And the man who is responsible for carrying that out,
- 00:22:25.203 --> 00:22:27.939
- Ambassador mike huckabee, is planning to do in this region in
- 00:22:27.939 --> 00:22:31.609
- The years to come. and i have to tell you, this is not an
- 00:22:31.609 --> 00:22:35.480
- Ambassador like ambassadors before him. we've done a lot of
- 00:22:35.480 --> 00:22:37.982
- Work here at tbn with also the previous ambassador, david
- 00:22:37.982 --> 00:22:40.752
- Friedman, who was an incredible friend of the state of israel.
- 00:22:40.752 --> 00:22:43.087
- But this is different. mike huckabee is a christian friend
- 00:22:43.087 --> 00:22:46.457
- Of the people of israel. i've personally, as have members of
- 00:22:46.457 --> 00:22:50.094
- Our team, spent much time with him traveling throughout the
- 00:22:50.094 --> 00:22:53.197
- Country with groups. he's led to this country many times who've
- 00:22:53.197 --> 00:22:57.034
- Experienced israel firsthand. he's a man who loves the bible,
- 00:22:57.034 --> 00:22:59.804
- The new testament, and the way it speaks about israel and the
- 00:22:59.804 --> 00:23:03.040
- Jewish people. he's personally and intimately connected to
- 00:23:03.040 --> 00:23:07.011
- People throughout this country, from prime minister netanyahu,
- 00:23:07.011 --> 00:23:10.515
- Through many, many people throughout different communities
- 00:23:10.515 --> 00:23:13.851
- In this region. and he's traveled where many israelis
- 00:23:13.851 --> 00:23:16.587
- Haven't yet traveled. he's seen judea and samaria in an intimate
- 00:23:16.587 --> 00:23:20.792
- Way. he has traveled throughout this country over decades, and
- 00:23:20.792 --> 00:23:23.795
- He knows the people of this land, the politics of this land,
- 00:23:23.795 --> 00:23:26.798
- And the nuances needed to carry out us policy in this country in
- 00:23:26.798 --> 00:23:30.868
- An effective way, better than almost anyone else i can
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- Imagine. and i think it's incredible to see a man of such
- 00:23:34.138 --> 00:23:38.042
- Integrity, such passion for this land, such for god's
- 00:23:38.042 --> 00:23:42.046
- Word in the land of israel be appointed to this. and i think
- 00:23:42.046 --> 00:23:46.250
- Only time will tell how powerful, how effective, how
- 00:23:46.250 --> 00:23:50.221
- Positive his time in this role could be for the people of
- 00:23:50.221 --> 00:23:53.424
- Israel, but by extension, for this region. we're sitting on an
- 00:23:53.424 --> 00:23:57.128
- Explosive keg right now where iran is about to blow up,
- 00:23:57.128 --> 00:24:00.064
- Literally and figuratively. any moment where syria is still in
- 00:24:00.064 --> 00:24:04.101
- Turmoil. you know, going between instability, massacre and trying
- 00:24:04.101 --> 00:24:07.972
- To form a new government where the lebanese people are trying
- 00:24:07.972 --> 00:24:10.608
- To figure out their identity in the day after hezbollah, and
- 00:24:10.608 --> 00:24:14.045
- Where iran is questioning whether it will remain the arch
- 00:24:14.045 --> 00:24:17.281
- Terrorists and the machine behind evil in this region, or
- 00:24:17.281 --> 00:24:20.518
- Flip and become something that is cooperative and effective and
- 00:24:20.518 --> 00:24:24.422
- Dismantles its nuclear program. only time, of course, will tell
- 00:24:24.422 --> 00:24:27.158
- Where we're going. but, ambassador mikehuckabee, i was
- 00:24:27.158 --> 00:24:30.628
- About to say, governor, we're so accustomed to saying that
- 00:24:30.628 --> 00:24:33.631
- Ambassador mike huckabee is the person to carry out u.s.
- 00:24:33.631 --> 00:24:36.601
- Interests in this region, and i think he's both a godsend, but
- 00:24:36.601 --> 00:24:39.837
- Also a testament to how much the us administration cares about
- 00:24:39.837 --> 00:24:43.307
- This country, cares about doing the right thing at the right
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- Time for the people of israel and the people of this region. i
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- Hope you've enjoyed this interview. this is an exclusive
- 00:24:50.815 --> 00:24:54.051
- Access that we've been given before, any other outlet in this
- 00:24:54.051 --> 00:24:57.021
- Country. and if you're still here, pause this video one last
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- Time. make sure to like, share and subscribe and bless you all
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- From here in jerusalem.
- 00:25:04.061 --> 00:25:05.763
- >> we hope you really enjoyed the interview and that it gave
- 00:25:05.763 --> 00:25:08.966
- You perspective on the future of our neighborhood, the middle
- 00:25:08.966 --> 00:25:12.136
- East. and a moment before we continue, we'll take a short
- 00:25:12.136 --> 00:25:15.206
- Commercial break, and afterwards we'll pray together for the
- 00:25:15.206 --> 00:25:19.477
- Peace of jerusalem. in a war zone in the gaza strip. being
- 00:25:19.477 --> 00:25:28.019
- Under fire by hamas terrorists, you don't have time to sit and
- 00:25:28.019 --> 00:25:31.422
- Drink your coffee and wake up in the morning and get ready for
- 00:25:31.422 --> 00:25:34.792
- The day and prepare. so sometimes i woke up at two in
- 00:25:34.792 --> 00:25:38.629
- The morning after an hour and a half of sleep, and you need to
- 00:25:38.629 --> 00:25:42.700
- Wake up immediately and do your job and do it to perfection. or
- 00:25:42.700 --> 00:25:46.837
- People die.
- 00:25:46.837 --> 00:25:48.139
- >> you literally have your life on the line. you don't know what
- 00:25:48.139 --> 00:25:51.776
- Corner you turn and somebody got a gun pointed at you.
- 00:25:51.776 --> 00:25:58.716
- >> so in order to wake up, i just took a vinegar pill and i
- 00:25:58.716 --> 00:26:01.986
- Really felt the energy levels go up faster. the clarity of mind
- 00:26:01.986 --> 00:26:06.290
- That doesn't usually happen immediately when you wake up in
- 00:26:06.290 --> 00:26:09.060
- The morning. and i don't remember taking much stuff with
- 00:26:09.060 --> 00:26:12.597
- Me into the gaza strip. had my sleeping bag, a flashlight and a
- 00:26:12.597 --> 00:26:17.969
- Bottle. so that's what i had with me.
- 00:26:17.969 --> 00:26:20.705
- >> you're a young person. you're very healthy. but you still
- 00:26:20.705 --> 00:26:23.874
- Think that vinea was helpful to get you to even a higher level
- 00:26:23.874 --> 00:26:27.912
- Of performance?
- 00:26:27.912 --> 00:26:29.146
- >> it's helping me to exceed my normal abilities. so let's say,
- 00:26:29.246 --> 00:26:32.683
- You know, i'm at 100%, and that puts me at 120. we're raising
- 00:26:32.683 --> 00:26:37.655
- Three kids. you need to be sharp to make the right decisions.
- 00:26:37.655 --> 00:26:40.825
- >> raising three kids may be equal to combat.
- 00:26:40.825 --> 00:26:44.395
- >> a lot harder, a lot harder. listen, i'm still taking dinner
- 00:26:44.395 --> 00:26:47.932
- Every day because i want to be there with my kids when they
- 00:26:47.932 --> 00:26:51.135
- Grow old. they want to be able to dance at their wedding and
- 00:26:51.135 --> 00:26:54.572
- Carry my kids and my grandkids for years to come. and this is
- 00:26:54.572 --> 00:26:58.142
- The time to start. i mean, when you're young.
- 00:26:58.142 --> 00:27:02.001
- The time to start. i mean, when you're young.
- 00:27:02.001 --> 00:27:07.929
- Welcome back. i want to remind you that israel and the united
- 00:27:09.130 --> 00:27:12.600
- States are together, and the great enemy is the islamic
- 00:27:12.600 --> 00:27:17.004
- Republic of iran. yesterday, president donald trump spoke
- 00:27:17.004 --> 00:27:21.275
- With the israeli prime minister netanyahu. in the conversation,
- 00:27:21.275 --> 00:27:25.213
- They discussed iran, trade and other issues. the conversation
- 00:27:25.213 --> 00:27:29.917
- Was very good, prompting trump to post on truth social media
- 00:27:29.917 --> 00:27:34.288
- Network. we are of the same mind on every issue. so guys, as you
- 00:27:34.288 --> 00:27:40.428
- Know, the situation is very complicated and we do not have
- 00:27:40.428 --> 00:27:44.599
- All the answers. but when we do not know the future or how to
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- Deal with the situation, that places us at a very good
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- Position with god. so guys, keep your faith in him. keep praying
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- That his will will be done on this earth, in the middle east,
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- In israel. and especially pray for wisdom for our leaders, for
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- Your leaders, because this is a very complicated situation. but
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- I pray for is for the leaders of my country to make the right
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- Decisions. i pray for security, for the soldiers, for the idf.
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- And i pray that the hostages in israel that are held by hamas in
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- The gaza strip will be released. and most importantly, unite in
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- Prayer for the peace of jerusalem.
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