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Israel Warns Of Impending Iran War; US, Saudis Deepen Ties; F-35 Sale Cleared | Boots on the Ground

November 20, 2025 | 31:30

Israel Warns Of Impending Iran War; US, Saudis Deepen Ties; F-35 Sale Cleared | Boots on the Ground
TBN Israel's Yair Pinto and Mati Shoshani report on the Israel-Hamas and regional war. As global powers race to reshape Gaza’s future, the IDF intensifies strikes in Lebanon and Gaza, Hezbollah rebuilds, and Hamas rejects international efforts to disarm. Meanwhile, a deadly terror attack shakes Israel’s south, Trump cements a historic alliance with Saudi Arabia, and the BBC faces explosive accusations of anti-Israel bias. From Tehran to Jerusalem, this is a critical moment in the war for truth and regional stability.
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Boots on the Ground | Israel Warns Of Impending Iran War; US, Saudis Deepen Ties; F-35 Sale Cleared | Boots on the Ground | November 20, 2025
  • The idf carried out an airstrike
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  • Against the hamas military training camp
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  • In the tzidon area of lebanon this week,
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  • Reportedly resulting in at least 13 fatalities
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  • And several more terrorists that were wounded.
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  • At the same time.
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  • In gaza, 401st brigade forces destroyed
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  • An extensive hamas combat compound in gaza city,
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  • Where dozens of explosive devices,
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  • Grenades and weapons were found alongside
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  • Stolen humanitarian aid.
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  • In the diplomatic arena we'll take a look
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  • At the approval of president trump's proposal regarding
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  • Gaza at the united nations security council.
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  • Hamas oppose the proposal, and he's threatening
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  • That any international force will be considered israeli.
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  • President trump declared, i will head the gaza
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  • Peace council.
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  • Now we have peace in the middle east.
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  • And meanwhile, white house special envoy steve witkoff
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  • Is scheduled to meet this week with hamas leader.
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  • Khalil el-chaya
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  • Also this week, israel suffered a combined
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  • Stabbing and vehicular ramming attack at
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  • The gush etzion junction just south of jerusalem.
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  • As the terrorists were eliminated at the scene.
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  • And behind this terrorist attack is believed to be ayman abu hali
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  • The architect of hamas from turkey.
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  • In southern lebanon hezbollah continues rebuilding,
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  • But the israeli air force insist on pushing back as washington
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  • Slaps beirut, canceling meetings with the lebanese army chief
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  • Telling him that he failed to dismantle hezbollah.
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  • As another message is sent to the president of lebanon
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  • That he must instruct the army to act.
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  • But that's not all that
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  • The president of the united states said
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  • Regarding the middle east this week,
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  • In a joint press conference with visiting saudi crown
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  • Prince mohammed bin salman, he declared that saudi arabia
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  • Is a major non-nato united states ally
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  • And that the united states will sell them f-35 jets,
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  • A civilian nuclear power industry, and much more.
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  • He also addressed the israeli- palestinian issue, saying,
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  • We are close to something
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  • That will make israelis and palestinians very happy.
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  • However, there was nothing about this white house meeting
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  • To make iran's ayatollah regime happy,
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  • But the israeli air force insist known by announcing
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  • Renewed efforts to build more ballistic missiles
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  • And continue pursuing their renegade nuclear program.
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  • Israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu hinted
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  • That the next round of fighting with iran is near.
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  • The ayatollah regime has also been engaged
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  • In a campaign of repression and terror
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  • Against their own people.
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  • And we'll have more details about this.
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  • And finally, this week, bbc employees revield pressure
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  • To report lies against israel, reliance on hamas,
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  • Concealment of terror and systemic bias.
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  • Welcome to boots on the ground.
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  • I'm your host, yair pinto,
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  • And with me today is mati shoshani
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  • And we're bringing you boots on the ground.
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  • The news reports
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  • With the whole truth about what's happening in israel.
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  • So that you will know how to pray for the peace of jerusalem.
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  • So let's go over today's headlines.
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  • In lebanon this week saw a deadly strike at the hamas
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  • Camp in ein-elkilech tzidon, a major training
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  • Target for the terrorists.
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  • And the united states canceled meetings with the lebanese chief
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  • Of staff demanding action against hezbollah.
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  • In gaza hamas combat compound was destroyed,
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  • Together with extensive weaponry and stolen
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  • Humanitarian equipment.
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  • And the united nations.
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  • President trump's proposal for gaza was approved.
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  • But hamas threatened an international force
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  • Would be treated like they treat israel.
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  • In judea and samaria,
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  • There was a deadly attack resulting in israeli casualties.
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  • And saudi arabia's crown prince was in the united states
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  • Shopping for f-35 fighter jets.
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  • Civilian nuclear power plants and normalization
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  • With israel with some conditions.
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  • Bin salman added that we want the abraham accords
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  • And a palestinian state can have both.
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  • We might be able to find out.
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  • Iran is making threats and engaging in internal repression.
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  • Netanyahu says
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  • That the next round of fighting is just around the corner.
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  • At the bbc in london.
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  • There were internal leaks this week about anti-israel bias.
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  • Tbn israel senior middle east analyst
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  • Mati shoshani will tell us about the practical meaning
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  • Of the security council decision.
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  • Will international force really disarm hamas?
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  • And what is the diplomatic cost of a palestinian reference
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  • In this decision?
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  • And of course, from our studio in jerusalem,
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  • Tbn israel director
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  • Samuel smadja will bring us a special interview.
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  • So we have a lot to talk about today.
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  • So let's dive into the details.
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  • I'm yair pinto and with me is mati shoshani.
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  • And this is your boots on the ground report
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  • With the whole truth about what's happening in israel
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  • During this ongoing battle against hamas, hezbollah,
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  • The houthis in yemen, the shia militias in iraq,
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  • And all the other arm groups in judea and samaria
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  • And in other places in this region
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  • That are taking the orders from the islamic republic of iran,
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  • Which is the axis of evil in the middle east.
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  • And a moment before we begin,
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  • And we hear our job is to share the truth
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  • So that you will know how to pray for the peace of jerusalem.
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  • The middle east is complicated.
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  • Evil thrives here and wears many faces.
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  • But in the middle of it all is israel
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  • Fighting terrorist regimes that glorify death.
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  • Yet somehow we're called the aggressor
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  • Because evil has hijacked the narrative and twisted the truth.
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  • Welcome back.
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  • This week, president trump made a statement in the oval office
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  • After the official reception that he held for saudi
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  • Crown prince mohammed bin salman,
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  • Saying, amongst other things, that we are close to something
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  • That will make everyone
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  • Very happy, including israelis and palestinians.
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  • Stephen, israel's senior middle east analyst, mati shoshani,
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  • Reported to us that the two leaders signed
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  • A series of historic agreements during this visit,
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  • And the saudis will invest about $1 trillion
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  • In the united states.
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  • And it will be directed mainly to american
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  • Infrastructure, technology and industry.
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  • Conversely, in the military sphere
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  • And the president approved in principle
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  • A future sale of f-35 aircrafts
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  • And about 300 american tanks
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  • In a separate civil nuclear cooperation agreement.
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  • Saudi arabia committed to work exclusively
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  • With the united states.
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  • And why do we hear on the one hand,
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  • That saudi arabia wants to join the abraham accords?
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  • And on the other hand,
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  • It wants to ensure that a palestinian state
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  • Will be established.
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  • Mati, tell us what's going on.
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  • Just last night,
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  • President trump met together with mbs, mohammed bin salman,
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  • The crown prince of saudi arabia, in the white house,
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  • And announced an amazing historical deal.
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  • It includes artificial intelligence.
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  • It includes f-35 fighters, hundreds of tanks and much more.
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  • And at the same time,
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  • The un is able to pass through the un security council,
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  • A historical and unique resolution
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  • That talks about the next day in the gaza strip,
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  • Tying in international support and aid to rebuild gaza
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  • In the day after.
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  • Over the next couple of minutes, we're going to break down
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  • Everything that's been happening here
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  • In the middle east and it has been a lot in recent days.
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  • So let's start with mbs
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  • And president trump.
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  • This has been a long anticipated and waiting for meeting.
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  • Mbs meets with president trump in the oval office.
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  • Leading up to that moment.
  • 00:10:06.594 --> 00:10:07.929
  • Are weeks of leaks in international news
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  • About what's going to take place in this meeting?
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  • The cornerstone of this entire pact, this entire deal,
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  • Is stepping away from just a defense treaty
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  • Between the united states and the saudis, and truly equipping
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  • The saudis as a top tier ally to the us.
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  • And, guys, let's not be mistaken here.
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  • The saudis are a top shelf ally to the us in the middle east.
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  • This is going to be a agreement
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  • That if it takes place,
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  • If it materializes fully, will completely change
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  • The power balance in the middle east
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  • Once again in the favor of the united states.
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  • So what takes place in this meeting?
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  • So here are the big facts on the table are the following.
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  • That really equipped the saudis
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  • To the next generation of fighting against the iranian
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  • Arch nemesis.
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  • And i need to remind you guys
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  • That iran is not just an enemy of israel, not just an enemy of,
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  • Of the united states, not just an enemy of the west.
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  • They are the antithesis to the saudi governance.
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  • If the iranians are the superpower in the shia world,
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  • While the saudis, their neighbors, essentially
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  • Are the superpower in the sunni world,
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  • And they have been fighting
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  • A cold proxy war for a really long time.
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  • Several decades in the middle east,
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  • A proxy war fought through the houthis
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  • Before anyone else in the world haven't heard about it,
  • 00:11:26.507 --> 00:11:28.976
  • Fought through disruption of trade
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  • In the middle east and through
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  • Countless small skirmishes and pokes between the sides
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  • Fighting over power, governance and influence.
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  • And this guys, is something very substantial
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  • That is going to change that power balance.
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  • And it doesn't make it equal.
  • 00:11:43.724 --> 00:11:45.693
  • It puts the saudis way above the iranians
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  • When it comes to the power balance here in the middle east.
  • 00:11:48.295 --> 00:11:51.332
  • So let's break down what this agreement includes.
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  • First of all, on the table
  • 00:11:54.502 --> 00:11:55.770
  • Is equipping the saudi army with close to 50.
  • 00:11:55.770 --> 00:11:59.173
  • The number that was thrown around was 48 f-35 jet fighters.
  • 00:11:59.173 --> 00:12:04.478
  • These fighters are what israel used to achieve air
  • 00:12:04.478 --> 00:12:08.082
  • Superiority over iran
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  • This last june in the 12 day, am ke lavie operation.
  • 00:12:09.984 --> 00:12:13.921
  • These are the stealth fighters that are the best,
  • 00:12:13.921 --> 00:12:16.590
  • The best equipped, the most stealthy, and possibly
  • 00:12:16.590 --> 00:12:19.660
  • The best all around fighter in the world today.
  • 00:12:19.660 --> 00:12:23.097
  • This is a big win for the saudis.
  • 00:12:23.097 --> 00:12:24.832
  • This is a big win for the americans.
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  • This is the americans
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  • Locking in the saudis
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  • For many years to come as their ally in the middle east.
  • 00:12:29.036 --> 00:12:32.373
  • And if there ever was a question
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  • About whether the saudis would side with the americans or not
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  • And find some other partners or keep working both sides
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  • As they have in the past.
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  • Well, now the question has been put to rest.
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  • Saudi is fully committed and fully working
  • 00:12:44.051 --> 00:12:46.854
  • With the united states, and mbs is a very young leader
  • 00:12:46.854 --> 00:12:50.124
  • With many years of leadership ahead of him.
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  • Unless something very surprising happens
  • 00:12:52.426 --> 00:12:54.361
  • While he's going to be their ally for those years to come.
  • 00:12:54.361 --> 00:12:57.665
  • So as far as the saudis go, this is a big regional win
  • 00:12:57.665 --> 00:13:00.801
  • And a win for many years to come.
  • 00:13:00.801 --> 00:13:02.536
  • And as far as the americans go, this is locking in a security,
  • 00:13:02.536 --> 00:13:06.340
  • A financial and a defense partner for decades ahead.
  • 00:13:06.340 --> 00:13:10.277
  • And more importantly, it's a really strong signal
  • 00:13:10.277 --> 00:13:13.147
  • To the iranians of what's heading down the pipeline
  • 00:13:13.147 --> 00:13:16.016
  • In the region.
  • 00:13:16.016 --> 00:13:16.951
  • Thank you very much,
  • 00:13:16.951 --> 00:13:17.985
  • Mati shoshani, for the clarity
  • 00:13:17.985 --> 00:13:19.520
  • That you always bring to these vitally important issues.
  • 00:13:19.520 --> 00:13:22.656
  • Now let's move to our studio in jerusalem, where tbn israel
  • 00:13:22.656 --> 00:13:26.727
  • Director samuel smadja will bring us an in-depth interview.
  • 00:13:26.727 --> 00:13:30.498
  • So over to you, samuel.
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  • Shalom, shalom from jerusalem.
  • 00:13:32.933 --> 00:13:35.069
  • Great being on the show again today.
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  • I have a very interesting friend,
  • 00:13:37.438 --> 00:13:39.673
  • Arab speaking christian, who was born here in jerusalem,
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  • Is the head of the jerusalem initiative.
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  • It's a new initiative to define the arab
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  • Speaking christians in the land of israel.
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  • Elias. shalom.
  • 00:13:52.153 --> 00:13:53.487
  • And welcome to our show.
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  • Nice to meet you shmulik.
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  • First of all, tell us about yourself.
  • 00:13:56.791 --> 00:13:58.726
  • I'm born and raised in a christian quarter
  • 00:13:58.726 --> 00:14:00.895
  • In the old city of jerusalem, just right here.
  • 00:14:00.895 --> 00:14:03.297
  • I get my education in bethlehem and,
  • 00:14:03.297 --> 00:14:06.133
  • Evangelical lutheran school called tali-takumi.
  • 00:14:06.133 --> 00:14:10.070
  • And i continue for my first degree
  • 00:14:10.070 --> 00:14:12.173
  • In tourism and hotel management in bethlehem university.
  • 00:14:12.173 --> 00:14:16.076
  • I want to hear, how does it feel
  • 00:14:16.076 --> 00:14:18.879
  • To be a kid growing up on those beautiful streets
  • 00:14:18.879 --> 00:14:23.517
  • In the christian quarter, in the old city of jerusalem,
  • 00:14:23.517 --> 00:14:26.620
  • To walk inside the old city, in the streets via dolorosa
  • 00:14:26.620 --> 00:14:30.524
  • Every day.
  • 00:14:30.524 --> 00:14:31.592
  • So you feel like you are part of the bible.
  • 00:14:31.592 --> 00:14:34.328
  • Did you really grasp
  • 00:14:34.328 --> 00:14:35.529
  • That you
  • 00:14:35.529 --> 00:14:36.764
  • You growing up in one of the most unique places in the world?
  • 00:14:36.764 --> 00:14:39.366
  • No, i didn't realize this at that time when i was a kid.
  • 00:14:39.366 --> 00:14:43.070
  • It's normal for me to see pilgrims every day, to hear
  • 00:14:43.070 --> 00:14:46.707
  • A lot of languages, to see priests
  • 00:14:46.707 --> 00:14:49.310
  • From all over the world, from different churches every day.
  • 00:14:49.310 --> 00:14:52.980
  • So for me, it was the normal.
  • 00:14:52.980 --> 00:14:55.015
  • But when i grow up, i realized that it was so unique
  • 00:14:55.015 --> 00:14:58.319
  • And i really was part of this ancient city.
  • 00:14:58.319 --> 00:15:02.890
  • And from that christian roots and all of those things.
  • 00:15:02.890 --> 00:15:06.994
  • So, yeah, it was so unique.
  • 00:15:06.994 --> 00:15:08.896
  • There's no doubt that after the seven of october
  • 00:15:08.896 --> 00:15:10.698
  • Two years ago,
  • 00:15:10.698 --> 00:15:11.999
  • We see that the arab christians
  • 00:15:11.999 --> 00:15:14.368
  • Are trying to separate themselves from the word arab.
  • 00:15:14.368 --> 00:15:17.838
  • They see arab more as islam,
  • 00:15:17.838 --> 00:15:19.540
  • And they see the roots in the judeo-christian values,
  • 00:15:19.540 --> 00:15:23.577
  • And they want to be a part of the state of israel,
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  • Especially in the borders of israel.
  • 00:15:26.747 --> 00:15:28.983
  • Basically shmulik the first alarm, the wake up call was for the christians
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  • In israel to integrate
  • 00:15:33.721 --> 00:15:36.290
  • In the israeli society and also to integrate in the idf.
  • 00:15:36.290 --> 00:15:40.527
  • It was the first alarm in 2011, when we saw what isis
  • 00:15:40.527 --> 00:15:45.132
  • Doing for the christians and the minorities in the middle east,
  • 00:15:45.132 --> 00:15:49.270
  • Especially what happened for the coptic sinan in egypt.
  • 00:15:49.270 --> 00:15:53.641
  • I remember that the image for the 21 christians
  • 00:15:53.641 --> 00:15:57.978
  • With, orange suits, that they got their heads.
  • 00:15:57.978 --> 00:16:01.215
  • It was so horrible.
  • 00:16:01.215 --> 00:16:02.383
  • That was a wake up call.
  • 00:16:02.383 --> 00:16:03.617
  • That was was a wake up call that if we need to face those,
  • 00:16:03.617 --> 00:16:07.655
  • Terrorists in our borders,
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  • If they pass the border of israel,
  • 00:16:10.658 --> 00:16:12.660
  • They're going to destroy all our heritage.
  • 00:16:12.660 --> 00:16:14.962
  • They gonna rape our nuns.
  • 00:16:14.962 --> 00:16:16.764
  • They're going to destroy our monastery.
  • 00:16:16.764 --> 00:16:18.499
  • So we need to take part to defend our homeland side
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  • To side with the jewish people.
  • 00:16:22.736 --> 00:16:24.071
  • Then, during the last war,
  • 00:16:24.071 --> 00:16:26.040
  • After seven of october, we saw what happened to the christian.
  • 00:16:26.040 --> 00:16:29.076
  • Not long ago, sad to say, in syria.
  • 00:16:29.076 --> 00:16:31.779
  • Can you tell us a bit - what's happening in syria
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  • It's happened before.
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  • This is the second time that happening
  • 00:16:35.416 --> 00:16:36.984
  • For the christians and the minorities,
  • 00:16:36.984 --> 00:16:38.919
  • Especially the druze also
  • 00:16:38.919 --> 00:16:41.221
  • They are facing a discrimination.
  • 00:16:41.221 --> 00:16:42.923
  • Every day there is a groups that come to your house.
  • 00:16:42.923 --> 00:16:46.193
  • They ask you to convert to islam.
  • 00:16:46.193 --> 00:16:48.495
  • Just right now,
  • 00:16:48.495 --> 00:16:49.730
  • If you don't do it, they're going to take your daughters.
  • 00:16:49.730 --> 00:16:51.732
  • Are you going to take your wife?
  • 00:16:51.732 --> 00:16:53.200
  • They're going to destroy your life
  • 00:16:53.200 --> 00:16:54.601
  • So the world doesn't hear about it.
  • 00:16:54.601 --> 00:16:56.303
  • Unfortunately, the voice of those people,
  • 00:16:56.303 --> 00:16:58.806
  • You never hear this voice around the world.
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  • Let's do a separation.
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  • Give us a an overview, okay?
  • 00:17:02.743 --> 00:17:04.979
  • About the christian in israel in
  • 00:17:04.979 --> 00:17:06.547
  • And then the christians around the middle east.
  • 00:17:06.547 --> 00:17:08.849
  • The first example is just try to you next to us.
  • 00:17:08.849 --> 00:17:11.752
  • It's seven kilometers from here.
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  • You'll be in bethlehem.
  • 00:17:14.054 --> 00:17:15.756
  • In bethlehem, the population, it's
  • 00:17:15.756 --> 00:17:17.424
  • Dwindling and shrinking every day.
  • 00:17:17.424 --> 00:17:19.360
  • The christians unfortunately
  • 00:17:19.360 --> 00:17:20.828
  • Yeah, before 1993, 1994, before the oslo agreement
  • 00:17:20.828 --> 00:17:24.798
  • That percentage of the christian was almost 78%.
  • 00:17:24.798 --> 00:17:29.737
  • Nowadays, after 30 years of the palestinian authority
  • 00:17:29.737 --> 00:17:33.507
  • Controlling their life, now it's dwindling to less than 7%.
  • 00:17:33.507 --> 00:17:38.545
  • In the last year, shmulik
  • 00:17:38.545 --> 00:17:40.247
  • 149 families immigrated from bethlehem.
  • 00:17:40.247 --> 00:17:44.385
  • Who do you think did the mistake and where's the mistake?
  • 00:17:44.385 --> 00:17:47.187
  • So what's happening for the christians in bethlehem
  • 00:17:47.187 --> 00:17:50.257
  • And the palestinian territories
  • 00:17:50.257 --> 00:17:51.825
  • That they are facing also discrimination.
  • 00:17:51.825 --> 00:17:54.695
  • They are facing a lot of bias, which means that
  • 00:17:54.695 --> 00:17:58.499
  • If you are christian and you have
  • 00:17:58.499 --> 00:18:00.200
  • Any problem with your neighbor, the muslim guy, the low percent
  • 00:18:00.200 --> 00:18:04.038
  • Is that you will face a judge. okay?
  • 00:18:04.038 --> 00:18:06.607
  • Most of the time, all those problems solved
  • 00:18:06.607 --> 00:18:09.109
  • By a tribe heads you go to a tribe.
  • 00:18:09.109 --> 00:18:12.112
  • You say that the christian doesn't have a voice,
  • 00:18:12.112 --> 00:18:14.415
  • They don't have a voice, and they are not equal
  • 00:18:14.415 --> 00:18:16.817
  • Even in front of the law.
  • 00:18:16.817 --> 00:18:18.352
  • Now you're an arab, christian.
  • 00:18:18.352 --> 00:18:19.987
  • Arab speaking christian?
  • 00:18:19.987 --> 00:18:21.321
  • Yeah, arab speaking christian.
  • 00:18:21.321 --> 00:18:22.656
  • You say that the christian
  • 00:18:22.656 --> 00:18:24.091
  • In the west bank
  • 00:18:24.091 --> 00:18:25.426
  • And palestinian authority, they are second class citizens,
  • 00:18:25.426 --> 00:18:28.562
  • Maybe more than the second class.
  • 00:18:28.562 --> 00:18:30.397
  • Where's the third class? - you're kidding me.
  • 00:18:30.397 --> 00:18:32.132
  • Yeah, third or fourth? fourth class.
  • 00:18:32.132 --> 00:18:34.935
  • The jerusalem initiative.
  • 00:18:34.935 --> 00:18:36.136
  • What are you guys are trying to do?
  • 00:18:36.136 --> 00:18:37.638
  • The first goal of us
  • 00:18:37.638 --> 00:18:39.440
  • Is to integrate the christian society,
  • 00:18:39.440 --> 00:18:42.409
  • The christian community
  • 00:18:42.409 --> 00:18:43.410
  • Inside the big society, the israeli society.
  • 00:18:43.410 --> 00:18:46.480
  • We are in pain,
  • 00:18:46.480 --> 00:18:48.048
  • First of all, to encourage the young
  • 00:18:48.048 --> 00:18:50.551
  • Christians to integrate, the idf
  • 00:18:50.551 --> 00:18:53.854
  • To integrate in all the sectors in the state of israel.
  • 00:18:53.854 --> 00:18:56.957
  • Let's explain it to our viewers
  • 00:18:56.957 --> 00:18:59.493
  • If you were an arab speaking christian,
  • 00:18:59.493 --> 00:19:02.796
  • You didn't have to go to the israeli military. - no.
  • 00:19:02.796 --> 00:19:06.500
  • We are serving in the army as a christians, as a volunteering.
  • 00:19:06.500 --> 00:19:10.804
  • We are volunteering in the idf.
  • 00:19:10.804 --> 00:19:12.606
  • Do you see the numbers are changing?
  • 00:19:12.606 --> 00:19:14.708
  • Yeah, definitely.
  • 00:19:14.708 --> 00:19:16.143
  • Each year
  • 00:19:16.143 --> 00:19:17.344
  • We have around 1000 youth christians that they are serving
  • 00:19:17.344 --> 00:19:20.080
  • In the army.
  • 00:19:20.080 --> 00:19:20.948
  • It's not only in the army, the police
  • 00:19:20.948 --> 00:19:22.349
  • And all the security sections.
  • 00:19:22.349 --> 00:19:24.284
  • We started almost with 200.
  • 00:19:24.284 --> 00:19:26.920
  • Now we get around a thousand every year.
  • 00:19:26.920 --> 00:19:30.090
  • It makes you more strong and it makes you more close
  • 00:19:30.090 --> 00:19:33.894
  • To your homeland.
  • 00:19:33.894 --> 00:19:35.329
  • It gives you the motivation to save this homeland
  • 00:19:35.329 --> 00:19:38.866
  • Along with your christian guys, jewish guys, druze
  • 00:19:38.866 --> 00:19:42.503
  • Guys, bedouin guys.
  • 00:19:42.503 --> 00:19:44.071
  • So we are all united under one flag.
  • 00:19:44.071 --> 00:19:47.474
  • This is the most important thing.
  • 00:19:47.474 --> 00:19:49.209
  • So you see yourself as 100% israeli for sure.
  • 00:19:49.209 --> 00:19:53.380
  • For sure.
  • 00:19:53.380 --> 00:19:54.481
  • 20 years ago, 30 years ago, an arab christian will.
  • 00:19:54.481 --> 00:19:57.184
  • Would put the emphasis on his arab identity
  • 00:19:57.184 --> 00:19:59.453
  • And it came, shmulik from the education that we get
  • 00:19:59.453 --> 00:20:02.656
  • Christian schools in jerusalem. - in jerusalem
  • 00:20:02.656 --> 00:20:05.225
  • And also on the west bank, in judea and samaria,
  • 00:20:05.225 --> 00:20:08.228
  • In the palestinian territories,
  • 00:20:08.228 --> 00:20:10.464
  • They are providing for their student a curriculum
  • 00:20:10.464 --> 00:20:13.901
  • That is full of anti-semitism, anti jew.
  • 00:20:13.901 --> 00:20:17.704
  • So you guys are trying to change the yeah curriculum
  • 00:20:17.704 --> 00:20:21.308
  • Of the school.
  • 00:20:21.308 --> 00:20:22.709
  • Because also our history as a christian and our heritage,
  • 00:20:22.709 --> 00:20:26.914
  • It's really erased from this those curriculum.
  • 00:20:26.914 --> 00:20:30.384
  • So when you grow up
  • 00:20:30.851 --> 00:20:33.253
  • With this educational material you are kind of a brainwashed.
  • 00:20:33.253 --> 00:20:37.391
  • I want to talk freely about this, sometimes
  • 00:20:37.391 --> 00:20:40.394
  • The head of the traditional churches in the holy land,
  • 00:20:40.394 --> 00:20:44.398
  • They adopt the palestinian narrative
  • 00:20:44.398 --> 00:20:46.667
  • Because they are afraid from the backlash,
  • 00:20:46.667 --> 00:20:49.703
  • The backlash, and what will happen
  • 00:20:50.470 --> 00:20:52.439
  • For the local community on the palestinian territories.
  • 00:20:52.439 --> 00:20:55.943
  • We're on a show of boots on the ground,
  • 00:20:55.943 --> 00:20:58.812
  • And in the last two years we've been involved reporting
  • 00:20:58.812 --> 00:21:02.583
  • On the seven of october and what happened from there.
  • 00:21:02.583 --> 00:21:05.586
  • I think it changed the whole middle east.
  • 00:21:05.586 --> 00:21:07.054
  • It changed the point of view of the israelis.
  • 00:21:07.054 --> 00:21:10.157
  • What are you drawing from the seven of october as a arab
  • 00:21:10.157 --> 00:21:13.493
  • Speaking christian in jerusalem,
  • 00:21:13.493 --> 00:21:16.863
  • What isis did for the christians and the minorities in syria
  • 00:21:16.863 --> 00:21:21.335
  • In iraq, in lebanon, it's the same
  • 00:21:21.335 --> 00:21:23.637
  • What happened for the jewish people on gaza
  • 00:21:23.637 --> 00:21:26.740
  • Envelope on october 7th, the same things to rape,
  • 00:21:26.740 --> 00:21:30.477
  • To burn families, to destroy a synagogue.
  • 00:21:30.477 --> 00:21:34.181
  • They destroyed a lot of churches.
  • 00:21:34.181 --> 00:21:35.816
  • They burn the churches.
  • 00:21:35.816 --> 00:21:37.084
  • Also the european union,
  • 00:21:37.084 --> 00:21:38.986
  • If they will not close their borders
  • 00:21:38.986 --> 00:21:42.789
  • And they will still accepting refugees in 15 years maximum,
  • 00:21:42.789 --> 00:21:47.928
  • They will face the same thing inside their homeland.
  • 00:21:47.928 --> 00:21:52.199
  • Those are very, very tough
  • 00:21:52.766 --> 00:21:54.501
  • Things you're saying here.
  • 00:21:55.068 --> 00:21:56.803
  • There's no doubt that the arab speaking
  • 00:21:56.803 --> 00:21:58.839
  • Christians have a huge role in the middle east.
  • 00:21:58.839 --> 00:22:01.875
  • For 2000 years, it was you guys
  • 00:22:01.875 --> 00:22:05.479
  • Who took care of the holy sites
  • 00:22:05.479 --> 00:22:08.582
  • Here in lebanon, in syria, in jordan, all over. - the whole
  • 00:22:08.582 --> 00:22:12.119
  • Middle east,- christian, around the world are watching us today.
  • 00:22:12.119 --> 00:22:15.155
  • What would you want them to consider?
  • 00:22:15.989 --> 00:22:18.859
  • Okay, so we are as christians in the middle east.
  • 00:22:18.859 --> 00:22:23.030
  • We are the guardians
  • 00:22:23.030 --> 00:22:24.031
  • Of the holy site in all over the middle east.
  • 00:22:24.031 --> 00:22:27.934
  • Nothing will break us will stay here like stones.
  • 00:22:27.934 --> 00:22:31.738
  • We will stay here, as the lord say to peter
  • 00:22:31.738 --> 00:22:35.409
  • That you are the rock. so we are the rocks here.
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  • We will stay here forever until he come back.
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  • Okay, i'm asking all the christian believers,
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  • All the pilgrims just to come to the holy land
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  • To be in touch also with, churches
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  • And, the society, the community,
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  • The christian community and the holy land.
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  • It's it's important for us to see that we have a backup,
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  • That we have an international christian family,
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  • That family that they are trying to help us.
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  • We don't really need a help, okay?
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  • But we need to see those people just standing with us as a
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  • Christians here, not only in israel, in the whole middle east
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  • Again, we are the guardian and the custodian of the
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  • Holy sites.
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  • How do you see the future?
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  • I see the future.
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  • It will change to a very good
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  • And a very positive future
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  • Waiting for us in the middle east,
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  • Especially after this war, after the 7th of october,
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  • The changes that we are facing every day,
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  • The countries that they are asking israel
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  • To be part of abraham accords, and they call for a peace
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  • With israel.
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  • And now we are
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  • In the end of the horrible time, and we are facing a new era
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  • And new positive future that they are waiting for us.
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  • Elias,
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  • First of all, thank you for what you do in the holy land, but
  • 00:24:03.997 --> 00:24:06.299
  • Are you in touch with different christian groups around us, or,
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  • I have a good connection with the christians and lebanon
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  • Christians in syria
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  • By the way, we as christians, we united together
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  • With the druze
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  • In israel, christians, and druze especially from the galilee.
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  • And we delivered, food trucks and humanitarian aid
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  • For the christian and druze villages
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  • That they are living in sweida, and they are in the border
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  • Of israel, - beautiful.
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  • During the war in lebanon,
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  • I was in touch with the christians that they also
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  • Having the same
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  • Feeling that hezbollah should leave their villages.
  • 00:24:43.437 --> 00:24:47.507
  • Unfortunately, during the war, hezbollah was using
  • 00:24:47.507 --> 00:24:51.011
  • The christian villages to fire rockets to israel
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  • In order that israel will attack again
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  • And it will be an international case
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  • That israel, it's bombing the christians in south lebanon.
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  • So yeah,
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  • Yeah, i'm also in touch with the christian community in gaza.
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  • We have there around 600 christians.
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  • Yeah, including the priests and the nuns.
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  • And unfortunately they are from the beginning,
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  • From since the 7th of october.
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  • They are hiding inside the churches.
  • 00:25:19.272 --> 00:25:22.275
  • But what happened for them that the terrorists
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  • Just steal their businesses and their houses
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  • While they are hiding in the churches?
  • 00:25:29.049 --> 00:25:31.351
  • Yeah, they are facing also a horrible and a tough life
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  • During the war.
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  • The they don't want to leave gaza
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  • Because they know that if they leave their holy sites
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  • And the churches, the terrorists will take over this again.
  • 00:25:42.529 --> 00:25:46.766
  • We are the rock.
  • 00:25:46.766 --> 00:25:47.934
  • They are still living a tough life in gaza
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  • In order to save those holy sites.
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  • Elias, thank you for what you do here and to you, friend,
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  • There's no doubt that we say again to pray and to pray
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  • To pray for the peace of jerusalem.
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  • But also pray for the arab speaking christians.
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  • Pray for what's
  • 00:26:06.820 --> 00:26:08.054
  • Going on in the middle east, because it's only god himself
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  • That will bring a real peace to the middle east
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  • Once again, thank you and back to you yair.
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  • I hope you enjoyed this report.
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  • Now we will go to a short commercial break,
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  • After which we will return in order to pray together
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  • For the peace of israel.
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  • For the peace of israel.
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  • Thank you very much for returning to us.
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  • Now we will continue together to spread the truth.
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  • And we need your help.
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  • Because this is not just a war for sharing the information.
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  • This is a war in the spiritual realm.
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  • A spiritual battle between good and evil.
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  • And the only way that i know how to fight a spiritual war
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  • Is by praying and asking our father in heaven to help us out.
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  • So let's do that together.
  • 00:27:05.133 --> 00:27:06.501
  • But let's make it personal.
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  • Let's pray for wisdom to our leaders, to your leaders
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  • That will have godly understanding
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  • Of what to do, how to act, and how to understand the situation
  • 00:27:14.976 --> 00:27:19.648
  • That's pray for all the innocent lives
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  • That are affected by this conflict.
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  • For god to reveal himself to them in their hour of need.
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  • He can make that happen.
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  • Let's pray for our enemies.
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  • It's very hard for me to say that,
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  • But let's pray for the enemies of israel and our enemies
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  • In this region not to succeed in their attempts to destroy us,
  • 00:27:37.132 --> 00:27:41.336
  • But to receive god in their heart and start loving
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  • The jewish people of israel, god can make it happen.
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  • That's unite in prayer for the peace of jerusalem.
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