Erick Stakelbeck: Day 8 of Israel-Iran Conflict | Special Report

June 19, 2025 | 86:22

Erick Stakelbeck breaks down the latest in the escalating Israel-Iran conflict with expert analysis and biblical perspectives.

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| Erick Stakelbeck: Day 8 of Israel-Iran Conflict | Special Report | June 19, 2025

It is june 19th juneteenth, and you are looking live at god's
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Holy city, jerusalem, where it is 4:30 a.m. and where the
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Question everyone is asking is this will he or won't he?
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Countless americans and iranians are asking the very same
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Question will president donald j. trump order u.s. forces to
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Join israel's military operation and help destroy iran's nuclear
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Program, or will israel continue to go it alone? i'm eric
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Stackelbeck. this is a tbn special report, israel at war.
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And we got a temporary answer to that burning question, will he
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Or won't he? earlier today, the white house announced that
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President trump will now make his final decision on whether to
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Attack iran's nuclear sites within the next two weeks. the
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President says he wants to see if a diplomatic solution can
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Still be reached, in which iran agrees to give up its nuclear
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Program, a move iran has resisted for years. now,
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Anticipation had been running high in both washington and
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Jerusalem that trump was on the verge of sending american bunker
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Buster bombs to help israel destroy iran's nuclear sites, in
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Particular its facility at fordo, which is located nearly
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300ft underground and heavily fortified, fordo is dug into the
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Side of a mountain and accessible only by a series of
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Tunnels. it is a very hard target that seems tailor made
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For a 30,000 pound american massive ordnance penetrator
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Bomb. but with president trump apparently taking more time to
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Decide, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says israel
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Can destroy fordo on its own if needed. and after what we've
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Seen these past week, with israel smashing iran's military
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Capabilities, i wouldn't doubt it. meanwhile, iran continues to
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Fire ballistic missiles at israeli civilian targets,
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Including a direct hit on a hospital in southern israel
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Earlier today. as iran's regime intentionally targets women and
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Children. israeli officials say iran's supreme leader ayatollah
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Khamenei, who is giving the orders, may be next on the idf's
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Target list. so what lies ahead? over the next 90 minutes, we'll
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Be joined live by guest in washington, d.c. and israel to
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Break down israel's operation rising lion and the state of
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Play in the world's most strategic and prophetic region.
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We begin, as always, in jerusalem, where our israel
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Correspondent, yair pinto is standing by there. thanks for
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Joining us in the middle of the night in israel. hey, first
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Question, what's the reaction in israel to the trump
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Administration's announcement today that the president will
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Make his decision whether to join israel in this assault on
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Iran's nuclear facilities within the next two weeks? as i
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Mentioned, anticipation was running high. what's the
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Reaction to that in israel right now? well, eric, it's first of
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All, it's good to be here with you guys. and the reaction
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Regarding the united states involvement in the strikes
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Against iran is anticipation. and basically, this is what
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We've been training for side by side. our israeli pilots,
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Together with the american pilots, have been training for
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This scenario multiple, multiple months ago already before this
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War started. so we are waiting for the americans to join in
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This fight. this is a battle against the world's leading
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State that is funding terrorism across the world, terrorism that
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Is targeting the united states, that is targeting europe, that
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Is targeting basically anybody that that is not a radical, a
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Muslim that supports the islamic regime. so this is not something
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That just israel needs to do alone, but we can do it alone.
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It will only take us a lot more than what we can do together
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With the united states b-2 and b-52 bombers and the mega
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Penetration bunker buster bombs that we need in order to finish
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The job a lot faster. eric. yeah, that's a key point. yeah.
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I think this war would end quickly if the u.s. did get
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Involved. but prime minister netanyahu said today that. look,
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As you just mentioned, yeah, we can handle this on our own. but
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Is your sense that these iranian ballistic missile barrages will
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Continue? yeah, we saw one earlier today hitting a hospital
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In beersheba in southern israel, the largest hospital in that
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Region. what's it like on the home front right now as these
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Missile barrages from iran continue? yeah, these missiles
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Continue. and it seems like iran is intensifying the targeting,
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The accuracy and is using more explosive devices on these
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Missile warheads. just two days ago, i went to bat-yam, which is
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The residential neighborhood in the heart of israel, where you
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Can see massive destruction. entire neighborhoods, basically
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In rubbles. and you see that this regime is not targeting the
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Military installations in israel. they are targeting the
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Civilian population. they are targeting hospitals. there's no
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Difference between the iranian islamic regime and hamas or
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Hezbollah, which are terrorist organizations. they both just
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Fire rockets indiscriminately towards the civilian population
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In israel. but despite that, the resolve in israel is strong. the
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People know how to protect themselves when there is an
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Alarm. sadly, we have had a lot, a lot of training in going to
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Bomb shelters very quickly and it does save lives. so the
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Country is very strong and prepared, but the price that we
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Are paying is very high. we are willing to do that because we
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Know that the alternative is a nuclear iran, which means
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Another nuclear holocaust for israel and for the jewish
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People. yeah, yeah. you're well said. less than a minute left,
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My friend. is your sense that hezbollah, hamas and iranian
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Proxies stay out of this fight? yes. if they haven't joined now,
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When the israeli air force is basically controlling the skies
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Of iran, then i don't know when are they going to join? what we
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See is basically vague threats and a missile here or there from
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The houthis in yemen, but nothing more than that. the
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Combination of forces deployed in lebanon that are deterring
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And pushing hezbollah north so that they cannot operate. it's a
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Combination of 620 days of pounding these terrorist
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Organizations that they actually cannot respond like hezbollah
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Planned them to. and i think it's a combination of let's save
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What we still have left and not join the loss of the islamic
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Republic that is coming up very soon. yeah, yeah. well, said, my
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Friend. hey, get some rest. try to get some rest. you've been up
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All night in the wee hours of the night. tomorrow is shabbat.
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Shabbat shalom, my friend. i pray for rest for you and
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Everyone in israel. co-host of boots on the ground. seen right
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Here on tbn every thursday night, 9:30 p.m. eastern. god
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Bless. keep up the great work, my friend. we'll see you again
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Soon. we've got another great friend joining us here in a
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Minute. our good friend aaron cohen, former israeli special
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Forces operator, top counterterrorism expert. aaron,
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It is great to see you, my friend. no one better to break
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Down the situation, the state of play right now than you. okay,
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We're about a week in since israel launched operation rising
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Lion. what's your sense of the state of the iranian regime
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Right now? aaron, they've been severely weakened. are they
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Teetering on the brink of collapse thanks to the
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Incredible work of the idf? well, it's good to see you,
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Eric. for the amount of missiles, for the half a dozen
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To a dozen or so missiles that have come in from iran and hit
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Israel. so it's a hair compared to the thousands that the
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Israeli air force has delivered strategically throughout iran,
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Including iraq, natanz missile silos and batteries. and let's
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Not forget israel's mossad, which had infiltrated months
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Inside the wire and built an actual operational chain
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Satellite drone farm outside tehran, just in the rural
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Farmland there with hundreds of drones, anti missile civilian
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Trucks infiltrated undetected with tarps over them. so israel
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And most are inside of iran's head. eric. but here's where i'm
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At with all this. israel must take out fordow. and like we say
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In hebrew, and this isn't just about nukes, eric, as you
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Mentioned in your t's 300ft under a mountain and designed to
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Survive everything but a direct hit. and you don't build that
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Unless you're planning to finish the bomb. so the us may or may
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Not join, but if trump doesn't take the shot, eric, there's
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Only one explanation in my head. israeli special forces brought
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Him something better. a covert op that guarantees full
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Destruction of that nuclear site, that 30,000 pound mop bomb
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Which that b-2 delivers, may not finish the job. however, israel
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Has a track record. they took out the remnants of a nuclear
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Facility in syria. if you remember, over the last year,
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Commandos from ngos and from the shi'ite infiltrated undetected
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And already carried out a similar type of operation. so i
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Believe that that could be on the table. however, there may be
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Other reasons why trump is stalling. it may have something
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To do with dissent of the iranian people and making sure
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That if israel does say, take out khamenei, what's going to
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Happen with all the remnants of the military and police
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Leadership? will they defect? is pallavi correctly positioned to
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Be able to lift up the iranian people if there's another
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Revolution? so i think there's a lot of pieces moving around the
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Board here. but i'll tell you what won't stop aggressive. like
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We say in hebrew aggressiveness. israel is fighting for its life
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Right now. soroka just got hit the hospital in beersheba. this
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Is as real as it gets. israel's got the finest minds underground
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Right now, keeping iran busy. and iran has made a major
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Mistake. but i believe that trump is with us. yeah, and you
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Mentioned reza pahlavi. aaron, he lives in the dc area right
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Now, but he's the rightful heir to the leadership in iran. he's
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The son of the shah, of course. speaking of the current
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So-called leader, the supreme leader, ayatollah khamenei.
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Aaron, do you think he survives this? do you think he survives
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Operation rise and rising line? either. perhaps the idf targets
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Him, or maybe there's some kind of coup he's overthrown. what's
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Your take on khamenei's shelf life? and by the way, he's 86
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Years old and not in good health. i think that it's a good
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Question, eric. i think that i don't think he survives. the
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Question is, is there are there enough of the irgc leadership
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That israel has taken out and will take out that will prevent
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Any type of logistical, planning and operations moving forward?
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The reason why gaza is quiet right now is because israel
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Surgically dismantled over 20 months. hamas's operational
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Capabilities by assassinating and killing through targeted
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Selective operations, all of their leadership. hezbollah is
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Now a distant memory. we haven't heard anything since that little
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Pager magic trick that we pulled off. so i don't have any doubts
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That israel will get to khamenei. however, i believe
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That the attack of khamenei has to be, again strategically
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Designed around the domino effect. you take him out. sure,
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It's symbolic, but it has to be strategic. enough. with pallavi
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And dc already having those conversations, with enough
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Military and police leadership on the ground in iran and
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Potentially the kurds armed and ready to fight in the streets or
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To provide security to that revolution which the iranian
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People deserve. they have been held hostage for 39 years. it's
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Enough. it's the largest hostage siege of all of the hostage
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Sieges going on right now. and they deserve to be let go. but
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The good news is, is that israel has thousands of operatives who
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Have been flipped and targeted, who are loyal to israel, who are
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Against the regime. question now is will taking out khamenei have
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Enough surgical back end to be able to support the
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Infrastructure of a regime? and what is that going to look like?
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And where does trump stand with all that? i believe he supports
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Israel, but americans typically are not good at flipping
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Regimes. so can israel and the u.s. and hegseth and president
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Trump and this whole team and the cia director put something
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Together that's going to go in the correct direction quickly
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The moment the seed is sparked, because when khamenei gets hit,
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A seed will be sparked. question is, is will the plans be there,
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In place? i have faith in israel's magic capabilities,
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Eric. i know they've got incredible talent and
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Creativeness, so we'll see how this shakes out. but a lot of
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Aggressiveness you're going to see over the next week or two.
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Yeah aaron great breakdown folks. if you want more where
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This is coming from, be sure to follow aaron on x and tune in to
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Aaron cohen show. you can subscribe to aaron's great show
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On his youtube channel. okay. you're a former israeli special
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Forces operator. you know how this is done. how deeply has
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Israel penetrated iran? i mean, launching drones from iranian
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Soil, from tehran to launch this operation a week ago. aaron,
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Just incredible intelligence work and covert work by israeli
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Special forces operators like yourself and the mossad. it's
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Really stunning. well, it's a good question. i think the
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Talent within the special operations community,
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Specifically with the mossad, and we got a taste of their
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Actual operational wing and some of that footage that was leaked
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On purpose. a big part of those operations. is in. get behind
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The wire for as many months. look, okay, looks like we're
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Losing aaron there for a second. folks. this is live tv and
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Sometimes it happens. aaron cohen our good friend. great job
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By aaron. what a breakdown right? i mean we've got the best
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Of the best here for you tonight over the next 90 minutes here on
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This tbn special report israel at war. a bit of a technical
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Difficulty there, but aaron maybe will join us again soon.
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Follow him on x, folks. again for some of the best analysis
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You will get anywhere. okay. what's your reaction? we'd love
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To know if you heard that statement from the white house
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Today. i think a lot of us were anticipating again, the united
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States to get involved. some were saying the next 24 to 48
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Hours, maybe the next 72 hours, we'd see israeli fighter jets in
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The skies along side by side with american fighter jets. now
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That seems to be delayed. but is this all kind of a swerve? once
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Again, remember we had the reports of president trump and
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Prime minister netanyahu were butting heads, reportedly, and
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Then that turned out to be anything but the case. the u.s.
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Was fully behind this israeli operation that was launched last
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Week. so is this some deception once again to fool the iranians?
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Will it really take two weeks for president trump to make his
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Decision? we shall see. the plot thickens. fasten your seatbelts.
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Joining us now, someone who knows that us-israel
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Relationship better than anyone is israel's ambassador to the
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United states. yakir later joining us now from washington,
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D.c. ambassador, it is great to have you and obviously a lot
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Going on right now. without a doubt, you're kind of in the
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Middle of all this. you're talking to u.s. officials, of
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Course. what's your reaction first to president trump saying,
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Look, we're going to take longer to make a decision whether we
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Will get involved. ultimately, at the end of the day,
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Ambassador, that doesn't seem to change israel's calculations
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Here, right? israel is going to do what it needs to do
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Regardless of any help from outside forces. well, eric, good
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Evening. it's good to be with you. as always. look for israel.
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This is an existential issue. the ayatollah of iran has said
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That we are a one bomb country. and if he achieves nuclear bomb
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To get his hands on it. and in addition to that, he's going to
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Send all of his proxies to try and attack us like hamas did on
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October 7th, while they operate under nuclear umbrella. he's a
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Menace. he's a menace to israel. he's a menace to the world. we
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Have to do what we can to eliminate that threat, and we're
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Going to operate by ourselves if necessary. but as both the
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Chancellor of germany just said yesterday and our former prime
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Minister of great britain, boris johnson, we're doing the dirty
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Work of the world. and, you know, we are trying to eliminate
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This, the threat, this regime that has spread mayhem and
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Murder, death and destruction around the world. but for us,
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Again, it's an existential issue. we have tremendous
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Confidence in president trump. we have his support and
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Operation. until now, i'd also like to point out that our ask
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From the administration has been a defensive posture, and i need
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To say thank you. i need to say thank you to the united states
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Of america because we have received defensive missile
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Batteries that have helped save hundreds and perhaps thousands
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Of lives. the thad anti-missile system, the egis defense missile
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System have taken out many of these ballistic missiles and
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Drones that the iranians have sent careening into our
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Population centers. so a debt of gratitude, we say, thank you,
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Really, to the united states of america for helping us against
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The aggression of iranians. yeah. and, ambassador, we want
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To thank you. i think i speak on behalf of the american people.
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Thank you. thank you to israel for, as you just said, doing the
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Dirty work of the world. iran is a threat not only to israel, but
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To the entire free world. and israel is on the front lines of
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The fight doing god's work, in my view. speaking of which, the
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Iranian regime reeling right now and the verge, perhaps, and you
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And i have talked about this previously, ambassador, we're on
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The verge, perhaps, of an entirely new middle east, iran,
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Its proxies smashed. when the dust settles here from operation
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Rising lion. what do you think the middle east looks like? it
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Seems everything is on the table now, ambassador. including the
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Abraham accords, getting revved back up once the carnage ends
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Here and the iranian regime is vanquished, it seems there will
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Be exciting times in the world's most unstable region. you know,
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People have said, expressed concern, fear that this is a war
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Within an endless war. and it's really to the contrary. this is
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A war to bring peace. this is a war of peace through strength.
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As the president has repeated his vision time and again,
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Because iran is seeking hegemony and it's a malevolent actor. and
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The moment that that malevolence is neutralized, countries in the
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Middle east will line up to normalize relations with israel
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And to create a moderate middle east that is in line with the
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West, in line with in line with western civilization, the
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Judeo-christian world, and the moderates in the middle east
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Want that, but they're terribly afraid of an iran, particularly
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Iran, with a nuclear weapon. and i've got to say something about
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The people of iran. it's not only the other countries in the
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Middle east, but the iranians themselves. we've got 92 million
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Iranians who have been by this brutal, malevolent regime of the
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Ayatollahs. did you know that there's some 15,000 political
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Prisoners in iran and their prisoners? only because they've
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Expressed opposition to the regime of the mullahs. so. the
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Position of regime change, that's not our objective. but if
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Our removing the nuclear threat will help facilitate the iranian
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People to rise up and shake off the yoke of this totalitarianism
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Of the mullahs, well, history will judge us favorably. yeah.
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Ambassador. amen. well said. we truly appreciate your insights.
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You are busier than than most people right now. needless to
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Say, ambassador leiter, israel's ambassador to the united states.
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Thank you sir. god bless you. we'll see you again soon. thanks
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Again. with you. thank you. good evening. joining us now is idf
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Spokesperson captain masha mickelson. early this morning,
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Iran launched a brutal and direct strike on soroka hospital
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In beersheba, a civilian facility that serves over 1
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Million israelis, including jews, christians and arabs. it
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Wasn't just an attack on infrastructure. it was an
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Intentional attack on innocent lives. captain mickelson, great
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To see you. and number one, i think this really points out the
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Clear distinction. whereas israel is targeting military and
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Intelligence infrastructure in iran, the iranian regime is
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Intentionally targeting israeli civilians. tell us more about
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The situation right now on the ground in beersheba in the wake
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Of this horrific strike. thank you for having me. now, the fact
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That there were no fatalities in this strike is nothing short of
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A lucky miracle. the documentation that we see from
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The ground of the impact site is shocking. it hit right near the
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Emergency room with smoke towering over it, and workers
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That were still there in the morning documenting this
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Horrible strike. and again, this just brings us to the question.
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This is a ballistic missile. what would have happened if iran
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Were in fact, able to get to nuclear capabilities of military
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Weapons, and this missile would have a nuclear warhead. this
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Would be an international catastrophe. and soroka hospital
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Is a key facility in the israeli medical field, serving a lot of
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The druze and muslim population in the negev and the south of
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Israel. it was the first hospital to offer medical care
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To harm civilians and injured civilians on october 7th, and an
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Attack on this medical facility is nothing short of atrocity.
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Yeah, it's a war crime, no doubt. and this is what the
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Iranian regime does. and you make a great point. what if
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Those missiles were nuclear tipped? that's all i keep
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Thinking as we see missiles soaring through the skies into
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Israeli civilian areas. but the good news is the idf, the
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Israeli air force is doing an incredible job of destroying
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Those iranian ballistic missile stockpiles. tell us more about
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That right now. how badly has iran's missile stockpile been
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Really destroyed and just degraded over the past few days
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By the israeli air force? now, to be honest, i don't think the
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Iranians and the iranian regime saw this, this one coming. our
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Air force is displaying incredible abilities in the
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Skies of israel over the skies of iran. just several nights
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Ago. simultaneously, our air force, our pilots are aerial
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Defense systems, were working together to defend the skies of
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Israel from a barrage of uavs and ballistic rockets, while in
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The same time striking terror targets of the iranian regime in
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Iran, as well as terror targets of the houthi terror regime in
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Yemen. that's over a thousand miles each and every way, three
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Places simultaneously. and those strikes in iran are degrading
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The iranian regime's ability to fire rockets at us at an amazing
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Pace. just a couple days ago, we confirmed that we have degraded
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Over one third of the iranian regime's ballistic missile
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Firing capabilities, that being ballistic missiles that were
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Actively on their way to be launched at israeli civilians as
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Well as launchers. because once you take that launcher, even if
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They have a missile next to it, they can't fire it at israel.
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And this is happening at an incredible tactical and
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Intelligence effort that as we strike terror targets in the
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Nuclear project, senior irgc commanders, all of that close
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Circle that khamenei has around him getting eliminated one by
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One on that same trip, our aircraft, our fighter jets, are
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Striking their ballistic fire capabilities, making sure that
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The barrages that are coming our way in response are much smaller
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Than they could have been. and we feel the israeli public with
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Us and we feel that we are getting close and we're getting
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Through with our mission. yeah. you mentioned that nuclear
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Project. last question, masha, about a minute left. how badly
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Has iran's nuclear program been degraded? of course, natanz
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Facility seems largely destroyed. fordo is still
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Looming. how badly has that iranian nuclear weapons program
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Been set back over the past week? we're doing some serious
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Work there. there's still a ways to go. we have struck natanz
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Just this night. we struck, though, an inactive but a
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Potentially very dangerous reactor in iraq that could be
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Used to enrich plutonium, which is also a crucial step into
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Getting to a nuclear weapon. and we know that acting right now is
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Crucial. if we hadn't acted in the time that we did, we would
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Have missed this golden window of opportunity, of strategic,
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Strategic advantage and intelligence that has ripened
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For us to act. and this is the time to act. this is the time,
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No doubt. and by the way, you are doing the world a favor. the
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State of israel. we thank you. major masha mickelson, idf
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Spokesperson. stay safe. keep up the great updates. keep up the
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Great work. god bless you. we'll see you again soon. thank you.
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This is the time. and a man who knows the signs and the times,
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And what israel should do about it is the prime minister of
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Israel, benjamin netanyahu. today he was outside of soroka
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Hospital, which we just mentioned was intentionally
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Targeted by the iranian regime, a hospital which, by the way,
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50% of the patients at this hospital are arab. iran targeted
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It anyway indiscriminately. prime minister netanyahu had
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Some strong comments about that and about the future of
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Operation rising lion and iran's nuclear program earlier today.
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Take a look. president trump will do what's best for america.
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I trust his judgment. he's a tremendous friend, a tremendous
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World leader, a tremendous friend of israel and the jewish
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People. and we will do what we have to do, and we are doing it.
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We are committed to destroying the nuclear threat, the threat
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Of nuclear annihilation against israel. we're able to do it. and
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We are, of course, will make our own determination. but i have to
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Say that the partnership with the united states, the
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Partnership with president trump, with whom i speak to
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Almost every day, is incredible. i think his resolve, his
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Determination and his clarity when he says iran cannot have a
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Nuclear weapon and for that to take place, iran cannot enrich
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Uranium. it's as simple as that. he gave them the chance to do it
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Through negotiations. they strung him along. and you don't
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String along donald trump. he knows he knows the game. and i
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Think that we're both committed to making sure that iran will
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Not have a nuclear weapon, and they won't. welcome to all of
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Our tbn praise viewers. you are watching at tbn special report
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Israel at war. i'm eric stackelbeck, and folks, we are a
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Week in to israel's operation rising lion. the big question
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Will the united states join this operation to destroy iran's
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Nuclear weapons facilities? the plot thickens. president trump
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Said earlier today that he will make a decision on u.s.
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Involvement within the next two weeks. in the meantime, israel
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Continues to smash iran's military capabilities. how
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Gravely has iran's military machine been wounded? check out
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This report. this breakdown from the israel defense forces. the
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Israeli air force has redefined what it means to achieve air
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Dominance since the launch of operation rising lion on the
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Night of june 13th, around 200 iaf aircraft flew deep into
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Iranian airspace, operating for over two hours in enemy
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Territory in one of the most complex and far reaching
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Operations in history. with precise coordination, the iaf
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Dismantled iran's nuclear infrastructure, crippling its
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Ability to build nuclear weapons. it destroyed key
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Missile systems, neutralized aerial threats, and struck
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Critical intelligence and command centers. senior military
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And intelligence figures behind iran's terror networks were
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Eliminated. even 2300km from israel. the iaf hit its target
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With exact precision. this was the longest range strike in iaf
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History. this operation was a masterclass in modern warfare,
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And when iran tried to strike back, israel's multi-layered
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Missile defense system was ready. a defense wall stretching
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From ground to space, where threats from drones to ballistic
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Missiles are intercepted before hitting israel. this is how a
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Nation is protected, not just with weapons, but with the will,
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Strategy and relentless precision of our soldiers. this
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Is israel's air power. amazing. folks, might i remind you that
00:32:17.635 --> 00:32:24.442
Israel is the size of the state of new jersey? if you look at
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The map, israel is dwarfed geographically by iran. iran is
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A vast country, and yet israel continues to punch far above its
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Weight in every single area. you know, as we've been watching it
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All play out over the past week, some americans have said, well,
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Why should we stand with israel? here's four reasons you can
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Share them with your family members, your neighbors, your
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Friends, your coworkers. for reasons that i give, why i
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Believe every american, every christian in particular, every
00:32:54.606 --> 00:32:57.709
Follower of jesus should stand with the world's one and only
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Jewish state. number one. and you're seeing this play out in
00:33:01.479 --> 00:33:04.115
Real time right now before your very eyes. israel is the first
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Line of defense for western civilization. israel is a canary
00:33:08.319 --> 00:33:12.991
In the coal mine. it is in the middle of the belly of the
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Beast, fighting the good fight for all of us, taking on the
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Radical jihadist hordes that would like to see, by the way,
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Every american dead as well remember the iranian regime in
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Its eschatology. its ideology refers to israel as the little
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Satan. in their view, it is america that is the great satan
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And the ultimate prize again, israel is that first line
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Holding back evil from coming to our shores. that's one reason, a
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Common sense reason to support israel. number two, israel is a
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Free, open, tolerant, democratic, western style
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Society. talk about democracy. israel. folks in the past few
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Years has held five, several five elections in a span of just
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A few years. five elections. could you imagine? for prime
00:34:08.379 --> 00:34:10.582
Minister, that's democracy. israel has arab members of the
00:34:10.582 --> 00:34:15.286
Knesset, arab political parties. there are people of every stripe
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Ideologically, ethnically, race, religion all together in this
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Giant melting pot known as israel walk the streets of
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Jerusalem. it is the most diverse place on earth. israel
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Is the lone democracy in a sea of tyranny in today's middle
00:34:33.972 --> 00:34:39.010
East. again, a good reason. i believe, that free societies
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Should stand together, and israel, most certainly in the
00:34:43.715 --> 00:34:47.152
World's most unfree region, the middle east. israel is a beacon
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Of light. so that's the second reason. third reason. how about
00:34:53.091 --> 00:34:56.261
This? israel is we talk about punching far above its weight.
00:34:56.261 --> 00:35:00.165
For a tiny country. there are more nobel prize winners out of
00:35:00.165 --> 00:35:05.203
Israel than any other nation. israel is a scientific,
00:35:05.203 --> 00:35:10.742
Technological, medical powerhouse. israel is like a
00:35:10.742 --> 00:35:14.546
Mini silicon valley in the middle of the desert. now, i say
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This as a proud american who believes in our scientific
00:35:19.350 --> 00:35:22.353
Community here, but i do believe if a cure for cancer or
00:35:22.353 --> 00:35:27.358
Alzheimer's is found in the next few years, god willing, there's
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A very good chance it will be found in israel. god has
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Harnessed the genius and the ingenuity of the jewish people
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All together in this one sliver of land known as israel. israel
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Is blessing the world. we think of genesis 12 three i will bless
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Those who bless you. i will curse those who curse you. don't
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Forget the second part of that, folks. god says to abraham,
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Through you, the people of israel, all nations on earth
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Will be blessed. you're seeing it right now. you're living in
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Bible times right now. which brings me to the fourth reason
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To stand with israel. it's real simple because god said so. it's
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God's people. it's god's land. his covenant with israel can
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Never be broken. he's a promise keeping god, who has made
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Eternal covenants with the people of israel. and look, when
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We get through all the madness that's happening right now in
00:36:24.582 --> 00:36:27.452
The region, israel will not only survive, it will thrive. i've
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Read to the back of the book, israel wins. someone who knows
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That very well is our good friend yael eckstein. folks, as
00:36:36.494 --> 00:36:40.031
The chaos is unfolding on the ground, her and her great team
00:36:40.031 --> 00:36:44.035
At the international fellowship for christians and jews are on
00:36:44.035 --> 00:36:47.171
The ground helping needy israelis in the time, really, of
00:36:47.171 --> 00:36:51.476
Israel's greatest need since its rebirth in 1948. here's an on
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The ground report from yale. take a look. so i arrived back
00:36:56.281 --> 00:37:01.686
In israel less than two days ago, and i've already been in
00:37:01.686 --> 00:37:05.390
The bomb shelter four times. the first time i was in the bomb
00:37:05.390 --> 00:37:08.526
Shelter was just half an hour after i got home. the sirens
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Started blaring. they're on the phone, they're outside. it's the
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Sirens. the air raid sirens are in every single city. and so
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Imagine in your home, suddenly, every single fire alarm going
00:37:19.904 --> 00:37:23.007
Off as loud as possible, and you have to run to find shelter. and
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Then once we get in the bomb shelters, the house literally
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Shakes from the booms. you hear the booms so loud in your head
00:37:32.917 --> 00:37:37.488
And you feel it on the ground. the ground shakes. these aren't
00:37:37.488 --> 00:37:40.825
Missiles like israel has ever had launched at us before.
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They're not the missiles that hezbollah has or missiles that
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Hamas has. they are over 3,000 pound ballistic missiles. and so
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Across israel, kids haven't been in school for a week. they're
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Just home and waiting for the next siren. you have to be close
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To a bomb shelter at any moment because we have sirens and they
00:38:02.313 --> 00:38:05.850
Launch barrages at israel, iran. and so you have 50 missiles, 100
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Missiles that are launched at a time, and you have to be close
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To shelter immediately. and so everyone is just staying close
00:38:14.192 --> 00:38:16.928
To their homes because we've seen the destruction today. a
00:38:16.928 --> 00:38:20.164
Ballistic missile hit a hospital. this is a hospital
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That the international fellowship of christians and
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Jews has been helping for years. we gave them a 4 to 5 surgical
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Unit, and that is what saved lives, because it was the
00:38:31.576 --> 00:38:35.279
Unfortified surgical unit that was directly hit. today, we've
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Given them a ct machine, we've given them emergency equipment,
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And that's what they use to respond today. and so across
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Israel, there were hits by this ballistic missile, apartment
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Buildings, synagogues, schools, hospitals. and what we're seeing
00:38:48.626 --> 00:38:53.664
Is mass destruction. what we're seeing is a country that's in a
00:38:53.664 --> 00:38:56.901
War for our survival. and so there's so much darkness. there
00:38:56.901 --> 00:39:00.104
Are so many people in need. one ballistic missile that hit right
00:39:00.104 --> 00:39:04.442
Outside of tel aviv. and i was there today, and the buildings
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Are destroyed. they have to knock down 20 full buildings and
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For miles, wherever you drive, every single window is broken.
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And so the people on one hand are sad and scared and worried,
00:39:15.853 --> 00:39:20.358
But on the other hand, we have so much hope because this is so
00:39:20.358 --> 00:39:24.128
Clear that it's a war of good versus bad, of light versus
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Darkness. we've seen in the iranian parliament how they yell
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Out death to america, death to israel. we see how they vow to
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Wipe israel off the map. and first they go for the little
00:39:38.376 --> 00:39:41.813
Satan and then the big satan, and they're developing nuclear
00:39:41.813 --> 00:39:44.749
Weapons and these ballistic missiles that are almost as
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Powerful as a nuclear weapon. and so israel right now realizes
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We're fighting for the west. we're saving the free world from
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This radical islamic regime in iran who wants to destroy
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Everything good, everything that god stands for, of light and
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Holiness and hope and the sanctity of life and helping one
00:40:05.169 --> 00:40:08.639
Another, they're against that. and so we are here on the front
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Lines, and we have hope. we have faith, and we believe that god
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Will protect us. he israel, the guardian of israel, neither
00:40:18.216 --> 00:40:22.854
Slumbers nor sleeps. please continue to pray for the peace
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Of jerusalem. joining us now is the former u.s. special envoy
00:40:28.259 --> 00:40:31.929
For monitoring and combating anti-semitism. he is the current
00:40:31.929 --> 00:40:35.066
Ceo of the israeli-american council. our good friend elan
00:40:35.066 --> 00:40:38.569
Carr joins us from paris, france. elan. first off, when i
00:40:38.569 --> 00:40:42.907
Think of just the complete moral, immoral depravity of the
00:40:42.907 --> 00:40:48.513
Iranian regime, i think we can look no further than the
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Intentional missile strike on soroka hospital in southern
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Israel earlier today. what does this tell us about what israel
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Is up against? this was an intentional targeting of a
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Civilian hospital, which, by the way, 50% of its patients, ellen,
00:41:03.995 --> 00:41:07.932
Are arab. yeah. well, you know, eric, it's always great to be
00:41:07.932 --> 00:41:12.603
With you. and you're 100% right. that strike on a hospital, for
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Goodness sakes, is exhibit a. but let's be very clear here.
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Something like 400 missiles have been launched by iran into
00:41:21.646 --> 00:41:25.149
Israel. each and every one of those attacks is a war crime.
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Iran is intentionally targeting civilian population centers,
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Cities, towns, and in this case, a hospital. and it is an
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Absolute outrage. and it goes to show you what we're dealing with
00:41:38.296 --> 00:41:41.132
Here. can you imagine a regime that is that is behaves in such
00:41:41.132 --> 00:41:46.704
A way, a rogue regime with nuclear capabilities? i mean,
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Can you imagine how the world would be held hostage, not only
00:41:50.274 --> 00:41:53.678
The state of israel, but how the united states and europe, really
00:41:53.678 --> 00:41:56.480
The entire civilized world would be, would be held hostage by
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This rogue regime. it would be intolerable. and thank god,
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Thank god israel is doing something about it with strong
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Support from the united states. i'm very grateful to president
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Trump and the administration. but what we've seen here, eric,
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Is nothing short of miraculous. what a change from a year and
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Three quarters ago. it is totally a sea change and a shift
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In every way imaginable, and we're blessed to see it. i got
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To tell you, it's an age of miracles. it is. and the iranian
00:42:30.114 --> 00:42:32.817
Regime and its proxies on, i think, on october 7th, 2023,
00:42:32.817 --> 00:42:36.420
That was their high water mark in their view. but really, they
00:42:36.420 --> 00:42:40.091
Signed their own death warrant, and that's thanks to the idf.
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And i think the world owes the idf a debt of gratitude right
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Now. what's your take so far? of course, president trump has
00:42:46.063 --> 00:42:49.033
Stood strongly beside and behind israel. what is your take on the
00:42:49.033 --> 00:42:53.671
World response so far? the rest of the western world you've
00:42:53.671 --> 00:42:58.275
Monitored so closely antisemitism in the west,
00:42:58.275 --> 00:43:01.879
Growing anti-semitism across the west. do you think they get
00:43:01.879 --> 00:43:06.417
Other western leaders outside of the united states? do they
00:43:06.417 --> 00:43:09.553
Understand the stakes of this fight that israel is leading
00:43:09.553 --> 00:43:12.790
Right now against the world's number one state sponsor of
00:43:12.790 --> 00:43:15.559
Terrorism? yeah. you know what i think many of them, many some of
00:43:15.559 --> 00:43:20.498
Them don't get it. many of them do get it. but sadly, some of
00:43:20.498 --> 00:43:23.501
The ones who get it aren't willing to say it publicly.
00:43:23.501 --> 00:43:26.904
President trump is willing to say publicly. and that really is
00:43:26.904 --> 00:43:30.341
What sets the united states of america apart. and what sets
00:43:30.341 --> 00:43:34.045
This president apart. strong, assertive u.s. leadership
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Standing firmly with, first of all, justice and what's right in
00:43:38.649 --> 00:43:41.719
The world, but then standing firmly with our our great ally,
00:43:41.719 --> 00:43:44.689
Israel, which is so very important. but but again, you
00:43:44.689 --> 00:43:48.025
Know, you said it correctly, eric, a year and three quarters
00:43:48.025 --> 00:43:51.929
Ago, israel was really brought to its knees. this this brutal,
00:43:51.929 --> 00:43:56.300
Savage attack by hamas. and then, of course, an ascendant
00:43:56.300 --> 00:44:00.571
And threatening hezbollah and then the houthis and of course,
00:44:00.571 --> 00:44:03.774
The assad regime, it really looked like israel was was
00:44:03.774 --> 00:44:07.111
Surrounded and being suffocated by the islamic republic of iran
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And its many tentacles, its proxies, all throughout the
00:44:11.182 --> 00:44:14.652
Middle east. and it looked not only precarious, it was it was a
00:44:14.652 --> 00:44:18.889
Terrifying moment for israel. and in a few months, israel was
00:44:18.889 --> 00:44:23.227
Able to handle hamas ultimately really largely destroying hamas,
00:44:23.227 --> 00:44:28.899
Degrading hezbollah, the most powerful arab army in israel's
00:44:28.899 --> 00:44:34.038
Region, degrading hezbollah in a matter of months to the shock of
00:44:34.038 --> 00:44:37.575
The world. then, of course, without hezbollah, the assad
00:44:37.575 --> 00:44:41.545
Regime fell. now the houthis are reeling, being pounded by
00:44:41.545 --> 00:44:46.684
Israel, but also by the united states. before president trump
00:44:46.684 --> 00:44:50.321
Agreed, agreed to that, that they would stop obstructing
00:44:50.321 --> 00:44:55.326
Shipping. but but then the head of the state, the islamic
00:44:55.326 --> 00:44:59.196
Republic of iran, which everyone thought was untouchable and is
00:44:59.196 --> 00:45:03.200
Now has been brought to its knees, is teetering. this regime
00:45:03.200 --> 00:45:07.238
Is teetering on the brink of collapse. and this is something
00:45:07.238 --> 00:45:10.241
That is absolutely breathtaking. no one imagined there could be.
00:45:10.241 --> 00:45:15.479
There could have been such a total upheaval in, in the in the
00:45:15.479 --> 00:45:20.885
State of affairs in the middle east, with now israel being
00:45:20.885 --> 00:45:24.188
Ascendant and strong and, and the axis of evil collapsing. and
00:45:24.188 --> 00:45:28.793
This is a great, great moment. i think the west needs to stand
00:45:28.793 --> 00:45:32.396
Up. all responsible leaders in the world need to stand up and
00:45:32.396 --> 00:45:36.734
Say, we are backing israel to the hilt. thank you to the state
00:45:36.734 --> 00:45:40.371
Of israel. thank you to the idf for doing the world's work and
00:45:40.371 --> 00:45:44.575
Standing up and ridding. ridding civilization of this grave
00:45:44.575 --> 00:45:48.679
Threat to all of us. yeah. amen. ellen. well, said the head of
00:45:48.679 --> 00:45:52.716
The snake. the iranian regime is reeling. its ring of fire has
00:45:52.716 --> 00:45:56.854
Collapsed. it's glorious to behold, quite frankly. but will
00:45:56.854 --> 00:46:00.124
This mean, on a possible glorious future for the region,
00:46:00.124 --> 00:46:05.095
What does the middle east look like if and when iran's nuclear
00:46:05.095 --> 00:46:09.466
Program is dismantled? and perhaps even if this regime
00:46:09.466 --> 00:46:13.938
Collapses, it's a new middle east, it seems it is completely
00:46:13.938 --> 00:46:17.908
A new middle east. the middle east has has long suffered under
00:46:17.908 --> 00:46:23.113
This, this horrific shadow of the islamic republic of iran and
00:46:23.113 --> 00:46:28.752
Shia extremism. but but not only shia extremism. you know, eric,
00:46:28.752 --> 00:46:32.489
I served in iraq and when i was in iraq and our, our brave
00:46:32.489 --> 00:46:37.228
Troops were contending with with al qaida of iraq, a radical,
00:46:37.228 --> 00:46:42.499
Deadly sunni cult of death, where did their support come
00:46:42.499 --> 00:46:46.937
From? also from iran. so it's not only just shiite extremism
00:46:46.937 --> 00:46:50.507
That the islamic republic represents, but also a radical
00:46:50.507 --> 00:46:56.046
Sunni terrorism that that iran supports. hamas is also a prime
00:46:56.046 --> 00:46:59.984
Example of that. and so and so here suddenly we have not only
00:46:59.984 --> 00:47:04.588
The iranian people that have been have been oppressed and
00:47:04.588 --> 00:47:09.159
Brutalized by this regime, really looking look, seeing the
00:47:09.159 --> 00:47:13.230
Light at the end of the tunnel and really approaching the day
00:47:13.230 --> 00:47:16.767
When they could be free of this regime. but on top of it, we
00:47:16.767 --> 00:47:21.171
Have our allies all over the middle east, potentially free of
00:47:21.171 --> 00:47:24.108
This regime and all of the destruction and all of the
00:47:24.108 --> 00:47:28.412
Destabilization and of course, the prospects of a nuclear arms
00:47:28.412 --> 00:47:31.682
Race in the middle east. all of those things suddenly,
00:47:31.682 --> 00:47:33.918
Potentially, i want to be cautious, but but but
00:47:33.918 --> 00:47:36.320
Potentially it's looking good coming to a an abrupt and sudden
00:47:36.320 --> 00:47:40.925
End. and it is a cause for enormous optimism. i think it
00:47:40.925 --> 00:47:45.195
Clears the way for an expansion of the abraham accords. it
00:47:45.195 --> 00:47:49.033
Clears the way for rising commerce in the middle east that
00:47:49.033 --> 00:47:52.870
Can that can elevate the condition of all peoples and,
00:47:52.870 --> 00:47:56.874
And build a better future for all the region's children. i
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Mean, all of these things that we we've prayed for and hoped
00:47:59.643 --> 00:48:02.646
For and aspired toward finally, finally coming to fruition
00:48:02.646 --> 00:48:07.217
Because the chief obstructer, the chief saboteur of all of
00:48:07.217 --> 00:48:13.123
That progress, is suddenly going to be taken out of the picture.
00:48:13.123 --> 00:48:16.760
And this is a just a tremendous, tremendous moment. and again,
00:48:16.760 --> 00:48:21.565
Just a sudden and breathtaking shift where israel was at one
00:48:21.565 --> 00:48:26.971
Point on its knees and now israel is ascendant and the bad
00:48:26.971 --> 00:48:30.541
Guys are on their knees. thank god for that. and please god,
00:48:30.541 --> 00:48:33.777
May it continue and may we see this to its decisive conclusion,
00:48:33.777 --> 00:48:39.216
Because that would make for a better world. amen. and he is a
00:48:39.216 --> 00:48:43.320
God of justice. he is the god of israel. elon carr, thank you for
00:48:43.320 --> 00:48:46.824
Your great work at the israeli-american council. keep
00:48:46.824 --> 00:48:49.827
It up my friend. safe travels. god bless elon. we'll see you
00:48:49.827 --> 00:48:51.795
Again soon. thank you eric. folks, what about an historical
00:48:51.795 --> 00:48:59.003
Comparison to the moment we're in right now, what we're
00:48:59.003 --> 00:49:02.272
Witnessing in the middle east? i take it back to the 1980s now,
00:49:02.272 --> 00:49:06.076
It seems every few decades some great new evil arises nazism,
00:49:06.076 --> 00:49:12.016
Fascism, on to soviet communism. now, the threat of radical islam
00:49:12.016 --> 00:49:15.552
Personified by the iranian regime. but during the 1980s,
00:49:15.552 --> 00:49:19.923
Ronald reagan, british prime minister margaret thatcher and
00:49:19.923 --> 00:49:23.560
Pope john paul ii formed an alliance against soviet
00:49:23.560 --> 00:49:29.299
Communism. they supported lech walesa and the solidarity
00:49:29.299 --> 00:49:32.169
Movement in poland. they supported the persecuted eastern
00:49:32.169 --> 00:49:36.140
European christians who were suffering under soviet
00:49:36.140 --> 00:49:38.976
Domination. and guess what? in 1989, finally the berlin wall
00:49:38.976 --> 00:49:43.313
Fell, and two years later the soviet union collapsed. now, in
00:49:43.313 --> 00:49:48.719
The modern day, in 2025, we have president trump and benjamin
00:49:48.719 --> 00:49:53.390
Netanyahu. i compare them really to two churchillian type
00:49:53.390 --> 00:49:57.027
Figures. one of my great heroes, winston churchill, one of the
00:49:57.027 --> 00:50:00.731
Ultimate freedom fighters. of course, he understood the threat
00:50:00.731 --> 00:50:05.803
Of nazi germany, the existential threat that posed to the entire
00:50:05.803 --> 00:50:10.174
Free world. and he fought back. he had the vision to do the
00:50:10.174 --> 00:50:15.012
Right thing. trump and netanyahu together, i believe, are very
00:50:15.012 --> 00:50:20.451
Reminiscent of reagan, thatcher and pope john paul ii in 19. in
00:50:20.451 --> 00:50:24.755
The 1980s, bringing down soviet communism, trump and bibi,
00:50:24.755 --> 00:50:29.760
Bringing down the iranian axis, pretty amazing to witness. and
00:50:29.760 --> 00:50:33.764
Someone who's had a front row seat for all of this is former
00:50:33.764 --> 00:50:37.734
Congresswoman michele bachmann. she is the dean of the robertson
00:50:37.734 --> 00:50:40.437
School of government at regent university. michelle, it is
00:50:40.437 --> 00:50:43.040
Always great to see you and michele. you know better than
00:50:43.040 --> 00:50:46.276
Anyone else that this is a spiritual battle. at the end of
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The day, look, iran, israel trading military blows, of
00:50:49.913 --> 00:50:53.083
Course, but a spiritual battle. how should christians right now
00:50:53.083 --> 00:50:57.888
View what's unfolding in the middle east? what should our
00:50:57.888 --> 00:51:01.425
Posture be? well, recognize. eric, it's great to be with you.
00:51:01.425 --> 00:51:05.462
I think believers need to recognize that this is
00:51:05.462 --> 00:51:09.666
Geopolitical. there's nothing wrong with that recognition that
00:51:09.666 --> 00:51:12.669
This is a momentous time in history, really an existential
00:51:12.669 --> 00:51:17.274
Threat both to israel and the united states. but the other
00:51:17.274 --> 00:51:20.277
Part that we can recognize is that these events, in part, are
00:51:20.277 --> 00:51:25.883
Foretold in the bible. and we know that throughout history,
00:51:25.883 --> 00:51:30.587
Iran has been a figure in prophecy. israel has been a
00:51:30.587 --> 00:51:34.825
Figure in prophecy. and what the bible tells us is that we as
00:51:34.825 --> 00:51:39.263
Believers, need to align with god's word. at the end of the
00:51:39.263 --> 00:51:42.799
Day, it is what god's word says about these nations that
00:51:42.799 --> 00:51:47.938
Matters. and the bible is very clear on that. eric, as i know
00:51:47.938 --> 00:51:51.742
You know, and that's that the nations will be judged dependent
00:51:51.742 --> 00:51:56.180
Upon how they treat israel if they choose to divide the land
00:51:56.180 --> 00:52:00.984
Or scatter the people of israel, or if they choose to bless
00:52:00.984 --> 00:52:04.121
Israel or curse israel. and so whether we are the president of
00:52:04.121 --> 00:52:07.891
The united states or someone watching your show tonight, just
00:52:07.891 --> 00:52:12.763
At our home, minding our own business, we all have an
00:52:12.763 --> 00:52:17.434
Obligation. and that obligation is to be in prayer, to bless, to
00:52:17.434 --> 00:52:23.607
Fast, if you can, possibly fast. because, again, this is the
00:52:23.607 --> 00:52:28.612
Moment that we all knew would come. this has been 46 years in
00:52:28.612 --> 00:52:33.283
The making since the ayatollah came in and took over in iran,
00:52:33.283 --> 00:52:38.422
And he's made his intentions absolutely clear that he was
00:52:38.422 --> 00:52:41.992
Going to kill the jewish people. he was going to destroy israel,
00:52:41.992 --> 00:52:45.829
He was going to kill americans. he was going to destroy america.
00:52:45.829 --> 00:52:50.133
That's been his game plan from the beginning. and now we're at
00:52:50.133 --> 00:52:53.870
That moment. and i thank god that president trump is the
00:52:53.870 --> 00:52:58.075
President. i thank god that prime minister netanyahu is the
00:52:58.075 --> 00:53:01.645
Prime minister, and thank god that he had the guts and the
00:53:01.645 --> 00:53:05.349
Courage to go after this nuclear program when he knew that iran
00:53:05.349 --> 00:53:10.354
Was literally just in a matter of hours, days, weeks away from
00:53:10.354 --> 00:53:15.692
Having nuclear weapons. we're at a moment where we shouldn't have
00:53:15.692 --> 00:53:20.430
To fear, but yet we shouldn't just ignore this and think that
00:53:20.430 --> 00:53:23.867
Things will take care of themselves. god calls the
00:53:23.867 --> 00:53:26.903
Believer to pray. he says, we need to pray for the peace of
00:53:26.903 --> 00:53:31.808
Jerusalem. so none of us should let a day go by without praying
00:53:31.808 --> 00:53:36.046
For the peace of jerusalem. but also we are called to pray for
00:53:36.046 --> 00:53:39.583
Those in authority. we know that there is an actual threat right
00:53:39.583 --> 00:53:42.619
Now, a threat in israel, a threat here in the united states
00:53:42.619 --> 00:53:46.256
With the iranian people. this is the moment when we could right a
00:53:46.256 --> 00:53:51.295
Wrong that occurred under former president jimmy carter, when he
00:53:51.295 --> 00:53:55.232
Sat on his hands and he let the america favored nation of iran
00:53:55.232 --> 00:54:01.772
Under the shah collapse. and instead, the modern rise of
00:54:01.772 --> 00:54:06.910
Terrorism came in. and it's only gotten worse in 46 years. and
00:54:06.910 --> 00:54:10.347
Now what we're seeing is that iran has the capacity now to
00:54:10.347 --> 00:54:15.218
Have nuclear weapons, and they've announced they will use
00:54:15.218 --> 00:54:18.322
Them. that's what's unique about iran. their leadership will use
00:54:18.322 --> 00:54:22.626
Nuclear weapons. all other nations have the brains to know
00:54:22.626 --> 00:54:26.196
Not to use them, but because of the belief system of the iranian
00:54:26.196 --> 00:54:31.234
Ayatollahs, they see under their belief system of jihadism that
00:54:31.234 --> 00:54:36.173
They will use them against israel and against the united
00:54:36.173 --> 00:54:39.176
States and anyone who gets in their way. so this is the
00:54:39.176 --> 00:54:43.613
Greatest moment in time for the believer. this is the moment
00:54:43.613 --> 00:54:46.616
That we've been prepared for when we have the privilege of
00:54:46.616 --> 00:54:50.654
Praying and fasting and standing in the gap for israel. that's a
00:54:50.654 --> 00:54:55.759
Blessing for us. it's a blessing for america. and i'm i'm very
00:54:55.759 --> 00:55:00.864
Excited to see what god will do every day. we're seeing miracles
00:55:00.864 --> 00:55:05.869
Happen in iran, miracles in israel. yes, people have died.
00:55:05.869 --> 00:55:10.173
Yes, people have been injured. yesterday or this morning. i
00:55:10.173 --> 00:55:14.077
Read that the beersheba hospital, where i've actually
00:55:14.077 --> 00:55:17.080
Been a patient in that hospital down in the negev desert, they
00:55:17.080 --> 00:55:20.951
Just were bombed yesterday. but here's the miracle. yesterday
00:55:20.951 --> 00:55:25.021
They removed all the people out of the surgical ward the day
00:55:25.021 --> 00:55:28.925
Just hours before this bomb fell on beersheba hospital. soroka
00:55:28.925 --> 00:55:34.264
Hospital. so, yes, there's tragedies that are going on, but
00:55:34.264 --> 00:55:37.901
We also see the active, intervening hand of the holy
00:55:37.901 --> 00:55:43.306
Spirit. so that's why it is our privilege to pray. yeah.
00:55:43.306 --> 00:55:48.645
Michelle. so well said all around. and you made a great
00:55:48.645 --> 00:55:51.681
Point. look, before that 1979 islamic revolution, iran and
00:55:51.681 --> 00:55:56.153
Israel had great relations. iran and the united states had great
00:55:56.153 --> 00:56:00.357
Relations. do you think we see a moment here? and look, iran is a
00:56:00.357 --> 00:56:03.760
Bible land. that's ancient persia. esther, mordecai,
00:56:03.760 --> 00:56:07.063
Darius, cyrus. all of that unfolded in modern day iran. i'm
00:56:07.063 --> 00:56:11.268
Excited for the possibilities for the iranian people. can you
00:56:11.268 --> 00:56:15.005
See a day where iran is brought back into the fold of free
00:56:15.005 --> 00:56:19.342
Nations? once again, i think it's entirely possible, at least
00:56:19.342 --> 00:56:24.314
For an interim of time. i believe that's possible. we
00:56:24.314 --> 00:56:28.685
Regime change must happen. we'll see how it will happen, whether
00:56:28.685 --> 00:56:33.356
It will be through violence or whether it will be through the
00:56:33.356 --> 00:56:36.693
People. but if you look at the polling data of the people of
00:56:36.693 --> 00:56:40.263
Iran, they do not want the ayatollah in charge. this is not
00:56:40.263 --> 00:56:44.134
A democracy in iran today. this is a very cruel, violent
00:56:44.134 --> 00:56:49.840
Theocracy. and so the greatest thing that could happen is that
00:56:49.840 --> 00:56:52.509
The ayatollah would fall, the regime would be over, and that
00:56:52.509 --> 00:56:56.079
The people could determine the type of government they want to
00:56:56.079 --> 00:56:59.716
Live under, and one that would be a blessing, one that would be
00:56:59.716 --> 00:57:02.919
Western facing. i'm sure your viewers may know that women used
00:57:02.919 --> 00:57:06.756
To wear miniskirts and have short hair and put makeup on.
00:57:06.756 --> 00:57:09.860
They went to college, they drove cars. it was a very western
00:57:09.860 --> 00:57:15.098
Nation. and then the ayatollahs came in and all of a sudden iran
00:57:15.098 --> 00:57:19.069
Went from the 1970s, the swinging 70s back to 700 a.d.
00:57:19.069 --> 00:57:25.175
And many, many thousands of people, the ayatollahs have hung
00:57:25.175 --> 00:57:30.247
From cranes. they're very cruel regime. they've killed some of
00:57:30.247 --> 00:57:33.783
Their own people even recently. so we can pray for regime change
00:57:33.783 --> 00:57:38.588
And pray that god would lift up new leadership. and we can do
00:57:38.588 --> 00:57:42.792
That in the spirit of the book of daniel, because daniel wrote
00:57:42.792 --> 00:57:46.463
That it's the most high god who lifts up who he will in
00:57:46.463 --> 00:57:51.902
Government, and then take down who he will. blessed be the name
00:57:51.902 --> 00:57:55.805
Of the lord. so this is a great opportunity for us to pray for
00:57:55.805 --> 00:58:00.210
Regime change, and that god would put someone in power that
00:58:00.210 --> 00:58:04.514
Would be a blessing to the people of iran, not a cursing.
00:58:04.514 --> 00:58:08.318
The people of iran are not the problem. it's the people of this
00:58:08.318 --> 00:58:12.122
Current regime that are a problem, and the entire middle
00:58:12.122 --> 00:58:16.326
East would change. i mean, just think, because iran is the
00:58:16.326 --> 00:58:19.930
Poison behind hamas, iran is the poison and the money behind
00:58:19.930 --> 00:58:24.267
Hezbollah and the houthis and all of these barbarous terror
00:58:24.267 --> 00:58:29.205
Organizations that have tried to kill jews in israel. so all of
00:58:29.205 --> 00:58:33.710
This would take on a completely different tone if we'd have a
00:58:33.710 --> 00:58:36.813
New regime in iran, why shouldn't we believe that a
00:58:36.813 --> 00:58:41.117
Miraculous god could do something like this? of course
00:58:41.117 --> 00:58:44.487
He could. so we need to pray and ask. ask god to do exactly that.
00:58:44.487 --> 00:58:50.794
Amen. former congresswoman michele bachmann, dean of the
00:58:50.794 --> 00:58:54.264
Robertson school of government at the great regent university.
00:58:54.264 --> 00:58:56.600
Michele, great breakdown as always. god bless you. keep up
00:58:56.600 --> 00:58:59.603
The great work. michele. we will see you again soon. and folks,
00:58:59.603 --> 00:59:02.806
It's hard to believe. maybe not so hard to believe, but it's
00:59:02.806 --> 00:59:06.109
Already day eight of operation rising line. it seems like just
00:59:06.109 --> 00:59:09.579
Yesterday my producer was calling me and saying, eric, do
00:59:09.579 --> 00:59:12.048
You see what's going on? israeli fighter jets are in the skies
00:59:12.048 --> 00:59:15.018
Above iran bombing iran's nuclear facilities. now we're
00:59:15.018 --> 00:59:19.289
Eight days in. there's been levels to this. and our tbn
00:59:19.289 --> 00:59:22.892
Israel correspondent jair pinto, who is co-host of boots on the
00:59:22.892 --> 00:59:26.896
Ground, seen here every thursday night on tbn, 9:30 p.m. eastern
00:59:26.896 --> 00:59:30.166
Time, filed a great report from on the ground in israel, and it
00:59:30.166 --> 00:59:35.438
Got a little dicey, as you'll see. take a look. good evening.
00:59:35.438 --> 00:59:42.112
Six days after israel's lightning opening, salvo, the
00:59:42.112 --> 00:59:45.415
Sky over the middle east is still crackling. in operation
00:59:45.415 --> 00:59:50.687
Ironclad v, with the courage of a lion, the israeli air force
00:59:50.687 --> 00:59:54.658
Keeps striking the very heart of iran's war machine. amir pinto
00:59:54.658 --> 01:00:00.030
Stepping through exactly what has happened and what comes
01:00:00.030 --> 01:00:03.867
Next. let's start with the opening night. this is a quick
01:00:03.867 --> 01:00:08.405
Recap. at 302 last friday. wave, one of stealth f-35s, severed
01:00:08.405 --> 01:00:14.377
Command by bombing iran's general staff headquarters and
01:00:14.377 --> 01:00:17.981
Intelligence hub in tehran. five minutes later, wave two hammered
01:00:17.981 --> 01:00:22.752
The arak heavy water reactor. the uranium halls at natanz and
01:00:22.752 --> 01:00:27.057
The combat and missile complexes. eight minutes on wave
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Three rained ordnance on missile launchers around qom, qarchak
01:00:32.729 --> 01:00:37.467
And tabriz, and wave four at 322 delivered decapitation strikes,
01:00:37.467 --> 01:00:44.307
Killing the irgc commander in chief hossein salami. the armed
01:00:44.307 --> 01:00:48.678
Forces chief mohammad bagheri, emergency commander boss gholam
01:00:48.678 --> 01:00:53.083
Ali rashid, nuclear czar ali shamkhani and three senior
01:00:53.083 --> 01:00:58.588
Scientists. with iran's radar eyes blinded. wave five jammed
01:00:58.588 --> 01:01:03.426
Surveillance while f-16s knocked out surface to air batteries
01:01:03.426 --> 01:01:08.031
With six smashed drone facilities across ilam, hamdan
01:01:08.031 --> 01:01:13.136
And luristan. wave seven triggered internal blasts in
01:01:13.136 --> 01:01:17.774
Centrifuge tunnels, rendering enriched uranium stockpiles
01:01:17.774 --> 01:01:22.011
Useless. all told, 200 aircrafts released over 300 precision
01:01:22.011 --> 01:01:29.552
Weapons and more than 100 targets in under one hour. let's
01:01:29.552 --> 01:01:36.259
Go over the last 72 hours. these are fresh blows from the israeli
01:01:36.259 --> 01:01:40.897
Air force. since then, the idf has flattened the irgc internal
01:01:40.897 --> 01:01:46.469
Security hq in central tehran, bombed a missile production
01:01:46.469 --> 01:01:50.840
Plant and destroyed three attack helicopters on a base near
01:01:50.840 --> 01:01:56.980
Kermanshah. two nighttime barrages, about 25 missiles,
01:01:56.980 --> 01:02:01.151
Were launched at israel and nearly all were shot down,
01:02:01.151 --> 01:02:05.622
Leaving no casualties. israel's cyber arm also hit iran's
01:02:05.622 --> 01:02:10.293
Largest bank. while airstrikes shuttered the tehran stock
01:02:10.293 --> 01:02:14.664
Exchange for the week, traffic jams piled around the capital of
01:02:14.664 --> 01:02:19.803
Tehran as residents flee. tension is spiraling beyond
01:02:19.803 --> 01:02:24.240
Iran's borders, and the united states is now dispatching a
01:02:24.240 --> 01:02:28.311
Third aircraft carrier, the uss gerald ford, to the eastern
01:02:28.311 --> 01:02:33.683
Mediterranean. f-22s and f-35s, and even stealth b-2 bombers are
01:02:33.683 --> 01:02:39.923
Positioned within striking range. and president donald
01:02:39.923 --> 01:02:43.059
Trump says that tehran offered to come to the white house. iran
01:02:43.059 --> 01:02:47.630
Denied it, but the president insists that he wants
01:02:47.630 --> 01:02:52.001
Unconditional surrender and warned he might bomb or might
01:02:52.001 --> 01:02:56.406
Not. supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei responded we will
01:02:56.406 --> 01:03:00.877
Never surrender. strike us, and the consequences are
01:03:00.877 --> 01:03:05.348
Irreversible. yet hezbollah, the houthis and the iraqi militias
01:03:05.348 --> 01:03:09.719
Have stayed mostly quiet. proof. this is, according to analysts,
01:03:09.719 --> 01:03:14.691
That iran's proxy network is reeling while the offensive
01:03:14.691 --> 01:03:20.496
Continues. intelligence confirms tehran had enriched enough
01:03:20.496 --> 01:03:24.834
Fissile materials for 15 warheads and planned a combined
01:03:24.834 --> 01:03:29.005
Hezbollah hamas invasion to dwarf. october 7th 11. prime
01:03:29.005 --> 01:03:33.977
Minister netanyahu repeated, if we don't act now, we may not be
01:03:33.977 --> 01:03:39.048
Here tomorrow. idf spokesman brigadier general ephedrine said
01:03:39.048 --> 01:03:44.754
200 jets, 330 munitions were struck on the islamic republic
01:03:44.754 --> 01:03:51.895
Of iran. and president trump said america was briefed but not
01:03:51.895 --> 01:03:57.100
Involved. we will defend israel if needed. what to expect next?
01:03:57.100 --> 01:04:02.238
Jerusalem stresses regime change is not the goal. only removal of
01:04:02.238 --> 01:04:07.277
The existential threats to israel. friends. iran's clerical
01:04:07.277 --> 01:04:12.248
Regime looks shakier than at any point since 1979. yet danger is
01:04:12.248 --> 01:04:17.387
Far from over. as i'm recording this video for you, sirens alarm
01:04:17.387 --> 01:04:22.392
Sounded throughout this community in my location, and i
01:04:22.392 --> 01:04:25.561
Had to seek shelter underneath this tank behind me. take a
01:04:25.561 --> 01:04:29.866
Look. so i'm hiding now beneath a israeli old tank here. this is
01:04:29.866 --> 01:04:36.506
The safest place to be when there is a missile attack. a
01:04:36.506 --> 01:04:40.643
Mortar attack or any kind of incoming rocket attack. so,
01:04:40.643 --> 01:04:45.014
Guys, what can you do to help israel in this situation? we
01:04:45.014 --> 01:04:49.452
Understood that this is a spiritual war. so how do you
01:04:49.452 --> 01:04:52.622
Fight a spiritual war? you pray. so pray for the peace of the idf
01:04:52.622 --> 01:04:58.261
Soldiers, the israeli pilots, and the peace of jerusalem. yair
01:04:58.261 --> 01:05:05.201
Pinto putting his safety at risk to bring us the state of play.
01:05:05.201 --> 01:05:09.005
Our israel correspondent folks continue to pray for his safety.
01:05:09.005 --> 01:05:12.075
And two people who know the state of play right now. the
01:05:12.075 --> 01:05:15.111
Stakes of operation rising line very well are elizabeth pipko.
01:05:15.111 --> 01:05:18.948
Former gop national spokeswoman, and greg roman, executive
01:05:18.948 --> 01:05:23.219
Director of the middle east forum. elizabeth greg, great to
01:05:23.219 --> 01:05:25.788
See you, elizabeth. i want to start with you. you know, the
01:05:25.788 --> 01:05:29.692
Trump administration and the leadership of president trump
01:05:29.692 --> 01:05:31.794
Very well. we had the announcement today earlier, of
01:05:31.794 --> 01:05:34.330
Course, that he's going to take maybe two weeks. within two
01:05:34.330 --> 01:05:37.600
Weeks, he'll make the decision on whether to join israel in
01:05:37.600 --> 01:05:41.804
This fight. what have you seen so far? what kind of a
01:05:41.804 --> 01:05:45.808
Difference has president trump's presence and leadership and
01:05:45.808 --> 01:05:48.711
Messaging made in this fight? you know, president trump's
01:05:48.711 --> 01:05:53.816
Messaging and leadership is so different from every leader
01:05:53.816 --> 01:05:55.985
We've seen before him. i said this in another interview the
01:05:55.985 --> 01:05:59.222
Other day. we have president trump to thank now for all of us
01:05:59.222 --> 01:06:03.259
Actually questioning previous leaders of the united states of
01:06:03.259 --> 01:06:05.228
America because he is so anti war and does bring a different
01:06:05.228 --> 01:06:09.766
Kind of strategy to the white house. that makes us wonder what
01:06:09.766 --> 01:06:12.268
We're doing up until this point. i think for someone like
01:06:12.268 --> 01:06:14.570
President trump to be in there, who has been so pro-israel from
01:06:14.570 --> 01:06:17.907
Day one in the oval office back in 2017, no one can ever doubt
01:06:17.907 --> 01:06:22.011
That he will have israel's back if necessary. but to pair that,
01:06:22.011 --> 01:06:24.414
Along with his passion to avoid war, his commitment to the fact
01:06:24.414 --> 01:06:28.384
That diplomacy is possible, he will do everything he can to get
01:06:28.384 --> 01:06:31.654
Things done that way before having to use military action. i
01:06:31.654 --> 01:06:35.258
Think we're very lucky to have him in the white house in this
01:06:35.258 --> 01:06:39.228
Situation, and knowing that he's trying to do everything that he
01:06:39.228 --> 01:06:41.664
Can, he gave, as you mentioned, this two week update today,
01:06:41.664 --> 01:06:43.966
Knowing that he's going to try everything he can to get this
01:06:43.966 --> 01:06:47.537
Done diplomatically. but as we just heard, he will stand with
01:06:47.537 --> 01:06:50.006
Israel if he has to. this is not someone who is scared of any
01:06:50.006 --> 01:06:53.776
Kind of military action, but it's someone who wants to avoid
01:06:53.776 --> 01:06:55.678
Boots on the ground, and it's someone who wants to avoid any
01:06:55.678 --> 01:06:59.182
Kind of unnecessary bloodshed, not just of american troops, but
01:06:59.182 --> 01:07:01.517
Of anyone in the world. and that's the kind of leadership
01:07:01.517 --> 01:07:04.554
That i voted for. yeah, elizabeth, he's striking a great
01:07:04.554 --> 01:07:06.722
Balance. and, greg, look, i follow you on this. greg, you've
01:07:06.722 --> 01:07:09.725
Been talking about this for a while. you knew. you said this
01:07:09.725 --> 01:07:13.429
Is coming. operation rising lion, an israeli assault on
01:07:13.429 --> 01:07:14.697
Iran's nuclear facilities is coming. it seems that israel and
01:07:14.697 --> 01:07:17.533
President trump realizes this as well. israel, at the end of the
01:07:17.533 --> 01:07:20.570
Day, had no choice. greg, how close was the iranian regime to
01:07:20.570 --> 01:07:24.173
Developing the bomb? according to assessments from the defense
01:07:24.173 --> 01:07:28.845
Intelligence agency, austrian intelligence and israeli
01:07:28.845 --> 01:07:33.249
Intelligence, iran was one week away from being able to develop
01:07:33.249 --> 01:07:35.985
Enough fissile material to create a warhead, and they did
01:07:35.985 --> 01:07:38.621
Everything to be able to support that. you had a explosives line,
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Which was reintroduced, which was shut down back in 2003,
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Being reactivated for the first time in 22 years, only to be
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Able to create a warhead. you had a meeting which took place
01:07:49.765 --> 01:07:52.635
Between the head of the irgc aerospace command and iran's
01:07:52.635 --> 01:07:55.938
Nuclear directorate for the explicit purpose of designing a
01:07:55.938 --> 01:07:59.041
Nuclear weapon and having delivery materials for that as
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Well. and lastly, you had sigint, signals intelligence,
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Human intelligence and other electronic intelligence from the
01:08:04.747 --> 01:08:07.950
Sky, which showed that all the mechanisms that iran would need
01:08:07.950 --> 01:08:10.887
To put together a nuclear device were on their way to completion.
01:08:10.887 --> 01:08:14.390
Even the international atomic energy agency found iran to be
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In breach of the nonproliferation treaty, because
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They found that there was no other use for their nuclear
01:08:20.596 --> 01:08:24.567
Infrastructure other than moving towards a militarized weapon.
01:08:24.567 --> 01:08:27.436
Wow, greg, great breakdown. and by the way, this regime, this
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Fanatical apocalyptic regime, their ideology demands that they
01:08:31.073 --> 01:08:35.144
Would use that weapon. elizabeth, can you talk about
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How this is not just israel's fight? some people have been
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Saying over the past week, well, you know, that's just israel's
01:08:40.883 --> 01:08:44.120
Problem. it's thousands of miles away. they're always fighting
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Each other in the middle east. we should stay out. but israel,
01:08:46.122 --> 01:08:49.725
To me, is fighting the good fight for all of us. and in that
01:08:49.725 --> 01:08:53.362
Iranian ideology, israel is only the little satan. in their
01:08:53.362 --> 01:08:56.265
Words, it's america. that's the great satan. could you talk
01:08:56.265 --> 01:08:59.168
About how that iranian nuclear threat threatens not just
01:08:59.168 --> 01:09:02.772
Israel, but the entire free world, including the united
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States? of course. well, look, i have to remind people all the
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Time that whenever on chants death to israel, right? the
01:09:10.346 --> 01:09:13.583
Iranian regime does not stop there. they chant death to
01:09:13.583 --> 01:09:16.219
Israel. and they also chant death to america. they also, as
01:09:16.219 --> 01:09:19.755
We know, chant death to the jews. the fact is, iran has no
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Interest in stopping with israel if they get their hands on any
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Kind of nuclear weapon. i've told people for years now, being
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America first is being pro-israel because we share our
01:09:29.065 --> 01:09:32.501
Victories and we also share our enemies and we share the same
01:09:32.501 --> 01:09:35.438
Threats. the fact is, yes, we want to avoid boots on the
01:09:35.438 --> 01:09:39.375
Ground, american troops anywhere in foreign soil and anywhere in
01:09:39.375 --> 01:09:41.811
Any kind of danger. but if iran gets a nuclear weapon, we are in
01:09:41.811 --> 01:09:45.147
Grave danger, not just our israeli allies, but us as the
01:09:45.147 --> 01:09:48.684
United states of america. and it's been very strange to me to
01:09:48.684 --> 01:09:51.921
See folks in both parties. by the way, folks on the right who
01:09:51.921 --> 01:09:54.457
Don't seem to understand that and folks on the left who have
01:09:54.457 --> 01:09:57.793
Tried, i mean, for how many years now to get us to send as
01:09:57.793 --> 01:10:01.497
Many u.s. taxpayer dollars as we can to ukraine, risking an all
01:10:01.497 --> 01:10:04.433
Out nuclear war between the u.s. and russia, but having no
01:10:04.433 --> 01:10:06.669
Problem with the threat of a nuclear war with iran. yeah, and
01:10:06.669 --> 01:10:10.039
Good point, elizabeth and greg. we don't have a crystal ball
01:10:10.039 --> 01:10:13.309
Here, of course, but where does this go next? again, president
01:10:13.309 --> 01:10:17.113
Trump earlier today saying, look, i'm going to take perhaps
01:10:17.113 --> 01:10:20.316
Two weeks. what's next for the idf? they've made a huge dent in
01:10:20.316 --> 01:10:24.053
Eliminating iran's ballistic missile stockpiles that fordo
01:10:24.053 --> 01:10:27.823
Nuclear reactor. greg obviously looms. what do you think the
01:10:27.823 --> 01:10:31.360
Next steps are for the idf in this operation? perhaps
01:10:31.360 --> 01:10:35.264
Ayatollah khamenei even isn't too long for this world. so the
01:10:35.264 --> 01:10:40.536
Idf defined at the outset of this operation three distinct
01:10:40.536 --> 01:10:44.273
Goals eliminating the nuclear program, getting rid of iran's
01:10:44.273 --> 01:10:46.876
Ballistic missile capacity, and the fourth day in the operation
01:10:46.876 --> 01:10:50.146
Also demanded that iran stop its support for proxy terror
01:10:50.146 --> 01:10:53.616
Organizations that it sponsors throughout the middle east and
01:10:53.616 --> 01:10:55.651
The rest of the world. it's about 40% of the way. on its
01:10:55.651 --> 01:10:59.889
First goal of eliminating its nuclear infrastructure. it's
01:10:59.889 --> 01:11:02.325
About half the way on the missile production facilities
01:11:02.325 --> 01:11:05.094
And the launch pads. and in terms of eliminating the proxy
01:11:05.094 --> 01:11:08.798
Support, that's a much deeper question. but i have to point
01:11:08.798 --> 01:11:12.601
Out something that prime minister netanyahu said today
01:11:12.601 --> 01:11:14.937
Outside of soroka hospital in be'er sheva, which sustained a
01:11:14.937 --> 01:11:17.506
Direct hit, as per your reporter, having given the
01:11:17.506 --> 01:11:20.576
Information earlier on this broadcast, prime minister
01:11:20.576 --> 01:11:23.212
Netanyahu said this is israel's war to fight. this is our
01:11:23.212 --> 01:11:27.116
Operation that we launched, and we're going to finish it when we
01:11:27.116 --> 01:11:29.618
Achieve our goals. and if the united states was to involve
01:11:29.618 --> 01:11:32.655
Itself, that would be a bonus. but it is not required in terms
01:11:32.655 --> 01:11:35.524
Of their direct kinetic involvement, whether it be to
01:11:35.524 --> 01:11:39.628
Destroy the fordow nuclear enrichment site or if it's any
01:11:39.628 --> 01:11:42.832
Other sort of direct attack against iran. so zooming back a
01:11:42.832 --> 01:11:47.636
Second, israel has the means, it has the motive, and it has the
01:11:47.636 --> 01:11:51.407
Opportunity in this case, to be able to take out the entire
01:11:51.407 --> 01:11:54.543
Iranian program and achieve its three war goals. in doing so, i
01:11:54.543 --> 01:11:58.047
Think we're really at the point now whether or not the u.s. gets
01:11:58.047 --> 01:12:02.284
Involved, israel is going to go it alone and they're going to
01:12:02.284 --> 01:12:05.154
Finish the job. yeah. whether the u.s. gets involved or not,
01:12:05.154 --> 01:12:07.790
This has been, greg, just an historic operation and the
01:12:07.790 --> 01:12:11.727
Daring, improbable operations by the israeli military, the
01:12:11.727 --> 01:12:14.964
Israeli intelligence apparatus go back much further than just
01:12:14.964 --> 01:12:19.268
This current operation, go back a few months to what israel did
01:12:19.268 --> 01:12:23.272
To hezbollah with operation exploding pager, as it's been
01:12:23.272 --> 01:12:26.942
Called. elizabeth, are you excited? when we look at the
01:12:26.942 --> 01:12:29.745
Middle east, we see the possibility of the world's
01:12:29.745 --> 01:12:31.647
Number one state sponsor of terrorism toppling its nuclear
01:12:31.647 --> 01:12:35.184
Program. smashed. do you get optimistic, i would say, about
01:12:35.184 --> 01:12:39.889
The prospects for a region. there hasn't been a lot to be
01:12:39.889 --> 01:12:44.360
Happy about or optimistic about in the middle east, of course,
01:12:44.360 --> 01:12:47.530
But it seems we've been saying throughout this program we could
01:12:47.530 --> 01:12:49.632
Be on the verge of a new day. and by the way, israel not only
01:12:49.632 --> 01:12:53.436
Emerging as the region's lone superpower, but really a global
01:12:53.436 --> 01:12:57.940
Power at the end of this now 100%. i mean, israel is
01:12:57.940 --> 01:13:02.845
Literally on the forefront of this fight for western
01:13:02.845 --> 01:13:05.548
Civilization. there's not enough people in the world who realize
01:13:05.548 --> 01:13:07.883
That, but that's a fact. that's what's happening right now. and
01:13:07.883 --> 01:13:10.453
I like that you changed it to the word optimistic. i'm i'm
01:13:10.453 --> 01:13:14.023
Certainly optimistic. i'm always optimistic. then again, we've
01:13:14.023 --> 01:13:15.825
Heard of something coming to the middle east like this to kind of
01:13:15.825 --> 01:13:19.795
Take out the iranian regime and bring back the kind of peace
01:13:19.795 --> 01:13:22.832
That everyone in the region has hoped for. we've we've heard
01:13:22.832 --> 01:13:25.835
About this. we've talked about it for many, many years. i
01:13:25.835 --> 01:13:28.437
Didn't know if i'd see it in my lifetime. so i don't know how
01:13:28.437 --> 01:13:32.274
Optimistic i am. i'm hopeful, of course, but at the same time, i
01:13:32.274 --> 01:13:35.611
Keep in mind that while we're talking about this, israel is
01:13:35.611 --> 01:13:37.680
Still fighting a war with hamas, obviously one of iran's proxies.
01:13:37.680 --> 01:13:40.616
There are still hostages held from october of 2023. so it's a
01:13:40.616 --> 01:13:44.053
Very uncomfortable situation to even think about because israel
01:13:44.053 --> 01:13:45.688
Is literally being targeted on every single front. they still
01:13:45.688 --> 01:13:48.657
Have their own people, innocent people being held hostage. we've
01:13:48.657 --> 01:13:51.994
Just got obviously ian alexander out, who was an american who was
01:13:51.994 --> 01:13:54.763
Held for all those months. so the entire region obviously
01:13:54.763 --> 01:13:58.267
Having, you know, any chance of being turned into a peaceful
01:13:58.267 --> 01:14:01.036
Place for those who deserve it would be a dream come true. but
01:14:01.036 --> 01:14:04.740
It's hard to even visualize that, considering everything
01:14:04.740 --> 01:14:06.509
That has been going on for almost two years now,
01:14:06.509 --> 01:14:09.478
Unfortunately. so i'm hopeful. of course, i'm hopeful. we have
01:14:09.478 --> 01:14:11.647
President trump in the white house. at the same time, we were
01:14:11.647 --> 01:14:14.717
All hopeful after the abraham accords in the first
01:14:14.717 --> 01:14:17.753
Administration. so if there's any time to get this done, it's
01:14:17.753 --> 01:14:19.688
With bibi netanyahu and president trump right now. but
01:14:19.688 --> 01:14:22.124
At the same time, it's almost hard to imagine considering
01:14:22.124 --> 01:14:25.594
What's still going on with hamas and with the other conflicts
01:14:25.594 --> 01:14:28.597
That israel is unfortunately involved with. yeah. elizabeth
01:14:28.597 --> 01:14:32.134
Wise words. and as you said, bibi trump together. i've
01:14:32.134 --> 01:14:34.937
Compared it to the 1980s reagan, thatcher and pope john paul the
01:14:34.937 --> 01:14:38.674
Second toppling soviet communism, a dynamic duo right
01:14:38.674 --> 01:14:42.244
Now in jerusalem and washington, d.c, and a dynamic duo with us,
01:14:42.244 --> 01:14:46.248
Elizabeth pipko and greg roman. folks, follow them on x across
01:14:46.248 --> 01:14:49.051
Social media. god bless you both. thanks again. and we're
01:14:49.051 --> 01:14:52.521
Joined now by our very dear friend, the one and only pastor
01:14:52.521 --> 01:14:56.959
Jack hibbs is with us, senior pastor, of course, of calvary
01:14:56.959 --> 01:15:00.229
Chapel, chino hills, host of real life with jack hibbs on the
01:15:00.229 --> 01:15:03.465
Real life network. pastor jack, you and i have been talking
01:15:03.465 --> 01:15:06.869
About this on camera, off camera for well over a decade. the
01:15:06.869 --> 01:15:10.205
Moment of reckoning, it seems, has arrived for iran's nuclear
01:15:10.205 --> 01:15:14.977
Program. israel, israel, iran directly going toe to toe. what
01:15:14.977 --> 01:15:18.981
Are your thoughts thus far? eight days in, at the end of the
01:15:18.981 --> 01:15:23.719
Day, a spiritual battle, as you have told all of us for a long
01:15:23.719 --> 01:15:27.690
Time now, it's here. what are your initial thoughts as you're
01:15:27.690 --> 01:15:30.359
Watching all this unfold? yeah, well, number one, people might
01:15:30.359 --> 01:15:34.063
Think, well, wait a minute, spiritual battle. that's kind of
01:15:34.063 --> 01:15:36.932
Weird. no, wait. right out of the bible, we are talking about
01:15:36.932 --> 01:15:40.235
Possibly the opening setup for what will be the ezekiel 38
01:15:40.235 --> 01:15:44.673
Battle. eventually. eventually. eric, i say because right now
01:15:44.673 --> 01:15:48.544
And here's i love your previous guest. here's the key two weeks
01:15:48.544 --> 01:15:53.415
For israel. look what israel has done in eight days and two
01:15:53.415 --> 01:15:57.920
Weeks. that's too long, in my opinion. israel needs to keep
01:15:57.920 --> 01:16:00.723
Its momentum going. we need to help israel to keep that going.
01:16:00.723 --> 01:16:04.693
And we know this. at what point does does a nation or does a
01:16:04.693 --> 01:16:09.732
Culture say, okay, now is the time to act against iran when
01:16:09.732 --> 01:16:13.802
They've got this nuclear capability? wait a minute. when
01:16:13.802 --> 01:16:18.774
That time comes, it will be too late. you've got to disarm the
01:16:18.774 --> 01:16:22.778
Enemy before they're fully armed. and when we look at it,
01:16:22.778 --> 01:16:26.348
Biblically speaking, does the bible speak about israel? yes.
01:16:26.348 --> 01:16:28.884
Of course. does the bible speak about iran? yes. it uses the
01:16:28.884 --> 01:16:33.088
Name persia, its original name. so if people want to know more
01:16:33.088 --> 01:16:36.659
About this, they're going to want to read ezekiel chapter 38
01:16:36.659 --> 01:16:40.429
And 39 to see what could be forming. and eric, i'll put it
01:16:40.429 --> 01:16:44.266
To you like this. i don't think that this is the battle. it's
01:16:44.266 --> 01:16:47.703
Not. but israel will live in peace. the bible says in ezekiel
01:16:47.703 --> 01:16:51.006
38, they're going to have a peace. they're going to relax.
01:16:51.006 --> 01:16:53.876
They're going to kick back because they're victorious. it
01:16:53.876 --> 01:16:56.078
Could be, eric, that israel is victorious. i pray it is as we
01:16:56.078 --> 01:16:59.648
Pray it is. and that the great victory that might transpire
01:16:59.648 --> 01:17:03.652
Brings israel into that peace that sets them up for the
01:17:03.652 --> 01:17:07.923
Ezekiel 38 battle. and so this is a remarkable time, because if
01:17:07.923 --> 01:17:11.694
Israel is successful, their economy is going to go through
01:17:11.694 --> 01:17:15.030
The roof. they are going to be the regional superpower. you're
01:17:15.030 --> 01:17:17.933
Going to see the abraham accords expand, and you're going to see
01:17:17.933 --> 01:17:21.737
Iran or persia put push back into its place until the proper
01:17:21.737 --> 01:17:28.410
Time. yeah, great points all around. do you think the world,
01:17:28.410 --> 01:17:31.947
The world won't admit it, much of the world, but or people in.
01:17:31.947 --> 01:17:34.950
Or do you think of israel right now? i mean, these are such
01:17:34.950 --> 01:17:38.954
Improbable, daring, stunning, miraculous operations time after
01:17:38.954 --> 01:17:42.558
Time, over decades, and certainly since october 7th.
01:17:42.558 --> 01:17:46.261
Yeah. do you think people maybe are starting to see god's hand
01:17:46.261 --> 01:17:50.766
At work here among his people and his land? eric, i know
01:17:50.766 --> 01:17:55.938
That's happening. i'm not going to i'm not going to break any
01:17:55.938 --> 01:17:58.807
Confidence. but i'll tell you this. i've been in i have been
01:17:58.807 --> 01:18:01.710
In contact with jewish people who have reached out to me
01:18:01.710 --> 01:18:05.280
Asking me, what in the world is going on. you've talked about
01:18:05.280 --> 01:18:07.616
This, pastor jack, forever. i want to know more about the
01:18:07.616 --> 01:18:11.019
Bible, and i want to know more about the new testament. what
01:18:11.019 --> 01:18:13.922
Bible do i buy? how do i know jesus is the messiah? eric, this
01:18:13.922 --> 01:18:18.160
Is happening with prominent jews in los angeles. i won't name
01:18:18.160 --> 01:18:21.563
Them. of course not. but yes, eyes are being opened even now.
01:18:21.563 --> 01:18:26.702
And jews, israeli soldiers, pilots we are already hearing
01:18:26.702 --> 01:18:31.039
Reports of them saying this has been an act of god. we
01:18:31.039 --> 01:18:35.944
Everything went better than we could have ever planned. we
01:18:35.944 --> 01:18:38.380
Didn't know that our systems would even do this well, so
01:18:38.380 --> 01:18:41.717
They're impressed. my concern, eric, is i and again, hopefully
01:18:41.717 --> 01:18:46.088
It's a ploy. but to say to the iranians, we're we're going to
01:18:46.088 --> 01:18:49.224
Maybe pause for two weeks or let's, let's negotiate. i hope
01:18:49.224 --> 01:18:54.062
That's a ploy militarily, because this enemy has got to be
01:18:54.062 --> 01:18:57.833
Dealt with. because if we don't, if israel doesn't, then it's
01:18:57.833 --> 01:19:02.905
Danger for the world. i would submit this. you mentioned
01:19:02.905 --> 01:19:06.175
Thatcher and reagan. how about this. i'll mention to you
01:19:06.175 --> 01:19:10.045
Churchill and roosevelt, these are two men today where you've
01:19:10.045 --> 01:19:14.550
Got netanyahu and trump. do people realize that they're
01:19:14.550 --> 01:19:18.754
Saving the world right now because these icbms that iran is
01:19:18.754 --> 01:19:23.458
Putting, wanting to put a nuclear tip on, that's not for
01:19:23.458 --> 01:19:27.162
Israel. these icbms, their distance could hit europe. and
01:19:27.162 --> 01:19:30.999
It's very important that the people wake up and realize this,
01:19:30.999 --> 01:19:33.936
That this is an islamic theocratic government that
01:19:33.936 --> 01:19:38.473
Believes that the annihilation of the jew and of israel is
01:19:38.473 --> 01:19:42.444
Necessary for the quran to be true and for islam to prosper.
01:19:42.444 --> 01:19:46.348
Well, god's got a different message and the bible will not
01:19:46.348 --> 01:19:49.251
Fail us. and this is going to be something that that all of
01:19:49.251 --> 01:19:54.089
Heaven, if you think about it right now, is watching what's
01:19:54.089 --> 01:19:57.626
Taking place in this little land the size of new jersey. it's
01:19:57.626 --> 01:20:02.297
Remarkable. yeah. and the nature of the evil pastor jack against
01:20:02.297 --> 01:20:07.002
Israel and the jewish people can only be described as relentless.
01:20:07.002 --> 01:20:11.206
Even hamas, they've been smashed in gaza and they're still trying
01:20:11.206 --> 01:20:14.543
To kill israelis. is the nature of that evil that that obsession
01:20:14.543 --> 01:20:18.814
With israel? it seems to me that it comes from the pit of hell,
01:20:18.814 --> 01:20:22.718
Quite literally. the devil. yeah. he's real. he sees israel.
01:20:22.718 --> 01:20:26.188
He's reminded of god almighty. so he wants to destroy god's
01:20:26.188 --> 01:20:29.758
Land and god's people again, that that spiritual factor. you
01:20:29.758 --> 01:20:33.262
See it everywhere, it seems. eric. so well said. listen, the
01:20:33.262 --> 01:20:37.165
Bible says jesus christ returns in the second coming to israel.
01:20:37.165 --> 01:20:41.470
Satan knows that he wants to thwart that. the bible says
01:20:41.470 --> 01:20:44.706
Jesus returns to jerusalem. so notice all of these things that
01:20:44.706 --> 01:20:49.077
We see in our modern day news right now in real time, have
01:20:49.077 --> 01:20:53.849
Biblical connections, biblical correlations. so now our bible
01:20:53.849 --> 01:20:57.920
Is, as it always has been, more current than tomorrow's news.
01:20:57.920 --> 01:21:02.157
And so why would there be a people or a belief system that
01:21:02.157 --> 01:21:05.994
Wants to destroy the land of israel, destroy the jews? when
01:21:05.994 --> 01:21:08.997
The bible says the messiah of the jews will return to israel
01:21:08.997 --> 01:21:12.534
And to jerusalem. eric, it's a spiritual battle and we are
01:21:12.534 --> 01:21:17.139
Caught, as it were, in this physical realm in the middle of
01:21:17.139 --> 01:21:20.042
This cosmic war that the bible addresses so clearly in its
01:21:20.042 --> 01:21:24.813
Pages. yeah. if any. if anyone thinks israel doesn't matter to
01:21:24.813 --> 01:21:29.418
Them, especially followers of jesus, they need to think again.
01:21:29.418 --> 01:21:32.521
Pastor jack got about a minute left. can you take us out in
01:21:32.521 --> 01:21:35.791
Prayer? pray for israel, the peace of jerusalem. can you lead
01:21:35.791 --> 01:21:39.194
Us? absolutely. heavenly father, we come to you in the name of
01:21:39.194 --> 01:21:43.165
Jesus, yeshua hamashiach jesus, the messiah of the jews, the
01:21:43.165 --> 01:21:46.668
Messiah of the world. we pray right now, lord god, that you
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Would just crush evil, but in the midst of evil being crushed,
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That you would redeem souls. lord, may persian people, may
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Israeli people, may jews, may muslims come to know jesus as
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Messiah, even right now, even what the enemy has meant for
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Evil. may you turn around and make it for good. and lord god,
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We pray that, as benjamin franklin said, that you governed
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In the affairs of men. lord, may we see that played out right
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Now. and lord, give wisdom to netanyahu, give wisdom to trump,
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And lord, lead us and guide us as we yield. and we thank you
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For the cross of jesus christ. we thank you for the empty tomb
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In jerusalem, that there's salvation in jesus, and it's
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Free because he paid the price. and it's by faith not of works.
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So may we all come and worship before you. in jesus name, amen.
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Amen. pastor jack hibbs, thank you so much my friend. as
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Always, great breakdown and folks, follow pastor jack, the
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Real life network and on x across social media. pastor
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Jack, god bless. we'll be talking to you a bunch more very
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Soon. i have a hunch. pastor jack hibbs thanks again. god
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Bless and folks. see you soon, pastor jack. and hey, we're
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Talking about why you should care about israel, right? you've
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Been watching this unfold over the last eight days. really over
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The past 70 plus years. what's going on in the middle east and
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Israel? why should you care, especially as a christian, as a
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Follower of jesus? here's a quick thought for you and really
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Wrap your head around this. jesus will return and when he
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Returns, he's not laying his foot down in washington dc,
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Berlin, tokyo, london, paris. he's going to lay his foot down
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On the mount of olives in jerusalem. in case you missed
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It, jerusalem is the ancient and ancestral capital of the land of
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Israel. i believe the world's attention. you're seeing it
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Right now. of course, the world's attention more and more
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In the days to come will be fixated on israel. this tiny,
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Again tiny nation the size of the state of new jersey. and yet
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The world. and we already see it, the u.n, all these global
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Bodies coming against israel, the world will be fixated on
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Israel and in particular, jerusalem. bank on it. pray for
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The peace of jerusalem. that's a biblical mandate, folks. that is
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Non-negotiable. and when it comes to israel, everything
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Unfolding, we've got you covered. we've got these live
01:24:13.915 --> 01:24:16.184
Tbn special reports, we've got the stackelbeck tonight show
01:24:16.184 --> 01:24:18.820
Every weeknight here on tbn monday through friday, of
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Course, joel rosenberg, host of the rosenberg report, seen every
01:24:21.890 --> 01:24:25.794
Thursday and saturday night right here on tbn. and you saw
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Him tonight, the one and only pinto, our tbn jerusalem
01:24:28.597 --> 01:24:33.635
Correspondent, co-host of a great show called boots on the
01:24:33.635 --> 01:24:37.172
Ground, seen here every thursday night. we know that god's hand,
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God is moving and god's hand is on israel. his attention is
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Focused there. so as believers, we need to have a focus on
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Israel as well. it's been great being with you. until next time,
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God bless you and we'll see you soon.
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Erick Stakelbeck: Day 8 of Israel-Iran Conflict | Special Report

June 19, 2025 | 86:22

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