Erick Stakelbeck - Special Report: Israel at War

June 16, 2025 | 85:53

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| Erick Stakelbeck - Special Report: Israel at War | June 16, 2025

It is day five of israel's historic war with iran, and you
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Are looking live at tel aviv, israel's second largest city, a
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Bustling modern metropolis. but over the past few days, it's
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Also been the scene of horrific war crimes, as iranian ballistic
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Missiles have slammed into buildings and intentionally
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Targeted israeli civilians. i'm eric stackelbeck. this is a tbn
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Special report. and here's the good news. the iranian regime is
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In desperation mode and may even be on the brink of collapse.
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Yes, the regime has been able to cause significant damage to
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Israel firing ballistic missiles at tel aviv, haifa and the
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Galilee, killing at least 24 israeli civilians and wounding
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Hundreds more. it is evil and it is tragic, and we ask you to
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Join us in praying for the people of israel, for god's
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Divine hand of protection over his land. but folks, consider
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This. there are reports that iran's supreme leader, ayatollah
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Khamenei, is now begging the arab gulf states like saudi
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Arabia, qatar and oman to intercede on iran's behalf with
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The united states. the ayatollah, who just last week
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Was vowing to destroy israel as he rejected president trump's
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Offer of a nuclear deal, is now desperate for a cease fire. and
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It's not hard to see why. in only five days, the israel
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Defense forces, through operation rising lion, have
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Destroyed iran's nuclear facility at natanz and seriously
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Damaged additional iranian nuclear sites like the one at
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Isfahan. israel has also eliminated no less than 20 top
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Iranian military commanders and a dozen iranian nuclear
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Scientists, and it's destroyed some one third of iran's
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Ballistic missile stockpiles. again, this is all in just five
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Days. oh, how the mighty have fallen. evil is being held
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Accountable. the iranian regime. the head of the snake,
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Responsible for decades of misery and mayhem across the
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Region, is finally facing consequences for its wicked
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Acts. and by the time the dust settles, we could be looking at
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A new middle east with prophetic chess pieces moving all over the
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Board. over the next hour, we'll be joined live by guests in
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Washington, dc and israel to break down what's happening now.
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What comes next, why it matters to you and how we can pray. we
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Begin, as always, in jerusalem, where our tbn israel
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Correspondent, yair pinto, is standing by. yeah, thanks for
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Joining us. i know you've been in and out of bomb shelters the
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Past few days with your familie, family. the sirens have been
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Blaring. now the iranian regime is vowing to target israel with
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Missiles. quote, without interruption. yeah. set the
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Scene for us. what it's like on the ground in israel right now
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As this iranian onslaught continues. well, yesterday. so
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Israel created this multi-layer alert system for the civilian
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And for all the people that are in the country now. so we get
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This alarm of get ready for a missile attack in your area
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Within 30 minutes. then after 30 minutes, we get an alarm. within
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Ten minutes, a missile is imminent in your area. and then
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The alarm signs, sirens start and we have one minute to seek
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The bomb shelter. so israel is really geared up into being
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Close to bomb shelters, being in protected areas, and the whole
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Country is ready for an impact, especially in the central areas
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Of tel aviv. and we know that the missiles are penetrating
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Because our defensive systems were not able to intercept 100%
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Of these projectiles from iran, so they are causing damage. but
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On top of that, the people need to be alerted and always
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Surrounded and close to a bomb shelter. there are no schools.
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My kids are back to the zoom days with the remote learning
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From the teachers, and only essential work positions are
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Going to their office, such as the news, medical and the
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Electricity, food and stuff that we know from the days of the
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Covid vaccine regulations here in israel. and this is in order
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To protect the nation and the people of israel from an iranian
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Strike. this is the feeling of the country at this moment, but
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Saying that the morale of the people of israel is very, very
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High, because we finally see that we are striking the head of
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The snake and not just fighting the proxies of this huge terror
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Regime in iran. and we see the successes, we see the stories of
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The israeli mossad successfully targeting the nuclear
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Scientists, the head of the irgc, their intelligence
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Headquarters in the heart of tehran. and above all, we see
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That the ayatollah regime and the leader of this terrorist
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Regime, ayatollah ali ayatollah, is hiding in bomb shelters, in
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Bunkers because he's afraid of an israeli strike on him
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Personally. okay. israel is basically peeling the layers and
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Destroying the nuclear capabilities of iran. one bomb,
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One strike at a time, and we are ready for the help of the united
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States that we are receiving. reports are on the verge of
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Joining us in destroying this evil regime and completely
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Terminating their nuclear program and their ballistic
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Missile program. eric. so keep us in your prayers and thank you
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So much. absolutely. hey, number one, thank you from all our tbn
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Viewers for getting up in the middle of the night with us.
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Your family's been bomb shelters. yeah. we can't thank
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You enough. number two, we've got a quote from prime minister
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Benjamin netanyahu here. if people think israel is going to
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Stop, think again. here's what bibi said earlier. we will not
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Have a second holocaust, a nuclear holocaust. we already
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Had one in the previous century. the jewish state is not going to
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Have the holocaust meted out on the jewish people. it's not
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Going to happen. never again is now. and we had to act now. so
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Although the iranian regime is reportedly begging for a cease
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Fire now, yeah, i think bibi is committed to finishing the job
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And the consequences if he doesn't are very dire for israel
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And for the free world, i believe. yeah, definitely. eric,
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I mean, people some people say this is not our war. this is
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Israel's war. why do we, the united states or other countries
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In europe need to fight your war? and it's very important to
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Understand that in the middle east, when somebody is
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Threatening to destroy you. and when i say you, i don't mean
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Israel. i mean israel and the united states. remember, iran
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Keeps calling israel a small satan, and the united states the
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Big satan. they have been funding terror groups that
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Disrupt all the maritime shipping from the east to the
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West. they are destabilizing the entire region. you don't want to
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Give this sort of regime the strongest weapon that this world
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Has, which is the nuclear bomb. so we reached a point that
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Within a few weeks, iran could have 15 nuclear bombs. eric,
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Just imagine that one bomb can destroy and take out the whole
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Country of israel. and more than that. so within two weeks,
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According to the israeli estimates, iran was ready to
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Have 15 of these bombs. so now we had to take matters into our
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Own hands and strike these centrifuges, these nuclear
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Facilities, the scientists. and so far, we have pushed back
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Their nuclear program years, years of work, years of
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Knowledge, years of equipment was destroyed. the job is not
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Done yet. no. it's been a stunning operation. yeah. and
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Helpful reminder for everyone watching israel is the size of
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The state of new jersey. it's that small. so israel doesn't
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Get second chances here. it must finish the job. yeah. thank you
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So much. you'll be with us throughout the next 90 minutes
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With on the ground updates from jerusalem. god bless my friend.
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Stay safe. we'll talk to you again shortly. yair pinto.
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Joining us now from israel, is the former international
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Spokesperson for the israel defense forces. he is now a
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Senior fellow at the foundation for defense of democracies in
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Washington, d.c. lieutenant colonel jonathan conricus is
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With us. jonathan, always great to see you. you and i have been
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Talking about this for years. the coming showdown between
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Israel and the iranian regime, the moment of reckoning has now
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Arrived, and the iranian regime appears to be. and its military
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Machine. right now, jonathan appears to be in tatters. one
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Third of their ballistic missile launchers eliminated by the idf,
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Countless iranian top military generals, the natanz nuclear
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Site in ruins. what's your assessment thus far of operation
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Rising lion? shalom, eric and shalom to everybody watching.
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Yes, this is not the first and not the 10th time that we speak
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About it. and of course, this has been in the making for the
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Better part of, i would say, 20 or 25 years. the islamic
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Republic of iran has been waging an indirect and lately direct
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War against the state of israel. the islamic republic has an
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Official goal to annihilate the state of israel or, as they
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Refer to it, the zionist regime. and they were sprinting in order
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To achieve nuclear weapons capabilities. i don't think that
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The iranians will achieve not the destruction of israel and
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Not nuclear weapons. what israel is doing now is disassembling
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The iranian regime's ability to project force, but also to
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Project control over iran itself. israel has blasted its
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Way and today has aerial superiority in iranian skies,
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Unprecedented, by the way, in history. no other country has
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Ever done that and achieved that against iran. and israeli
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Airplanes are, as we speak, attacking military targets and
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Nuclear targets, according to a very well defined and researched
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List of targets. you mentioned a few, but as we speak or an hour
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Ago, israel expanded the types of targets that it is striking
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And is now striking the television or the propaganda arm
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Of the iranian regime for the first time. and this is after
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Most of the supreme command was taken out. many key nuclear
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Scientists were taken out. and as i said, air defenses. so this
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Is a historic moment. i don't use that reference lightly, but
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This is an historic moment, and i really hope that this will
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Lead to stability and prosperity in the middle east for everyone.
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Yeah, jonathan. well said. i think we are on the verge of a
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New middle east. it's ultimately exciting. and just to draw the
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Distinction here, israel today called for civilians in tehran,
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The iranian capital, to evacuate. israel goes to great
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Pains to avoid any civilian casualties. on the other hand,
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Iran jonathan is intentionally targeting israeli civilian
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Centers. talk more about that. iran. again, they are
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Intentionally aiming to kill women and children. civilians.
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Yeah, the numbers tell the story. and no, no volume of
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Iranian rhetoric and propaganda can convince anybody
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Differently. israel so far has 28 fatalities, all of them
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Civilian. 590 people have been wounded, almost all of them
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Civilians. and that is, of course, a direct result of
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Iranian massive iranian missile fire at israeli cities. the
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Images are unimaginable. you know, you look at the scenes,
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The impact scenes, entire residential buildings, seven,
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Eight, ten floor buildings when they get a direct hit that we've
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Seen them crumble and disintegrate. and that is, of
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Course, because the iranians are using ballistic missiles. these
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Are objects almost as big as an american school bus. they weigh
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About a ton and about 500kg of high explosives at the tip of
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Each one of them. now, israeli air defenses have been very
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Effective, and they've shot out of the sky most of what the
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Iranians have fired at israel. sadly, the iranians have found a
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Way to kind of overwhelm air defenses. and locally, in a
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Certain geographic area, overwhelm the air defenses and
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Get the few missiles to slip through. but by and large,
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Despite the fact that we have had 24 casualties, the defenses
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Are working. israel, supported by the u.s, actively supported
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By the u.s, is defending itself. this is again an opportunity for
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Me as an israeli to express gratitude for the defense
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Collaboration between israel and the u.s. for the fact that we
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Are using weapon systems that were developed together, israel
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And the u.s, and most of it was u.s. funding. and this is
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Tremendously important. and, by the way, return on investment.
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All of the weapon systems are now combat proven, and a lot is
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Modified as we speak. and that's, of course, a great thing
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For america, because the weapon systems that were built together
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Are now feeding back into the american system as well. yeah.
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Great breakdown. and i just keep thinking, jonathan, these
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Ballistic missiles we're seeing bombard haifa, tel aviv, the
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Galilee. what if they were nuclear tipped? that was the end
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Game for the iranian regime. and i think the prime minister,
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Benjamin netanyahu, alluded to this earlier this morning.
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Israel right now is really acting as the first line of
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Defense for all of western civilization. they're fighting
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The good fight for the entire free world on the front lines.
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The end game. i know we're still obviously in the midst of it.
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There's much work to be done by the idf. does the end game look
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Like a complete dismantlement of iran's nuclear program, a
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Massive dent in its ballistic missile capabilities? there's
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Already reports that iran, behind the scenes, is scurrying
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For a cease fire. what does he what is a satisfying endgame for
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Israel here in this operation? yeah. so two parts to that. my
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What i would have liked to hear from the germans, the french,
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The brits and the canadians and all other democracies in the
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World would have been thank you, israel. thank you israel. we
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Stand by israel with no ifs and buts, but we support israel
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Because you are doing the heavy lifting and the dirty work for
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The free world. and if we put this into historical context,
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This will be the third nuclear military program that israel
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Takes care of in the middle east that belong to a crazy muslim
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Regimes. 1981 osirak 2007 deir ez-zor. so iraq and syria and
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Now 2025 iran. no other country has done that. and even though
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Critics around the world will blame israel for taking
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Aggressive action, this is preemptive action and this is
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Actually promoting stability and promoting peace and doing a good
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Thing for the world, for the region and for the world. and i
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Think that israel would should get much better support now.
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Endgame here, it becomes interesting because officially,
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Israel speaks about the nuclear program and taking care of an
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Existential threat. i believe that, but i think that there's
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Another endgame here. beyond the things that you so correctly
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Pointed out, ballistic missiles and their ability to continue to
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Fund terror organizations around the world and in the middle
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East, those are very important targets. but i actually believe
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That israel would be very happy to see the iranian regime go
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Under. i don't think that israel has the capacity to execute
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Regime change. iran is a nation of about 100 million were less
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Than 10 million. we are about 10 million and they are far, far
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Away. but i think that israel would definitely be happy,
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Relieved, and it would favor israel and the region if the
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Islamic regime of iran would indeed be toppled by the iranian
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Population. israel isn't operating in order to achieve
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That yet, but it's clear. and anybody who is a, you know,
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Moderate studier of history knows that any non-democratic
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Regime, the enemy number one of any tyrant, is first and
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Foremost the people that they oppress. and the iranian people,
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As they see the iranian regime weakened, exposed, vulnerable,
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And not capable of defending itself against an external
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Force. maybe they will be motivated to reclaim their
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Freedom, reclaim governance, and to get rid of the islamic
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Regime. that's still in the future. but i think there's a
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Chance that things will go that way. yeah, and they are the main
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Victims, the iranian people of this evil regime, jonathan, and
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People need to know, prior to 1979 that islamic revolution,
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Iran and israel had a great relationship. we pray that's on
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The horizon once again. jonathan conricus, thank you so much, my
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Friend. stay safe. god bless you, jonathan. great breakdown.
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We'll see you again soon. thank you eric. shalom. what a great
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Breakdown from our good friend, lieutenant colonel jonathan
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Conricus. now, folks, you just got the israeli military
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Perspective there from lieutenant colonel conricus.
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Coming up in a minute. general michael flynn, former national
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Security adviser under president trump, will join us with the
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American perspective of this war. why it matters to you here
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In the united states. but first, speaking of president trump,
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Here's what he's saying about the iran israel war, quote, it
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Looks like iran isn't winning this war. they need to talk
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Before it's too late. will they come back to the negotiating
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Table? we shall see. okay. before we join general michael
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Flynn, folks, we're going to take a look live at jerusalem.
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God's one and only holy city. jerusalem is mandated. it's a
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Mandate for every believer, every christian, every follower
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Of jesus to pray for the peace of jerusalem. so let's take a
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Moment right now before we go to general flynn and do exactly
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That, a moment of silence here to pray for the peace of
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Jerusalem. joining us now is the one and only general michael
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Flynn, former national security adviser during president trump's
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First term and author of the brand new book, coming out june
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24th, pardon of innocence. general, great to see you. hey,
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I think you've taken a very common sense, america first
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Perspective to the war between israel and iran right now.
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You've said, look, i don't want to see wars in the middle east,
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But this is a war of necessity for israel. you can't have
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Islamic fanatics in tehran with nuclear weapons. and by
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Extension, it seems israel's actions are making the west and
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America safer. what have you seen so far? what's your
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Breakdown of the current conflict? yeah, so i've been in
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Anybody that's that wants to follow me. i've been putting out
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Daily sitreps actually multiple sitreps a day situation reports
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For just the awareness of people that follow me on on ecs, and it
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Goes across all my social media platforms. so here's where i'm
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At. i mean, this is one where we can no longer have this threat
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Of a nuclear armed iran with a with a real tyrannical, you
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Know, and i call it psychopathic because they, they the way that
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They've demonstrated their, their, you know, the way that
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Their regime has been run for the last 50 years, almost. they
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Have the still the leading state sponsor of terrorism, according
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To our own country. they have these surrogate organizations in
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Hezbollah, hamas, the houthis, and israel has come to a point
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Where the development of the nuclear capability inside of
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Iran was getting too close. and there have been some tests.
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There have been some things that the iranians were doing that
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Clearly got the attention of israel. and israel has been
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Paying very, very close attention to this. it's not a
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Matter of, you know, they're years away or they're decades
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Away. we've been hearing this for a long, long time. they were
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Very, very close. now, i say it could have been days or weeks,
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But once you get to a point of uranium enrichment, once you get
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Past a certain percentage of enrichment, then the enrichment
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Moves very fast. and the ability for some engineers and
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Scientists to marry up ballistic missile capabilities, which
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Obviously iran has plenty of and a nuclear warhead, it becomes
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Very simple. it becomes a very simple engineering problem. and
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Then you have a nuclear weapon, and you're part of that nuclear
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Club. and the whole dynamic changes because iran has stated
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Publicly many, many times that they not only that that israel
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Is their enemy, but that they have every desire to annihilate
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An entire population and an entire nation off of the map. i
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Mean, they've said it almost verbatim. so, so under the bibi
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Netanyahu leadership in israel, they finally made the decision,
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And rightly so. and they're going this alone. i say this
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Alone with, you know, it's a little bit tongue in cheek,
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Eric, because everybody's like, well, we don't want to get
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Mired, you know, we, the united states, we don't want to get
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Mired in another middle east war. and we don't. but i want
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Everybody, all of your listeners to know that we provide
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Intelligence capabilities. we provide weapons systems, we
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Provide training, we provide education to all of the
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Countries in the middle east except for iran. we've been
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Providing billions and billions of dollars to egypt, to the
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Saudis, to other of the, you know, to the jordanians, to the
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Lebanese. i mean, on and on and on. so every single arab country
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In that region has been getting billions of dollars in weapons
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Systems, intelligence, training and education as, as a minimum.
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So, so for us, for anybody to go, well, you know, israel,
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This, israel that, hey, israel is getting the kinds of
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Capabilities that israel deserves. and israel
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Demonstrates a very mature way to apply them and has always
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Been very good about that over many, many years. a lot of
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People have a lot of differences of opinion, you know, smart
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People. but i'm telling you, i'm sitting here as a guy who has
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Spent five years of my life in combat operations, most of it in
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That region. i have lived in that region. the, the, the 27
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Countries of the us central command. when i was the head of
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Intelligence for u.s. central command. so i know this region
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Very well. my career as a military intelligence officer
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Was really spent on the frankly, the coup that occurred in 1979
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When jimmy carter was president. and then we continued to face
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The, you know, the soviet union until they collapsed. and now we
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Face this brutal dictatorship in, in iran. and i think israel
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Has gotten to a point in history where they've said enough is
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Enough. and so we're going to go in for regime change, and that's
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What they ought to. that's what iran i'm sorry. that's what
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Israel should say. i mean, that's what i'm telling you,
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Your audience, that this is about regime change. it is about making sure that iran never has the capability to have a nuclear
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Weapon. and we should make sure that that is the case, because
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This is a that particular regime was a psychotic regime. and the
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End of the day, the objective, the clear objective to me, and
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It's always been this has been regime change. once we have
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Regime change, that changes the dynamic historically,
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Particularly if that if the new regime that comes in under iran
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Is aligned with the west and better aligned with the united
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States, that changes the dynamic of the world when it comes to
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The us china relationship and this and this adversarial
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Relationship that we are now having with the chinese because
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Of a variety of factors happening here at home with
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Things like the introduction of fentanyl, bio weapons, etc. so
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The whole trade issue that trump is going through, and it also a
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Western aligned iran also can can bring them closer to
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Countries like india. it can bring them closer to nation
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States like israel. it can give them an opening to other markets
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In, in europe, instead of being constantly sanctioned because of
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The psychopaths that we're currently running this country,
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And that's iran. so there's a lot of, oh my god, there's a lot
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Of all around. hey, real quick, by the way, you hit on great
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Points. what a breakdown as always by general michael flynn.
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Hey, i want to ask you real quick. of course, iran refers to
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Israel as the little satan, but they referred to america as the
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Great satan. and the regime was developing intercontinental
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Ballistic missiles that could travel across oceans and reach
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The united states. it seems to me that israel is doing the
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World a favor in this operation. can you talk a bit about how
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Iran has really been in a state of war with the united states? i
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Think back to 79, of course, which you mentioned, the embassy
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Takeover, 1983, the marine barracks bombing. i think of
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Hundreds, at least of our brave soldiers killed in iraq thanks
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To iranian ieds over the past several years. iran had a bull's
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Eye. ultimately, it seems, on the back of the great satan. in
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Its words, the united states. yeah. and, you know, places like
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Khobar towers, the i mean, the houthis, the houthis are
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Shutting down the what's called bandar al-shabab, the straits
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That comes out out of the red sea, down in the south into the
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Arabian sea, the suez canal, that that dynamic changes. so
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There's some very geopolitical issues that are in play that
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You're touching on. eric and the iranians have been doing nothing
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But but hurting and causing mayhem in this part of the
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World. and you mentioned the intercontinental ballistic
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Missiles, which are not out of the question for iran to have
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Developed under the khomeini regime. so, you know, i think
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What's happening is, is actually necessary at this point in time.
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You know, the israelis are not asking for army divisions or
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Marine regiments. they're not even asking for navel, you know,
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Naval carrier groups. although the i understand that the united
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States. president trump has made the decision to put a third
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Carrier battle group in the region. but that's a lot of a
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Lot of reasons why we we're putting more forces into the
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Region right now is because we have thousands of men and women
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And families that are stationed there. i mean, people don't
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Realize it. i mean, we have thousands still in iraq. we have
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Thousands in jordan, and we have thousands in the saudis. i'm
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Talking about i'm talking about political diplomats, you know,
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Military and some families, as well as a an american diaspora
00:29:04.868 --> 00:29:08.605
Of business community. so, so there's a lot of americans that
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Are in that region for all the, you know, all the right reasons.
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And president trump just does not want them threatened during
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A time of heightened tension. general michael flynn, well
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Said. as always, common sense in times where common sense is not
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So common. as always, from our good friend general michael
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Flynn. pardon of innocence, june 24th. pick it up, general flynn,
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Thank you for this great breakdown. thank you for your
00:29:31.628 --> 00:29:33.997
Service to our country. god bless my friend. we'll see you
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Again soon. all right. thanks, eric. see you. if you are just
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Joining us, this is a tbn special report, israel at war.
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I'm eric stackelbeck. and folks, yes, israel is at war right now
00:29:50.814 --> 00:29:54.918
With its arch enemy, the iranian regime. this is day five of an
00:29:54.918 --> 00:29:59.923
Historic war, a stunning military successes by israel, a
00:29:59.923 --> 00:30:04.093
Surprise assault, operation rising lion began early friday
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Morning. joining us now from jerusalem with more on the
00:30:08.164 --> 00:30:11.434
Ground breakdowns of this developing war, is tbn israel
00:30:11.434 --> 00:30:15.271
Correspondent yair pinto, co-host of boots on the ground,
00:30:15.271 --> 00:30:18.575
Seen right here on tbn every thursday night at 9:30 p.m.
00:30:18.575 --> 00:30:22.545
Eastern time. yeah. here's a question for you. a lot of
00:30:22.545 --> 00:30:25.248
People ask me, i'm in israel frequently. of course, they say,
00:30:25.248 --> 00:30:28.051
How do the israelis do it? they're fighting a war, really
00:30:28.051 --> 00:30:31.120
Now on several fronts, not only directly against iran now, but
00:30:31.120 --> 00:30:34.090
Also against iran's proxies like hamas and hezbollah. can you
00:30:34.090 --> 00:30:37.694
Talk about the unity of the people of israel now and the
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Morale, especially since october 7th? this has brought the people
00:30:41.664 --> 00:30:45.401
Of israel more closely together, it seems, than ever before,
00:30:45.401 --> 00:30:49.906
Despite the constant threats. yes. first of all, i just
00:30:49.906 --> 00:30:56.079
Received reports that five unidentified drones, suicide
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Drones, uavs were intercepted by the idf and the israeli
00:31:00.350 --> 00:31:04.254
Defensive systems in the northern part of the country.
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Okay, so this war is ongoing. we are not just reporting something
00:31:07.991 --> 00:31:12.128
That happened a few weeks or a few months ago. we are at war,
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And we're at war against seven different enemies for 620
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Something days already consecutively. and i know this
00:31:22.605 --> 00:31:27.043
Personally because i've been in the front lines in the north
00:31:27.043 --> 00:31:30.280
Against lebanon, against hezbollah, and in the south in
00:31:30.280 --> 00:31:32.916
The gaza strip, in khan yunis, we still have hostages. and
00:31:32.916 --> 00:31:37.687
Before october 7th, israel was divided. we were fighting over
00:31:37.687 --> 00:31:42.158
Political reasons, but there's not much fighting going on when
00:31:42.158 --> 00:31:46.729
Your enemies are trying to annihilate you from the face of
00:31:46.729 --> 00:31:50.433
This earth. so yes, the people of israel are united. we
00:31:50.433 --> 00:31:54.737
Understand that this is a spiritual war, and the enemies
00:31:54.737 --> 00:31:58.574
Of israel want to destroy us, because israel is living proof
00:31:58.574 --> 00:32:02.979
Of god's faithfulness to mankind. and i think that this
00:32:02.979 --> 00:32:08.618
Is an amazing time to look at god's modern day miracles. we
00:32:08.618 --> 00:32:11.654
Are serving a god that is performing miracles today and
00:32:11.654 --> 00:32:15.959
This land in the land of israel. so i'm really encouraged. the
00:32:15.959 --> 00:32:19.629
People of israel are strong and they are going back to reserve
00:32:19.629 --> 00:32:23.866
Duty with high percentage numbers. like more and more
00:32:23.866 --> 00:32:28.471
People are going back when they're called. there is no
00:32:28.471 --> 00:32:32.141
Setbacks in defending this country. eric. amen. well said.
00:32:32.141 --> 00:32:35.378
And i think the entire world is just so impressed and blown away
00:32:35.378 --> 00:32:40.049
By the resilience of israel. by the way, we talk about serving
00:32:40.049 --> 00:32:43.152
In the reserves. our good friend, your co-host for boots
00:32:43.152 --> 00:32:45.888
On the ground here on tbn, monty shoshani is in reserve duty
00:32:45.888 --> 00:32:49.192
Right now. you, of course, were serving in gaza not so long ago.
00:32:49.192 --> 00:32:53.896
Thank you for staying up, my friend. great insights as
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Always. you'll be back with us throughout this hour. yeah. god
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Bless. stay safe. we'll see you again very soon. but, folks, it
00:32:59.802 --> 00:33:03.439
Was just over a month ago that matt crouch. ambassador mike
00:33:03.439 --> 00:33:07.744
Huckabee and pastor ed young senior, sat down to talk about
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Iran. and boy, were they ahead of the curve. take a look. mr.
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Ambassador, when you start talking about iran, you know, i
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Mean, i remember that was prime minister netanyahu's kind of
00:33:21.657 --> 00:33:27.630
Answer when i said day one of your sixth term as prime
00:33:27.630 --> 00:33:34.804
Minister, what do you need to accomplish for the future of
00:33:34.804 --> 00:33:38.841
Israel and on behalf of the state? well, the first three
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Things are easy. block iran. block iran. block iran. i have a
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Very dear pastor friend, ed young, who represents a part of
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The american mindset that we're tired of having to listen about
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This. iran, your concerns in regard to iran? pastor ed, very
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Clear. and i would say this to the ambassador, and i think i
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Could speak for 90% of the citizens of the united states of
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America. something must be done. now is the hour to take care of
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The head of the snake. okay, well, there you go. yeah, the
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Head of the snake comment. mr. ambassador, it is a snake. for
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46 years, the iranian regime. and i want to be real clear in
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Distinguishing between the iranian regime and the iranian
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People. the iranian people are beautiful, wonderful,
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Well-educated, thoughtful people that are under the oppression of
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The ayatollahs since 1979, but for 46 years, the regime has
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Threatened israel, threatened the united states, and they've
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Never done one good deed that i can come to my mind to think of.
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There comes a point at which you would ask yourself, as
00:34:54.784 --> 00:34:57.820
Americans, how many missiles would need to come into houston,
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Texas, before americans would say, okay, we've had 300 and
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That's enough. how many missiles into any of our cities would it
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Take before we said, that's it? don't let this happen again. it
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Wouldn't take thousands. and that's what israel has faced. it
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Would take one. it would take one. if toronto sailed a missile
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Into buffalo, if mexico city sent one into houston, if
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Tijuana sent one into l.a, i'm telling you, one missile and all
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Of america would stand up and say, okay, mr. president, that's
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It. stop this and stop it now. yes, folks. number one, two
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Things here. number one, how great is it, how god ordained is
00:35:40.129 --> 00:35:44.300
It that a bible believing christian are good friend?
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Ambassador mike huckabee is now america's top diplomat in
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Israel, literally, for such a time as this only god. and of
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Course, he hosted the huckabee show here on tbn for years now.
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He is america's top man in israel at the most consequential
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Moment in israel's modern history. without a doubt,
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Prophetic times, bible times and mike huckabee, a dear friend of
00:36:11.127 --> 00:36:15.331
Tbn, is there. i can't think of a better ambassador to help
00:36:15.331 --> 00:36:19.569
Navigate the us and help navigate president trump through
00:36:19.569 --> 00:36:22.939
These tumultuous times in the world's most chaotic and
00:36:22.939 --> 00:36:26.509
Volatile region, the middle east. number two, ambassador
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Huckabee made a very important point there with matt lauer and
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Pastor ed young. the iranian regime is the enemy, not the
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Iranian people. i've been saying here on tbn over the past few
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Days that i've been reminding you, i should say that iran is a
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Bible land. guess what? modern day iran. that was ancient
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Persia from your bible. esther. mordecai. darius. cyrus. that is
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Iran. it's an ancient and proud civilization that's been over
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The past 46 years by this wicked regime, the world's number one
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State sponsor of terrorism. and the iranian people, large
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Majorities of whom oppose and detest this regime, are the main
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Victims of it. that regime's jackboot has been on the necks
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Of the iranian people again for decades. they may finally be
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About to be freed from that yoke. and here's something
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Encouraging to hold on to during this program. and as we go
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Forward into the next days and weeks and months, as this
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Situation continues to develop, the iranian church is the
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World's fastest growing. yes, against all odds, living under
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One of the world's most repressive regimes, a regime
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That murders, tortures, imprisons christians. the gospel
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Is spreading. you can't stop the gospel. it's growing by leaps
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And bounds, largely in underground churches in iran. be
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Encouraged. god is moving in this bible land once known as
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Persia, now known as iran. okay, you may be wondering what's
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Happening in the middle east. they're at war again. israel and
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Iran going toe to toe. well, our point man on the ground in
00:38:14.784 --> 00:38:18.954
Israel, no one gives a better breakdown on the state of play
00:38:18.954 --> 00:38:22.858
And the situation than our tbn israel correspondent, yair
00:38:22.858 --> 00:38:27.063
Pinto. he is, of course, co-host of our weekly show boots on the
00:38:27.063 --> 00:38:32.201
Ground, seen right here on tbn every thursday night at 9:30
00:38:32.201 --> 00:38:35.771
P.m. eastern time. hey folks, he also has a huge and i'm not
00:38:35.771 --> 00:38:40.009
Overstating that youtube channel, the tbn israel channel,
00:38:40.009 --> 00:38:43.212
Over 1.3 million subscribers. we encourage you to subscribe. but
00:38:43.212 --> 00:38:49.185
Yair filed today a great on the ground breakdown of the
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Situation, what comes next, and most importantly, why it matters
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To you and the body of christ. take a look. this is your ear,
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Pinto, bringing you the un truth from israel over the last three
00:39:04.467 --> 00:39:11.374
Days, operation avi has rewritten the middle eastern
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Rulebook. the israeli air force has carved an aerial highway
00:39:16.412 --> 00:39:23.552
1500km straight to tehran, hammering 720 military
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Installations and another 170 targets. and the count is still
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Climbing. tonight alone, dozens of surface to surface missile
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Batteries in western iran were leveled, even while a fresh
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Barrage was in the air towards the israeli cities. the goals
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Are simple cripple the iranian rush to the bomb and silence its
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Ballistic missile arsenal. large complexes such as the fordo are
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Still standing and rockets continue to fall. yet prime
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Minister benjamin netanyahu says that the nuclear program has
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Already been delayed quite a bit, buying precious time.
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Israel is therefore bracing for many more days of war. most
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Sorties shredded missile bases and air defensive shields,
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Securing israeli air superiority. a covert mossad
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Explosive drone hub inside iran struck from below, while
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Precision bombings decapitated the regime's command. chief of
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Staff mohammad bagheri, irgc commander who sent salami. air
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Force chief amir ali hajizadeh, intelligence head mohammad
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Kazemi and deputy hassan muhaqqaq all are confirmed dead.
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Senior adviser ali shami also fell to iran's nuclear know how.
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14 atomic scientists, including former atomic energy chief
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Fereydoon abbasi, were assassinated in many car bombs.
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Key sites in tehran were destroyed. irgc headquarters, a
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Centrifuge plant, the defense ministry and the city police
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Headquarters. a central fuel terminal erupted in a wall of
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Fire. this is a warning against further missile fire and israeli
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Civilians. mehrabad airport lost a fighter jet hangar. the bid
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Organic medium range missile base was wrecked and air
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Defenses around the capital and across western iran were
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Suppressed beyond the capital. the pounding continues. natanz,
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The heart of enrichment, took a significant damage, and isfahan
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Weaponization center was destroyed. tabriz aerospace,
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Home to the three fighter squadrons, was wiped out, and an
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Underground depot near kermanshah, storing qianyuan and
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Fateh 110 missiles was struck. in the southwest. the south fars
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Gas processing hub, the world's largest field shared with qatar
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And with bandar abbas gas site, were hit, as was a ballistic
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Missile factory in shiraz, the most distant blow landed 2000
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And 300km from israel near mashhad, where an iranian tanker
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Aircraft used for in-flight refueling was destroyed. iran's
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Reply has been deadly a rocket salvo and israel's center
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District killing eight and wounding 81. petah tikva mourns
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Four dead and 45 injured, bnei brak one dead and 36 hurt. three
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More bodies were recovered after a nighttime strike in the city
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Of haifa, in israel and across the country, 692 residents are
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Now homeless. israel's multilayered shield intercepts
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Over 90% of incoming missiles, but those that slip through
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Carry heavy warheads that shatter homes and families.
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Israel's achievements are staggering. yet the cost is
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High. by erasing launchers, scientists and commanders,
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Jerusalem intends to break the cycle and deter further barrages
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And perhaps inspire iranians to challenge their rulers. the
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Operation continues around the clock and pilots are already
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Lifting into the night for the next wave. keep praying for the
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Soldiers on the front lines for the safe return of our hostages,
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For the families uprooted in the north, and above all, for the
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Peace of jerusalem. jerusalem. you see it right there, folks.
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God's one and only holy city. i consider it my second home. and
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For really every believer, it's like a gravitational tug on your
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Heart. jerusalem. remember, jesus won't return to d.c, new
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York, berlin, tokyo or london. he's coming back to jerusalem.
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He will set his foot on the mount of olives, and he will
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Rule with a rod of iron. that is jerusalem, the city where god
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Almighty has written his name forever. now you heard that
00:44:38.200 --> 00:44:41.904
Great breakdown from jerusalem, from yair pinto. folks, we want
00:44:41.904 --> 00:44:44.940
To be here at tbn, your one stop shop for all things middle east,
00:44:44.940 --> 00:44:50.646
Israel. and key point here from an unapologetically biblical
00:44:50.646 --> 00:44:55.718
Perspective, that's what sets us apart. we have yair pinto, of
00:44:55.718 --> 00:44:59.455
Course, boots on the ground every thursday night, 9:30 p.m.
00:44:59.455 --> 00:45:02.191
Eastern time here on tbn. my program stackelbeck tonight,
00:45:02.191 --> 00:45:05.194
Seen here every weeknight at 7:30 p.m. eastern. and of
00:45:05.194 --> 00:45:09.031
Course, the rosenberg report, also from on the ground in
00:45:09.031 --> 00:45:12.067
Jerusalem, hosted by joel rosenberg. you know the world's
00:45:12.067 --> 00:45:15.871
Attention more and more in the days to come will be focused on
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Israel. think about this. look at a map. israel is literally
00:45:19.775 --> 00:45:24.546
The geographic center of the world. really look at a map.
00:45:24.546 --> 00:45:28.917
Israel is at the very center of the world, and jerusalem is the
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Center of that center. folks, none of that is by coincidence.
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The god of israel, the god of abraham, isaac, and jacob, knew
00:45:39.161 --> 00:45:43.632
Exactly what he was doing. and who ever heard of such a thing.
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The prophet isaiah said it, for a nation to be born in a day.
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1948 may 14th to be exact israel after 2000 years of exile and
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Dispersion, becomes a nation once again. the modern nation
00:45:59.414 --> 00:46:03.051
State of israel is reborn. not only that, the hebrew language
00:46:03.051 --> 00:46:07.823
Is revived and is in regular use once again. for the first time
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In 2500 years. again, folks, none of this is by coincidence.
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Israel is god's prophetic time clock, and a friend of mine once
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Said, when israel was reborn in 1948, it got a whole lot harder
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To be an atheist. amen. israel's existence is proof of god's
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Existence. consider this consider the enemies of israel.
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We talk about genesis 12 three. god says, i will bless those who
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Bless israel. this is what he tells abraham. i will bless
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Those who bless you, and i will curse those who curse you. let's
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Take a look at the past few thousand years of human history.
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Who has cursed israel and how have they ended up? you can
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Think of the philistines, the assyrians, the babylonians, the
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Amalekites, all those canaanite tribes. think of pharaoh and
00:47:04.179 --> 00:47:07.549
Egypt. think of haman, prime minister of the mighty persian
00:47:07.549 --> 00:47:11.820
Empire, the greeks, the romans, the ottomans, the czars, the
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Nazis, of course, and now the iranian regime and its ring of
00:47:16.491 --> 00:47:21.964
Fire. hamas and hezbollah in their death throes. they've all
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Ended up in the ash heap of history. god almighty is a
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Promise keeping god when he said he would curse those who curse
00:47:31.573 --> 00:47:36.345
Israel, he meant it. and what about those who bless israel? i
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Think of the united states, a stalwart friend and supporter of
00:47:39.514 --> 00:47:43.852
Israel and the jewish people. and i don't think it's any
00:47:43.852 --> 00:47:47.189
Coincidence that we have prospered more than any nation,
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Quite literally, in the history of the world. again, he's a
00:47:50.359 --> 00:47:55.163
Promise keeping god. and i mentioned genesis 12 three, the
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First half. of course, god says, i will bless those who bless
00:47:57.866 --> 00:48:00.736
You, israel. i will curse those who curse you. but we often
00:48:00.736 --> 00:48:04.072
Forget folks. the second part of that god says, and through you,
00:48:04.072 --> 00:48:08.677
Israel, all nations on earth will be blessed. think of the
00:48:08.677 --> 00:48:14.449
Number of nobel prize winners who are jewish. think of the
00:48:14.449 --> 00:48:18.420
Bible, the word of god being handed down to us from the
00:48:18.420 --> 00:48:21.256
Jewish people. think of the medical, scientific, the
00:48:21.256 --> 00:48:24.927
Incredible high tech breakthroughs all being
00:48:24.927 --> 00:48:27.429
Conceived in israel, and think most of all of jesus, the
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Messiah, the son of god, coming through the line of david, the
00:48:32.434 --> 00:48:36.438
Lion of the tribe of judah. talk about blessing all nations on
00:48:36.438 --> 00:48:41.410
Earth. look no further than jesus yeshua, someone who knows
00:48:41.410 --> 00:48:46.882
Yeshua very well is our good friend samuel samaria. he heads
00:48:46.882 --> 00:48:50.819
Up our operations in jerusalem and he had a great breakdown on
00:48:50.819 --> 00:48:55.857
Why what's happening right now in god's land matters to every
00:48:55.857 --> 00:49:01.697
Believer. take a look. shalom from jerusalem. as we all know,
00:49:01.697 --> 00:49:07.336
Israel is in the midst of a war. israel is attacking iran. but i
00:49:07.336 --> 00:49:12.474
Want to make sure our war is not against the iranian people. our
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War is against a regime that for the last 20 years, has been
00:49:16.778 --> 00:49:22.317
Doing everything they can in order to destroy israel, not
00:49:22.317 --> 00:49:25.821
Only to destroy israel, but you who reads the bible and
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Understand they're against the plan of god in order to destroy
00:49:30.826 --> 00:49:35.097
The plan of god. there's no doubt that we as israeli, agree
00:49:35.097 --> 00:49:42.404
With the president trump. we would rather finish this whole
00:49:42.404 --> 00:49:47.509
Conflict, that iran will give up on nuclear powers without a war.
00:49:47.509 --> 00:49:54.383
But unfortunately, our war is against a spiritual dark. regime
00:49:54.383 --> 00:50:01.390
Who it's very hard to take them seriously. it's very hard to
00:50:01.390 --> 00:50:06.128
Believe any agreement that they will sign. we know that israel
00:50:06.128 --> 00:50:11.600
Is attacking the head of the snake. we're in war from the 7th
00:50:11.600 --> 00:50:17.406
Of october gaza, and we know that from the 7th of october,
00:50:17.406 --> 00:50:21.943
The whole region is a different region. gaza is gaza is almost
00:50:21.943 --> 00:50:25.947
Totally destroyed. unfortunately, we still pray for
00:50:25.947 --> 00:50:28.617
The return of the hostages. and please pray with us for the
00:50:28.617 --> 00:50:32.020
Return of the hostages. we pray for the families of the
00:50:32.020 --> 00:50:35.957
Hostages. but let's be honest, we are living in a totally new
00:50:35.957 --> 00:50:39.661
Middle east. syria is not there anymore. lebanon is not there.
00:50:39.661 --> 00:50:45.967
Gaza is almost destroyed. and now the regime in iran. let's
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Pray that israel will finish the work as we need to finish the
00:50:52.874 --> 00:50:56.745
Work. it's not because we like war, it's not because we're
00:50:56.745 --> 00:51:00.749
People of war. we are people of peace. but we don't not have a
00:51:00.749 --> 00:51:06.621
Choice. and i'm asking you to pray in your churches at home
00:51:06.621 --> 00:51:11.960
For what's going on here in the middle east, and pray also for
00:51:11.960 --> 00:51:14.930
The innocent people of iran, that this regime took them as
00:51:14.930 --> 00:51:20.635
Hostages for the last 20 years. we pray for the church in iran
00:51:20.635 --> 00:51:24.439
That i hear that they're growing and growing and growing. let's
00:51:24.439 --> 00:51:29.544
Pray for the prince of peace to take control in this horrible
00:51:29.544 --> 00:51:34.249
Time. shalom from jerusalem, samuel smadja. amen. great
00:51:34.249 --> 00:51:38.920
Breakdown from samuel. and folks, again, the iranian
00:51:38.920 --> 00:51:41.456
People, you know, we tend to see iran as this monolith and we
00:51:41.456 --> 00:51:44.793
Think of just the regime, just the ayatollahs, just the wicked
00:51:44.793 --> 00:51:47.963
Ones who've caused so much mayhem around the world. but
00:51:47.963 --> 00:51:50.165
There are millions of iranians, tens of millions who are
00:51:50.165 --> 00:51:54.069
Hungering for jesus, who are hungering, who need the gospel.
00:51:54.069 --> 00:51:57.472
Now, many since 1979 have rejected religion. i guess you
00:51:57.472 --> 00:52:03.011
Would say outright they need relationship. they've rejected
00:52:03.011 --> 00:52:06.314
What they call religion because they've lived again under the
00:52:06.314 --> 00:52:09.951
Jackboot of radical islam. many young iranians, iranians have
00:52:09.951 --> 00:52:13.288
Become atheists. they've abandoned any sort of faith
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Altogether. but i believe we're seeing a revival sweep through
00:52:17.192 --> 00:52:20.729
That land right now. it's a vast country, which, as i mentioned
00:52:20.729 --> 00:52:24.399
Earlier, has incredible history and lineage. this was ancient
00:52:24.399 --> 00:52:28.637
Persia, a biblical lineage, a bible land. and i think of our
00:52:28.637 --> 00:52:32.374
Good friend reza safa. he heads up our tbn operations. now,
00:52:32.374 --> 00:52:38.380
Folks at tbn through tbn, nejat through reza's great work, we
00:52:38.380 --> 00:52:42.651
Are beaming the gospel into iran. yes, via satellite. untold
00:52:42.651 --> 00:52:48.356
Numbers of iranians under the noses of the world's most
00:52:48.356 --> 00:52:53.195
Notorious radical islamic regime are coming to jesus. they're
00:52:53.195 --> 00:52:57.032
Leaving islam, leaving that behind, and they're coming to
00:52:57.032 --> 00:53:00.302
Jesus. they're actually having dreams and visions in iran. and
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Really throughout the muslim world and throughout the middle
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East. so again, i can't stress to you enough. be encouraged.
00:53:07.809 --> 00:53:12.914
God is moving in the land where it all began, the middle east,
00:53:12.914 --> 00:53:16.818
And not just in israel, where amazing things are happening,
00:53:16.818 --> 00:53:19.588
But in the muslim world as well, continue to lift iran up. and i
00:53:19.588 --> 00:53:24.092
Think the real game changer would be if this regime finally
00:53:24.092 --> 00:53:28.730
Is toppled, if that yoke is broken and the iranian people
00:53:28.730 --> 00:53:32.300
Are free to sewer. and i think that's one reason prime minister
00:53:32.300 --> 00:53:36.504
Netanyahu has dubbed this israeli operation against iran's
00:53:36.504 --> 00:53:39.207
Nuclear facilities, operation rising lion. if you look at the
00:53:39.207 --> 00:53:44.446
Iranian flag before 1979, before that horrific islamic
00:53:44.446 --> 00:53:49.584
Revolution, there was a lion on that flag, a symbol of ancient
00:53:49.584 --> 00:53:53.655
Persia. will that lion rise once again? we shall see. our good
00:53:53.655 --> 00:53:59.728
Friend alan jackson, host of alan jackson, now seen here on
00:53:59.728 --> 00:54:03.331
Tbn every night at 7 p.m. eastern time, sat down with
00:54:03.331 --> 00:54:07.035
Benjamin netanyahu's top advisor, ron dermer. for more on
00:54:07.035 --> 00:54:11.606
The situation in the world's most volatile and strategic
00:54:11.606 --> 00:54:16.044
Region, take a look. do you think that things might change
00:54:16.044 --> 00:54:19.981
For the better? when people here understand that you're fighting
00:54:19.981 --> 00:54:23.351
Their fight, that iran wanted to wipe out not just israel, but
00:54:23.351 --> 00:54:26.588
The united states as well, and they were quite close to having
00:54:26.588 --> 00:54:31.192
The material to do that if you hadn't intervened. well, look,
00:54:31.192 --> 00:54:34.663
Whether or not the american people will understand it, i
00:54:34.663 --> 00:54:37.132
Think depends on, on on what they hear from leaders, from
00:54:37.132 --> 00:54:41.102
Political leaders, from influential figures in the media
00:54:41.102 --> 00:54:44.205
To make sure that they get all the facts and know the truth. i
00:54:44.205 --> 00:54:48.443
Mean, iran is a regime that has been at war with america since
00:54:48.443 --> 00:54:50.879
Its inception. it took over that american embassy in 1979, and it
00:54:50.879 --> 00:54:54.849
Held american hostages for 444 days. it its proxy, hezbollah,
00:54:54.849 --> 00:55:01.756
Took out 240 marines, 241 marines in beirut. in those
00:55:01.756 --> 00:55:06.695
Barracks it has bombed its proxies, have bombed u.s.
00:55:06.695 --> 00:55:10.665
Embassies in africa. they tried to blow up a restaurant in in
00:55:10.665 --> 00:55:15.637
Downtown washington, d.c, and they tried to assassinate
00:55:15.637 --> 00:55:19.341
President trump. i mean, this regime hates america. and i
00:55:19.341 --> 00:55:22.911
Would say the greatest cost has been in the thousands of people
00:55:22.911 --> 00:55:26.848
That were killed or maimed by iranian backed militias and
00:55:26.848 --> 00:55:30.819
Their ieds. all those people at walter reed medical center who
00:55:30.819 --> 00:55:34.789
Lost limbs, the ones who were behind that, it was iran. and so
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I think when israel is fighting iran, we're fighting america's
00:55:39.394 --> 00:55:42.664
Fight. and when we defeat iran, we're defeating america's worst
00:55:42.664 --> 00:55:47.102
Enemy. so when we win in the middle east, we're winning for
00:55:47.102 --> 00:55:52.240
The united states. there's no question, because we're taking
00:55:52.240 --> 00:55:54.242
Out enemies. but the very idea of america, which i think israel
00:55:54.242 --> 00:55:57.645
Represents in the middle east, you are standing for freedom
00:55:57.645 --> 00:56:01.483
Around the world, and we are a free democracy, a robust and
00:56:01.483 --> 00:56:06.287
Free democracy in the heart of a region where you don't have a
00:56:06.287 --> 00:56:09.991
Lot of free countries around us, and we are defending the same
00:56:09.991 --> 00:56:13.128
Values, we share the same interests. the more americans
00:56:13.128 --> 00:56:15.530
Know that, the better. and i hope that they will understand
00:56:15.530 --> 00:56:18.867
That they have no better ally than the state of israel in the
00:56:18.867 --> 00:56:22.003
World. great breakdown from ron dermer. and folks again, israel
00:56:22.003 --> 00:56:27.041
Is the first line of defense for western civilization. no one
00:56:27.041 --> 00:56:30.745
Knows that better than behnam ben taleblu. he is the senior
00:56:30.745 --> 00:56:34.449
Director of the iran program and a senior fellow at the
00:56:34.449 --> 00:56:37.886
Foundation for defense of democracies. he joins us now.
00:56:37.886 --> 00:56:40.188
Benham, always great to see you. are we at a moment. we've been
00:56:40.188 --> 00:56:43.892
Talking about this a bunch over the past few days. are we at a
00:56:43.892 --> 00:56:46.961
Moment where we really could see what many have been praying for
00:56:46.961 --> 00:56:50.799
Decades, the collapse of the iranian regime? could it happen?
00:56:50.799 --> 00:56:55.303
Well, always a pleasure to be back with you. to be brutally
00:56:55.303 --> 00:56:58.540
Honest, there is a lot of factors that are still being
00:56:58.540 --> 00:57:01.042
Determined here, but that's where a lot of the evidence is
00:57:01.042 --> 00:57:04.412
Pointing to. it doesn't mean that there will be a collapse
00:57:04.412 --> 00:57:07.482
All of a sudden, but one does have to remember that what
00:57:07.482 --> 00:57:10.185
Happened in syria, there were just several fateful weeks at
00:57:10.185 --> 00:57:13.188
The tail end of 2024 that saw a radical transformation in syria
00:57:13.188 --> 00:57:18.059
And the end of a 50 plus year reign of terror in that country.
00:57:18.059 --> 00:57:23.531
Many may be looking at that model hoping, praying,
00:57:23.531 --> 00:57:26.334
Projecting that what happens in iran could obviously be much
00:57:26.334 --> 00:57:29.003
Better. so because this is the middle east and things can
00:57:29.003 --> 00:57:31.840
Always go from bad to worse, praying that that doesn't happen
00:57:31.840 --> 00:57:34.342
In iran. but one of the things going for all of us here who are
00:57:34.342 --> 00:57:38.847
Proponents and defenders of western civilization is
00:57:38.847 --> 00:57:41.149
Essentially that you have one of the most pro-american,
00:57:41.149 --> 00:57:43.251
Pro-israeli populations in the middle east inside of iran,
00:57:43.251 --> 00:57:47.622
Despite the best intentions of that terrorist sponsoring
00:57:47.622 --> 00:57:50.458
Government. so as the hold of that government gets weaker as
00:57:50.458 --> 00:57:54.062
All of the things it's invested national resources into go up in
00:57:54.062 --> 00:57:58.833
Smoke as the israelis are showing the chances of what you
00:57:58.833 --> 00:58:02.070
Said are increased. but i want to stress that it's the chances
00:58:02.070 --> 00:58:04.973
Because this regime is wounded, but it is still lethal. yeah.
00:58:04.973 --> 00:58:08.843
Key point. and benham, you mentioned syria. it seemed to me
00:58:08.843 --> 00:58:11.479
That when bashar al assad called it quits and fled syria, then it
00:58:11.479 --> 00:58:15.250
Was game over. ayatollah khamenei is there. he may look,
00:58:15.250 --> 00:58:20.121
Bibi said today israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu,
00:58:20.121 --> 00:58:22.557
That khamenei may not be off limits. and if khamenei was
00:58:22.557 --> 00:58:26.194
Gone, the war maybe would end tomorrow. is there a chance that
00:58:26.194 --> 00:58:30.498
Khamenei could be an israel's targets? i know reportedly,
00:58:30.498 --> 00:58:33.401
President trump has said he didn't want to see that. but it
00:58:33.401 --> 00:58:35.970
Seems again, if the head of the head of the snake khamenei was
00:58:35.970 --> 00:58:40.441
Gone, it really could be a new day. there's certainly that
00:58:40.441 --> 00:58:44.178
Chance. one wonders what would happen to the rest of the
00:58:44.178 --> 00:58:47.015
Military command and control in such a place. but nonetheless, i
00:58:47.015 --> 00:58:52.353
Think when any israeli official, particularly in the post october
00:58:52.353 --> 00:58:55.757
7th middle east, is saying that all options are on the table, it
00:58:55.757 --> 00:58:58.960
Would behoove us as kind of foreign observers to understand
00:58:58.960 --> 00:59:02.263
That indeed, all options are on the table. there's an x factor
00:59:02.263 --> 00:59:06.067
Here as it relates to the public commentary about the israelis
00:59:06.067 --> 00:59:08.870
Going after the supreme leader, or allegedly considering going
00:59:08.870 --> 00:59:12.206
After the supreme leader of iran. and that is the
00:59:12.206 --> 00:59:15.209
Negotiating power that that gives our dealmaker in chief and
00:59:15.209 --> 00:59:18.079
Commander in chief, donald trump, who can literally now
00:59:18.079 --> 00:59:20.815
Tell the ayatollahs, the only thing that is standing between
00:59:20.815 --> 00:59:23.818
You and certain death is me. and potentially this might be
00:59:23.818 --> 00:59:26.955
Something the president may try to weaponize in his commentary
00:59:26.955 --> 00:59:29.958
Of, you know, dismantle your program or die or dismantle or
00:59:29.958 --> 00:59:34.495
Watch the israelis dismantle it and potentially your regime for
00:59:34.495 --> 00:59:38.199
You. but all of this is very, very fluid. i want to stress.
00:59:38.199 --> 00:59:42.103
Yeah, it seems that no matter what, when the dust settles,
00:59:42.103 --> 00:59:44.839
Benham, that iran's going to be severely weakened. what does
00:59:44.839 --> 00:59:48.543
This do? look, they were feeling great about themselves on
00:59:48.543 --> 00:59:51.446
October 7th, 2023. they and their proxies, it was kind of
00:59:51.446 --> 00:59:55.883
The zenith of their ring of fire and their moves against israel.
00:59:55.883 --> 00:59:59.153
Now it's literally all collapsed in the span of a year and a
00:59:59.153 --> 01:00:02.957
Half. it seems that when the dust settles, they limp out of
01:00:02.957 --> 01:00:05.893
This, right? no matter what the outcome is, if there's some kind
01:00:05.893 --> 01:00:09.063
Of negotiation, a deal, they're coming out of this very wounded
01:00:09.063 --> 01:00:12.667
And weakened in the eyes of the world. there's there seems to be
01:00:12.667 --> 01:00:17.071
A new middle east at our doorstep right now, with israel
01:00:17.071 --> 01:00:21.909
As the lone superpower in the region. but that certainly does
01:00:21.909 --> 01:00:25.680
Raise the question for us as americans, what should be the
01:00:25.680 --> 01:00:29.283
Role of america in either shaping, conditioning, or
01:00:29.283 --> 01:00:32.053
Helping to benefit from what could potentially be a new
01:00:32.053 --> 01:00:35.256
Middle east? but let's not have a new middle east, be a
01:00:35.256 --> 01:00:38.493
Wasteland of failed states that again, the regime and its kind
01:00:38.493 --> 01:00:42.096
Of poisonous ideology can bring on to people far away from its
01:00:42.096 --> 01:00:46.300
Territory. instead, a new middle east should really be more about
01:00:46.300 --> 01:00:49.637
Integration and accommodation and engagement between pro
01:00:49.637 --> 01:00:54.108
American, pro status quo forces in the region that have a vested
01:00:54.108 --> 01:00:57.779
Interest in stability and prosperity. and what you've seen
01:00:57.779 --> 01:01:01.082
From the past 46 years of the islamic republic is by engaging
01:01:01.082 --> 01:01:04.185
In these low intensity conflicts, which, as you've seen
01:01:04.185 --> 01:01:07.088
Since october 7th, have become quite hot and have become quite
01:01:07.088 --> 01:01:11.759
Multi-front. they are now reaping what they have sown.
01:01:11.759 --> 01:01:15.596
Yeah, i think in one sense the world perhaps, and including
01:01:15.596 --> 01:01:19.967
Iran's partners north korea, china, iran may see iran as
01:01:19.967 --> 01:01:24.305
Weakened and kind of a paper tiger now. but you have to think
01:01:24.305 --> 01:01:27.942
That the world is now looking at israel, although they won't say
01:01:27.942 --> 01:01:30.745
It publicly with or i mean, this is a succession of stunning
01:01:30.745 --> 01:01:35.516
Military and intelligence accomplishments dating back to
01:01:35.516 --> 01:01:39.187
Operation exploding pager hezbollah in lebanon several
01:01:39.187 --> 01:01:41.923
Months ago. now, this in iran, do you think israel's stature
01:01:41.923 --> 01:01:46.994
Just grows and look regional superpower for sure. but
01:01:46.994 --> 01:01:51.332
Although a tiny nation the size of the state of new jersey,
01:01:51.332 --> 01:01:54.669
Israel's flexing its muscle far above its weight, punching far
01:01:54.669 --> 01:01:58.539
Above its weight on a global scale, indeed, and there are
01:01:58.539 --> 01:02:01.809
Global ramifications and implications of that, which is
01:02:01.809 --> 01:02:04.679
Why it actually behooves america to make sure that there is no
01:02:04.679 --> 01:02:07.482
Daylight between it and the most important status quo defender of
01:02:07.482 --> 01:02:11.886
Western civilization in the middle east. and that, as you
01:02:11.886 --> 01:02:14.188
Mentioned, is israel. i'm glad. also, in the lead to your
01:02:14.188 --> 01:02:17.024
Question, you mentioned not just the security successes and the
01:02:17.024 --> 01:02:21.596
Military successes the israelis have had, but also the
01:02:21.596 --> 01:02:24.766
Intelligence successes. and i want to mention one key thing,
01:02:24.766 --> 01:02:28.002
Given the fact that you were talking very eloquently about
01:02:28.002 --> 01:02:31.072
The iranian people in the lead here, which is one of the
01:02:31.072 --> 01:02:33.007
Reasons the israelis have had such a free and open and
01:02:33.007 --> 01:02:37.245
Operational hand inside of iran for years is probably not just
01:02:37.245 --> 01:02:41.082
Because the regime is incompetent and ideological.
01:02:41.082 --> 01:02:43.317
That is quite true, but also because even though iranian
01:02:43.317 --> 01:02:47.188
People are among the most nationalistic in not just in the
01:02:47.188 --> 01:02:51.125
Region but in the world, what the regime has lost by really
01:02:51.125 --> 01:02:56.864
Spurning the views, values and interests of making life a
01:02:56.864 --> 01:02:59.500
Living hell for the average iranian, is that mossad today
01:02:59.500 --> 01:03:03.337
Essentially had set up a drone base against the iranian
01:03:03.337 --> 01:03:06.541
Government on iranian territory, and no average iranian batted an
01:03:06.541 --> 01:03:10.578
Eye. and even if you look at the social media commentary, right
01:03:10.578 --> 01:03:13.681
In the aftermath of israel's strikes against major military
01:03:13.681 --> 01:03:18.152
Figures, in the strategic brain trust of this regime, you had
01:03:18.152 --> 01:03:22.056
Iranian, you know, large popular sentiment cheering on those
01:03:22.056 --> 01:03:25.993
Strikes because they identified israel as targeting their
01:03:25.993 --> 01:03:29.597
Oppressors as well. yeah, but it seems everything's on the table
01:03:29.597 --> 01:03:32.800
Right now. great points all around. by the way, what about
01:03:32.800 --> 01:03:35.536
The abraham accords? look, with iran weakened, can we see peace
01:03:35.536 --> 01:03:39.707
Between israel and saudi arabia, oman, perhaps even syria,
01:03:39.707 --> 01:03:44.045
Perhaps even lebanon? it seems that everything is possible
01:03:44.045 --> 01:03:47.648
Right now, now that that iranian axis is toppling in the region.
01:03:47.648 --> 01:03:52.687
Well, certainly creates the political space for it. but call
01:03:52.687 --> 01:03:55.523
Me an old world skeptic, but one of the things that actually
01:03:55.523 --> 01:03:59.293
Created the political space for the initial wave of abraham
01:03:59.293 --> 01:04:02.396
Accords, which really upgraded ties that some of these
01:04:02.396 --> 01:04:05.399
Countries may have had in a more covert or private sense and
01:04:05.399 --> 01:04:08.135
Moved it into the overt world, the formal diplomatic
01:04:08.135 --> 01:04:11.305
Recognition world with the israelis was that there was
01:04:11.305 --> 01:04:14.308
Indeed a rising iranian threat. so, ironically, if you have a
01:04:14.308 --> 01:04:17.445
Declining iranian threat, maybe some more of these countries may
01:04:17.445 --> 01:04:19.914
Be inclined to hedge, may be inclined to overfocus on
01:04:19.914 --> 01:04:23.784
Something like gaza, for example. who knows? but i
01:04:23.784 --> 01:04:27.355
Certainly think dealing with the world's foremost state sponsor
01:04:27.355 --> 01:04:29.891
Of terrorism creates room for talking about stability and
01:04:29.891 --> 01:04:33.494
Growth and prosperity and economic integration. but you
01:04:33.494 --> 01:04:37.265
Can't have that while you have this regime literally trying to
01:04:37.265 --> 01:04:40.835
Build a nuclear weapon, almost, dare i say, almost in plain
01:04:40.835 --> 01:04:45.339
Sight. while lobbying ballistic missiles openly at the only
01:04:45.339 --> 01:04:50.611
Jewish and democratic country in the middle east. yeah, about 40s
01:04:50.611 --> 01:04:53.981
Left. tough to say, obviously, but does this war stretch on
01:04:53.981 --> 01:04:59.053
Days? weeks? what do you think we're looking at? tough to say.
01:04:59.053 --> 01:05:02.623
Again best estimate is israel getting close to accomplishing
01:05:02.623 --> 01:05:05.626
Its goals. it's tough to say, but i think the israelis are
01:05:05.626 --> 01:05:09.196
Showing no signs of stopping anytime soon. and if you had to
01:05:09.196 --> 01:05:13.234
Put a label on what they're doing, it's much more than just
01:05:13.234 --> 01:05:16.404
Counterproliferation. it's something between defanging, the
01:05:16.404 --> 01:05:18.506
Regime and perhaps even counter regime operations. and for that
01:05:18.506 --> 01:05:22.410
I think they will need time. and on that, the x factor is how
01:05:22.410 --> 01:05:26.013
Much time will the us give? will the us intervene, and will the
01:05:26.013 --> 01:05:30.084
Iranians try to do what they always do, which is to enter
01:05:30.084 --> 01:05:33.020
With a weak hand and leave with a strong hand? that's the real
01:05:33.020 --> 01:05:36.490
Fear here. if the iranians try to buy time and say, okay, maybe
01:05:36.490 --> 01:05:40.328
We will negotiate, what will the americans do then? what will the
01:05:40.328 --> 01:05:44.198
Israelis do then? these are the tough questions we have to ask
01:05:44.198 --> 01:05:46.133
Ourselves now. behnam ben taleblu great breakdown as
01:05:46.133 --> 01:05:48.736
Always, folks. check them out ftd, org and on x across social
01:05:48.736 --> 01:05:52.340
Media. but i'm great work. keep it up god bless. we'll see you
01:05:52.340 --> 01:05:56.110
Again soon. bless you. thank you. when we want to combine
01:05:56.110 --> 01:06:01.716
Geopolitical and spiritual insights, we turn to our good
01:06:01.716 --> 01:06:04.552
Friends, pastor samuel rodriguez and reverend johnny moore.
01:06:04.552 --> 01:06:07.888
Pastor sam is a best selling author, film producer, and lead
01:06:07.888 --> 01:06:11.158
Pastor of new church in sacramento, and johnny was
01:06:11.158 --> 01:06:14.595
Recently named executive chairman of the gaza
01:06:14.595 --> 01:06:18.065
Humanitarian foundation, which is leading efforts to distribute
01:06:18.065 --> 01:06:21.002
Aid throughout the war torn strip. gentlemen, always good to
01:06:21.002 --> 01:06:25.172
See you. i was saying off camera, the three of us have
01:06:25.172 --> 01:06:28.042
Been talking about this for a long time. we saw this coming,
01:06:28.042 --> 01:06:30.945
This showdown between israel and iran. johnny, i'll start with
01:06:30.945 --> 01:06:33.881
You. you've been working intensively in the region for
01:06:33.881 --> 01:06:36.217
Years, but especially as of late heading up the xi. what are your
01:06:36.217 --> 01:06:40.287
Initial impressions here? it seems we could see a new region
01:06:40.287 --> 01:06:45.793
By the time the dust settles a new middle east. well, look, i
01:06:45.793 --> 01:06:49.196
Think everyone is in awe of what israel militarily, militarily
01:06:49.196 --> 01:06:53.734
Has been able to accomplish in such a such a short, short
01:06:53.734 --> 01:06:56.303
Period of time. i mean, they literally israel has wiped out
01:06:56.303 --> 01:06:59.940
Multiple layers of leadership and all of the major divisions
01:06:59.940 --> 01:07:04.278
Of the iranian intelligence and military. they've taken out key
01:07:04.278 --> 01:07:08.382
Nodes of influence operations, including the state broadcaster.
01:07:08.382 --> 01:07:12.319
They've they've dominated now the whole entire airspace over
01:07:12.319 --> 01:07:16.624
Iran. they're actually bombing iran in broad daylight with
01:07:16.624 --> 01:07:21.896
Israeli jets flying over basically any corner. they can
01:07:21.896 --> 01:07:24.899
Do whatever they want in iran. and, you know, the whole plan of
01:07:24.899 --> 01:07:27.802
Having these proxies all over the middle east was to keep the
01:07:27.802 --> 01:07:31.238
Fight away from iran. and over the last 18 months, israel has
01:07:31.238 --> 01:07:36.077
Managed to take out every proxy one by one, by one. and because
01:07:36.077 --> 01:07:40.014
Iran wouldn't make a deal on day 61, trump gave them 60 days.
01:07:40.014 --> 01:07:45.152
Israel decided they had to take the situation in their own
01:07:45.152 --> 01:07:48.022
Hands. and i think everyone is absolutely in awe of what
01:07:48.022 --> 01:07:51.125
They've been able to do so, so quickly. yeah. pastor sam, great
01:07:51.125 --> 01:07:53.961
Point, johnny. pastor sam, i've been saying the world owes
01:07:53.961 --> 01:07:56.964
Israel a debt of gratitude. once again, israel smashed hezbollah,
01:07:56.964 --> 01:08:00.468
Hamas, and now the head of the snake, the iranian regime. and i
01:08:00.468 --> 01:08:04.605
Would use the word pastor sam miraculous. i mean, there's a
01:08:04.605 --> 01:08:07.775
Stunning military operations, but do you see the god of
01:08:07.775 --> 01:08:11.612
Israel, the god of abraham, isaac and jacob at work here?
01:08:11.612 --> 01:08:15.950
Yeah. listen, from beekeepers in lebanon blowing up, literally
01:08:15.950 --> 01:08:20.621
Hezbollah to planting bombs with operatives inside tehran. i
01:08:20.621 --> 01:08:26.160
Mean, who does that? well, here's the question. is there
01:08:26.160 --> 01:08:29.330
Anything israel cannot do? of course, this is the culmination
01:08:29.330 --> 01:08:34.568
Of failed policies from president obama, biden and john
01:08:34.568 --> 01:08:38.672
Kerry. and john kerry was leading that charge of
01:08:38.672 --> 01:08:41.909
Negotiating and compromising and giving billions of dollars to
01:08:41.909 --> 01:08:45.079
The iranians. and all of a sudden we see israel say, never
01:08:45.079 --> 01:08:48.315
Again. and with the support of president donald trump, here we
01:08:48.315 --> 01:08:52.353
Have iran. now, actually, a recent wall street journal
01:08:52.353 --> 01:08:55.990
Article just a few hours ago stating, hey, please, we would
01:08:55.990 --> 01:08:59.360
Like to negotiate. it worked. what israel did worked. god is
01:08:59.360 --> 01:09:04.265
Completely behind israel. i mean, that's obvious even to the
01:09:04.265 --> 01:09:07.902
To the most objective of agnostics. it █is
01:09:07.902 --> 01:09:12.072
There's divine providence behind this. and like johnny just
01:09:12.072 --> 01:09:15.042
Stated, i think it's a process. we're not done yet, but we may
01:09:15.042 --> 01:09:18.979
See a new middle east at the end of the day. yeah, peace through
01:09:18.979 --> 01:09:22.383
Strength works. imagine that. and, pastor sam, it would seem
01:09:22.383 --> 01:09:25.886
That israel stands as the lone superpower in the region once
01:09:25.886 --> 01:09:30.925
Iran is knocked down a major peg as it's been. israel is in a
01:09:30.925 --> 01:09:35.629
Very, very strong position, not only a regional power, i would
01:09:35.629 --> 01:09:39.833
Argue, but a global power. global power. and again, what
01:09:39.833 --> 01:09:44.371
John just referenced from the military standpoint, it's pretty
01:09:44.371 --> 01:09:47.908
Amazing. and some would argue, but look at the ballistic
01:09:47.908 --> 01:09:50.344
Missiles that are landing right now in tel aviv and in certain
01:09:50.344 --> 01:09:53.180
Parts of israel. it's not a perfect dome, my friends, but if
01:09:53.180 --> 01:09:57.918
You compare and contrast what israel was able to do and
01:09:57.918 --> 01:10:01.956
Continue, they control the air over iran right now. put that in
01:10:01.956 --> 01:10:05.726
Perspective. israel controls the air over iran right now, so it
01:10:05.726 --> 01:10:09.863
Is the sole superpower in the region. and eric, you're
01:10:09.863 --> 01:10:13.067
Completely correct. israel has now emerged as one of the most
01:10:13.067 --> 01:10:18.072
Potent military nations with the technological bandwidth and
01:10:18.072 --> 01:10:23.210
Wherewithal on planet earth. so to have israel as an ally with
01:10:23.210 --> 01:10:28.983
America, that's a powerful tandem indeed. yeah. pastor sam,
01:10:28.983 --> 01:10:32.319
Well said. and, johnny, look, you've been traveling throughout
01:10:32.319 --> 01:10:34.421
The region for years, but of course, especially recently,
01:10:34.421 --> 01:10:37.625
Recently intensively. number one, you met with the new leader
01:10:37.625 --> 01:10:40.628
Of syria, ahmed al-shara. number two, heading up now, the gaza
01:10:40.628 --> 01:10:45.566
Humanitarian foundation. this is a regional war. really, johnny,
01:10:45.566 --> 01:10:48.469
At the end of the day, as we said, iran is the head of the
01:10:48.469 --> 01:10:52.039
Snake. but this touches syria. it touches gaza. could you tell
01:10:52.039 --> 01:10:54.808
Us about some of the on the ground developments in the
01:10:54.808 --> 01:10:58.012
Countries neighboring israel now, which were iranian
01:10:58.012 --> 01:11:01.915
Satellites, but that now all seems to be out the window in a
01:11:01.915 --> 01:11:05.085
Good way? yeah. i mean, what everyone should recognize very
01:11:05.085 --> 01:11:09.156
Clearly now, given what's happened in tel aviv the last
01:11:09.156 --> 01:11:11.458
Few days, is that it is a fact. if iran had the nuclear weapon,
01:11:11.458 --> 01:11:16.463
Iran would have used the nuclear weapon. but iran has been using
01:11:16.463 --> 01:11:20.434
These nuclear proxies all across the region. and one of the
01:11:20.434 --> 01:11:24.104
Pieces of intelligence that has come out in recent days is that
01:11:24.104 --> 01:11:27.174
Iran not only planned on creating a nuclear bomb, they
01:11:27.174 --> 01:11:30.477
Planned on supplying that nuclear bomb to proxies like
01:11:30.477 --> 01:11:33.647
Like like the houthis. meanwhile, i think those of us,
01:11:33.647 --> 01:11:37.017
You know, that focus on the future of the region. and that's
01:11:37.017 --> 01:11:39.920
My focus. that was why it was in syria meeting with the new
01:11:39.920 --> 01:11:43.524
Syrian president, and that the united states of america is all
01:11:43.524 --> 01:11:46.093
In on, on making sure there's a better future for syria than the
01:11:46.093 --> 01:11:49.096
Past, you know, making sure that there's a future for people in
01:11:49.096 --> 01:11:52.299
The gaza strip. i mean, as christians, i can think of
01:11:52.299 --> 01:11:55.436
Nothing more christian than having the responsibility of
01:11:55.436 --> 01:11:56.970
Feeding people who need food and people who've been taken
01:11:56.970 --> 01:11:59.940
Advantage of by hamas for, for, for so many years. but here's
01:11:59.940 --> 01:12:02.409
The fact, eric, and something sam has already already
01:12:02.409 --> 01:12:04.945
Referenced, we are going to see a peaceful middle east. that is
01:12:04.945 --> 01:12:09.817
Going to be the net effect of all of this trauma. and i don't
01:12:09.817 --> 01:12:13.620
Think anybody expected the iranian piece of this to fail
01:12:13.620 --> 01:12:17.991
So, so quickly. but once, once iran is not able or not willing
01:12:17.991 --> 01:12:22.396
To do some of the things that they've been doing for years, it
01:12:22.396 --> 01:12:26.633
Sort of clears the way for a new chapter, a chapter,
01:12:26.633 --> 01:12:31.238
Unfortunately, that's going to follow a terrible chapter of
01:12:31.238 --> 01:12:34.308
Suffering. but my prediction is this is not this is not a new
01:12:34.308 --> 01:12:37.845
Era of conflict in the middle east. this is the last gasp of
01:12:37.845 --> 01:12:41.181
The extremists. it's a moment of war in an era of peace. and
01:12:41.181 --> 01:12:44.985
Johnny, you've been saying that for some time, as we've been
01:12:44.985 --> 01:12:47.721
Talking here on tbn over the months, you were optimistic all
01:12:47.721 --> 01:12:50.391
Along that a new era was coming, by the way, to give you an idea
01:12:50.391 --> 01:12:54.528
Into the window of the mindset, the evil ideology of iran and
01:12:54.528 --> 01:12:58.298
Its minions. several workers for the gaza humanitarian
01:12:58.298 --> 01:13:02.202
Foundation, which you are now heading up, were murdered by
01:13:02.202 --> 01:13:05.205
Hamas last week. johnny, we're so sorry about that. can you
01:13:05.205 --> 01:13:08.108
Tell us more about that and what it says about what israel, and
01:13:08.108 --> 01:13:12.312
By extension, we here in america are up against with the iranian
01:13:12.312 --> 01:13:17.084
Led jihadist axis. i mean, the gaza humanitarian foundation has
01:13:17.084 --> 01:13:21.822
One mission. we our job is just to feed gazans. and we have this
01:13:21.822 --> 01:13:25.626
Incredible, incredible group of local gazan volunteers who've
01:13:25.626 --> 01:13:28.695
Been who've been helping us feed, feed their neighbors. and
01:13:28.695 --> 01:13:31.698
You're exactly right. hamas attacked a bus of 29 of them.
01:13:31.698 --> 01:13:35.669
They killed at least 11 of them. they may have taken some of them
01:13:35.669 --> 01:13:39.139
Hostage. they they they injured the rest of them. and then
01:13:39.139 --> 01:13:42.309
What's worse is hamas went and dropped them all off in front of
01:13:42.309 --> 01:13:46.146
The hospital, al nassr hospital in the gaza, in the gaza strip,
01:13:46.146 --> 01:13:49.883
And wouldn't even let the doctors and nurses come, come to
01:13:49.883 --> 01:13:53.120
Get them. but you know, the worst thing about all of it,
01:13:53.120 --> 01:13:55.889
Eric, is that two days before this happened, they issued a
01:13:55.889 --> 01:13:58.492
Threat and the gaza humanitarian foundation. we asked for the
01:13:58.492 --> 01:14:00.828
United nations, the secretary general, all these international
01:14:00.828 --> 01:14:04.231
Organizations. we said, look, we just need you to do one thing,
01:14:04.231 --> 01:14:06.900
Issue a statement, okay? you can say you disagree with our
01:14:06.900 --> 01:14:10.704
Approach to aid. you can, you know, complain about us all you
01:14:10.704 --> 01:14:13.307
Want, but issue a statement condemning this threat in your
01:14:13.307 --> 01:14:16.810
Name. hamas was threatening violence in the name of the
01:14:16.810 --> 01:14:20.047
United nations, and not a single one of those people issued a
01:14:20.047 --> 01:14:22.883
Statement. and you know what? after this event, two days
01:14:22.883 --> 01:14:26.587
Later, now, here we are, three days after these these young
01:14:26.587 --> 01:14:29.656
Gazans, these brave gazans were killed by hamas, not the
01:14:29.656 --> 01:14:33.627
Secretary general, not the united nations, not any
01:14:33.627 --> 01:14:36.230
Organization except for the united states of america itself,
01:14:36.230 --> 01:14:38.665
Has issued a statement condemning this action. i mean,
01:14:38.665 --> 01:14:42.035
It's absolutely incomprehensible the moral bankruptcy of the of
01:14:42.035 --> 01:14:46.006
These of these organizations. our mission is very, very
01:14:46.006 --> 01:14:49.877
Simple. we want to feed gazans. and why hamas did this was try
01:14:49.877 --> 01:14:54.181
To try to keep gazans from coming to get our free food
01:14:54.181 --> 01:14:57.885
Because they use food for nefarious purposes. and you know
01:14:57.885 --> 01:15:01.088
What these brave gazans did? they came anyhow. and today,
01:15:01.088 --> 01:15:05.726
This very day, we fed more people today than at any point
01:15:05.726 --> 01:15:09.863
Since we opened up the operation. johnny. so well said.
01:15:09.863 --> 01:15:12.399
And it's really so black and white. there really are no gray
01:15:12.399 --> 01:15:15.469
Areas here, pastor sam. it's good versus evil. two things.
01:15:15.469 --> 01:15:18.939
Number one, it seems like, again, a unique opportunity for
01:15:18.939 --> 01:15:21.842
The region, for america and the world to have benjamin netanyahu
01:15:21.842 --> 01:15:25.045
And donald trump in office at the same time. and secondly,
01:15:25.045 --> 01:15:29.116
Could you close this out in prayer? absolutely. it's light
01:15:29.116 --> 01:15:33.086
Versus darkness. it's complacency versus conviction.
01:15:33.086 --> 01:15:36.356
Netanyahu and donald trump occupying space simultaneously
01:15:36.356 --> 01:15:40.227
Cannot be a coincidence. divine providence indeed. heavenly
01:15:40.227 --> 01:15:45.332
Father, thank you for such a time as this. you have ordained
01:15:45.332 --> 01:15:50.103
Men to occupy places in government in order to advance
01:15:50.103 --> 01:15:53.574
Your kingdom on earth, to protect israel, to build a
01:15:53.574 --> 01:15:56.810
Firewall against anti-semitism, and to bring peace to the middle
01:15:56.810 --> 01:16:00.514
East, hamas, hezbollah and iran. these ideologies that come from
01:16:00.514 --> 01:16:05.085
The pit of hell will not be victorious at the end of the
01:16:05.085 --> 01:16:08.522
Day, because men and women of courage and conviction committed
01:16:08.522 --> 01:16:11.825
To a judeo-christian value system are rising up in the
01:16:11.825 --> 01:16:15.896
Mighty name of yeshua. thank you. i pray for an impermeable
01:16:15.896 --> 01:16:19.433
Hedge of protection upon all of those that are right now in
01:16:19.433 --> 01:16:22.903
Gaza, feeding the hungry. thank you for the leadership of johnny
01:16:22.903 --> 01:16:26.073
Moore. thank you for others that are saying, here i am, lord,
01:16:26.073 --> 01:16:29.276
Send me in jesus name, amen. amen. pastor sam, thank you so
01:16:29.276 --> 01:16:34.114
Much. johnny. great job. we're praying for the gaza
01:16:34.114 --> 01:16:36.783
Humanitarian foundation, for safety, for your efforts.
01:16:36.783 --> 01:16:39.620
They're amazing. keep up the great work, gentlemen. we'll see
01:16:39.620 --> 01:16:42.489
You again soon. god bless. it is a spiritual battle. no one knows
01:16:42.489 --> 01:16:49.963
That better than yair pinto, our tbn israel correspondent. he
01:16:49.963 --> 01:16:53.467
Joins us from the middle of that battle once again from
01:16:53.467 --> 01:16:56.637
Jerusalem. it's the middle of the night. there are almost 4
01:16:56.637 --> 01:16:59.673
A.m. we can't thank you enough for staying up with us. hey,
01:16:59.673 --> 01:17:02.376
I've got it right here on my phone and alert. i'm getting
01:17:02.376 --> 01:17:04.978
Them frequently on my phone. sirens are sounding across tel
01:17:04.978 --> 01:17:08.448
Aviv and central israel right now. after more missile fire
01:17:08.448 --> 01:17:12.753
From iran. are you hearing anything? you're in jerusalem,
01:17:12.753 --> 01:17:15.622
Of course. anything happening in jerusalem that we should know
01:17:15.622 --> 01:17:19.326
About. hey, eric. yes, definitely. sirens are sounding
01:17:19.326 --> 01:17:24.231
So far only in the central areas surrounding tel aviv. no
01:17:24.231 --> 01:17:29.736
Injuries were reported at this moment, but we have reports of
01:17:29.736 --> 01:17:34.341
Missiles that came into israel from iran and the alarms were
01:17:34.341 --> 01:17:41.948
Activated only a few minutes before the missiles were
01:17:41.948 --> 01:17:45.485
Intercepted again. so far, we don't have any information. if
01:17:45.485 --> 01:17:48.855
There were any casualties, if the debris fell in populated
01:17:48.855 --> 01:17:54.361
Areas and if there was any kind of damage. but this is kind of
01:17:54.361 --> 01:17:57.531
The routine so far since this war started. this is about the
01:17:57.531 --> 01:18:01.735
Time that the iranians launched the missiles around 5 a.m. and
01:18:01.735 --> 01:18:06.907
Also 2 a.m. in the morning. eric. but thank god no reports
01:18:06.907 --> 01:18:11.411
Of casualties. keep praying please. thank god, please,
01:18:11.411 --> 01:18:15.048
Everyone watching right now. millions across the globe
01:18:15.048 --> 01:18:17.250
Watching us right now. pray it works. god listens. hey it does.
01:18:17.250 --> 01:18:21.922
The iranian regime has indiscriminately targeted
01:18:21.922 --> 01:18:26.293
Civilians. very clear israel and you know this very well, serving
01:18:26.293 --> 01:18:29.362
In the idf reserves, of course. yeah, that israel goes to
01:18:29.362 --> 01:18:32.766
Extraordinary lengths to avoid civilian casualties. and on the
01:18:32.766 --> 01:18:37.404
Other hand, the iranian regime is intentionally targeting
01:18:37.404 --> 01:18:40.507
Civilian areas, apartment buildings, residential areas.
01:18:40.507 --> 01:18:44.244
We've seen women and children killed in the last few days, by
01:18:44.244 --> 01:18:47.848
The way. we've seen arab israelis, not just jews, but
01:18:47.848 --> 01:18:51.051
Some of the arab citizens of israel killed as well. and you
01:18:51.051 --> 01:18:55.555
Saw it in gaza. yeah, just the pure demonic evil of iran and
01:18:55.555 --> 01:19:01.628
Its minions like hamas, which you went toe to toe with in
01:19:01.628 --> 01:19:05.599
Gaza. could you give for an american audience? sometimes the
01:19:05.599 --> 01:19:08.068
Middle east seems way over there. can you bring it home for
01:19:08.068 --> 01:19:11.938
Us just so people understand truly the evil, the ideology
01:19:11.938 --> 01:19:17.644
That we are all up against. israel's the front line. but
01:19:17.644 --> 01:19:21.348
You're representing and you're defending all of western
01:19:21.348 --> 01:19:24.484
Civilization, the evil ideology that we're up against and why it
01:19:24.484 --> 01:19:30.023
Must be defeated decisively. eric, this ideology basically
01:19:30.023 --> 01:19:36.396
Sanctifies death in the gaza strip. where did they launch the
01:19:36.396 --> 01:19:41.434
Missiles? at me and my fellow soldiers. they launched the
01:19:41.434 --> 01:19:45.806
Missiles from schools, from humanitarian buildings, from
01:19:45.806 --> 01:19:50.877
Kindergartens and from hospitals. this is where hamas
01:19:50.877 --> 01:19:55.549
Places their terror headquarters behind the civilian population.
01:19:55.549 --> 01:20:00.921
Why? because then if israel strikes at them, they can accuse
01:20:00.921 --> 01:20:06.226
Us of harming the civilian population of gaza. and if they
01:20:06.226 --> 01:20:10.630
Make a mistake and accidentally hit their own people again, they
01:20:10.630 --> 01:20:14.134
Accuse israel of harming the civilian population of gaza. and
01:20:14.134 --> 01:20:18.905
This is how they operate. they train their children from a very
01:20:18.905 --> 01:20:23.944
Young age to hate israel. we found and when i say we my unit,
01:20:23.944 --> 01:20:28.915
We found ak 47 plastic machine guns within the schools. why? so
01:20:28.915 --> 01:20:35.789
That the kids can play at being terrorists in when they have
01:20:35.789 --> 01:20:40.126
Time between classes. on top of that, beneath beds of children,
01:20:40.126 --> 01:20:44.431
We found rockets. we found sniper rifles hidden within
01:20:44.431 --> 01:20:50.904
Dolls of children. that's how this evil regime is operating. i
01:20:50.904 --> 01:20:54.908
Found textbooks, training and teaching the kids how to hijack
01:20:54.908 --> 01:21:00.113
Israeli soldiers and painting them as monsters. this is what
01:21:00.113 --> 01:21:04.384
We're up against. this is a demonic evil regime. and it's
01:21:04.384 --> 01:21:10.123
All the same. when i'm talking about hamas, i talk about
01:21:10.123 --> 01:21:14.094
Hezbollah. they also place their rockets in civilian buildings.
01:21:14.094 --> 01:21:17.330
And now the islamic republic of iran, which is the one behind
01:21:17.330 --> 01:21:21.234
All this ideology that is spreading. this is a spiritual
01:21:21.234 --> 01:21:25.705
War. that's the only explanation that i have for this amount of
01:21:25.705 --> 01:21:29.876
Hatred that these people have against us, the houthis in
01:21:29.876 --> 01:21:33.847
Yemen, whoever heard about the houthis in yemen before they
01:21:33.847 --> 01:21:36.983
Launched missiles against israel? they hate us because
01:21:36.983 --> 01:21:40.120
It's a spiritual health hate. eric. so well said. yeah, this
01:21:40.120 --> 01:21:43.990
Is literally a demonic death cult. these are modern day
01:21:43.990 --> 01:21:49.596
Nazis. and anyone who doubts that can watch some of the
01:21:49.596 --> 01:21:52.098
Footage of october 7th, the behind the scenes footage.
01:21:52.098 --> 01:21:55.802
You've seen it? yeah, i've seen it. unspeakable acts of terror,
01:21:55.802 --> 01:22:00.807
Murder and mayhem. the only word again, we keep coming back to it
01:22:00.807 --> 01:22:04.511
Is demonic. because this is a spiritual battle. of course, the
01:22:04.511 --> 01:22:09.616
Devil, the enemy of our souls, hates israel because every time
01:22:09.616 --> 01:22:13.119
He looks at israel and the jewish people, he's reminded of
01:22:13.119 --> 01:22:15.922
God and that this is god's chosen people and god's land
01:22:15.922 --> 01:22:21.361
100%. hey, we've got a little bit of time left. can you tell
01:22:21.361 --> 01:22:24.130
Us about israel's missile defenses? yes, sadly, some have
01:22:24.130 --> 01:22:28.201
Gotten through, but iron dome, david's sling and the arrow
01:22:28.201 --> 01:22:32.439
Missile defense system. amazing accomplishments. we've seen
01:22:32.439 --> 01:22:36.476
Carnage in israel the past few days. it could have been a
01:22:36.476 --> 01:22:39.646
Thousand times worse if not for israel's incredible missile
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Defense systems. tell us more about that. yes, eric, can. you
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Forgot one very, very interesting missile defensive
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System, which is the laser beam that was just revealed a few
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Months ago that it was operational for some about six
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Months in this war. so israel has a multi-layered defensive
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System that defends the people of israel against different
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Kinds of targets, from mortars to short range missiles to long
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Range missiles to ballistic missiles and to cruise missiles.
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And these missile systems, together with the american
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Missile systems that are also placed here in israel to help us
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Defend and intercept all these rockets, are successful in
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Preventing 95% of the incoming missiles that are coming to
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Israel, which is, by the way, a miracle because the
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Manufacturers of these missiles say that they are operationally
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Able to defend against 85% of the missiles. and we've seen
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Again and again that the interception rates are a lot
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Higher. that's what we're supposed to be. yeah, i like
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That. that connection between god's faithfulness and miracles
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To the israeli resilience in the situation. eric. great breakdown
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My friend. well said as always and hate to cut you short, but
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We're about to get out of here. you need to get out of here and
01:24:06.966 --> 01:24:10.236
Get some sleep. my friend. i don't think you've slept in
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About five days. blessings to you. blessings to your family.
01:24:13.606 --> 01:24:15.742
Thank you for all you do on behalf of our entire tbn team.
01:24:15.742 --> 01:24:19.345
Everyone watching right now. thank you, yaya pinto. watch
01:24:19.345 --> 01:24:20.947
Him. boots on the ground every thursday night, 9:30 p.m.
01:24:20.947 --> 01:24:23.316
Eastern time. check out his tbn israel channel. god bless you.
01:24:23.316 --> 01:24:27.454
Yeah, we will see you again soon. and folks, continue to
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Pray for the peace of jerusalem. it's real simple. it's not me
01:24:31.024 --> 01:24:34.194
Saying it, it's god almighty saying it. it's a biblical
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Mandate from the book of psalms. and i think of psalms two, by
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The way, god sees the schemes of israel's enemies and he laughs.
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Israel will be just fine. israel will not only survive, it will
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Continue to thrive. so for our entire team at tbn, thanks for
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Watching us. there you see jerusalem, god's one and only
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Holy city. keep it in prayer. god bless you. we'll see you
01:24:57.884 --> 01:25:02.000

Erick Stakelbeck - Special Report: Israel at War

June 16, 2025 | 85:53

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