Joel Rosenberg analyzes Mike Huckabee’s first week in Israel as he starts his new role as U.S. Ambassador to Israel.
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The Rosenberg Report | Joel Rosenberg: Huckabee’s First Week in Israel | The Rosenberg Report | April 23, 2025
- Tonight on the rosenberg report
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- Huckabee is in the house.
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- The new american ambassador to israel has landed
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- In israel late last week with his wife, janet.
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- What did they do? where did they go?
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- What did they say?
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- With whom did they need?
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- And what are the biggest challenges facing the first ever
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- Evangelical christian ambassador to the jewish state?
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- We'll have it all.
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- We'll walk you through it tonight on the rosenberg report.
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- If you were the new american ambassador to israel,
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- An evangelical christian,
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- A lover of israel, and love of the jewish people,
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- And you got called by president trump.
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- Listen, i want you to be my new ambassador.
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- I want you to go to israel and help make israel great again.
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- If that was you and you landed with your spouse
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- In tel aviv on a friday morning,
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- Good friday, as it turned out, what would you do?
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- Where would you go?
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- With whom did you would you meet?
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- What would you say
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- And what would be the
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- Biggest challenges facing you in this extraordinary new role?
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- In this very dangerous moment, in israel's
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- History, with iran getting closer
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- And closer to nuclear weapons, war still raging in
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- Gaza, hostages still being held by hamas.
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- What would be your biggest challenges?
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- Well, good evening and welcome to the rosenberg report.
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- What a week it's been.
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- Mike huckabee, first week.
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- And i haven't
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- Had a chance to see him and spend some time with him
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- At several points along this week.
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- And i just wanted to walk you through tonight
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- What he has been saying,
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- Where he's been going,
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- Who and who he's been meeting with,
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- And talk a little bit, analyze a little bit of the challenges
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- That he's been facing and he will be facing.
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- But it's been a very, very good
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- And very encouraging first week.
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- And, let's begin with what he did first
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- With mike and janet huckabee did.
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- Upon arriving in israel
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- On friday morning, destination one, obviously,
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- Jerusalem, the holy city, the capital of the jewish state.
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- And not just go to jerusalem, but mike huckabee,
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- Ambassador mike huckabee
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- And janet immediately went to the western wall.
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- They were accompanied by several
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- Rabbis, orthodox rabbis, and other jewish leaders.
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- They had a lot of security, a lot of protection.
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- But and also big crowds
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- Are just amazed to see
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- The new american ambassador here on the ground and visiting
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- Jerusalem, visiting the western wall right away.
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- This wasn't
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- Just huckabee's own heart, it was if he was on his own.
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- Meaning, if he was left to his own devices.
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- Mike huckabee i've known him for a long time.
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- Obviously, you and the tbn audience know
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- Mike huckabee well,
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- Because he, you know, had one of the highest
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- Rated shows on this network before becoming ambassador.
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- But, you know, that he would
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- Have gone to the western wall no matter what. but
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- He was also asked
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- To go there by president trump.
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- Now, why did president trump ask
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- Ambassador huckabee to go to the western wall?
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- Because when huckabee was in,
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- Washington at the white house just about a week and a half
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- Ago, president trump asked,
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- Mike to bring a prayer, a handwritten prayer
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- On a little piece of paper
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- And to bring it to jerusalem,
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- Bring it to the western wall and stick it in
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- One of the cracks of one of those huge,
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- Massive stones that represent the last remnants
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- Of the temple mount and of the second temple period.
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- Back 2000 years ago.
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- And so president trump
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- Sent a prayer, and it was a pretty simple prayer.
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- But it's an important prayer to trump.
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- The prayer was pray for the peace of jerusalem,
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- That trump is praying for peace
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- And what he wants to communicate through huckabee.
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- And really, when he was running for president
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- Last year and ever since is he wants to be a peacemaker.
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- He believes the words of jesus from matthew chapter five.
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- Blessed are the peacemakers and he wants to end wars.
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- He wants to end the war in gaza.
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- He wants to stop iran from getting nuclear weapons
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- And being a terrorist exporting state.
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- And he wants to end the war between russia and ukraine.
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- And he wants to stop a war that,
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- Which communist china might invade.
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- Taiwan, the way i write
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- About in the beijing betrayal.
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- So that's what huckabee did.
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- He went there and he put in he put that prayer there.
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- But he also he made some remarks,
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- And he spent some time praying himself to the lord
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- Jesus christ. he's a devout evangelical christian.
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- And of course, he's the first evangelical christian
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- Ever to be in this role, ever to be appointed
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- By an american president, to be the ambassador to israel.
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- For the last quarter century or more,
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- Jewish people have been appointed to that role.
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- This is the first open, devout,
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- High profile evangelical ever appointed.
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- So that was great.
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- It was great for, huckabee to do it was great optics,
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- Because it sent a message, through israeli media,
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- Television, radio, social media, print,
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- That an american ambassador with the ear of the president,
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- The trust of the president,
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- And is a devout evangelical christian, loves
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- The jewish people and is praying right there at the
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- At the most special, most holy spot for jews.
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- Now, that evening, the huckabee's had dinner,
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- With israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu
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- And his wife sarah, called a kabbalah
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- Shabbat dinner
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- Just a dinner of two couples
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- That have known each other for many,
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- Many years, and especially bibi and mike.
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- Mike has has come to israel
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- More than 100 times over the last 52 years.
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- And he's built
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- A really close relationship with prime minister netanyahu.
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- Even before, bibi was the prime minister.
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- This is a relationship
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- That goes back more than 30 years and often,
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- Maybe not always, but often when mike huckabee
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- Has come to israel over the last several decades, he's
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- Come and spent time with his friend, bibi netanyahu.
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- And in fact, when huckabee and i co-led,
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- The first, sort of high profile evangelical solidarity mission
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- That we did
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- With the joshua fund and all israel news in december of 2023,
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- The first such delegation like that of, sort of high profile,
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- Influential evangelicals after the october 7th war began,
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- Netanyahu invited then governor huckabee and i
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- To come and spend time with him, spent time talking to him
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- And about the war and and the us-israel alliance.
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- And so, you know, the huckabees
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- And the netanyahu spent the first evening
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- Of the huckabee's new role, their new gig,
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- Having dinner, catching up and talking about the future.
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- And that was just the
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- That was just day one of the huckabee's arrival.
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- When we come back,
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- I'll share with you
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- Some other
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- Really fascinating things that the huckabee's have done
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- And some of the things that mike huckabee ambassador mike
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- Huckabee has told the nation of israel since arriving.
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- Coming up next on the rosenberg report.
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- What did mike huckabee do on his first official weekend
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- In israel that no other american ambassador and no other u.s.
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- Ambassador to the jewish state has ever done before?
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- Find out when the rosenberg report continues on tbn right
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- After the break.
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- After the break.
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- What did the new ambassador to israel,
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- Mike huckabee, do on sunday morning?
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- His first weekend here in israel?
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- Well, it was pretty interesting, because he's a devout
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- Evangelical christian.
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- He's there at
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- The end of passover, and he was there on good friday,
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- And he's there now.
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- That sunday was actually resurrection sunday.
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- It was easter sunday.
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- And like any good follower of jesus christ,
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- He and his wife woke up and decided to go
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- Honor the death, burial, and resurrection of jesus christ.
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- Welcome back to the rosenberg report.
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- It was so special to see,
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- Mike and janet huckabee arrive at the garden tomb.
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- Lynn and i had woken up early.
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- We were going to a sunrise service. right.
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- So, the service was going to begin,
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- I think, at 630 in the morning.
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- We got up around 430 in the morning,
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- Left our house around five, our apartment in jerusalem
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- And drove over, found parking,
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- And got in line with evangelical christians
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- From all over israel and all over the world who had gathered
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- For this special resurrection sunday sunrise service, done
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- In dedication of fact that the women woke up on that
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- First day of the week, on that sunday morning, back
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- In the in the gospels to go visit the tomb and pray there.
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- And they got up before the sun rose
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- And they went early in the morning.
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- And so that's why christians all over the world
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- Have a tradition of doing sunrise services.
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- And so that's what we decided to do.
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- Well, honestly, we were really surprised.
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- Happy but surprised.
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- We probably shouldn't have been surprised,
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- But we were as we're standing in line
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- And lo and behold, ambassador mike huckabee and janet
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- Walk up to us and say, hey, and give us a hug.
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- And, with their security detail and everything.
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- And we chatted for a few moments and,
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- And then they went in,
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- And then soon we were all allowed to go in.
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- He was they were there, to celebrate
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- At this wonderful morning worship service.
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- And, it was very, very powerful.
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- Great worship music led by the king of kings worship team.
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- King of kings is a congregation,
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- A messianic
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- Evangelical congregation, the largest,
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- Here in the city of jerusalem.
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- So that was very, very special.
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- There was bible teaching
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- From the president of the walk through the bible ministry.
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- He gave a wonderful resurrection sunday gospel message
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- Right out of the scriptures.
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- There were scripture readings,
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- And it was just a very encouraging time to worship
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- The fact that we were standing at the
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- You know, we were sitting
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- Rather standing during the worship times.
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- But at the garden tomb, which again, you can't say 100%
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- Archeologically that's the place
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- Where jesus was buried and where he rose from the dead.
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- But it looks like it.
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- It feels like it.
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- Many christians go there
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- Because it
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- Might be the actual site, and they actually do have an
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- Ancient tomb and it's empty.
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- I've been in there and i can tell you firsthand
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- That tomb is empty.
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- So that was a very, very special moment.
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- Now on monday, what did the huckabees do?
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- Well, they were invited by israeli
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- President isaac herzog to come to the official
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- Presidential residence in jerusalem.
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- And huckabee,
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- One of the things that ambassador has to do
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- Is formally present his credentials sent
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- By president trump and secretary of state marco rubio.
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- That's the sort of the formal paperwork
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- Of the new ambassador who arrives saying,
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- Here, i'm sent by my government.
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- Will you accept my credentials?
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- And, of course, herzog did.
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- It was a beautiful ceremony, maybe 50 people or so.
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- And i were very blessed, very honored to be invited to attend.
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- And both ambassador huckabee and, of course, the israeli
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- President himself made remarks.
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- And what i want to do in this,
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- B block is i want to show you some of the remarks
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- That, ambassador huckabee made, very warm.
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- His connection to israel
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- And to, president herzog, but also very important,
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- Huckabee's emphasis on two priorities
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- Getting all the hostages out of gaza
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- And stopping iran from getting the bomb.
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- Let's take a look.
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- Mr. president, and distinguished guests to all of you.
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- What an honor and an incredible joy it is for me to stand here
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- In this place and to receive the welcome of the president.
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- I want to thank my wife for being here with me today
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- And being faithful as a wife for soon
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- To be 51 years of marriage.
- 00:11:57.740 --> 00:12:01.076
- As i often tell people, i know that you look at us
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- And you say, you don't look that old,
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- But maybe you do think that so
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- I tell people, we got married when we were
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- About 12
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- And in our home state of arkansas,
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- That makes us late bloomers. so,
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- Mr. president, it was 52 years ago this summer
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- That i made my first trip to this magnificent place.
- 00:12:25.467 --> 00:12:29.471
- I fell in love with israel as a 17 year old wild eyed
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- Boy, amazed that
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- I was actually standing in the land of the bible.
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- It overwhelmed me.
- 00:12:38.380 --> 00:12:40.115
- Now i come back as a wild eyed old man,
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- But still with a sense of absolute joy
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- And an overwhelming sense of all that
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- I am in a land that god himself said, this is mine
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- And these are my people.
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- I come to stand today with the state of israel
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- And with the jewish people,
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- Because i believe that it is not simply
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- A geopolitical position, but a divine position.
- 00:13:09.178 --> 00:13:13.549
- And over the 52 years that i've been coming to israel
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- Countless times and bringing
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- Tens of thousands of people to see this magnificent land,
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- I love to see it myself, but i love to see it
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- Through the eyes of people who are here for the first time.
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- And i watch the emotion.
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- I see the tears that flow because they're walking land
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- That they have read about,
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- That they have prayed for, that they have thought about
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- And never imagined they would be here.
- 00:13:39.909 --> 00:13:42.778
- I stand here today
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- Fighting back tears because i am here
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- Not just as a visitor, but now for the next few years.
- 00:13:49.018 --> 00:13:53.889
- Unless the president tweets something early in the morning
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- And tells me to come home.
- 00:13:56.692 --> 00:13:58.460
- This will be my home for the next four years.
- 00:13:59.361 --> 00:14:02.364
- And then i come with an extraordinary sense
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- Of awe and wonder and deep gratitude to president trump
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- For giving us this extraordinary privilege.
- 00:14:08.070 --> 00:14:11.173
- I got a call out of the clear
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- Blue just a few days after the election.
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- If you know president trump, he did not say,
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- What do you think about going?
- 00:14:18.347 --> 00:14:20.115
- Have you ever considered he simply called and said, mike,
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- You're going to be my ambassador to israel.
- 00:14:24.687 --> 00:14:27.823
- Just as simple as that.
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- You don't say no to him.
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- And quite frankly, i felt
- 00:14:32.962 --> 00:14:34.697
- It was not so much saying yes to a president.
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- It was certainly that.
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- But it was yes to a calling from god himself
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- To come and fulfill what i believe is not just a
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- A job, but a mission.
- 00:14:47.309 --> 00:14:49.812
- And that mission is to stand with the people of israel for
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- Peace and prosperity,
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- To serve in a role that i pray will lead to times
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- When the israeli people can go to bed at night,
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- Not fearing that a siren
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- Will waken them and force them into a shelter.
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- Because enemies are irrationally dedicated to destroy them.
- 00:15:07.363 --> 00:15:11.800
- I long for the day when that young israeli mother
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- Puts her babies to bed at night, and does not fear
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- That some harm will come upon them as they sleep,
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- That they will rest with peace.
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- And they will continue to live with the extraordinary
- 00:15:29.084 --> 00:15:31.687
- Resilience of the israeli people,
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- Which i've come to admire
- 00:15:34.390 --> 00:15:36.625
- Is second to none.
- 00:15:36.625 --> 00:15:39.528
- Over these coming months,
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- I pray that one thing
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- We will see and see it very soon.
- 00:15:44.333 --> 00:15:47.770
- As you so eloquently said, mr.
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- President, that every hostage returns home
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- To their family, every hostage.
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- There are challenges.
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- And i share with you that concern that
- 00:16:00.149 --> 00:16:02.418
- The iranian regime and all of this hostility
- 00:16:02.418 --> 00:16:06.221
- That has been inflicted upon the world for 46 years
- 00:16:06.221 --> 00:16:10.426
- Continues to threaten not just the peace of israel,
- 00:16:10.426 --> 00:16:14.396
- But the peace of the united states.
- 00:16:15.197 --> 00:16:17.833
- And i constantly remind people that
- 00:16:17.833 --> 00:16:20.469
- The iranians have always said death to israel.
- 00:16:20.469 --> 00:16:24.339
- And chapter two is death to america.
- 00:16:24.339 --> 00:16:27.943
- It has always been their desire
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- That israel would be the opening act,
- 00:16:32.014 --> 00:16:35.751
- And then it would be america's turn to face destruction.
- 00:16:35.751 --> 00:16:39.054
- Or to put it in another simple way.
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- Israel is the appetizer.
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- And the united states is the entree.
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- We care deeply, mr.
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- President, the threats that face israel,
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- Because those are also the threats that face our country.
- 00:16:52.301 --> 00:16:56.238
- When i was at the white house, just a little over a week ago,
- 00:16:57.372 --> 00:16:59.875
- The president handed me a handwritten note
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- With a prayer for the peace of jerusalem.
- 00:17:04.279 --> 00:17:07.449
- My first official act upon arriving here
- 00:17:07.449 --> 00:17:11.320
- Was to take that prayer from the president,
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- And to go to the kotel and to place it there
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- On behalf of the american people,
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- With a reminder that we stand with you, mr.
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- President.
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- We stand with the people of israel.
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- And i always want to remind my american colleagues that
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- We stand with israel, first of all,
- 00:17:31.573 --> 00:17:33.208
- Because we share the values of the bible.
- 00:17:33.208 --> 00:17:36.011
- We share the understanding that judeo, the judeo-christian
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- Foundation, is the foundation of all of western civilization.
- 00:17:39.815 --> 00:17:44.620
- Without it, there is no sense of democracy
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- And love,
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- Appreciation and respect for the individual.
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- Coming up next on the rosenberg report
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- What exactly did israeli president isaac herzog
- 00:18:00.969 --> 00:18:03.805
- Say about the hostages and the iran nuclear threat.
- 00:18:03.805 --> 00:18:06.775
- As he welcomed the huckabees to jerusalem.
- 00:18:06.775 --> 00:18:09.411
- And is it true
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- That the president
- 00:18:10.479 --> 00:18:11.480
- Quoted ancient biblical prophets in his remarks?
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- Find out when the rosenberg report continues on tbn right
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- After the break.
- 00:18:17.619 --> 00:18:20.002
- After the break.
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- What did israeli
- 00:18:24.260 --> 00:18:25.128
- President isaac herzog say,
- 00:18:25.128 --> 00:18:28.398
- And why was it so important what he said when he welcomed
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- The new american ambassador, mike huckabee?
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- Hi. welcome back to the rosenberg report.
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- I want to show you
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- Herzog's remarks as much of a as i can
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- In the time that we have.
- 00:18:41.110 --> 00:18:42.312
- And i want you to watch for several things. first.
- 00:18:42.312 --> 00:18:45.048
- You're going to see herzog emphasize the importance
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- Of getting all of our hostages out of gaza.
- 00:18:47.917 --> 00:18:51.487
- And this is a big controversy right now.
- 00:18:51.487 --> 00:18:52.989
- Can israel's military rescue these hostages?
- 00:18:52.989 --> 00:18:56.426
- Can israel's government negotiate successfully
- 00:18:56.426 --> 00:19:00.096
- To get all the hostages out without surrendering to hamas?
- 00:19:00.096 --> 00:19:03.199
- It's a very controversial and very sensitive issue here.
- 00:19:03.199 --> 00:19:05.735
- Herzog emphasizes it.
- 00:19:05.735 --> 00:19:07.203
- The second thing is,
- 00:19:07.203 --> 00:19:08.338
- Herzog emphasizes also, as did huckabee, the importance
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- Of the us and israel
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- Working together to stop iran from getting the bomb.
- 00:19:13.443 --> 00:19:16.379
- Super important.
- 00:19:16.379 --> 00:19:17.747
- But there's one more thing i want you to watch for.
- 00:19:17.747 --> 00:19:21.117
- Isaac herzog is not a particularly religious man.
- 00:19:21.117 --> 00:19:23.353
- He's not an orthodox jew. he doesn't wear a keeper.
- 00:19:23.353 --> 00:19:25.755
- But look at the number of times that herzog cites the bible,
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- And particularly bible prophets in his remarks.
- 00:19:31.427 --> 00:19:35.398
- And also watch for the affection that herzog has with his dear
- 00:19:35.398 --> 00:19:39.502
- Friend, whom he calls a dear brother of israel.
- 00:19:39.502 --> 00:19:41.704
- With mike huckabee. take a look.
- 00:19:41.704 --> 00:19:44.007
- You and i are both people of faith,
- 00:19:44.007 --> 00:19:47.443
- And i know we share the deepest hope that this that his memory
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- Inspire acts of kindness and unity.
- 00:19:51.814 --> 00:19:55.518
- Dialog between peoples and hope for humanity.
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- We are joined here today by some very good friends of yours,
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- First and foremost, our dear friend, doctor miriam adelson,
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- Who together with her beloved sheldon of blessed memory
- 00:20:09.632 --> 00:20:13.870
- And in our own right,
- 00:20:14.370 --> 00:20:16.673
- Has been a great champion of this friendship
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- Between the united states and israel.
- 00:20:19.742 --> 00:20:22.545
- And i want to thank you, miriam,
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- For your enormous contribution to the fight for our hostages,
- 00:20:24.714 --> 00:20:28.885
- Which, as we know well, is ongoing.
- 00:20:28.885 --> 00:20:33.256
- You know,
- 00:20:33.556 --> 00:20:35.658
- Usually when the new ambassador arrives,
- 00:20:35.658 --> 00:20:38.761
- I say to him or her, welcome to israel.
- 00:20:38.761 --> 00:20:42.465
- To you, mike, i say, welcome home,
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- Mike are brother of israel.
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- You have been
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- To israel so many times.
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- Like abraham, our forefather, you repeated the command
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- To walk the land from top to bottom.
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- And you have introduced countless others
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- To its physical and spiritual beauty.
- 00:21:10.059 --> 00:21:13.262
- This time your homecoming is different.
- 00:21:13.262 --> 00:21:16.399
- This time.
- 00:21:16.399 --> 00:21:17.633
- Your coming as the official ambassador of our most important
- 00:21:17.633 --> 00:21:21.938
- Ally and friend, the united states of america.
- 00:21:21.938 --> 00:21:25.041
- This is such a natural movement.
- 00:21:25.675 --> 00:21:28.911
- For years, and especially since october 7th,
- 00:21:28.911 --> 00:21:32.715
- You have been a leading voice of moral clarity and conscience.
- 00:21:32.715 --> 00:21:37.053
- The prophet isaiah has words
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- For zion's sake i will not keep silent,
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- And for jerusalem's sake i will not remain quiet.
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- Come naturally to mind your appointment
- 00:21:48.664 --> 00:21:52.168
- As ambassador by president trump
- 00:21:52.168 --> 00:21:55.405
- To this critical post is a shining reflection
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- Of the president's love,
- 00:21:59.342 --> 00:22:01.577
- Friendship and support for the state of israel.
- 00:22:01.577 --> 00:22:05.314
- We are deeply grateful for the historic steps
- 00:22:05.314 --> 00:22:08.284
- He has taken to strengthen the ironclad us-israel alliance,
- 00:22:08.284 --> 00:22:13.923
- And for his vocal solidarity and commitment
- 00:22:13.923 --> 00:22:17.760
- As we fight to defend our people and to bring each
- 00:22:17.760 --> 00:22:21.564
- And every single one of our hostages back home.
- 00:22:21.564 --> 00:22:25.535
- I know you, mike,
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- Share both our heartbreak and our absolute resolve
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- To see every last hostage
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- Freed from the hamas dungeons
- 00:22:36.045 --> 00:22:38.748
- And returned to their loved ones immediately.
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- Every last one.
- 00:22:42.585 --> 00:22:45.054
- I thank you for this allegiance of heart,
- 00:22:45.054 --> 00:22:48.257
- And no less for your commitment to action.
- 00:22:48.257 --> 00:22:52.662
- Nothing is more urgent, and nothing warrants
- 00:22:52.662 --> 00:22:56.532
- Our attention more than ending this despicable
- 00:22:56.532 --> 00:23:00.436
- And ongoing crime against humanity, against every legal
- 00:23:00.436 --> 00:23:04.574
- And ethical norm, and against god himself.
- 00:23:04.574 --> 00:23:08.778
- Ambassador huckabee, our dear friend mike,
- 00:23:08.778 --> 00:23:12.782
- You begin your new role as at the decisive
- 00:23:12.782 --> 00:23:15.952
- Moment in the history of this region.
- 00:23:15.952 --> 00:23:19.288
- On the one hand, the abraham accords, brokered by president
- 00:23:19.288 --> 00:23:22.792
- Trump have demonstrated the power of warm peace.
- 00:23:22.792 --> 00:23:27.497
- They have shown what happens when nations
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- Turn their swords into plowshares, their conflict
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- Into cooperation, their distrust into dialog.
- 00:23:34.070 --> 00:23:38.574
- We can deepen this path.
- 00:23:38.574 --> 00:23:41.711
- The psalmist, king david wrote, seek peace and pursue it.
- 00:23:41.711 --> 00:23:46.782
- We believe that these words of faith and peace
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- Are not only a dream,
- 00:23:49.986 --> 00:23:52.088
- But a demand upon us that we vow to realize
- 00:23:52.088 --> 00:23:56.392
- That to expand peace, we must
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- Also soberly recognize the threats to peace.
- 00:23:58.995 --> 00:24:03.299
- The ayatollah regime in iran continue
- 00:24:03.299 --> 00:24:06.836
- To pursue its radical vision of regional dominance,
- 00:24:06.836 --> 00:24:10.573
- And they stabilization on its own invites.
- 00:24:10.573 --> 00:24:14.210
- Proxies, was pursuing nuclear arms
- 00:24:14.210 --> 00:24:17.413
- And openly calling for the destruction of israel.
- 00:24:17.413 --> 00:24:20.883
- History has taught us that
- 00:24:21.450 --> 00:24:23.786
- When a radical regime declares
- 00:24:23.786 --> 00:24:26.956
- Death to israel and death to america,
- 00:24:26.956 --> 00:24:31.027
- We must take these threats seriously
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- And counter them with all our determination, resolve,
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- And might for the sake of the safety of our people,
- 00:24:37.833 --> 00:24:41.537
- For the sake of peace.
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- Mr. ambassador, on friday
- 00:24:44.640 --> 00:24:47.276
- Our nation was so moved to see you.
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- Add your prayer
- 00:24:49.745 --> 00:24:51.514
- To the prayers of so many over centuries at the kotel,
- 00:24:51.514 --> 00:24:56.419
- The wailing wall, and nothing could be more fitting
- 00:24:56.419 --> 00:25:00.556
- Than your service as ambassador in this sacred city.
- 00:25:00.556 --> 00:25:04.327
- Now the home of the us embassy.
- 00:25:04.961 --> 00:25:07.563
- Following president trump's historic decision.
- 00:25:07.563 --> 00:25:11.300
- I look forward to personally working closely together
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- With you to take the us-israel alliance to new heights.
- 00:25:15.371 --> 00:25:19.976
- So once again, mike and janet
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- I and the entire nation of israel
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- Welcome you warmly to the land you love so dearly.
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- May your term here offer you every opportunity
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- To explore the length and breadth of this country
- 00:25:36.325 --> 00:25:39.929
- And its beautiful tapestry of people, to add new layers
- 00:25:39.929 --> 00:25:44.200
- To your deep and vital connection to it, and
- 00:25:44.200 --> 00:25:47.336
- To witness the realization of the prophecies
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- Which we have learned so much about.
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- God bless you.
- 00:25:54.744 --> 00:25:56.145
- God bless america.
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- God bless israel. shalom.
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- Thank you. and tell him him.
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- And that's our show for tonight.
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- Wow, what a great first week.
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- For new american ambassador mike huckabee, an evangelical
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- Christian, a dear friend, personally,
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- As well as to the tbn audience.
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- What a very special week.
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- He has hit the ground running.
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- He and janet pray for them.
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- They need your prayers.
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- They they're getting a great start.
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- But this is a highly difficult and spiritually warfare,
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- Charged environment.
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- So please keep praying for the huckabee.
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- Pray for all the hostages
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- To be released for the lord to set the captives free.
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- Pray that god gives us full and complete victory in gaza.
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- And, please pray that the lord would bring
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- Supernatural healing and comfort to israelis and palestinians
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- That have just been traumatized, devastated by this war.
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- That just does not seem to end.
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- Please consider
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- Coming with us to alaska on the joshua fund cruise.
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- You can get more information at joshua fund.com.
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- Please share a link to the show.
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- With family and friends and let them know on social media.
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- What?
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- You know how,
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- Ambassador huckabee's first week
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- Has been and how to pray for him and for the nation.
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- You can get those links at rosenberg report, dot tv
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- Or on our youtube channel.
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- And i highly encourage you to subscribe to both.
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- Well, thank you again. thank you so much for watching.
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- Have a great, special and fruitful week
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- With your family and friends as you walk
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- In the power of the spirit with the lord jesus christ.
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- And i'll see you, lord willing, next week right here
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- On the rosenberg report.
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