Joel Rosenberg: US-Israel Relations | The Rosenberg Report

July 9, 2026 | 22:51

Mike Huckabee joins Joel Rosenberg to discuss relations between the United States and Israel.

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  • Tonight on the rosenberg report as americans
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  • Celebrate our 250th birthday and iran keeps
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  • Breaking the cease fire, the iran deal is off.
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  • President trump has ordered new airstrikes
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  • Against iranian targets and invited
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  • Israeli prime minister netanyahu to meet him in washington.
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  • What is the state of u.s.
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  • Relations?
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  • And what about trump's meeting this week with turkish president
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  • Recep erdogan?
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  • Is the u.s.
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  • Really about to sell f-35s to a man threatening
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  • To invade israel?
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  • Tonight i sit down with president
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  • Trump's point man in jerusalem.
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  • It's an exclusive conversation with u.s.
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  • Ambassador to israel, mike huckabee.
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  • And it all starts right here, right now on the rosenberg
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  • Report.
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  • America has just turned 250 years old,
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  • And as a dual us-israel citizen, i could not be happier.
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  • Although after many weeks in the states, meeting
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  • With ministry partners and and so forth.
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  • Lynn and i were not actually in washington for july 4th.
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  • We missed the massive
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  • And spectacular fireworks show in washington.
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  • But we're back here in jerusalem.
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  • We're grateful for this relationship
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  • Between the united states and israel.
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  • But it has been under pressure. it has been under strain.
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  • And to talk about that and walk it through,
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  • There is an expected meeting coming up with president
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  • Trump and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu,
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  • Their first personal meeting, lord willing,
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  • Since the operation epic fury began.
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  • That's coming up soon.
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  • But today we have in the studio our dear friend and former tbn
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  • Star, us, israel, us ambassador to israel, mike huckabee.
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  • As it happens, president trump made big news shortly after
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  • Huckabee and i recorded our conversation
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  • That trump is furious with iranian leaders.
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  • The deal is off, the cease fire is over, and trump
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  • Has ordered american airstrikes against iranian targets.
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  • These are enormously important moves.
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  • We as christians need to be praying for the president.
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  • And i'll bring you
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  • All the latest developments and my analysis next week.
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  • But this week, the ambassador and i focused on the latest
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  • Highs and lows in the u.s.
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  • Israeli alliance. thank you so much.
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  • Thank you. it's great to see you again.
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  • Same here.
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  • So much has happened since we last saw each other, so
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  • I appreciate an opportunity to get together.
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  • Let's just start with the fact that you made big news
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  • This past week.
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  • You and israeli foreign minister guidance
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  • Are making the big announcement that it's time that you have
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  • Signed the documents.
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  • And we are going to break ground for the first actual,
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  • Newly built us embassy here in jerusalem.
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  • I want to talk about that and your $1 contribution to
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  • The cause.
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  • It was the best real estate deal i'll ever make, $1,
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  • Which gives us a 99 year and perpetuating lease
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  • For the property in jerusalem is called the allenby property.
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  • It was
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  • Dating back to general allenby
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  • Of the british army in the early 1900s.
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  • And it's a beautiful piece of property.
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  • It's going to be an ideal location, flat surface,
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  • So it's going to be much easier to construct.
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  • On when president trump, in his first term,
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  • Moved the embassy and designated jerusalem as the capital.
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  • Realizing the embassy belonged
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  • Here, he said he was going to move it.
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  • He actually did it. every other president promised.
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  • They all well-chosen.
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  • None of them came through with it.
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  • They chickened out
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  • At the last minute, if you will, president trump said.
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  • I said i was going to do it and it's the right thing to do.
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  • And so he did.
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  • But what that really meant
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  • Was that we took what was a consulate
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  • And added on a few things and made it the embassy,
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  • But it was never designed
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  • To be our full time permanent embassy.
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  • So we have facilities, 16 different places
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  • Throughout jerusalem,
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  • Some in tel aviv, some in jerusalem,
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  • Several different office places, warehouses.
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  • We've never had a single place.
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  • This really marks the beginning of
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  • The establishment of a permanent embassy.
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  • And it's not going to happen overnight.
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  • I mean, it's going to take a while
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  • To build something of this magnitude.
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  • It's probably going to be, you know, $1 billion building.
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  • When it's all done, it's going to be very unique.
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  • The most important thing is it's going to be designed
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  • Specifically to
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  • Be the us embassy
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  • And to establish a permanent presence
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  • In jerusalem, which i think is an important thing, because,
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  • You know, if
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  • You're in a temporary building, sometimes people think, well,
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  • You're only there temporarily in the next administration
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  • May decide to come in and say, let's move it back to tel aviv.
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  • Well, i want
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  • I think it's a great moment in us israel relations right before
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  • And basically during the 250th anniversary celebrations.
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  • But it does come at a challenging moment also,
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  • In terms of israelis feel rattled
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  • By some of the president's recent statements,
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  • The iran deal, too, but some of the president's
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  • Language recently has been challenging.
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  • Let's get back to that in just a moment.
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  • Look, we're at a moment of,
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  • In many ways, the closest in us israel relations
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  • In the eight decade history of modern israel.
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  • But there are strains.
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  • We're going to talk about them with us.
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  • Ambassador to israel mike huckabee, in just a moment.
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  • Don't go away.
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  • Coming up next.
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  • On the rosenberg report, as president
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  • Trump cancels the deal with iran and invites
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  • Netanyahu to washington, can the two men get back
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  • On the same page on iran?
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  • And is the u.s.
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  • Really about to sell f-35s to the turkish
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  • President, a man threatening to invade israel?
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  • Find out when the rosenberg report continues on tbn
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  • Right after the break.
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  • Right after the break.
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  • Welcome back to the rosenberg report here in jerusalem.
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  • So grateful that you're with us. we've got in the studio.
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  • U.s. ambassador to israel mike huckabee.
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  • We're going to talk about a lot of things.
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  • President trump just met with turkish president
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  • Recep erdogan at a moment where erdogan has been saying
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  • Horrific things about israel.
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  • Talk threatening
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  • To invade israel, threatening to take over jerusalem, calling
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  • Israel a genocidal country, calling
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  • Prime minister netanyahu and naci.
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  • So get to that in just a moment.
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  • But i actually want to talk.
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  • First. we'll talk about the president's.
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  • President trump's
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  • Comments about netanyahu and where are we in a moment?
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  • But first, look, things are quieter.
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  • When i left, we were still in a missile war.
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  • As and i are back.
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  • Things seemed quieter.
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  • The stock market is hitting record highs in the united
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  • States.
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  • Prices are below, as you and i speak.
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  • They're below
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  • Where they were on february 28th when the war began.
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  • Operation epic fury.
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  • Gas prices are coming down for summer travel, so
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  • There's a lot that americans are happy about.
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  • And and israelis are happy that things are quieter.
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  • We all need the rest.
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  • But first, why is now a good time either
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  • For start coming back to israel, or at least start planning
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  • A trip in the fall?
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  • Trip in the spring, you and i will be doing the 2027
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  • Epicenter summit, and the joshua fund
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  • Will be hosting a whole big tour here next spring.
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  • Why is it now a good time?
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  • And what's your projection for calm, quiet?
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  • I mean, we've had three months now of
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  • At least a cessation of hostilities.
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  • Doesn't mean that the tension is completely resolved.
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  • In the gulf. there's still hostilities. yeah, there are,
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  • But i think it's been a peaceful period.
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  • But as for when should people come back to israel?
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  • I'd say the sooner the better.
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  • And i really believe that there's nothing more important
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  • For a person to do to understand
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  • The middle east better, particularly to understand
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  • Israel, than to come and see it for yourself.
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  • And you don't have to come and be undocumented.
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  • You don't have to come and have someone take you to only set
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  • Certain places and select people to talk to.
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  • I've said, come to israel,
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  • Go up and down the streets, talk to anybody,
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  • Go to the old city, go to west jerusalem, east jerusalem.
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  • Just look around. listen.
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  • See with your own eyes.
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  • Come up with your own conclusions. you'll be fine.
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  • And it's an incredibly safe place to be.
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  • Well, i'm encouraged, and and i agree with you.
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  • I think it is time, especially for all americans.
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  • But i think
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  • Particularly christians who who understand
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  • The biblical value of this place,
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  • The history and the future and just
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  • But what's also going on right now and and i think so
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  • I'm, i'm hopeful
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  • And i'm very much forward to our, our summit next year.
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  • Okay.
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  • That being said, israelis are rattled by president trump.
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  • His numbers have dropped dramatically here.
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  • There was a pull out just the other week last week.
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  • 73% of israelis
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  • Now look at president trump differently.
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  • And they say worse because of this deal.
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  • They don't feel about about 68%
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  • Say this deal is not a good deal for israel.
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  • But the president, for a while, it seemed to be dropping more
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  • F-bombs on the prime minister than actual bombs on the enemy.
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  • And i think all of that combined has really causes
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  • Reilly's to say, this is our best friend,
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  • America generally, president trump in particular.
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  • But those numbers.
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  • Trump's numbers have dropped because people feel
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  • They feel a bit abandoned.
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  • And i'm not sure that's fair, but it's how they feel.
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  • How would you respond to that?
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  • I would say, look at what president trump has done,
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  • Not just what he has said over the past few weeks.
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  • President trump is known to make hyperbolic statements,
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  • And that's the nature of the president.
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  • I mean,
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  • This is not anything that ought to be shocking to anyone.
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  • He has an extraordinarily good relationship
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  • With the prime minister.
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  • I don't know of any world leader
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  • With whom he has a better relationship.
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  • When you hear that,
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  • You know he'll say something particularly about israel,
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  • Maybe is too active in lebanon and breaking things down,
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  • You know,
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  • And i spoke to him when i was in washington
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  • A week ago and i said, mr.
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  • President, they're really not just
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  • Wholesale knocking down villages and communities.
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  • And i showed him pictures and i showed him maps,
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  • And i said, that's maybe information
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  • That you're getting that's not completely accurate,
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  • Because what they're looking for are hezbollah targets.
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  • That's who they target. that's who.
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  • They are.
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  • And not just because one hezbollah guy walks
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  • Into an apartment building, but because that's a base
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  • Headquarters, a communication center,
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  • A strategic planning center.
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  • And the strikes are surgical.
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  • Sometimes they will hit
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  • The fourth floor of a building to eliminate a terrorist.
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  • Nobody on the fifth floor is injured.
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  • Nobody on the third floor is injured.
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  • Only the people on the fourth floor,
  • 00:10:48.505 --> 00:10:49.873
  • Because it's a very specific
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  • And a very accurate type of munition
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  • That goes in there and takes out the terrorist.
  • 00:10:53.910 --> 00:10:56.012
  • But more importantly than that is that we've just completed
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  • The united states, lebanon and israel, a historic agreement
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  • To really set a completely different game board
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  • For all of the middle east.
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  • It's fragile. it's going to be a process.
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  • It won't be a
  • 00:11:11.628 --> 00:11:12.729
  • Single flip of a switch event, but to get the lebanese
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  • To admit that israel is not their enemy is huge.
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  • To get them to acknowledge that the problem in the middle east,
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  • Specifically the problem between lebanon and israel,
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  • Is not either country, it's hezbollah.
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  • It's a terror group, an iranian proxy
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  • Funded and fueled by the iranian mothership.
  • 00:11:31.014 --> 00:11:34.351
  • That's a huge thing
  • 00:11:34.351 --> 00:11:35.852
  • For the israelis to say, look, we want to get out of lebanon.
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  • We want to redeploy our forces back across our own border,
  • 00:11:40.023 --> 00:11:43.960
  • But we're not going to do it as long as hezbollah represents
  • 00:11:43.960 --> 00:11:47.130
  • A threat to the people in places like metula or kiryat shmona.
  • 00:11:47.130 --> 00:11:51.535
  • So it's it's an honest assessment of where things are
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  • With a real clear direction of where things are going.
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  • And i think, frankly, i think it's been a remarkable process.
  • 00:11:59.743 --> 00:12:03.513
  • And i've been there for all of those meetings
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  • In washington, and i watched the dynamics of it
  • 00:12:05.015 --> 00:12:08.018
  • Participate in it.
  • 00:12:08.018 --> 00:12:09.052
  • It is historic, and we felt that from
  • 00:12:09.052 --> 00:12:11.388
  • The beginning you could sense it in the room.
  • 00:12:11.388 --> 00:12:13.456
  • There was one particular moment in our third meeting.
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  • We had five.
  • 00:12:15.892 --> 00:12:16.993
  • In the third meeting, the lebanese and israelis
  • 00:12:16.993 --> 00:12:20.864
  • Asked, could we move the tables closer together between
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  • Because we had it where you had the us here in a u-shaped
  • 00:12:25.001 --> 00:12:29.072
  • Table, the lebanese here and the israelis here,
  • 00:12:29.072 --> 00:12:31.875
  • They wanted to move their tables closer to each other
  • 00:12:31.875 --> 00:12:35.412
  • So they could communicate more effectively.
  • 00:12:35.412 --> 00:12:38.014
  • When that happened, i turned to michel issa,
  • 00:12:38.014 --> 00:12:41.017
  • Who is the ambassador of the us to lebanon, and we were seated
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  • Next to each other at the u.s.
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  • Portion, and i said, who would have
  • 00:12:47.023 --> 00:12:49.793
  • Imagined a few weeks ago when we started this
  • 00:12:49.793 --> 00:12:52.262
  • That the two countries, not us, what in the us said,
  • 00:12:52.262 --> 00:12:55.265
  • Let's move you all closer together?
  • 00:12:55.265 --> 00:12:57.467
  • They determined it would be better.
  • 00:12:57.467 --> 00:12:59.636
  • I thought that
  • 00:12:59.636 --> 00:13:00.770
  • That was a wonderful statement and a beautiful picture.
  • 00:13:00.770 --> 00:13:04.107
  • As these countries overcame decades of hostility and enmity.
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  • Are we heading, therefore, to a
  • 00:13:10.113 --> 00:13:14.150
  • Abraham accords style peace and normalization agreement?
  • 00:13:14.150 --> 00:13:18.655
  • Now, there would be several steps in between there.
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  • I mean, obviously,
  • 00:13:20.757 --> 00:13:22.459
  • You know, the united arab emirates, bahrain, morocco,
  • 00:13:22.459 --> 00:13:25.662
  • When they made their deals, they didn't have iran virtually
  • 00:13:25.662 --> 00:13:29.466
  • Controlling their country with a terrorist army known as
  • 00:13:29.466 --> 00:13:32.002
  • Hezbollah.
  • 00:13:32.002 --> 00:13:32.602
  • So those were different.
  • 00:13:32.602 --> 00:13:33.670
  • But is that where we're heading?
  • 00:13:33.670 --> 00:13:36.072
  • Because i would say not since
  • 00:13:36.072 --> 00:13:39.743
  • King david and king solomon had this great peace,
  • 00:13:40.777 --> 00:13:43.980
  • Relationship and friendship, a deep friendship biblically
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  • With king hiram,
  • 00:13:47.350 --> 00:13:49.019
  • Basically the king of lebanon at that time, the king of tire.
  • 00:13:49.019 --> 00:13:51.988
  • We haven't really seen a warm and friendly
  • 00:13:51.988 --> 00:13:55.458
  • Relationship between israel and lebanon.
  • 00:13:55.458 --> 00:13:58.895
  • Is that where we're heading?
  • 00:13:58.895 --> 00:14:00.263
  • I think it is.
  • 00:14:00.263 --> 00:14:01.731
  • President herzog, here in israel
  • 00:14:01.731 --> 00:14:03.300
  • Made a statement that i quote often
  • 00:14:03.300 --> 00:14:04.868
  • Because i think it's a beautiful aspirational statement,
  • 00:14:04.868 --> 00:14:07.671
  • Sort of the vision, if you will.
  • 00:14:07.671 --> 00:14:08.939
  • And he said,
  • 00:14:08.939 --> 00:14:09.940
  • I long for the day when i could get in my car
  • 00:14:09.940 --> 00:14:11.775
  • In jerusalem and drive all the way to beirut and back.
  • 00:14:11.775 --> 00:14:14.778
  • And i'm thinking, wouldn't
  • 00:14:14.778 --> 00:14:16.212
  • That be an incredible thing for the people of israel
  • 00:14:16.212 --> 00:14:19.215
  • To be able
  • 00:14:19.215 --> 00:14:20.450
  • To see lebanon, to go to beirut and for the people of lebanon,
  • 00:14:20.450 --> 00:14:23.053
  • To be able to come to israel and the holy. sites possible?
  • 00:14:23.053 --> 00:14:25.355
  • It once was possible.
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  • Even in our lifetimes.
  • 00:14:26.356 --> 00:14:27.290
  • Although it's 1973, my first trip here
  • 00:14:27.290 --> 00:14:29.759
  • I was in beirut, and then i came to israel.
  • 00:14:29.759 --> 00:14:32.862
  • So it wasn't unthinkable.
  • 00:14:32.862 --> 00:14:34.331
  • Even 53 years ago, it would have been unthinkable 53 days ago.
  • 00:14:34.331 --> 00:14:39.903
  • So now it's not only thinkable, but it's foreseeable.
  • 00:14:39.903 --> 00:14:43.707
  • Okay.
  • 00:14:43.707 --> 00:14:44.474
  • I do want to press you
  • 00:14:44.474 --> 00:14:45.542
  • A little bit more on where the president is in this
  • 00:14:45.542 --> 00:14:48.712
  • And with with the not just the prime minister of israel,
  • 00:14:48.712 --> 00:14:52.148
  • The people of israel, because that remains a concern.
  • 00:14:52.148 --> 00:14:55.118
  • Yeah, but hold that thought.
  • 00:14:55.118 --> 00:14:56.653
  • We'll be right back.
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  • Don't go away.
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  • We'll be right back on the rosenberg report.
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  • Coming up next on the rosenberg report.
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  • Is the us really about to sell f-35s to turkish
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  • President recep erdogan?
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  • A man threatening to invade israel.
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  • Don't miss the rest of my exclusive conversation with u.s.
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  • Ambassador
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  • Mike huckabee when the rosenberg report continues on tbn.
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  • Right after the break.
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  • Right after the break.
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  • Welcome back to the rosenberg report.
  • 00:15:25.792 --> 00:15:27.594
  • So grateful that you're with us right here in jerusalem.
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  • As we continue our conversation on the 250th birthday
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  • Of the united states and the and the remarkable strength
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  • And endurance and resiliency and power of the us
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  • Israel relationship eight decades in us ambassador
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  • To israel, mike huckabee, thank you so much. for now.
  • 00:15:45.879 --> 00:15:48.715
  • Isn't this a little easier environment than you would?
  • 00:15:48.715 --> 00:15:51.451
  • Tucker, you know,
  • 00:15:51.451 --> 00:15:52.786
  • I don't mind asking you a hard question for sure.
  • 00:15:52.786 --> 00:15:55.188
  • I'm not trying to ambush you.
  • 00:15:55.188 --> 00:15:57.824
  • Look, but
  • 00:15:57.824 --> 00:15:58.658
  • But i think that we are in a moment
  • 00:15:58.658 --> 00:16:00.393
  • Where i appreciate what you said,
  • 00:16:00.393 --> 00:16:02.262
  • But i think you're not actually haven't answered yet.
  • 00:16:02.262 --> 00:16:05.598
  • How israelis...
  • 00:16:05.598 --> 00:16:06.966
  • You're the us ambassador,
  • 00:16:06.966 --> 00:16:08.301
  • So you're not mainly looking at how israelis feel.
  • 00:16:08.301 --> 00:16:10.503
  • However, you're the bridge and israelis, israelis support
  • 00:16:10.503 --> 00:16:15.108
  • For the president has dropped by about 40 or 50 points.
  • 00:16:15.108 --> 00:16:19.145
  • He was in the 70s in terms of approval rating.
  • 00:16:20.080 --> 00:16:23.083
  • And he's not right now.
  • 00:16:23.083 --> 00:16:24.551
  • But but there seems at the
  • 00:16:24.551 --> 00:16:25.952
  • Moment of the relationship being the strongest
  • 00:16:25.952 --> 00:16:29.289
  • Relationally, strategically.
  • 00:16:29.889 --> 00:16:31.624
  • But but relationally, it's really
  • 00:16:31.624 --> 00:16:35.495
  • Have suddenly felt blindsided by.
  • 00:16:36.196 --> 00:16:38.865
  • The president.
  • 00:16:38.865 --> 00:16:39.499
  • They may have felt blindsided.
  • 00:16:39.499 --> 00:16:40.700
  • I think what they have to understand,
  • 00:16:40.700 --> 00:16:42.102
  • The president is looking at the fact
  • 00:16:42.102 --> 00:16:43.870
  • That both israel and the us have elections this fall.
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  • We don't want to be
  • 00:16:47.440 --> 00:16:48.508
  • In the middle of a conflict during an election.
  • 00:16:48.508 --> 00:16:50.477
  • Nobody does.
  • 00:16:50.477 --> 00:16:51.711
  • It's not a good time to try to win the votes of the people.
  • 00:16:51.711 --> 00:16:56.249
  • And if you don't win the votes,
  • 00:16:56.249 --> 00:16:57.450
  • Then you aren't able to govern and you aren't able to move
  • 00:16:57.450 --> 00:17:00.086
  • Things forward.
  • 00:17:00.086 --> 00:17:01.488
  • As i said earlier, look at what president
  • 00:17:01.488 --> 00:17:03.590
  • Trump has done, not what he has said.
  • 00:17:03.590 --> 00:17:05.458
  • What he has done is move the capital of
  • 00:17:05.458 --> 00:17:08.561
  • He didn't move the capital. capital was already here.
  • 00:17:08.561 --> 00:17:10.563
  • He acknowledged. that year ago as.
  • 00:17:10.563 --> 00:17:12.699
  • The capital moved the embassy here.
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  • Thank god that.
  • 00:17:15.702 --> 00:17:16.503
  • He did that recognized sovereignty
  • 00:17:16.503 --> 00:17:18.004
  • Over the golan heights, that israel has every right to
  • 00:17:18.004 --> 00:17:21.241
  • Recognize that israelis have a right
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  • To live in the land of judea and samaria.
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  • You just take a long look at the record.
  • 00:17:25.278 --> 00:17:27.280
  • The relationship that we have is incredibly strong.
  • 00:17:27.280 --> 00:17:31.184
  • We don't have a relationship
  • 00:17:31.184 --> 00:17:32.719
  • With any other country on the planet like this.
  • 00:17:32.719 --> 00:17:35.021
  • We just don't.
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  • I can tell you that during the war,
  • 00:17:35.989 --> 00:17:37.690
  • Our planes were flying wingtip to wingtip.
  • 00:17:37.690 --> 00:17:40.960
  • I had admiral brad cooper, who's the head of centcom,
  • 00:17:40.960 --> 00:17:44.831
  • The person who masterminded the the battle plan.
  • 00:17:44.831 --> 00:17:47.667
  • And he told me,
  • 00:17:47.667 --> 00:17:49.035
  • He said he's been a military guy his whole life.
  • 00:17:49.035 --> 00:17:52.038
  • He said, we've never, ever operated like this.
  • 00:17:52.038 --> 00:17:54.440
  • Go to the operations center.
  • 00:17:54.440 --> 00:17:56.042
  • You'd see a room
  • 00:17:56.042 --> 00:17:56.976
  • Full of the soldiers and people, and you'd
  • 00:17:56.976 --> 00:17:59.379
  • Have to look on their patch
  • 00:17:59.379 --> 00:18:00.547
  • To see where the israeli or american,
  • 00:18:00.547 --> 00:18:02.448
  • Because they were shoulder to shoulder
  • 00:18:02.448 --> 00:18:04.851
  • Running the operations center.
  • 00:18:04.851 --> 00:18:06.753
  • The battle plan was seamless between the israelis and the us.
  • 00:18:06.753 --> 00:18:10.957
  • When the president says some things,
  • 00:18:10.957 --> 00:18:13.059
  • When he engages in the mou with iran, you know,
  • 00:18:13.059 --> 00:18:16.196
  • It was somewhat of a surprise, i think, to everyone.
  • 00:18:16.196 --> 00:18:18.865
  • But he's looking at things to say, let's
  • 00:18:18.865 --> 00:18:21.901
  • See if there is a way to bring the temperature down to find.
  • 00:18:21.901 --> 00:18:26.239
  • Are the iranians willing to behave like a country?
  • 00:18:26.239 --> 00:18:29.642
  • Now here's what we're possibly going to see.
  • 00:18:29.642 --> 00:18:32.078
  • We made us find, discover and find out.
  • 00:18:32.078 --> 00:18:34.480
  • They're not willing to.
  • 00:18:34.480 --> 00:18:36.115
  • If not,
  • 00:18:36.115 --> 00:18:37.150
  • The president's made very clear he keeps all his
  • 00:18:37.150 --> 00:18:39.419
  • Options on the table.
  • 00:18:39.419 --> 00:18:40.787
  • Some of the things that maybe
  • 00:18:40.787 --> 00:18:42.488
  • People have heard the president say that sounded harsh.
  • 00:18:42.488 --> 00:18:45.458
  • They're not criticisms of the government,
  • 00:18:45.458 --> 00:18:47.627
  • Not criticisms of the people of israel.
  • 00:18:47.627 --> 00:18:50.530
  • There are recognitions of let's try to present the face of
  • 00:18:50.530 --> 00:18:55.568
  • We're going to
  • 00:18:55.568 --> 00:18:56.636
  • Give this a chance to put it into words of the late
  • 00:18:56.636 --> 00:18:59.606
  • John lennon, give peace a chance.
  • 00:18:59.606 --> 00:19:02.141
  • So here's here's what's going on.
  • 00:19:02.141 --> 00:19:04.277
  • You mentioned this stock market is up, oil prices,
  • 00:19:04.277 --> 00:19:07.680
  • Which mean fuel prices for americans.
  • 00:19:07.680 --> 00:19:09.649
  • And i guess israelis to
  • 00:19:09.649 --> 00:19:11.484
  • Those are down and going into the midterms.
  • 00:19:11.484 --> 00:19:14.287
  • That's a good and important thing.
  • 00:19:14.287 --> 00:19:16.222
  • Real quickly.
  • 00:19:16.222 --> 00:19:17.490
  • Turkey president erdogan has made the most.
  • 00:19:17.490 --> 00:19:22.528
  • Horrifying and i would say chilling statements
  • 00:19:23.429 --> 00:19:27.066
  • There really on the iranian leadership level,
  • 00:19:27.066 --> 00:19:30.303
  • You know, we're going to take back jerusalem
  • 00:19:30.303 --> 00:19:32.071
  • Because it was under the ottoman empire.
  • 00:19:32.071 --> 00:19:33.506
  • We're going to invade israel
  • 00:19:33.506 --> 00:19:34.907
  • Because of what they're doing in gaza.
  • 00:19:34.907 --> 00:19:37.443
  • Netanyahu's a nazi and israel
  • 00:19:37.443 --> 00:19:40.313
  • And engage in genocide.
  • 00:19:40.313 --> 00:19:43.483
  • So israelis are also concerned.
  • 00:19:43.483 --> 00:19:46.586
  • Americans are concerned about the idea of selling
  • 00:19:46.586 --> 00:19:49.622
  • The most advanced fighter jet, f-35 or our engines,
  • 00:19:49.622 --> 00:19:53.660
  • Fighter engines, to a guy who a leader who saying that your
  • 00:19:53.660 --> 00:19:58.798
  • Your sense of
  • 00:19:58.798 --> 00:19:59.899
  • Where are us turkish relations
  • 00:19:59.899 --> 00:20:02.168
  • And where do you think we're heading?
  • 00:20:02.168 --> 00:20:04.203
  • I think the president wants there to be good relations.
  • 00:20:04.203 --> 00:20:06.639
  • He sometimes will say, as you hear him say, regarding
  • 00:20:06.639 --> 00:20:10.410
  • President xi of china or vladimir putin of russia.
  • 00:20:10.410 --> 00:20:13.846
  • Oh, these are great guys. they're strong guys.
  • 00:20:13.846 --> 00:20:15.915
  • I have great relationship with them.
  • 00:20:15.915 --> 00:20:17.517
  • Does that mean that he
  • 00:20:17.517 --> 00:20:18.551
  • Completely trust them
  • 00:20:18.551 --> 00:20:19.786
  • Or that he would not count his fingers after he shook hands?
  • 00:20:19.786 --> 00:20:23.756
  • I don't know, i'm thinking he might be very cautious.
  • 00:20:23.756 --> 00:20:27.293
  • He respects
  • 00:20:27.627 --> 00:20:28.528
  • Strength or tone projects that i think
  • 00:20:28.528 --> 00:20:31.564
  • A lot of us have concerns i do sitting in this neighborhood,
  • 00:20:31.564 --> 00:20:35.568
  • As i do in the middle east, living here.
  • 00:20:35.568 --> 00:20:38.204
  • Now, as an american, you're not
  • 00:20:38.204 --> 00:20:40.006
  • You understand israeli concerns, but as an american.
  • 00:20:40.006 --> 00:20:42.342
  • Well, as an american, i. supposed to be an ally.
  • 00:20:42.342 --> 00:20:44.677
  • They don't sound like one.
  • 00:20:44.677 --> 00:20:46.312
  • Well, and that i think that's something
  • 00:20:46.312 --> 00:20:48.081
  • That maybe the president is working
  • 00:20:48.081 --> 00:20:49.582
  • Toward is to find out what are their intentions.
  • 00:20:49.582 --> 00:20:52.585
  • And and i would just say he the president says this a lot.
  • 00:20:52.585 --> 00:20:58.124
  • We'll see.
  • 00:20:58.424 --> 00:20:59.459
  • We'll wait and see.
  • 00:20:59.459 --> 00:21:00.593
  • And i would say that that's the right
  • 00:21:00.593 --> 00:21:02.795
  • Answer is don't get excited.
  • 00:21:02.795 --> 00:21:04.364
  • Don't get all worked up or feeling
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  • That somehow there's an abandonment.
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  • Let's see how this plays out.
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  • The president is pretty shrewd and pretty thoughtful.
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  • And he plays a long game, not a short game.
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  • I would say.
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  • Stay tuned. sounds good.
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  • Well, you can't stay
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  • Tuned to this show any longer because we're out of time.
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  • But i'm so grateful that you were with us,
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  • So grateful that you were able to listen
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  • To this conversation about where are we in the state of u.s.
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  • Israeli relations?
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  • I think they are better,
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  • Stronger than they've ever been in eight decades.
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  • You know, yes, there are moments that that
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  • Sometimes we catch the american people off
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  • Guard, sometimes us catches us off guard.
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  • But i don't think there's a fundamental problem here.
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  • In fact,
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  • I think if you look over the last year,
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  • This is proof that the us, israel's
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  • Strategic relationship is better than it's ever been.
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  • But we're going through some some turbulence here
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  • And we'll continue to see how it plays out.
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  • Thank you so much for watching.
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  • Do go to our website, joshuafund.com
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  • To learn more about the tour next spring.
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  • And that includes
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  • The price of the epicenter summit on april 7th, 2027.
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  • We would love to have you there.
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  • Obviously,
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  • Ambassador huckabee will be one of our keynote
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  • Speakers speakers, we'd love to have you be with us.
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  • Thank you so much for watching.
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  • Have a great week.
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  • Continue walking with the lord jesus christ as you spend time
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  • In his words, time in fellowship,
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  • Time and worship and prayer,
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  • Caring for the poor and needy, caring for widows and orphans.
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  • Praying for the peace of jerusalem.
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  • Praying for american leaders in this league.
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  • Leaders for wisdom at this critical hour.
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  • Have a great week and lord willing,
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  • I'll see you next week right here on the rosenberg report.
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