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Stakelbeck Tonight | Erick Stakelbeck: August 13, 2025 | Stakelbeck Tonight | August 13, 2025
- Welcome to stakelbeck tonight
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- I'm erick stakelbeck, and iran is running dry.
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- Just two months
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- After its humiliating defeat to israel in the 12 day war
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- And the destruction of its nuclear weapons sites.
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- The iranian regime is facing a new crisis.
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- The ayatollahs now admit
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- That iran's dams will be empty by september.
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- Water is running out.
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- Power is failing, and rolling blackouts are crippling
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- The country's industry. in some cities,
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- The taps are turned off for 48 hours at a time.
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- Folks, this is iran's worst drought in a century.
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- Made even worse by decades of mismanagement,
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- Corruption, and a leadership obsessed with funding terror.
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- Instead of helping its own people,
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- Now, israeli prime minister benjamin
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- Netanyahu just addressed the iranian people directly,
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- Reminding them that their leaders
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- Forced the 12 day war, lost miserably and continue
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- To lie about everything,
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- Including the fact that their country is collapsing.
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- He added that israel is ready and willing to step up
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- And help solve iran's water crisis.
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- Watch.
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- In this brutal summer heat.
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- You don't even have clean, cold water
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- To give your children such a policy.
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- Such disdain for the iranian people
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- To live like this is not fair to you.
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- It's not fair to your children.
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- But i have very good news.
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- Israel is the number one recycler of water in the world.
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- We recycle 90% of our waste water
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- And we lead the world in desalination.
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- We know exactly what to do.
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- So iran can also have plentiful water.
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- The thirst for water in
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- Iran is only matched by the thirst for freedom.
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- So here's the great news.
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- The moment your country is free,
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- Israel's top water experts will flood into every
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- Iranian city, bringing cutting edge technology and knowhow.
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- We will help iran recycle water.
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- We'll help iran desalinated water.
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- Incredible.
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- Bibi knows that the iranian people despise this
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- Wicked regime, and he's calling for them to rise up.
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- How much more can they take?
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- Right now,
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- Iranian families are sweltering in brutal summer heat
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- With no relief from the tap and no escape from the darkness.
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- When the grid goes down.
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- They can continue to suffer under a regime that spends
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- Billions to arm hamas, hezbollah and the who.
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- These.
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- Or they can have a future of prosperity
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- And partnership alongside the free world.
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- Decision time is drawing near, and i pray that
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- The iranian regime has a very short shelf life.
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- Coming up,
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- We're joined by a top iran expert
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- To get the inside story
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- On what's happening in that pivotal country
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- And why it matters to you.
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- And it all starts now.
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- From a water crisis to potential economic collapse,
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- To the after effects
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- Of its embarrassing defeat in the recent 12 day war.
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- The iranian regime is in big trouble.
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- So can the ayatollahs recover?
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- And what does it all mean
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- For the united states, israel and the region?
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- Joining us now to break it down is behnam ben
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- Taleblu, senior director for the foundation
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- For defense of democracies iran program.
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- Behnam, great to have you back.
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- Hey, this water crisis.
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- This is a major deal right, in the energy issues as well.
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- How big of trouble is the iranian regime in right now
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- As drought
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- Is hitting their people and hitting their country?
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- Well, it's always great to be back with you, eric.
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- Listen to this
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- Stuff in the aggregate can be borderline
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- Existential for the islamic republic of iran.
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- They've already lost their people a long, long time ago.
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- You have fundamentally a, islamist and authoritarian
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- Aging regime ruling over a secular
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- Nationalist democracy seeking population that is young.
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- And if that wasn't enough of a combustible situation
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- And everything from rolling blackouts,
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- Which we've seen for months now in the islamic republic
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- To a major water crisis, which is leaving everything
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- From public bathrooms to personal homes running dry,
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- As well as, of course, plumbing in major government
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- And other industry centers,
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- As well as dams essentially running dry.
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- This is all brewing up to be a major, major crisis.
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- Amazing in that this
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- Wicked regime is still hanging on despite its complete
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- Catastrophic mismanagement of internal affairs.
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- And of course, the humiliating defeat in the 12 day war.
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- Behnam, a lot of people may be watching
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- And thinking, wow,
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- I thought the regime was going to collapse
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- During the war back in june, perhaps.
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- How are they still clinging on to power?
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- Well, these sorts of regimes are,
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- You know, weak when compared to tier one,
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- Major militaries, whether that's the israeli
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- Military or the american military
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- Or even some other, pro-american partners in the middle east.
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- When you look at comparative defense spending.
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- But unfortunately, as you know,
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- They are strong compared to an unarmed population.
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- And that's precisely the imbalance that the regime
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- Has been looking to through a combination of intelligence
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- And security forces and morality police, been able to, power,
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- Through the use of brute force violence, as you've seen
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- How they put down the 2022, 2023 women live freedom protest.
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- But, you know, this is a population that has resisted.
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- They have turned out time and time again.
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- And the question is, it's a matter of when and not if,
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- The next time they will pour out the no.
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- No one is going to doubt the fact
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- That so long as the west doesn't support
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- These brave next generation of protesting iranians,
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- The regime's formula to hold on will be,
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- Brute force equals success.
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- Yeah, and the iranian people
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- Are the main victims of this regime.
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- Of course.
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- Speaking of the regime, are the ayatollahs
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- Revamping their strategy now, behnam,
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- What is their outlook now?
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- They again suffered a massive defeat
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- Back in june at the hands of israel.
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- Their nuclear sites destroyed, struggles at home.
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- Clearly.
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- What is their strategy now?
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- Do they even have one?
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- Their medium term
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- Strategy is essentially to outlast president trump.
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- They think by doing so.
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- The major american, you know, political force,
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- For pressure and change in the islamic republic will go.
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- So what they're trying to do now, essentially,
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- Until the president leaves office, is run the clock
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- And run the clock as safely as possible.
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- They're trying to do everything from divide america from israel
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- To america's european allies, from the americans themselves.
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- They're trying to do
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- Everything on the ground from trying to rearm and reequip
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- And retrain that constellation of terror groups and proxies
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- That, you know, to be the axis of resistance.
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- They're doing all of this stuff
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- To try to pose a more lethal threat
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- That kind of become like a porcupine
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- And prevent american israel from actually being able
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- To finish off this regime,
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- Because they understand that they have
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- Rendered themselves bare.
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- As you know, there are no air defenses
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- Still in the islamic republic.
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- Its air force flew essentially zero sorties
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- Against the israelis during the 12 day war.
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- Its ballistic missiles were lethal,
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- But still proven to be able to be intercepted,
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- Admittedly at higher cost.
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- So these guys know that they've signaled their weakness
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- And they're trying to play musical chairs.
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- Sometimes the feign moderation, even though we know
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- That's not true,
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- As well as to try to patch kind of gaps in their
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- Aging byzantine system, trying to improve command and control
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- In case there's another conflict,
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- Because they do understand the chances of another conflict
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- Are high.
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- Yeah, never have they been more vulnerable.
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- Speaking of which, we're talking about their proxies.
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- Benham, the crown jewel.
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- I guess you could say,
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- Of iran's proxy network, of course, hezbollah in lebanon.
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- But now there are calls increasing calls for hezbollah
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- To disarm.
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- Is that possible?
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- First of all, doubtful,
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- Of course, that hezbollah would ever agree to that.
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- But is it possible, in terms
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- Of the lebanese government actually making that happen?
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- Happen and enforcing that, hezbollah disarming?
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- Well, there's a couple of things here.
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- One, of course, is that with,
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- The movement of lebanese hezbollah over the years
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- From, you know, being a terror militia
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- And trying to move into politics and successfully having done
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- That is
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- Once you invite or once
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- The guys with guns enter politics, it's
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- Hard to get them to peacefully put down their guns
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- And leave politics.
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- So it's essentially this is the islamic republic's trojan horse
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- To basically keep hostage the lebanese state.
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- And no doubt you've seen time
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- And time again, different constellations of political
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- And even social forces in beirut to try to clip the wings
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- Of hezbollah, almost all to no avail.
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- Unfortunately, the group still has somewhat of a lock.
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- Not all, but somewhat of a lock
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- On the shia population in that country.
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- And more importantly, of course,
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- They have essentially the tools to resist, the lebanese state.
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- That doesn't mean the lebanese state has improved.
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- I think it certainly has,
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- When it comes
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- To working with the israelis and the american to identify,
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- Places where,
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- Actually there's room for cooperation,
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- Where there comes the armed forces or comes
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- To countering hezbollah or actually building a state
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- That can actually resist, iran's long arm.
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- But no doubt this is going to be a very, very bumpy ride.
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- And anyone who discount,
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- The fact that just because hezbollah is down
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- Means it's out,
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- Is going to be sorely mistaken, because this is an investment.
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- These islamic republic is keen to stand up again.
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- Yeah.
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- Behnam great points all around as always my friend.
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- We're glad we have you keeping an eye on this folks.
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- Follow me ft dawg x across social media.
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- Behnam, great job. keep it up.
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- We'll see you again soon. and coming up after the break.
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- Young christians generation z turning more and more to god.
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- Poll after poll shows.
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- And yet turning away from israel.
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- Well one organization is trying to change that.
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- We'll hear from them after the break.
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- Stick around.
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- Stick around.
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- Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight.
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- Zach bauer is ceo of passages israel,
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- One of the most impactful organizations
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- Connecting young christians to the land and people of israel.
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- At a time
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- When we're seeing a very troubling rise
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- In antisemitism around the world,
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- Especially right here in the west.
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- Zach's work is not only strengthening faith,
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- But also building a generation ready to stand boldly
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- With israel and the jewish people.
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- Zach, great to have you with us.
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- Hey, i guess on the good news front,
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- Generation z is turning to god in record numbers.
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- We're hearing about generation z gobbling up bibles.
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- Good things are happening.
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- But on the flip side, we also hear that generation
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- Z has become, in some cases, more hostile to israel.
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- You're bridging that gap, right?
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- Tell us more about what you're doing.
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- A passages israel to bring generation z
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- Over to the biblical side and to show them god's
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- Plan with israel is still in full effect today.
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- Well, thanks for having me on tonight, eric.
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- I really appreciate it.
- 00:11:09.467 --> 00:11:11.035
- And to your point, you're absolutely right.
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- Gen z is, turning to the bible into the faith
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- And religion, levels. we haven't seen in generations.
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- And it's a huge opportunity for us.
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- And it's also given us a mission to, educate these young,
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- Young youth who are formative in their faith,
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- As why is important
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- As a christian to support israel and the jewish people.
- 00:11:28.486 --> 00:11:31.523
- So what we're trying to do is through our program,
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- We want to educate and equip,
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- You know, young christian college students,
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- To the roots of their faith, their christian identity.
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- And why, as christians, it's
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- Critical to support israel in the jewish people.
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- Zach, what are some of your main
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- Obstacles you know, why would gen z,
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- Which again, as we were saying,
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- Is turning more towards god and showing more interest
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- In the bible and things of faith,
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- Why would gen z also turn against israel in some cases?
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- Is it tiktok?
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- Is it social media podcasters?
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- What's influencing gen z away from israel?
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- I think it's a variety of things.
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- To your point, yeah,
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- I think there's a lot of things that are contributing to this.
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- There's a lot of voices,
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- On the, on the right,
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- Especially who have, you know,
- 00:12:12.797 --> 00:12:14.165
- In recent months have come out and said some
- 00:12:14.165 --> 00:12:16.401
- Pretty outlandish things.
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- And they have large followings, large audiences.
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- And, as i mentioned, these, younger christians, they're kind
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- Of in their formative years right now.
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- So, they're trying to develop their own viewpoints and y
- 00:12:24.742 --> 00:12:29.113
- As a christian, they should, you know, support
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- Israel going forward.
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- And it's just key
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- That we reach them first and educate them
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- As to why it's critical that as a christian,
- 00:12:34.819 --> 00:12:37.989
- You know, we need to stand with israel
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- And the jewish people and, you know, as for for years,
- 00:12:39.390 --> 00:12:42.794
- We've all known
- 00:12:42.794 --> 00:12:44.028
- That the rise of anti-semitism has been, prevalent on the left,
- 00:12:44.028 --> 00:12:46.664
- On our college campuses and the faculty
- 00:12:46.664 --> 00:12:49.200
- Of a lot of colleges and universities.
- 00:12:49.200 --> 00:12:51.202
- But most recently,
- 00:12:51.202 --> 00:12:52.103
- And especially in the last few months,
- 00:12:52.103 --> 00:12:53.538
- We've seen the rise of antisemitism on the right,
- 00:12:53.538 --> 00:12:56.140
- And we're trying to address that issue head on.
- 00:12:56.140 --> 00:12:59.277
- You know, we think that the, the,
- 00:12:59.277 --> 00:13:01.145
- The dam hasn't broken, but there are cracks in it.
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- And we want to make sure that we solidify it now before,
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- We've gone down too far, too deep in the wrong direction.
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- Yeah.
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- Zach, talk about the importance
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- Of getting young people, college students on the ground
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- In israel.
- 00:13:15.260 --> 00:13:16.461
- It's one thing to support israel from afar and to kind of,
- 00:13:16.461 --> 00:13:19.697
- Analyze and form your opinions on israel, palestinians, etc.,
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- From afar.
- 00:13:23.134 --> 00:13:23.902
- But getting on the ground
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- In israel makes all the difference, right?
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- Tell us more about what you do there with passages.
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- Getting young people in the land.
- 00:13:30.942 --> 00:13:34.312
- Yeah.
- 00:13:34.545 --> 00:13:34.879
- So from,
- 00:13:34.879 --> 00:13:35.914
- From my personal perspective, i had the chance
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- To go to israel, right after high school.
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- And, it was a life changing experience
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- For me, both for my faith and for my,
- 00:13:41.753 --> 00:13:44.522
- For my views on why, as a christian, it's important
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- To support israel and the jewish people.
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- And having that,
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- Being able to to relate to that and,
- 00:13:50.128 --> 00:13:51.796
- And having that,
- 00:13:51.796 --> 00:13:53.131
- Experience on my own makes it, makes me even more,
- 00:13:53.131 --> 00:13:56.567
- Determined to get more christians at around
- 00:13:56.567 --> 00:13:58.336
- That same age to israel and on the ground
- 00:13:58.336 --> 00:14:00.571
- Because there's no place like it on earth.
- 00:14:00.571 --> 00:14:02.840
- Our trips are a nine day trip, seven days on the ground.
- 00:14:02.840 --> 00:14:07.045
- We go to the historic biblical sites,
- 00:14:07.045 --> 00:14:09.180
- But we also expose them to modern israel.
- 00:14:09.180 --> 00:14:11.282
- We bring in speakers to offer a different perspectives
- 00:14:11.282 --> 00:14:13.751
- Of current events of the day.
- 00:14:13.751 --> 00:14:15.253
- And having that combination of, of ancient and modern
- 00:14:15.253 --> 00:14:18.256
- Israel, is really been a success for us.
- 00:14:18.256 --> 00:14:21.326
- And we've seen, you know, this the trip to israel serves
- 00:14:21.326 --> 00:14:24.095
- As a springboard, almost to further advocacy.
- 00:14:24.095 --> 00:14:27.265
- So when the students return
- 00:14:27.265 --> 00:14:28.633
- From their trip and back to their campuses,
- 00:14:28.633 --> 00:14:30.969
- They want to be engaged. they want to, you know, step up.
- 00:14:30.969 --> 00:14:33.371
- They want to build bridges of friendship
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- With the jewish community and the jewish organizations
- 00:14:35.373 --> 00:14:37.508
- On their college campuses.
- 00:14:37.508 --> 00:14:38.876
- And we found that israel really is the driving factor
- 00:14:38.876 --> 00:14:41.746
- Behind that.
- 00:14:41.746 --> 00:14:42.714
- And, israel is a life changing experience.
- 00:14:42.714 --> 00:14:44.949
- And, we found that, you know, the more students
- 00:14:44.949 --> 00:14:47.218
- We can get there, the better the more impactful
- 00:14:47.218 --> 00:14:49.253
- They will be when they come back.
- 00:14:49.253 --> 00:14:50.688
- And, that's our ultimate is our ultimate goal.
- 00:14:50.688 --> 00:14:53.291
- Yeah. i could do an incredible work.
- 00:14:53.291 --> 00:14:54.826
- We appreciate it so much.
- 00:14:54.826 --> 00:14:55.994
- You are literally helping to change hearts and minds
- 00:14:55.994 --> 00:14:58.596
- In these critical, critical times for israel
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- And the jewish people and america and the church.
- 00:15:00.898 --> 00:15:02.967
- By the way, folks, be sure to check out zach
- 00:15:02.967 --> 00:15:05.069
- And the team's great work at passagesisrael.org
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- And follow him across social media.
- 00:15:08.506 --> 00:15:10.641
- Yes. thanks so much, eric.
- 00:15:10.641 --> 00:15:11.743
- I really appreciate you having me on.
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- Absolutely, zach, any time.
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- Keep up the great work, my friend.
- 00:15:14.312 --> 00:15:15.480
- God bless. we'll see you again soon.
- 00:15:15.480 --> 00:15:16.914
- And coming up after the break, an israeli rabbi says that
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- Everyone should do shabbat, the sabbath.
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- Find out why. next.
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- Find out why. next.
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- Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight.
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- From the ever growing demand
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- For worldly success to the constant flood
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- Of advertisements, entertainment and social media alerts.
- 00:15:37.767 --> 00:15:41.704
- It seems our culture has forgotten how to rest.
- 00:15:41.704 --> 00:15:45.107
- But the bible says rest is incredibly important.
- 00:15:45.107 --> 00:15:48.377
- So much so that god devoted an entire day to it.
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- The sabbath.
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- Shabbat.
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- Rabbi elie michel is director of education at israel 365,
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- And author of a great book called shabbat revolution
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- A practical guide to weekly renewal.
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- Rabbi joins us now.
- 00:16:04.326 --> 00:16:05.995
- Hey, we know about the importance.
- 00:16:05.995 --> 00:16:07.630
- Or we should know about
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- The importance of shabbat for the jewish people.
- 00:16:08.664 --> 00:16:10.800
- But this book is really written with christians in mind, rabbi.
- 00:16:10.800 --> 00:16:14.703
- Tell us why shabbat also applies to us.
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- To me, a gentile follower of jesus.
- 00:16:18.007 --> 00:16:21.110
- So last summer, a year ago, i was traveling across
- 00:16:21.110 --> 00:16:24.814
- The united states to talk about israel.
- 00:16:24.814 --> 00:16:26.649
- We're in the middle of a war.
- 00:16:26.649 --> 00:16:27.950
- Everywhere i went, people hearing me talk about
- 00:16:27.950 --> 00:16:31.554
- Israel came over to me and said, we want to talk about shabbat.
- 00:16:31.554 --> 00:16:34.757
- From spokane, washington to lubbock, texas, everywhere
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- In between.
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- I kept meeting christians
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- Who wanted to talk about shabbat.
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- There's a
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- A yearning, a thirst for for what this day represents.
- 00:16:43.966 --> 00:16:47.570
- I think people are overwhelmed.
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- And this is not just something for jews.
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- If you look at the bible,
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- We all know our bible, the very beginning.
- 00:16:52.141 --> 00:16:53.709
- You don't have to get very far in genesis.
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- And on the seventh day, god rested.
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- And that was well before the jewish people existed.
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- That was well before christianity existed.
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- It was simply humanity.
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- And so god created a day that we all need a day of rest.
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- No, no doubt, and especially now more than ever.
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- Rabbi, look, our fast paced is an understatement.
- 00:17:11.827 --> 00:17:15.064
- Society and social media and iphones, obviously
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- Have just taken things to a whole other crazy level.
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- Talk more about that necessity in these times in particular,
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- To take a step back.
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- Put away the technology and focus on family and god.
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- It's hard to describe in words the joy that we experience
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- When friday, late afternoon comes
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- And sundown is about to hit and everyone
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- Has to take their phones and put them away, right?
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- We don't want to let them go,
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- But we desperately want them taken away from us.
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- And shabbat
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- Essentially takes it away from us,
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- And it creates this incredible day.
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- A day where all of a sudden i'm looking at my children,
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- You know, looking them in the eye.
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- And and we're actually paying attention to each other.
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- Nobody's distracted.
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- We actually play board games.
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- Remember those? oh.
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- I miss them.
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- It's an amazing it's an amazing day where technology
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- Just gets pushed away
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- And there's space for human interaction in the deepest way.
- 00:18:09.418 --> 00:18:13.155
- With my wife, with my children.
- 00:18:13.789 --> 00:18:16.025
- It all of a sudden, you know, our relationship changes.
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- You know, all week long, it's practical.
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- I got to drive this one here.
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- Got to drive that one there. right. that's my life. right.
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- I'm a cab driver for my children. me too.
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- And you as well.
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- But on shabbat, there's no driving.
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- So i'm not driving anybody anywhere.
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- And if i'm going anywhere, i'm walking with my children.
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- We're talking together.
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- And without the phones as a distraction, it's
- 00:18:36.612 --> 00:18:38.414
- Amazing how much there is to talk about yet.
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- No distractions and only god.
- 00:18:40.449 --> 00:18:43.686
- Could could mandate a such a much needed day of rest.
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- And i can see rabbi and me, myself.
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- I tell people all the time, everyone should do shabbat.
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- Everyone should shabbat.
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- But you can see
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- On your last trip, as you mentioned a minute ago,
- 00:18:54.797 --> 00:18:56.799
- Christians were coming to tell us about shabbat
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- Because people i think are burnt out
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- And even fed up with what
- 00:19:01.937 --> 00:19:03.472
- We're seeing in the way the culture has shifted.
- 00:19:03.472 --> 00:19:05.941
- You've got young daughters, teenagers.
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- I have two teenage daughters.
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- Talk about how shabbat could really.
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- The book's called shabbat revolution.
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- It could revolutionize things for generation z.
- 00:19:12.748 --> 00:19:15.618
- I believe that younger generation
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- And draw them closer to god and hopefully, adjust
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- Their priorities away from tech and towards god and family.
- 00:19:20.723 --> 00:19:24.326
- Unfortunately, i hear so many stories,
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- Both from jews and christians,
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- And i'm sure you hear the same thing.
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- People struggling with their children,
- 00:19:29.565 --> 00:19:31.133
- They're losing their children from the faith
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- And asking me what to do.
- 00:19:33.902 --> 00:19:35.271
- Just a i'm sure you get these questions as well.
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- And i always say shabbat.
- 00:19:37.640 --> 00:19:39.975
- Yeah, you've got to incorporate shabbat into your life.
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- Do our christian.
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- It doesn't make a difference.
- 00:19:44.346 --> 00:19:45.281
- And we don't have to do it the same way.
- 00:19:45.281 --> 00:19:46.715
- That's not the point.
- 00:19:46.715 --> 00:19:47.883
- But to have a day where you're sitting with your family,
- 00:19:47.883 --> 00:19:50.586
- A holy, a holy night where you sit at the table.
- 00:19:50.586 --> 00:19:53.822
- Your table is like an altar before god, right?
- 00:19:53.822 --> 00:19:56.225
- It's like the temple itself. our dining room tables.
- 00:19:56.225 --> 00:19:58.861
- And to be there, to have a day where you can actually transmit
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- To your children.
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- And we were they're not distracted. right.
- 00:20:03.198 --> 00:20:05.401
- If you do that
- 00:20:05.401 --> 00:20:06.568
- Week in, week out, over time our kids begin to absorb.
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- And they
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- They may not say it explicitly, they may not talk about it
- 00:20:11.540 --> 00:20:14.009
- Directly, but they begin to take in what you have to say.
- 00:20:14.009 --> 00:20:17.413
- I experience it with my own daughter, who,
- 00:20:17.413 --> 00:20:19.481
- You know, she was part of this.
- 00:20:19.481 --> 00:20:20.516
- She's part of this tiktok generation.
- 00:20:20.516 --> 00:20:22.651
- And there were several months where she was saying
- 00:20:22.651 --> 00:20:24.787
- Things at the table that i didn't agree with at all.
- 00:20:24.787 --> 00:20:27.589
- But you know what?
- 00:20:27.589 --> 00:20:28.757
- Week in, week out, she's there at the table with me.
- 00:20:28.757 --> 00:20:31.593
- She's back with me, you know.
- 00:20:31.593 --> 00:20:32.695
- So it's an amazing day of transmission.
- 00:20:32.695 --> 00:20:35.431
- And i'll tell you, i think this is really
- 00:20:35.431 --> 00:20:36.732
- The difference between israel and america.
- 00:20:36.732 --> 00:20:38.867
- This is what america can learn from israel today.
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- Our young people are our greatest generation.
- 00:20:42.504 --> 00:20:45.574
- You know,
- 00:20:45.574 --> 00:20:46.809
- We talk about the world war two generation in america today.
- 00:20:46.809 --> 00:20:49.411
- Our greatest generation are these young people
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- Who are literally protecting us
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- Every day, laying down their lives.
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- So how did they become so incredible?
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- Well, i stand up for 18 year olds
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- When they walk into the room.
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- How did they become so incredible?
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- I'll give you two reasons.
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- Number one is service.
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- Right?
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- Everybody, when they graduate high school,
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- They go to the army or they do national service.
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- My daughter's spending two years now at a hospital.
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- You know, changing seats, changing bedsheets.
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- It's good for the soul.
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- The second thing is shabbat, because in israel,
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- Even the people
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- Who are not quite as religious or they may not know as much
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- About being jewish.
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- Shabbat is part of the culture.
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- And so everybody spends, you know, friday night, shabbat day.
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- They spend it together with their family.
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- And over time, that means that that our values get transmitted
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- To the next generation.
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- And i think that's
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- What we need so badly here in the united states.
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- I say it all the time, rabbi, for sure.
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- Shabbat is the way for every family.
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- I mean great food, by the way.
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- Number one, great shabbat feasts.
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- But number two, great conversation.
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- Quality time with your family, with your kids,
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- With your wife, and quality time with god.
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- The entire family praying together,
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- The father blessing,
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- Praying over the kids, over the wife, over the mother.
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- It's amazing. there's nothing like shabbat.
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- And we're so glad you wrote this book, rabbi.
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- Shabbat revolution
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- A practical guide to weekly renewal focusing.
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- Pick it up amazon.com wherever books are.
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- So, rabbi. thanks.
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- Great job. we'll see you again soon.
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- Maybe next shabbat we will see you.
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- And coming up, my final thoughts.
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- Don't move.
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- Don't move.
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- Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight, folks.
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- As we wrap up
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- Here, i'm always astounded by any christian who says,
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- Look, god is done with israel and the jewish people.
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- I think of the book of psalms chapter 132, verses 13 and 14.
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- For the lord has chosen zion.
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- He has desired it for his dwelling, saying,
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- This is my resting place forever and ever.
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- Here i will sit enthroned, for i have desired it.
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- What part of forever and ever.
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- Do the critics and the haters of israel not understand?
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- And especially again, if you profess to follow jesus
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- And believe in the word of god, it's all right there.
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- The good news is
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- God sits on the throne now and forever and again.
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- He desires jerusalem, israel, zion.
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- Speaking of which, tomorrow night
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- A great friend of israel, pastor jack hibbs, is here.
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- You won't want to miss that until then.
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- God bless you and we'll see you soon.
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