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Erick Stakelbeck: August 25, 2025 | Stakelbeck Tonight

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From wars and rumors of war abroad, to the rise of anti-Christian, "woke" ideology here at home, it’s clear that Americans are living in perilous and unprecedented times. Some would even say that we’re witnessing biblical prophecy unfold in real time. Stakelbeck Tonight will make sense of these stunning developments through a bold and biblical lens.

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Stakelbeck Tonight | Erick Stakelbeck: August 25, 2025 | Stakelbeck Tonight | August 25, 2025

Welcome to stakelbeck tonight i'm erick stakelbeck,
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Coming to you on location from our tbn israel studio
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In jerusalem.
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It is a beautiful night in god's one and only holy city,
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And we will be here all week,
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Standing shoulder to shoulder with the people of israel
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At a very critical moment
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For the world's one and only jewish state.
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Where do we even begin?
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Folks, first of all, the numbers do not lie.
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According to hamas's own data, the overwhelming
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Majority of those killed in gaza since october 7th
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Have been combat aged men, not women, not children.
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So much for the genocide narrative.
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Meanwhile, turkey is making major moves in syria.
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Iran is threatening
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New attacks and hezbollah could be in big trouble.
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It's a world's most chaotic and strategic region.
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And joining us now to break it all down is jonathan spyer,
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Frontline journalist, middle east analyst,
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Director of the middle east center
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For reporting and analysis and director of research
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At the middle east forum.
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Jonathan, always great to see you,
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Especially here in jerusalem.
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Hey, let's start with turkey.
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Recep erdogan, the islamist regime in istanbul,
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Making some major moves in syria that are very troubling.
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Jonathan.
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What is he up to?
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Well, i think it's really important
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For people to understand that the victory of terrorism
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And ultimately
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The sana in damascus back in december of last year
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Was, of course, their victory.
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But it was also the victory of turkey.
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It was only thanks to turkey maintaining an enclave
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In the northwest of the country,
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Idlib province, for eight states
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That was able to build up its forces and make that historic
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March down to damascus in late november december 2024.
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So turkey now intends to to to gain a dividend from that, so
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To speak.
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The new regime in damascus owes everything to turkey.
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Ajax was only a small organization
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Of around 45,000 fighters when they came into damascus.
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They don't have a real army.
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They don't have institutions. they don't have a police force.
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They don't know how to build an airport.
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They have nothing like any of those capacities.
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The ones who they're going
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To need to do it for them are turkey.
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And turkey is more than willing to do so, of course,
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Because when that's all done over the next two, three years,
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What you will have is a fully fledged
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Client state of turkey, a sunni islamist client state
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Of the islamist regime in ankara, down there in damascus
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And that's what turkey is building.
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And the plans for the airport, the plans for the army,
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The plans for the air force, the plans for the police
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And security services are all part of that.
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So the turkish government is actually going
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To build the new airport in damascus.
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Do i have that right? yep. that's what we're hearing.
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A dangerous thing at israel's doorstep.
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A regime in turkey
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That is hostile to the jewish state, for sure.
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Yeah. what does this mean for israel?
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What are the implications for israel
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To have turkey entrenched in syria?
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I think the implications are very, very worrying.
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I think israel is aware of that.
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That's to say that israel
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Has already, as you know,
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Moved forces into the formerly demilitarized zone just
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Adjoining the golan heights up to what's called the bravo line.
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Israel has acted militarily recently,
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Just as recently as july, to prevent,
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Sharon's new syrian army from coming down there
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Into the province and slaughtering
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Or helping the slaughter of the druze population down there.
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These are all indications
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That israel is aware of what's being built in syria.
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And israel is doing everything to keep to,
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First of all, keep it as far away from israel's border
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And israeli communities as possible.
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And that,
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I think, secondly, will be working
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Hard in the years to come to maybe disrupt
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And frustrate some of the efforts of turkey
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And the islamists to expand across syria.
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And after that, of course, to deter
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Whatever it is that emerges when that process is done.
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Yeah. syria.
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Jonathan, i think one thing that's so troubling about it
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Is that turkey is a nato member nation.
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Yeah, well that's right.
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And it seems that
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Erdogan is looking to fill a vacuum now
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In the region
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With the smashing of iran and its proxies,
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Which we'll talk about in a second.
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So a troubling time.
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You mentioned swadia in syria.
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What about this new syrian government?
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I'll share.
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Obviously, we hear rumblings.
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Maybe he'll even join
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The abraham accords and make peace with israel.
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We've had outreach from the west to him and to his new regime.
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You've spent time on the ground in syria.
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What's your take on this new regime?
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Again, al shara not so long ago was an al commander, right?
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That's right. well, i think that's maybe the key point.
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Look, the fact is,
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This is not the first time
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That we have
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Had the experience of sunni islamists in government
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In the middle east, in a local neighborhood, actually.
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And up until now, we have 100% right of complete
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Catastrophe as a result of that. right?
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Let's think about it from what we have,
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The muslim brotherhood in egypt to within one year,
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We are already taking egypt back
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Into the war path with israel, and would have done
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That had they not been taken out of power.
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We have hamas in gaza,
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And we don't need to say any more about that.
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We have the islamic state in iraq and syria,
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And we probably don't need to add any more about that.
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So those are the three examples
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We have over the last decade of islamists
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In governance for some reason or other.
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Some people in the west think, no, no,
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This time it's all going to be different.
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Well, i have news for them.
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It generally isn't going to be all that different.
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As albert einstein said,
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You know,
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Definition of insanity
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Is trying the same thing again and again
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And expecting a different result.
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That's what i think
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Western policy is doing with regard to syria.
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I think they're mistaken,
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But i think israel can't afford
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To be caught up in their mistakes. yeah.
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Speaking of another republic, if you can call it that,
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The islamic republic of iran, jonathan,
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At a low point right now, clearly
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After the 12 day work force
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And the destruction of its nuclear weapons sites.
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What's the state of things in the iranian regime right now?
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And do you expect perhaps another round between iran
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And israel in the near future?
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Well, first of all, i think we should remember that
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The iranian regime is in a very low point domestically as well.
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We're seeing, in a sense, the results of its complete
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Mismanagement of the reins
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Of iran's natural resources really coming,
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You know, to their to their natural conclusion.
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At the moment, there are water shortages.
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There are electricity shortages also up to
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And including in the capital of tehran.
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I was told that even the doomsday clock,
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You know, the clock
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That's supposed to measure the minutes
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Until israel is supposedly destroyed in 2040,
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Even that stopped as a result of electricity cuts.
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So you can see
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Just how bad things are for the iranian regime.
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And yet when it comes to their external relations.
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So they took absolutely a battering
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At the hands of israel in the course of the recent months.
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And i think they are now licking their wounds
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And looking to get back in the game.
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And this is something i think we do
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Need to be aware of and not to be overly euphoric.
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For sure,
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There were real achievements in the course of the 12 day war,
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But with the exception of assad regime in syria,
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Which disappeared, of course, earlier than that,
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All the assets that iran had
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On the table across the region are still there.
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They're weakened, but they're still there.
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So the iranian
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Regime is determined to begin the long process of rebuilding
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Both its own military capacities
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And indeed, the capacities of its proxies.
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It wants to get back in the game.
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We should all be watching that process very carefully.
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Yeah, we wish them very bad luck, needless to say.
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About 45 seconds left.
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One of those assets that has been severely weakened.
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Hezbollah in lebanon.
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There are rumblings
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Of the lebanese government may move to disarm hezbollah.
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Is that possible?
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Will hezbollah just give up its arms without a fight?
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About 45 seconds left.
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Hezbollah in lebanon will not give up
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Its arms without a fight.
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And the movement's current leader, named custom
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And custom, has been very clear on that.
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Having said that, there is, i think, a greater chance
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Than any time really, over the last decade
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And a half or two decades that the lebanese,
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A lebanese government might try that.
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I'm not convinced yet that will happen,
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But i think we have a greater chance of that,
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At least than any time in recent memory.
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It could be the dawning of a new middle east. yeah.
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God willing, thanks to israel's peace through strength policy.
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I think great breakdown as always, my friend.
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Folks, file jonathan on x across
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Social media, the middle east forum as well.
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Coming up after the break, top middle east journalist
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Based here in jerusalem for the past 25 years.
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Our good friend chris mitchell from cbn news joins us.
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Don't move.
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Don't move.
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Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight.
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We are in jerusalem.
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And we are joined
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Now by someone who has been on the front lines
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Of middle east reporting for decades.
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Our good friend
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Cbn middle east
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Bureau chief chris mitchell from his base here in jerusalem.
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Chris has covered wars, peace talks and terror attacks.
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And he brings us an inside look at what's really happening
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On the ground here in israel.
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From the plight of the hostages still held by hamas
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To the shifting alliances reshaping the region to what
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It all means for believers around the world, including you.
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Chris, great to have you with us.
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Is always great to be with you again. yes.
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Place? yes.
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Our favorite place to get together here in jerusalem.
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Yeah. your home base? yeah.
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Hey, before we dig into what's happening in the region,
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Chris, take us back to your arrival in jerusalem.
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2000. yeah, 20 august 17th, 2000.
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25 years.
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Just a few days ago.
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And, it just an extraordinary adventure.
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You know, it goes back, i think i was here in 1997,
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My second time, when i came to jerusalem, and i went to a,
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Message with derek prince,
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The late bible teacher, and he related a story in 1948.
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He wanted
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To live here in jerusalem after he got out of the british army.
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An elderly jewish woman said, well, derek,
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You don't choose jerusalem.
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Jerusalem chooses you.
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And when he said that, it pierced my heart.
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And i thought, lord, are you choosing us for jerusalem?
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Three years later, two years later, we were here.
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My wife,
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There's three kids, you know, philip, kathleen and grace.
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They were here.
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And, beginning of adventure.
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Didn't realize i'd be here this long,
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But have been able to see
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History unfold, prophecy unfold in jerusalem,
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The crossroads of history and prophecy.
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We like to say you are the dean of middle east journalists.
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Hey. and a little known fact, folks.
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Liz, your great wife moved here without even visiting.
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Yeah, she'd never been here.
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And i have to say, what a trooper she was.
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Because five weeks after we got here, august 17th,
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September 28th, the second intifada began.
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That was about a four year period of suicide bombings,
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Terror attacks, shootings close to home, school and work.
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She stayed.
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It was as if we.
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We didn't even have
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A conversation to the two of us saying, well, did we miss it?
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Is it too dangerous, particularly for our kids?
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But we knew god was going to take care of them.
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It was like living out psalm 91, that he that dwells
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In the secret place of the most high
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Shall abide under the shadow of the almighty.
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And he protected us
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Through that very dangerous, difficult time.
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Yet raising kids during that time.
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Tumultuous period here, suicide bombings in jerusalem.
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Yeah.
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Our daughter kathleen was very close to one two blocks away.
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The suicide, the bus blew up, and the, kathleen calls me.
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I was around this neighborhood.
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She calls me, say, dad, come and get me.
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So that was,
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You know, one of the tumultuous experiences
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We all went through, and particularly the children.
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My daughter kathleen likes to say
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It ruined them for the ordinary by living here.
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Yeah. now, there's no place like that for sure.
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Okay. we know what brought you here.
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You were called by the lord. what keeps you here?
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That's calling that same calling.
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It's never left.
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It's just a privilege to be here.
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It's a privilege to report on what's happening here.
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Watching prophecy unfold.
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And i think an important
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Being a watchman on the wall like you are.
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Eric, you're a watchman on the wall.
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And i think particularly now, after october 7th,
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When the world is turning against the jewish people,
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The world is turning against israel.
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When lies are being told, when deception is really
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You know, spreading globally and these, these attacks
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Against israel and the jewish people,
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I think more than ever
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It's important to be standing on the walls
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Of jerusalem, standing with the jewish people
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And standing for truth during these very deceptive,
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Dangerous days. you know, chris, we talk about bible prophecy.
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We're living in it right now.
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Do you see this dramatic, horrific turning against israel
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And against the jewish people, including in the west,
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Go to a place like london, new york city?
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It's vicious.
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Do you see this as a prophetic signpost?
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I do, i think zechariah said, the nations of the world
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Are going to
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Come against israel,
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And they're going to come against this city.
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You see that happening and you see, you know, so many
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Global anti-semitism has just exploded
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Globally, so irrational.
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Yeah, the hatred of the jewish people is irrational.
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It is less than 1% of the world's total population.
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Yeah.
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It's insane. yeah.
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And you would think western civilization would be standing
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With the jewish people against this jihadist, entity
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That wants to destroy the jewish people. yeah, yeah.
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And this is the birthplace
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Of western civilization, the ten commandments,
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The teaching of jesus and western civilization. yeah.
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So we see prophecy unfolding.
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We see the nations of the world
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Coming against the jewish people, global anti-semitism.
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But we also see the,
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The aliyah, the jewish people returning to the land.
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We see that when you go down to ben-gurion airport.
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And i think that's going to we're going to see more of that.
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I think we're going to see
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Prophecy unfolding even more as we look, even as we see
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The shifting sands in the middle east.
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These nations,
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Sometimes coming together, sometimes coming against israel,
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We're going to see an alliance
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Against the jewish people in the state of israel.
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And, we're here to report on it.
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And i think so much people,
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And especially the church, really need to understand
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What's happening biblically and historically,
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Because sometimes they don't have any more rings.
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What is is is israel really committing genocide?
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Is it really apartheid?
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And i think sometimes they're getting a little wobbly
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And and their faith is, is really israel a biblical
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Called by god, a covenant nation under god's promises?
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And i think it's so important for the church to understand
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That and know what the bible says about this land.
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Discernment is so badly needed right now
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In these times of misinformation,
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Especially regarding israel.
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And we've got a man with a whole lot of the sermon,
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Our good friend chris mitchell,
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Who'd be joining us after the break.
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What about the trump effect here in israel?
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What's the latest with iran? how wobbly is that regime?
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More with chris mitchell after the break from jerusalem.
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Stick around.
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Stick around.
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Welcome back to
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Stakelbeck tonight we are in jerusalem, god's
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One and only holy city with our dear friend
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Chris mitchell,
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Cbn middle east bureau chief host of jerusalem dateline.
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Check him out folks on ex facebook across social media.
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Chris the trump effect now
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Being based in the united states,
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I see it very clearly on domestic soil for sure.
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Yeah, but talk about the impact president trump has returned
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Office has had here in israel and across the middle east.
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You could argue, i think eric, in his first administration,
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He's been the most pro-israel president in history
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Of all the things he did, moving the embassy here, declaring
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The golan heights sovereign israeli territory
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And so many other things that he's done.
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But even i think more in just the last,
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Since january 20th, what he has done, he's stood with israel,
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He's changed the whole dynamic from the biden administration
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For four years of that, which i think
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Israel just struggled through.
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I think the kind of, opposition
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They were getting from the biden administration,
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On one hand,
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Tied behind their back in gaza every time they tried to act
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With iran as well.
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And finally, after so many years of wondering
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If israel is going to attack iran's nuclear facilities,
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They did it with the backing, the green light,
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And with those b-2 bombers helping, you know, take out
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Natanz and is farhan and, and those major iranian sites.
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So the trump effect has been huge.
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It's really changed
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The whole dynamic in the in the region, not only israel
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And iran, but also, you know, he's really,
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Created such a new atmosphere in the region.
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Yet peace through strength works, right?
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We see it works time and time again.
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We see under president trump and number two, chris
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Trump and netanyahu that pairing.
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Yeah, it's almost like a pair of churchill's together.
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What do you make of that historic. yeah.
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Because they they play off each other.
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They're men
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That really do have that churchillian, attitude about.
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They have a clear understanding of what the threats are facing
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Israel and the west, and to have them both working
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Together is historic and even biblical, perhaps. no.
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Agreed, agreed.
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And hey, speaking of the destruction
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Of iran's nuclear weapons facilities
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You and i talked about that was coming.
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We told our viewers for 20 years, i'm sure it's coming,
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Folks.
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It finally came in june 2025.
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What were your thoughts when it finally all went down?
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In the midst of that 12 day war?
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The u.s. joined in. yeah.
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Prophetic. historic. yeah.
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I mean, world changing.
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Yeah.
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Well, i think a lot of people here
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In, in israel, we're finally saying
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Finally they're really doing it.
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This is that existential threat that,
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That had been facing israel for two decades.
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And finally it's happening.
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It only lasted 12 days.
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But what an amazing, miracle was 12 days.
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Not a pilot lost, not a plane lost.
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And a few tragic,
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People that died and, buildings that were destroyed
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But minimal compared to what could have happened.
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Yeah.
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It just just the hand of god seemed to be protecting
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Israel during that time.
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And, defending against its worst enemy for years.
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And then even before that, eric, as you
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We have both reported, hezbollah is nothing.
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What it was hamas is nothing.
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The houthis, as well as these are,
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Militias in iraq and syria.
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This ring of fire that we've talked about
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Was extinguished.
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Yes, in many ways, yeah. no doubt.
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And, chris, you've been covering all of this
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This seven front war that israel has been locked in
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Since october 7th.
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You're on the ground in all the hotspots.
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Have you seen a number of miraculous stories?
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Have you seen evidence of god's hand at work
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Protecting the idf, going ahead of the idf and
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And providing a divine iron dome over his land and his people?
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Well, we have we hear many stories
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Of coming out of gaza, many of the idf
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Soldiers, tragically, almost 900 now have died and perished.
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Thousands, wounded.
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But still we hear stories of miracles inside gaza
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And in throughout these 25 years, really miracle stories.
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People coming to faith through dreams and visions.
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Muslims. yeah.
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Muslims coming to faison. yeah.
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So we see god's hand here.
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And i think
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In the midst of all the players, the geopolitical players,
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It's really,
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You know, the holy spirit and god's hand
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Working in the affairs of men, preparing for his return
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Over there on the mount of olives.
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And i think it's incumbent on all of us
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To get ready to be prepared, he said.
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When you see all these things happening,
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Look up for your redemption draweth nigh.
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And i think it's, we need to be prepared individually.
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God, what do you want us to do in our lives?
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Wherever we are?
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We want to be faithful to you until when?
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When either you come and take us home
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Or we go home, you know, we want to be ready to see him
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So he can say, well done, good and faithful servant.
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Serving folks right over our shoulders
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There, the mount of olives.
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Jesus will lay his foot one day, perhaps soon.
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Who knows?
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Hey, about a minute left
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Before the break, chris, last question.
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In terms of big developments here in the region,
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The abraham accords,
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Gathering steam once again, it seems with president
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Trump back in office, with iran weakened,
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Saudi arabia perhaps coming to the table,
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Do you see some movement coming there in the near future?
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Yeah, i think, the war in gaza has to wrap up.
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I think,
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And hopefully there'll be a victory over hamas
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That hamas will know
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Longer, be able to have an influence
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On the people of gaza and on that, region.
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But when that happens,
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Then i think we may see movement with saudi arabia,
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Maybe azerbaijan, maybe other nations coming in,
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Maybe there'll be some sort of, normalization with syria.
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We'll see.
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But it really does look like,
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Once the war's over, i think there's going to be
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A change in the whole middle east,
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And maybe there'll be a season
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Just to really season here of peace. yeah.
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In, in the region.
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And then maybe, maybe even bigger things will have.
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That seems simple.
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Maybe it's on the horizon for sure.
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Hey, about 20s this new syrian government, your thoughts?
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Jury's still out about that.
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I think you talked to jonathan. yes. yeah. we did.
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I think that, it's, you see, islamist governments
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Here in the history, it doesn't look well,
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It doesn't bode well.
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And israel's doing it. we can to protect itself.
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Yes, chris. great breakdown as always, folks.
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No one does it.
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Better check them out
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Cbn news jerusalem dateline x across social media.
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And coming up after the break we're gonna
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Close out in prayer with chris from right here in jerusalem.
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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 here from jerusalem,
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A few quick programing notes.
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Number one, we have the great chris mitchell here tonight.
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Of course, for night one of our israel series.
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Number two
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Will be back here in jerusalem tomorrow night
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With the co-host of boots on the ground right here on tbn,
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Our good friend jair pinto and marty shoshone.
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And then on wednesday, the u.s.
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Ambassador to israel, mike huckabee, will be right here.
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Tbn viewers, of course, know him very well.
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Okay, chris, we want to head out in prayer.
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But real quick, i kind of buried the lead.
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You were in gaza, inside gaza just a few days ago.
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Tell us real quick about what you saw.
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We saw the gaza humanitarian foundation in action,
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Delivering thousands of packages to directly to gazans
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So they can have food and what they need.
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And it undermines
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The lie that there's a genocide and there's starvation inside,
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The gaza strip.
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And israel is doing
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Everything they can to provide that you military and aid hamas
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Steals it.
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Sometimes the u.n. doesn't deliver it.
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But the gaza humanitarian foundation is doing a great job.
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Yeah. so glad.
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And so are you so glad you were there on the ground
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Bringing us the firsthand on the ground view.
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Chris, so much to pray about.
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Obviously, you can tell folks more conversation tonight.
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Chris, can you take us out in prayer?
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And i hear that here in jerusalem, it's a local call.
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They told me that that's what they say.
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So can we pray? well, father, we just thank you.
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Will you command us to pray for the peace of jerusalem?
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And here we are
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Overlooking your city that you call it by your name.
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We pray for that peace we, lord.
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We pray for your return.
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We pray that we would be faithful.
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And lord, i just pray for each and everyone
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Watching right now and listening.
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Lord, bless them wherever they are physically,
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Emotionally, financially.
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Lord, help us all.
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Be faithful to you the calling that you have for our lives.
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So as i said before,
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We can see you face to face, you'll be able to say,
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Well done, good and faithful servants.
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We pray for wisdom for the leaders
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Here in israel
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And america and the region, that they would be led by
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You and have the wisdom they need from above.
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We ask this in
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Jesus name and bless eric and all the team here at tbn.
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In jesus name, amen.
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Chris. great as always, my friend. thank you.
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God bless.
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Keep it up.
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And hey folks, tomorrow night again
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We're here in jerusalem all week.
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Yaya and marty tomorrow night, mike huckabee wednesday night.
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You won't want to miss it until tomorrow night.
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God bless you and we'll see you soon.
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Erick Stakelbeck: August 25, 2025 | Stakelbeck Tonight

August 25, 2025 | S25 E825 | 25:5

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