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Erick Stakelbeck: How Israel is Shaping the Future | Stakelbeck Tonight

July 17, 2025 | 25:5

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: How Israel is Shaping the Future | Stakelbeck Tonight | July 17, 2025

Welcome to stakelbeck tonight.
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I'm erick stakelbeck.
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And president ronald reagan used to say that
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When it comes to dealing with the soviet union.
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Trust but verify,
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Reagan knew
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He was negotiating with an underhanded group of communists.
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And he took every necessary precaution.
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Trust but verify.
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Fast forward to today and attempts by the west
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To broker deals with radical islamic regimes.
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Folks, the mindset
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In any negotiations with the likes of iran's ayatollahs
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Must be don't trust, but verify and verify some more.
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What's happening right now in syria is a perfect example.
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A group of islamic terrorists led by a former al-qaida
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Leader seized power in syria back in december.
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That leader, ahmed al shara, went from wearing combat
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Fatigues and shouting allahu akbar to all of a sudden
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Sporting a suit and tie and meeting with western diplomats.
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He even changed his name.
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Until a few months ago, he was known as mohammad khaled
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Al ghailani.
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But lately, the man now known as ahmed al shara
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Has proclaimed that he wants good relations with the west
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And peace with israel.
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There have even been rumblings of syria joining the abraham
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Accords and officially normalizing relations
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With the jewish state.
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Well, all of that looks pretty unlikely right now,
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As this new syrian government goes on a violent rampage
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Against the country's religious minorities.
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We've seen the jihadis in charge attack
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Alawites and christians
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In recent months, and now they're going
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After another minority group, the druze.
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Over the past few days, syrian government forces
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Have brutally attacked druze communities in southern syria,
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Not far from the country's border with israel.
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Ahmed al shara, the former al qaida leader, has either
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Been unable or unwilling to stop these jihadist thugs.
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So israel has intervened.
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Remember, israel has a sizable druze population of its own,
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And at least 1000 of them stormed over the border
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Into syria yesterday to help their fellow druze
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Battle the jihadis.
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It's a chaotic situation and israel has carried out
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Airstrikes over the past 48 hours against syrian military
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Targets in the capital, damascus.
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Message sent here.
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Here's more from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu.
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Who has a lot of
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Domestic options as well.
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We commit war, but we shoot to hit.
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The telephone will follow tomorrow.
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They are going to go today to the gun in the likud.
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Will the government cope with the massacres and a bit of
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Time up to muzzle
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Historic after this?
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Like a lot of them, is
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The issue of scottish jews.
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We talked with small
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Little bit of buckshot.
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Let me talk to.
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We talk tomorrow.
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Almost. you. shalom for tomorrow.
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Shake it off for tomorrow with the helmet off for tomorrow.
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Be sure to.
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Folks.
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Key point there in the middle east especially,
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You establish peace through strength.
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Once the syrian jihadis felt the sting of israeli fighter
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Jets, they retreated.
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And hopefully things will now quiet down.
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But in the world's
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Most chaotic region, you can expect the unexpected.
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We saw it back in may, when president trump surprised
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Many by dropping sanctions against syria and giving ahmed
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Al shara a chance to prove that he was sincere about peace.
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The president felt it was worth the risk.
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If al shara truly has changed his spots,
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Then syria could potentially join the abraham
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Accords with israel and be flipped away
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From the likes of iran, china, russia and north korea.
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But if al shara is the same old al terrorist in sheep's
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Clothing,
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Sanctions will be back on and al shara could be driven
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Out of power.
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We may soon find out which way the winds will blow in syria.
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So why do events unfolding right now
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Over there matter to every american right here?
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Top adviser to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu.
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Caroline glick joins us to break it down.
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Next.
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Israel right now finds itself
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Facing not only serious threats, but also exciting,
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Even unprecedented opportunities in the middle east and beyond.
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No one knows this better than caroline
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Glick, international affairs
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Adviser to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu.
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She joins us now.
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Carolyn, always great to see you.
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And hey, we want to dig into syria, iran and all the latest.
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But you and i were both just in washington, d.c.
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Last week.
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You, of course, were part of
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The prime minister's delegation meeting with president trump.
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What were your big takeaways from those meetings, carolyn,
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Especially as this partnership between trump and bibi,
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I believe, is making history in real time.
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It seems like it was a great meeting overall.
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What were your big takeaways?
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Being part of that delegation and being in the room.
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I think what we're really seeing is,
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That these two extraordinarily leaders, president trump
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And the united states and prime minister netanyahu
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And israel have forged a common language of,
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How to contend with the threats in this region
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And the opportunities in this region.
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We've never had this kind of relationship
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Between an israeli, prime minister and american president.
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And they're changing the world.
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They're making the world safe again.
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It's just awesome to behold how the way that these two men
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Are able to interact and able to cooperate and collaborate
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On the most pressing issues for the survival
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And the prosperity of, the united states and of israel
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And really of the entire free world.
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Yeah.
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To churchillian leaders
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Partnering in real time, it's amazing to behold. carolyn.
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Hey, one of your great gifts
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As a columnist in your various roles
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Now, working, of course, for the prime minister,
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Has been breaking down the world's most complex region,
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The middle east.
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And why it matters to all of us.
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Syria right now, very, very much a tinderbox right now
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Near the israeli border, southern syria,
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This jihadi government on the march
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Clashing with the druze, israel intervening
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And protecting the druze and sending a message
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To that new government in damascus.
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Can you break it down a bit for our viewers?
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What exactly is happening there,
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And what are the stakes for israel and the region?
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So, it's a really good question,
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And it's really confusing even the people who live here.
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So just very briefly, syria is a multi-ethnic state.
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It's, got alawites who were the minority group
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That controlled syria
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From the 1960s until the fall of the assad regime,
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And they committed a genocide against the sunnis.
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And the sunnis, in syria are,
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Led right now by a jihadist group.
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Under, the supposed the presidency
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Of this man named, al julian here.
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Asherah is what he calls himself now,
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Who was an al-qaida terrorist throughout, previous decades.
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So he cleaned up.
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You put on a suit and a tie, the, and he,
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And he's presenting himself as a sort of moderate along
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The lines of recep erdogan. and,
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He, his forces, forces under his control.
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He claims, of course, that he doesn't control.
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But whatever.
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They went after the christians in the north,
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They went after the alawites,
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Along the coastline, with the mediterranean.
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And now they've gone after the druze in southern syria.
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And now, everything is kind of exploding.
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And so what israel said after us
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Film was that we were not going to
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Allow the militarization of southern syria
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Along our borders,
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And that we're going to protect the druze.
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We have druze, which is sort of an offshoot of shia islam.
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It's one of the two major types of islam,
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That live in northern israel.
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They also live in lebanon, and they live in syria,
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And they're loyal citizens of israel.
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And they have close relatives who live across the border
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In syria.
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And they want them to be protected.
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And they're just as there are our brothers
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In arms here in israel.
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So we're going to protect
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Their actual blood relations in syria.
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We made a pledge to them, just as they pledge
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Their allegiance to the jewish people
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In the
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State of israel, back going back to the founding of the state.
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So we have an obligation to them,
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And we have an obligation
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To our national security, that no jihadist force
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Is going to be allowed anywhere near the border.
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And so those were the two positions
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That we took right after the fall of assad.
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And now they went after the druze.
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They there are videos that i've been posting on my, x
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Account, and past
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Couple of hours of the extraordinary atrocities
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That they've committed against the druze civilians,
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Men, women and children in and around the city of soda.
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And so israel, true to our word,
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We said that we would not allow, tanks
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To come down to southern syria, and they've been sending tanks,
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And we're not going to allow atrocities against the jews,
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And they've been committing atrocities against the truth.
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So we took action in order
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To protect the jews and in the atrocities
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And to remove the military forces from southern syria.
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And so that's what's going on right now.
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There seems to be a bit
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Of a ceasefire,
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And the government forces seem to be leaving the area.
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And if they continue to do that, then,
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Then the ceasefire will silent.
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Yeah. carolyn.
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Great breakdown.
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And what we see, i think right now
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Before our very eyes is peace through strength in action.
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Prime minister netanyahu, the idf stepped up the jihadist
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Back down more international affairs advisor for prime
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Minister benjamin netanyahu after the break. look,
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The iranian regime is down, but the ayatollah is out.
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We'll break that down with carolyn 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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We're talking to the international affairs
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Advisor for israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu,
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Our good friend, carolyn glick.
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Carolyn, the iranian regime,
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Weakened, embarrassed in the eyes of the world
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After the 12 day war.
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Yet they don't be they don't seem to be getting the memo.
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They're still living threats against israel
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And against president trump even threatening to assassinate
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President trump.
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What's your take on the state of things for the iranian regime
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Right now?
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How weakened are they?
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And why do we all need to remain vigilant,
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As they inevitably probably will try to rearm?
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Well, i think that again, you know, prime minister netanyahu
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And president trump both spoken for peace through strength.
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And it's also the case that you get stability through strength.
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You get security through strength.
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And so to the extent that,
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Iran maintains its side of the ceasefire
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And, doesn't
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And now the americans
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Are in negotiations or thinking about
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Or trying to negotiate some sort of a,
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Agreement with
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Iran that will render permanent the, basic, outlines
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That were agreed upon with the ceasefire,
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That they would not enrich uranium, that they would not,
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Seek or develop,
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Ballistic missiles with a range
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Of about 300 miles and that they won't,
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Support terrorism,
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Terrorism and sponsor terrorism in the region.
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You know, if they if they agree to that, then,
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Then we'll have peace.
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And if not, then we're going to have to
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Perhaps have a little bit more strength.
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But i mean, i think that
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The basic outlines of israel's policies are very clear.
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They were made clear.
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As for the americans in the 12 day war, iran,
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The destabilizing regime that is,
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Really, oppressing its own people.
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80% of them hate the regime and want to ousted from power.
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It's been severely weakened.
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And so i think a lot of
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The bravado outside is to try to demonstrate power
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At home as well, to try to protect the regime.
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But i think, you know, the people were already
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I think there very clearly saw what happened,
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That israel was in control of the airspace over over ten.
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Iran, which was something that had never happened before.
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And they saw the way that israel protected the people of iran
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While taking out the nuclear sites of the scientists and the,
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Regime leaders who have been oppressing
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And murdering the people of iran for so many years.
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So i think that
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They realized that it is israel that's the problem here.
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And, you know,
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We just have to hope that they take their fate
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In their hands, but that's for them to do.
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In the meantime, the regime continues long,
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And we're just going to have to make sure that this regime
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Does committed
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To the annihilation of israel and the annihilation of america.
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They call death to israel, death to america.
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And as you said,
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They've already pledged to murder president trump,
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Whom they've tried to assassinate already twice.
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I think that,
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All hands on deck and all eyes on, their actions
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Make sure that,
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They don't have the wherewithal to carry out
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Any of their threats against either
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Israel, united states, or the people of iran.
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Hopefully. yeah. carolyn. great points.
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And look, israel
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And that iranian ideology is
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Only the little satan they referred to america
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As the great satan, the ultimate prize.
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And that's why it's so important.
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Carolyn, as you mentioned earlier,
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There's no daylight between prime minister netanyahu
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And president trump on this issue.
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And also, yes,
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The iranian people, as you mentioned,
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The main victims of this regime.
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Hey, about a minute left,
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The gaza situation, any closer to a cease fire,
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Perhaps there's carolyn,
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But i think the important point here is a cease fire
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That does not leave a hamas death cult in power in gaza.
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What's your take on that?
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Well, i think you're absolutely right.
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I mean, the prime minister has made very clear
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That his endgame is victory,
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And victory involves removing from us from power,
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Preventing them from seizing power in the future
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And returning all of our hostages home.
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There are 20 live hostages
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And 30 that have been murdered there.
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So we're we're wanting to get all of them home, and we're
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Working towards that goal.
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And we're also working towards the annihilation of hamas.
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Our military continues to carry out very,
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High intensity operations inside of gaza to that end,
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And also to the end of forcing
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Hamas to cross out the israelis who have been living,
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Under torture for over 600 days
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At the hands of these hamas monsters.
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Yeah, carolyn. great stuff.
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Great break down.
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Keep up the great work. god bless folks.
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Follow her on x across social media.
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Carolyn. we'll see you again soon.
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And coming up after the break,
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A primer on american patriotism from todd starnes.
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Folks, you won't want to miss this. that's next. stick around.
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Folks, you won't want to miss this. that's next. stick around.
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Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight, folks.
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Standing up for america's
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Biblical roots
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Has never been more important than it is right now.
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Todd starnes is back with a bold new devotional, star
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Spangled blessings devotions for patriots that reminds us
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That our nation was founded not just on freedom, but on faith.
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In a time when the woke mob
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Wants to embrace our christian heritage,
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Todd calls us to remember not only who we are,
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But as believers who we belong to.
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Take a look.
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Todd, great to see you as always.
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Congrats on the book.
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And one of the things
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I love about star spangled blessings is, number one,
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You delve into the faith of american patriots
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And into history and this great devotional book.
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But number two, you frame believers
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Today as ambassadors for christ and a broken culture.
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I love that term. ambassador for christ.
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Todd, tell us more about it and why you wrote the book
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At this moment in american history.
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Well, eric, first, thanks for having me on.
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Always love hanging out with you guys.
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And my coauthor and i'm michelle cox.
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She wrote the devotions series for a show
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Called wind calls the heart.
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And we love writing together.
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And this was an important thing for for both of us.
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Now michelle has grandchildren, and she wanted to write a book
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That would be compelling to her grandkids, a book
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That the entire family could sit down together and
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And read and and learn something about american history
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That they may not have learned.
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You know, erica,
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I think the issues that we're facing in this country are not
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Political issues as much as they are spiritual issues.
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I believe everything, that is happening in this
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Country has to be approached through a spiritual lens.
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You know,
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I believe
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That our founding fathers
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Meant for us to be a christian nation.
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A lot of people,
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They bristle at that or they they get upset about that.
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But the reality is, when you read the writings
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Of our founding fathers
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And i talk about this and star spangled blessings,
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You realize that our founding fathers
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Meant for our nation to follow the teachings
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And the precepts of the holy bible.
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You know, it was
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John adams, our second president,
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And he said that our constitution
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Is wholly inadequate
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For anyone other than a moral and a religious people.
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You say, well, what does that mean?
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Well, when you take
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God out of the public square, you get chaos in the culture.
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And i think we can all agree that we've got a heaping
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Helping dose of chaos in our culture these days.
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But it's not just our founding fathers, eric.
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We take a look at some modern day
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People that i consider to be heroes of the faith.
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People like dwight eisenhower.
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And i actually found him to be the one president,
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Our most religious president in modern political history,
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A man who told america that it was okay to talk about issues
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Like faith in the public marketplace.
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And, eric,
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One of the interesting stories we tell in the book is
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How dwight eisenhower came to faith in god,
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And how he became the very first president to be baptized
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After he became president after inauguration day.
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Hey, speaking of which, it seems
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We've got a bit of a return to faith in the white house.
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There's now a white house faith office
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Right next door to the west wing.
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President trump regularly credits god,
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Including this past weekend when he ordered the strike
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Against iran's nuclear facilities.
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He actually said, we love you, god.
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And i quote, that's the commander in chief saying that.
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Do you see stirrings here of possible revival?
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And can it start from the top here in america?
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Well, i absolutely believe it can start from the top.
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You know, i mentioned eisenhower.
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He was such a proponent of faith
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And the importance of going to church
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That church attendance during his administration rose
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20% from 49% to 69% of the american people.
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There's something very interesting happening.
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And president trump's life right now,
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And i think when you look back to the assassination attempt,
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This is a changed man and a man who is, truly,
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Dependent upon god, reliant upon god.
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We saw the same thing happen with ronald reagan.
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And i write about both of those men and the book,
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You know,
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It was donald trump
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Who said, just, gosh, about a year or so ago
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That if we really want to make america great again,
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Well, america has got to pray again,
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And america has got to read their bible again.
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This is coming from donald j.
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Trump.
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So yes,
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I do believe there's something happening
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Not just in the life of our president,
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But really in the life of our country.
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Eric, we are watching just thousands
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And thousands of of gen zers,
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Young americans that are surging back to the church house.
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They are hungry for truth.
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They're hungry to understand.
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What does it mean to be a follower of christ?
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And i think that's an exciting thing.
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And i think it's a reminder, as ronald reagan said, that
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Every generation,
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Every generation has to fight for freedom in this country.
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No doubt what's happening with generation
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Z right now is very encouraging.
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Hey, todd, last question.
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You've been very vocal about this rise of anti-semitism
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And anti-israel sentiment here in the united states.
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President trump has been a great defender of israel
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And the jewish people, of course.
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But what responsibility does the body of christ
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Have in standing against the anti-semitic madness?
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It troubles me because we're
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Seeing this rise of
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Anti-semitism coming into some republican circles now,
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And that is deeply disturbing.
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I stand with the people of israel, both on two fronts.
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First, as a as a christian,
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I believe
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We have a biblical mandate
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To stand alongside the nation of israel.
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And i certainly appreciate our great friend,
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Ambassador mike huckabee, who, by the way, endorsed this book
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As his last act before becoming ambassador.
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But also from a political standpoint, it's very practical
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That we have a treaty with israel,
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And they are an ally, and we must honor those treaties.
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And i commend president
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Trump for the way he's handled the situation with iran.
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I think it's worked out very well.
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And again,
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I think the israeli people and i hope and pray they know that
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The majority of the american people stand alongside of them.
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Amen. todd well said all around, my friend.
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Folks, the book is called star spangled blessings.
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You can pick it up at amazon.com wherever books are sold,
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It is. huckabee and beck tonight endorsed.
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No doubt. it's a great book for such a time as this.
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Be sure to follow todd on x across social media.
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Todd great job the book. we'll see you again soon my friend.
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Keep up the great work. god bless.
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Thanks, friend.
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Coming up, we've got storms at home and storms abroad,
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So how can we maintain peace through it all?
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My final thoughts on that after the break.
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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.
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Look, we've been talking about the chaos in syria.
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Just another example of our fallen world.
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So as a follower of jesus,
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How do we keep peace in the midst of all these storms,
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The waves crashing against us?
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I think of the book of psalms, chapter 91, verse two.
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I will say of the lord, he is my refuge and my fortress,
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My god, in whom i trust.
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Folks, jesus is the only way, especially in times like these.
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Cling to him and he will give you that peace that shalom.
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Hey, tomorrow. great show.
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Our good friend gordon chang is here.
00:23:10.981 --> 00:23:12.683
Ryan morrow as well.
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We're going around the globe with a great breakdown.
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Until then, god bless you.
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We'll see you soon.
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Erick Stakelbeck: How Israel is Shaping the Future | Stakelbeck Tonight

July 17, 2025 | 25:5

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