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Stakelbeck Tonight | Erick Stakelbeck: What Will Iran Do Next? | Stakelbeck Tonight | July 7, 2025
- Welcome to stakelbeck tonight.
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- I'm erick stakelbeck,
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- And there is an urgent need for prayer here in texas.
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- Right now, at least 89 people were killed in flash
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- Floods that struck central texas on the 4th of july.
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- And that number includes at least 27 children.
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- Can't mystic, an all girls christian summer camp in hunt,
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- Texas, saw dozens of campers and counselors killed,
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- And at least
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- Ten campers are still missing due to the catastrophic
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- Flooding that began when the guadalupe river overflowed
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- As a storm pounded the region with torrential rains.
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- Here was texas senator ted cruz.
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- I will say, for many of us,
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- Those are friends and neighbors who've lost children.
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- To multiple kids
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- Who go to school with my girls.
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- The mayor asked for prayers.
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- And i want to say thank you to the millions of texans,
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- To the millions of americans, to the millions of people
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- All over the world right now who are praying,
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- Praying for texas and praying for those parents.
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- Now, there have been close to 900 high water rescues
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- Since last friday, and survivors have shared gut wrenching
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- Accounts of what they saw and personally experienced.
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- Folks, we ask you to join our entire tbn family in prayer
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- For this horrible situation and that we see god work
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- Some miraculous survival stories in the hours and days to come.
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- And please pray for comfort and healing for all those
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- Who were injured or lost, loved ones and property.
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- Well, as our prayers are with everyone in texas today,
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- We also continue to pray for the peace of jerusalem.
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- It's a biblical mandate,
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- And in the wake of israel's stunning
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- Victory over iran last month
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- In what's
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- Now being called the 12 day war, prime minister
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- Benjamin netanyahu was in washington, d.c.
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- Today meeting with president trump.
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- The two leaders, of course,
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- Discussed teaming up to destroy iran's nuclear weapons program.
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- Israeli airstrikes initially damaged the iranian sites,
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- And then the president sent in u.s.
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- B-2 bombers on june 21st to finish the job
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- At iran's fordo, natanz and isfahan sites.
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- The goal
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- Now is to make sure
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- That iran cannot restart its nuclear program
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- And replenish its ballistic missile stockpiles,
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- Which israel severely damaged during the war.
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- But iran wasn't the only item on trump and bebe's agenda today.
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- Yemen's houthi and iranian proxy continue to fire missiles
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- At israel and harass shipping in the red sea, even as israel
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- Carried out massive airstrikes in yemen earlier today.
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- So the houthis remain a problem that must be dealt
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- With for both israel and the united states.
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- And of course,
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- The situation in gaza was certainly front and center
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- In today's discussions at the white house as well.
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- President trump says we could see
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- A ceasefire deal this week
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- That would see several of the remaining 20 live
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- Israeli hostages released from hamas captivity.
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- A senior hamas official said today that the terror group
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- Has lost some 80% of its territory in gaza,
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- And that virtually its entire leadership has been wiped out.
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- All that's left now is for israel to finish the job.
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- Folks, at the end of the day,
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- I believe the close pairing of benjamin netanyahu
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- And donald trump marks
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- The most consequential union of world leaders
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- That we've seen since ronald reagan, margaret
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- Thatcher and pope john paul the second worked together
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- To help bring down the soviet union.
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- And like winston churchill, confronted the nazis
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- During world war two.
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- Trump and bibi recognize the gathering storm
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- Of a nuclear iran, and they acted boldly and decisively.
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- The result is a new day for the middle east.
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- And coming up, we're joined
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- By one of the world's foremost experts on the region
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- To break it down. that's next.
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- President trump
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- And prime minister netanyahu met today at the white house.
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- As history is unfolding in the middle east.
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- Thanks in large part to their bold leadership,
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- Is the world's most chaotic region,
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- About to experience an unprecedented period of peace.
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- Or are there more shockwaves to come?
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- Joining us now to break it down is our good
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- Friend, doctor walid phares, co
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- Secretary general of the trans atlantic parliamentary group.
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- Former advisor to president trump, bestselling author
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- Of iran an imperialist republic and u.s.
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- Policy, and of course,
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- One of the world's top experts on the middle east,
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- Global geopolitics and national security.
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- Walid, always great to see you.
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- And hey, what a day.
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- Bibi netanyahu, president trump and historic pairing.
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- They just brought down iran's nuclear weapons program.
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- Walid, what are the chances that the iranian regime tries
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- To rebuild that program, tries to replenish its
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- Ballistic missile stockpiles and will the u.s.
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- And israel perhaps have to keep a check on that
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- In the weeks and months to come, and perhaps even act again
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- If iran tries to rebuild that program?
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- Absolutely.
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- These are the hottest subjects now in washington, d.c.,
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- In many other capitals, including in the middle east.
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- So thank you for having me on this very important subject.
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- These two leaders,
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- President trump, prime minister bibi netanyahu
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- Reminds me of the american
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- President and the british prime minister
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- During in the midst of world war two against the nazis.
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- That's the reality of things at this point in time.
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- Yes, they both, wear the warriors,
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- Allies against the islamic regime in iran,
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- The united states under, president trump.
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- Destroyed, actually, the, iran nuclear sites.
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- They will not be able the regime won't
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- Be able to reestablish whatever was there,
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- When these strikes took place, at least before
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- Maybe we years the minimum, maybe three, maybe four.
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- So to answer,
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- You know, your question from that angle,
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- The regime will have to find something else.
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- The regime will have to spend their money made during the
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- Iran deal,
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- Agreement under obama.
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- And then biden administration.
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- If you combine both, that's $170 billion given to that regime.
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- So they're going to craft something,
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- And i expect that they're going to mostly fund
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- Terrorist organizations.
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- They're going to also mostly spread their influence
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- Within the united states, within western europe.
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- What we see on our streets since october 7th is growing
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- Bigger and bigger.
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- My concern is that they would arm
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- Jihadists who would targeted us, target us here at home.
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- But obviously the prime minister of israel,
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- President of the united states, as you just ask,
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- Will be looking very closely at is as to what is happening
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- Inside the islamic regime
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- In iran and in lebanon, with hezbollah, in yemen,
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- With the houthis, who from time to time
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- They love all these, missiles.
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- So we are in the middle of the road
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- Where the president is trying to stabilize the middle east,
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- But the enemies of peace are still there and strong.
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- Yeah, iran will not quit.
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- And although the ring of fire has been severely weakened.
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- Walid, as you just laid out
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- The houthis in yemen, i'm sure that will be discussed
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- Today at the white house between trump and bibi.
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- The houthis in yemen continue to fire ballistic missiles
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- At israel, continue to harass shipping in the red sea.
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- It's a tough nut to crack.
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- It seems likely that whoopi threat
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- What exactly can be done there?
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- Israel and the u.s., of course,
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- Have severely weakened the houthis through airstrikes,
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- And yet they continue the houthis
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- To launch ballistic missiles at the end of the day.
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- What's the solution?
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- Is there a solution for that? who?
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- The menace in yemen?
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- Yes, there is, erick.
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- Well, the u.s.
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- And israel, each one, you know, with their different role,
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- We have the navy, a heavy presence of the navy.
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- We have also, air force there.
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- We have special forces.
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- The israelis have their air force,
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- Which comes all the way from from israel, along the,
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- The red sea and hit and hit hard.
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- But the air war basically is to deter the houthis, is
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- To destroy as much as possible their icbms capabilities.
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- But at the end of the day,
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- And we learned it from the saudis, the emiratis, before
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- Under the biden administration, when they tried
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- And tried to defeat the who it is. and guess what?
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- The houthis were not the ones who, you know, push them back.
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- It was the biden administration,
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- The biden administration in 2021.
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- Almost ordered,
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- The saudis and the emiratis
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- To stop their war against this militia
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- And then delisted the houthis, by the way, which reinforced
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- The houthi for power and the regime in iran.
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- Islamic regime in iran kept sending those weapons.
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- So we are facing a situation which was caused
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- By at least four years of the biden administration.
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- And of course, it was caused originally,
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- I keep repeating, by the iran deal, offered by the, by the,
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- The obama administration.
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- Now, what needs to happen?
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- And that's a decision
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- That most of the united states will have to make
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- Is to allow allies on the ground.
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- What many people in the public
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- Here don't know is that south of the houses,
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- There is an area which is capital.
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- Now, the interim capital is called adam.
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- That is southern yemen forces down about like 70,000 forces.
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- If those are supported and they are yemenis,
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- And they have had successes against the houthis in the past,
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- If those are unleashed with an air superiority by the u.s.
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- And israel, your houthis will be gone.
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- That is a question that the president only can answer.
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- Yeah.
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- It's almost as if the houthis
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- Are the last man standing, so to speak.
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- Hezbollah, hamas have been smashed.
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- Of course, we'll talk more about that
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- With doctor walid phares after the break.
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- What about lebanon?
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- What about syria?
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- What about prospects for peace between those two nations
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- And israel?
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- Is it really possible we'll break it down
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- With doctor walid phares after the break? don't move.
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- With doctor walid phares after the break? don't move.
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- Welcome back to
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- Stakelbeck tonight we're going around the horn
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- In the world's
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- Most chaotic and strategic region in the middle east
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- With our good friend, doctor walid phares,
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- Author of iran and imperialist republic and u.s.
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- Policy, and a former advisor, of course, to president trump.
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- Walid, you've been
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- Talking a lot recently on x and elsewhere about syria.
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- We've got rumblings now that the new syrian leadership
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- May actually make peace with israel.
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- Number one, can this new syrian regime be trusted?
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- And number two,
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- What should the trump administration's
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- Posture be towards the syrian leadership,
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- Which has a jihadi past?
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- Of course.
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- What a fantastic question.
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- It reminds me of our discussions over the past 25 years.
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- First of all, the good news is that the,
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- Syrian regime, the baathist regime in syria, assad is gone.
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- So that's a plus.
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- And then the strategic relations
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- Between hezbollah and the mothership
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- Regime in
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- Iran is impossible now because of that change in syria.
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- Having said that, there are some news
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- That we need the attention of the public,
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- The american public, the western public,
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- Which is that the regime now in syria, which was
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- A sham, is a jihadi organization.
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- It has not changed their ideology.
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- They have
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- Committed a lot of attacks against, christians in the past,
- 00:11:55.725 --> 00:11:58.661
- But mostly alawite civilians in the northwestern part
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- Of, of syria is threatening the kurds to disarm them.
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- And most lately, they have been also threatening.
- 00:12:05.968 --> 00:12:09.005
- The druze is israel's ally.
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- So that has to be taken into consideration.
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- There have been massacres along the coast
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- Of northwestern syria. the military and coast.
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- But at the same time,
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- International community wants stability.
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- So we have to be balancing between stability
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- And the rights of these communities.
- 00:12:24.954 --> 00:12:27.390
- Best thing to happen is to give those communities
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- Self protection, autonomous, like the kurds in northern iraq.
- 00:12:30.760 --> 00:12:35.031
- That was the best project was done in iraq
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- For many, many years.
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- So i hope congress
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- And the administration will craft a policy
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- That would tell this regime, okay,
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- You want to give an experience, you're going to try to change.
- 00:12:43.906 --> 00:12:46.909
- We have some time for this, but we don't have time to see
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- Your militias attacking alawites, druze,
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- Christians and could as far as a peace
- 00:12:52.982 --> 00:12:56.319
- Treaty, you know, what is jihadist?
- 00:12:56.319 --> 00:12:58.454
- They're going to tell you always stories.
- 00:12:58.454 --> 00:12:59.956
- So we'll have but you will have to
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- Idea that syria as a country is moving towards peace.
- 00:13:02.892 --> 00:13:06.128
- But that regime has to reform first.
- 00:13:06.128 --> 00:13:08.197
- We need to see the reform.
- 00:13:08.197 --> 00:13:09.732
- We need to hear them saying we are letting go of jihadism.
- 00:13:09.732 --> 00:13:13.135
- Once that is done, then we are going to,
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- A peace agreement and eventually to the abraham accords.
- 00:13:16.939 --> 00:13:19.675
- Let's see what happens on the ground.
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- Yeah, great points all around walid and, hey, next door
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- To syria and lebanon, a place you know very well
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- There are attempts
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- To get iran's most lethal proxy, hezbollah, to disarm.
- 00:13:28.150 --> 00:13:32.355
- Do you think those attempts will be successful?
- 00:13:32.355 --> 00:13:35.057
- Hezbollah. of course.
- 00:13:35.057 --> 00:13:35.992
- They were smashed in the war with israel,
- 00:13:35.992 --> 00:13:37.627
- But they still possess a very large arsenal of weapons.
- 00:13:37.627 --> 00:13:40.897
- What are the odds that hezbollah would actually disarm,
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- Or that the lebanese government could get them to disarm?
- 00:13:44.133 --> 00:13:46.569
- Oh goodness, erick, i've worked on this matter
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- Since at least 2004, when we got a un resolution
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- From the security council that actually asked the vast
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- Forces to withdraw from lebanon.
- 00:13:56.946 --> 00:13:58.481
- They did a few months later, but then, hezbollah to disarm it.
- 00:13:58.481 --> 00:14:03.152
- You know, hezbollah refused to disarm
- 00:14:03.152 --> 00:14:04.720
- As long as the mothership.
- 00:14:04.720 --> 00:14:05.855
- And in iran, the communist regime held them.
- 00:14:05.855 --> 00:14:08.858
- Do not disarm. do not surrender.
- 00:14:08.858 --> 00:14:11.327
- Iran wants hezbollah to stay on in lebanon,
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- Not just to threaten
- 00:14:14.397 --> 00:14:15.564
- The lebanese and establish a hostile regime in lebanon,
- 00:14:15.564 --> 00:14:19.201
- But to be on the front against israel.
- 00:14:19.201 --> 00:14:21.771
- That's the real reason. so.
- 00:14:21.771 --> 00:14:23.506
- So the question of
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- Is the administration on, on the, is israel
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- Are the arab moderates in one line
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- To request the disarming of hezbollah?
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- Absolutely.
- 00:14:33.316 --> 00:14:34.483
- And the us is putting a lot of diplomatic posture.
- 00:14:34.483 --> 00:14:36.852
- Israel has done
- 00:14:36.852 --> 00:14:38.020
- A lot of bombing in the past, and we know the results.
- 00:14:38.020 --> 00:14:40.623
- But hezbollah's response, which was yesterday,
- 00:14:40.623 --> 00:14:43.859
- They're not going to let go of the weapons.
- 00:14:43.859 --> 00:14:45.494
- So in lebanon, you have
- 00:14:45.494 --> 00:14:46.929
- Hezbollah has some supporters, has supporters, 20%.
- 00:14:46.929 --> 00:14:50.733
- Now we're going to see what the us, israel, arab moderates
- 00:14:50.733 --> 00:14:53.970
- And the population of lebanon will do together.
- 00:14:53.970 --> 00:14:57.306
- We need an alignment of planets.
- 00:14:57.306 --> 00:14:59.075
- All of those
- 00:14:59.075 --> 00:15:00.176
- Should be on one on one side and then put pressure
- 00:15:00.176 --> 00:15:03.012
- On hezbollah.
- 00:15:03.012 --> 00:15:04.180
- And that pressure area could be of all sorts diplomatic,
- 00:15:04.180 --> 00:15:07.183
- Political, economic and of course, military.
- 00:15:07.183 --> 00:15:10.586
- At the end of the day.
- 00:15:10.586 --> 00:15:11.721
- While a great breakdown, the hezbollah jihadi leopard
- 00:15:11.721 --> 00:15:14.623
- Does not change its spots.
- 00:15:14.623 --> 00:15:15.925
- Folks, be sure to follow our lead on x across social media.
- 00:15:15.925 --> 00:15:19.028
- Doctor walid phares, keep up the great work my friend.
- 00:15:19.028 --> 00:15:21.197
- God bless. we'll see you again soon. walid.
- 00:15:21.197 --> 00:15:23.232
- And we discussed earlier
- 00:15:23.232 --> 00:15:25.034
- How a ceasefire or may be close in gaza.
- 00:15:25.034 --> 00:15:28.404
- Yet the wounds caused by hamas's terror onslaught
- 00:15:28.404 --> 00:15:31.574
- Against israel will run deep for years to come.
- 00:15:31.574 --> 00:15:34.910
- Coming up,
- 00:15:34.910 --> 00:15:35.811
- You'll learn about a great organization
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- That's bringing comfort to the israeli
- 00:15:37.213 --> 00:15:39.215
- Widows and orphans who've been affected
- 00:15:39.215 --> 00:15:41.584
- By this seven front war being waged against israel.
- 00:15:41.584 --> 00:15:45.788
- That's next. stick around.
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- That's next. stick around.
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- Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight.
- 00:15:53.899 --> 00:15:55.667
- Since the horrific attacks
- 00:15:55.667 --> 00:15:57.202
- Of october 7th and the ensuing iranian led wars against israel,
- 00:15:57.202 --> 00:16:01.407
- The toll on israel's military families has been staggering.
- 00:16:01.407 --> 00:16:05.677
- For the widows and orphans
- 00:16:05.677 --> 00:16:07.079
- Of fallen idf soldiers, the loss isn't just personal.
- 00:16:07.079 --> 00:16:10.916
- It's life altering for the idf.
- 00:16:10.916 --> 00:16:13.285
- Widows and orphans organization has been on the frontlines
- 00:16:13.285 --> 00:16:16.622
- Of support, stepping in immediately with critical
- 00:16:16.622 --> 00:16:19.825
- Aid, emotional, financial and psychological
- 00:16:19.825 --> 00:16:23.562
- To help these families rebuild their lives.
- 00:16:23.562 --> 00:16:26.365
- I sat down with them to talk
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- About the incredible work they're doing
- 00:16:27.566 --> 00:16:29.368
- And how all of us can help.
- 00:16:29.368 --> 00:16:31.870
- Take a look.
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- Tell us, shlomi, about the idf widows
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- And orphans organization, why you started.
- 00:16:36.475 --> 00:16:38.977
- And really,
- 00:16:38.977 --> 00:16:40.145
- I think this is an organization for such a time as this.
- 00:16:40.145 --> 00:16:43.382
- Thank you erick.
- 00:16:43.782 --> 00:16:44.917
- And, it's great being here.
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- Idf widows and orphans organization
- 00:16:48.387 --> 00:16:51.390
- Has a divine mission.
- 00:16:51.390 --> 00:16:54.860
- Supporting the widow and the orphans is a commandment
- 00:16:54.860 --> 00:16:57.896
- That is written 20 times in the old testament.
- 00:16:57.896 --> 00:17:01.433
- 20 times?
- 00:17:01.733 --> 00:17:02.534
- I don't think there's
- 00:17:02.534 --> 00:17:03.669
- Any other commandment that is repeated so many times,
- 00:17:03.669 --> 00:17:07.739
- Like this mitzvah, like this, commandment.
- 00:17:07.739 --> 00:17:11.677
- And so this is our main mission to make sure
- 00:17:11.677 --> 00:17:15.280
- That none of the widows,
- 00:17:15.280 --> 00:17:16.615
- None of these orphans are out there alone.
- 00:17:16.615 --> 00:17:20.385
- And and practically speaking, what we aim to do
- 00:17:20.385 --> 00:17:24.623
- Is to become the new partners for these women
- 00:17:24.623 --> 00:17:30.362
- Into raising their children to become,
- 00:17:30.362 --> 00:17:33.866
- Secure,
- 00:17:34.099 --> 00:17:35.968
- Strong, resilient individuals, you know, community.
- 00:17:35.968 --> 00:17:40.072
- And that's amazing.
- 00:17:40.539 --> 00:17:41.773
- And look, israel's fighting a war right now on seven fronts.
- 00:17:41.773 --> 00:17:45.477
- So the need has never been greater. shlomo.
- 00:17:45.477 --> 00:17:47.646
- And, you know, your husband, etan, died a hero,
- 00:17:47.646 --> 00:17:51.550
- Defending the state of israel.
- 00:17:51.550 --> 00:17:53.619
- Tell us more about him and why this organization
- 00:17:53.619 --> 00:17:56.288
- Is so important to you.
- 00:17:56.288 --> 00:17:58.423
- I was a
- 00:17:58.657 --> 00:17:59.791
- Solider in the idf, and it was a doctor.
- 00:17:59.791 --> 00:18:03.028
- Also a doctor in a soldier medical center in a
- 00:18:03.028 --> 00:18:07.666
- In a large, a spital,
- 00:18:08.167 --> 00:18:11.637
- In october 7th, he, treated more to,
- 00:18:11.637 --> 00:18:15.440
- Under a people,
- 00:18:15.807 --> 00:18:19.144
- That attacked
- 00:18:19.511 --> 00:18:20.779
- From the terrorist the hamas there, attacked.
- 00:18:20.779 --> 00:18:24.283
- In sderot yes.
- 00:18:24.616 --> 00:18:27.452
- Yeah.
- 00:18:27.452 --> 00:18:29.221
- And he died again honorably.
- 00:18:29.221 --> 00:18:31.123
- And you have a beautiful family.
- 00:18:31.123 --> 00:18:32.391
- You have a beautiful life together, you know, beautiful,
- 00:18:32.391 --> 00:18:35.427
- Beautiful family. beautiful family together.
- 00:18:35.427 --> 00:18:37.396
- He died in the line of duty,
- 00:18:37.396 --> 00:18:38.864
- Defending the people of israel, defending the land
- 00:18:38.864 --> 00:18:41.333
- That he loves, the land of israel.
- 00:18:41.333 --> 00:18:43.135
- And shlomi, expand on that a bit more about
- 00:18:43.135 --> 00:18:45.037
- About how exactly you're helping families
- 00:18:45.037 --> 00:18:47.806
- That are affected by the war and widows and orphans in israel.
- 00:18:47.806 --> 00:18:51.210
- But yeah, really, one of 315
- 00:18:51.210 --> 00:18:54.413
- Women who lost their husbands during this war altogether
- 00:18:54.413 --> 00:18:57.883
- Raising 730 children
- 00:18:57.883 --> 00:19:01.253
- Who've lost their fathers, in this war,
- 00:19:01.253 --> 00:19:05.791
- The consequences of this law, of these
- 00:19:06.625 --> 00:19:09.995
- This loss is, is emotionally, it's financially,
- 00:19:09.995 --> 00:19:14.700
- It's practically, you know,
- 00:19:15.300 --> 00:19:16.735
- They become single mothers in one clear day.
- 00:19:16.735 --> 00:19:20.038
- And they have to face the responsibility
- 00:19:20.906 --> 00:19:23.175
- Of the whole family.
- 00:19:23.175 --> 00:19:24.710
- Said, you know, i often,
- 00:19:24.710 --> 00:19:27.112
- Relate to that loss. yeah.
- 00:19:27.112 --> 00:19:29.081
- As it's structured to stand on two pillars.
- 00:19:29.081 --> 00:19:32.951
- And after the death of that soldier, one pillar falls down.
- 00:19:32.951 --> 00:19:39.458
- But it's it's not only that.
- 00:19:39.458 --> 00:19:41.193
- The other pillar is already shaken, is also shaken
- 00:19:41.193 --> 00:19:44.296
- By the incident.
- 00:19:44.696 --> 00:19:46.164
- And this structure carries children's future on it.
- 00:19:46.164 --> 00:19:50.802
- We have to strengthen it.
- 00:19:50.802 --> 00:19:52.137
- We have to make sure that the that the
- 00:19:52.137 --> 00:19:53.972
- The mother
- 00:19:53.972 --> 00:19:54.973
- Was the only pillar in the structure right now
- 00:19:54.973 --> 00:19:57.442
- That she's strong enough
- 00:19:57.442 --> 00:19:58.510
- To carry the children and to carry herself.
- 00:19:58.510 --> 00:20:01.580
- We do it, through emotional help. help
- 00:20:01.580 --> 00:20:04.616
- Through community help.
- 00:20:04.616 --> 00:20:06.551
- Yael mentioned the, with smartcam.
- 00:20:06.551 --> 00:20:09.021
- This is a safe haven for children,
- 00:20:09.021 --> 00:20:12.324
- Who lost their their fathers.
- 00:20:12.324 --> 00:20:14.593
- And or to really get her to together, have fun, have,
- 00:20:14.593 --> 00:20:19.898
- Strengthen activities together, but mostly find,
- 00:20:19.898 --> 00:20:23.702
- Other children with the same common ground.
- 00:20:23.702 --> 00:20:26.905
- We also support them, financially,
- 00:20:27.639 --> 00:20:31.176
- When needed.
- 00:20:31.510 --> 00:20:33.812
- We understand that the state knows
- 00:20:33.812 --> 00:20:36.181
- How to confiscate the loss of the husband's income,
- 00:20:36.181 --> 00:20:40.686
- But what about the widow who has to,
- 00:20:40.686 --> 00:20:44.156
- Too many times, stop working in order to raise their children.
- 00:20:44.156 --> 00:20:48.560
- You all.
- 00:20:48.560 --> 00:20:49.428
- You had a beautiful family affected,
- 00:20:49.428 --> 00:20:50.395
- Obviously, by ethan's death.
- 00:20:50.395 --> 00:20:51.730
- I mean, it's exactly what we're talking about.
- 00:20:51.730 --> 00:20:53.732
- And it really, it affects the, the family.
- 00:20:53.732 --> 00:20:57.636
- It affects the, the widows and orphans for many years.
- 00:20:57.636 --> 00:21:02.341
- And now the first few years are really the foundations
- 00:21:02.341 --> 00:21:07.045
- Of the new life after the death of that soldier.
- 00:21:07.045 --> 00:21:10.916
- And you walk them through the whole process right from there,
- 00:21:10.916 --> 00:21:13.919
- From the beginning, and you stick and you stay in
- 00:21:13.919 --> 00:21:15.787
- Touch with the families throughout the years and.
- 00:21:15.787 --> 00:21:17.823
- Throughout their entire lives. yeah.
- 00:21:17.823 --> 00:21:20.425
- It it starts with, 39,
- 00:21:20.425 --> 00:21:25.163
- Orphans who were born,
- 00:21:25.630 --> 00:21:27.666
- To that undesired status to, widows that were
- 00:21:27.666 --> 00:21:31.370
- Pregnant during the, the, during the death of their husbands.
- 00:21:31.370 --> 00:21:35.173
- And it ends when, the,
- 00:21:35.173 --> 00:21:38.610
- Kids now adults receive
- 00:21:39.111 --> 00:21:40.812
- Scholarships for their academic,
- 00:21:40.812 --> 00:21:44.049
- Studies and even later, in so many programs.
- 00:21:44.049 --> 00:21:48.253
- But the main message is that we're partners to these women
- 00:21:48.253 --> 00:21:52.524
- And their children, and we're there to support them.
- 00:21:52.524 --> 00:21:55.727
- On behalf of so many people, not only on our behalf,
- 00:21:56.762 --> 00:21:59.998
- But on behalf of so many people who care about them,
- 00:21:59.998 --> 00:22:03.435
- For their entire lives.
- 00:22:03.435 --> 00:22:04.870
- We appreciate everything you do.
- 00:22:04.870 --> 00:22:05.871
- And shlomi. yael, thank you as well.
- 00:22:05.871 --> 00:22:07.606
- Where can we find more, shlomi,
- 00:22:07.606 --> 00:22:08.840
- About the idf widows and orphans organization.
- 00:22:08.840 --> 00:22:12.778
- That idf.org.
- 00:22:13.145 --> 00:22:16.214
- Thank you, my friend. you're doing god's work, guys.
- 00:22:16.214 --> 00:22:18.049
- Thank you so much, elle. thank you. shlomi,
- 00:22:18.049 --> 00:22:20.485
- Coming up after the break, my final thoughts
- 00:22:21.386 --> 00:22:23.789
- On finding peace in the storms both at home and abroad.
- 00:22:23.789 --> 00:22:28.260
- That's next.
- 00:22:28.593 --> 00:22:31.989
- That's next.
- 00:22:31.989 --> 00:22:35.131
- Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight, folks.
- 00:22:35.999 --> 00:22:37.700
- Be sure to join us here tomorrow night.
- 00:22:37.700 --> 00:22:39.369
- General michael flynn, former national security
- 00:22:39.369 --> 00:22:41.838
- Adviser to president trump, will be with us.
- 00:22:41.838 --> 00:22:43.873
- Sharing is incredible story
- 00:22:43.873 --> 00:22:45.909
- Of surviving a political witch hunt.
- 00:22:45.909 --> 00:22:47.911
- You won't want to miss that.
- 00:22:47.911 --> 00:22:48.945
- I'm sure during those struggles,
- 00:22:48.945 --> 00:22:50.713
- He may have looked at psalm 46 verse one.
- 00:22:50.713 --> 00:22:52.982
- God is our refuge and strength and ever present help
- 00:22:52.982 --> 00:22:56.953
- In trouble.
- 00:22:56.953 --> 00:22:57.654
- And that applies to texas,
- 00:22:57.654 --> 00:22:59.222
- Central texas
- 00:22:59.222 --> 00:23:00.457
- Right now, folks, we told you about those horrific floods
- 00:23:00.457 --> 00:23:03.159
- On the 4th of july at least 89 people killed.
- 00:23:03.159 --> 00:23:05.795
- We need to be in prayer.
- 00:23:05.795 --> 00:23:06.729
- That's exactly what we're going to do next.
- 00:23:06.729 --> 00:23:08.498
- Sheila walsh hosting a great special lifting up texas
- 00:23:08.498 --> 00:23:12.168
- With special guest
- 00:23:12.168 --> 00:23:13.336
- Max lucado and dell, where you will not want to miss that
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- Until tomorrow. thanks for joining us.
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- God bless you and we'll see you soon.
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