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Stakelbeck Tonight | Erick Stakelbeck: Who’s Still Standing Against Israel? | Stakelbeck Tonight | July 24, 2025

Welcome to stakelbeck tonight.
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I'm erick stakelbeck,
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And i believe we're at a moment in history
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Where god is separating the wheat from the tares.
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The sheep from the goats,
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And israel is one of his main dividing lines.
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Which side do you fall on?
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Do you stand with god's land and support his right to exist?
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Or do you believe god is done with israel, and that the jewish
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People are the cause of all the world's problems?
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Now, you'd think that europeans would know better than anyone
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The horrific consequences of demonic jew hatred.
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But think again, because europe right now is a hotbed
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Of antisemitism that is turning more and more violent.
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Over the past week
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Alone, from ireland to germany to spain to belgium and beyond.
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We've seen shocking anti-semitic incidents,
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Or maybe not so shocking, sadly, because ever since hamas's
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Massacre of 1200 israelis on october 7th, 2023,
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Much of the world seems to have lost its collective mind
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When it comes to israel and the jewish people,
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Especially when jews dare to defend themselves
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Rather than just lie down and be slaughtered or harassed.
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A strong and confident jewish state
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That has eternal promises from god.
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This is all too much
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For the jew haters to stomach, and so they're lashing out.
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On wednesday, a group of french jewish summer campers kids
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Were forcibly removed from a plane at an airport
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In valencia, spain.
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The director of the camp, a 21 year old young woman,
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Was pinned to the ground and arrested, wailing.
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The spanish airline that booted the jewish passengers claims
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They were being disruptive.
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But an israeli government official said members
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Of the flight crew
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Accused israel of being a terrorist state.
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He said the jewish kids were merely singing hebrew songs.
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Folks, bear in mind that the current spanish
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Government is far left and very anti-israel, so
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It shouldn't be surprising when we see the madness
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Trickle down and these incidents keep happening
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Throughout europe.
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In greece on tuesday, an anti-israel mob prevented
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A cruise ship
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Carrying israeli tourists from docking at an island port.
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Also in greece.
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On the island of rhodes, a group of israeli tourists
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Was chased down and beaten just yesterday
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By a pro-palestinian mob in ireland.
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We see jews physically assaulted on a public bus
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And don't forget about right here in the united states,
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Where we saw a group
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Of pro-israel demonstrators in colorado firebombed
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By a radical islamist last month,
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One person was killed in that attack.
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At the same time, many of our american college
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Campuses have become hotbeds of jew hatred.
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Bottom line, israel
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And the jewish people are in the crosshairs worldwide.
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So where do you stand?
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Wheat and tares.
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Sheep and goats.
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For zion's sake, i will not remain silent.
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And as a follower of jesus, i believe
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In the biblical mandate
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Laid out in genesis 12 three to bless the people of israel.
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If not now, when coming up, we're joined
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By a top middle east expert for an update
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On the threats israel and america both face
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And the opportunities that lie ahead.
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And it all starts now.
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From iran's continued nuclear defiance to the houthi
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Threat in the red sea.
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The stakes could not be higher for u.s.
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National security and middle east stability.
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That's where mark dubowitz comes in.
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He's ceo of the foundation for defense of democracies
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In d.c., and host of the iran break down podcast.
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And he's on the front lines of the fight
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To expose the iranian regime's deception, its proxy
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Terror networks,
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And the west's repeated failure to hold them accountable.
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Mark, it is great to see you as always.
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I mentioned repeated failures
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To hold the iranian regime accountable.
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And yet, of course, last month
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President trump and israel did exactly that,
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Finally destroying iran's nuclear weapons facilities,
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Weakening the regime.
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But now, mark, they're back at it, meaning the ayatollah.
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And we have iran's foreign minister saying
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They'll never give up their uranium enrichment program.
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How do you see this playing out?
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Could we see more, perhaps military action
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Against iran's nuclear program and its military assets?
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Hi, eric.
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Thanks so much for having me.
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Yeah.
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I mean, this is the choice that the regime has always had.
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They're either going to give up
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Their nuclear weapons capability or the united states,
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And israel is going to destroy that capability.
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And they made one bad choice already.
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President trump had offered them a very generous deal in oman.
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Iran turned it down.
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And president trump said, well, the 60 day deadline is over.
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It's day 61.
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And he greenlighted the israelis to strike iran.
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Israeli military performed magnificently over a 12 day war.
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And then president trump did what president trump
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Needed to do,
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What his predecessors wouldn't do, his successors won't do.
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And that is use the b-2 bombers
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And these 30,000 pound massive ordnance penetrators
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To destroy the hardened fordo facility take out.
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It's fine.
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And also natanz and really complete
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The job that the israelis started.
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Yeah. mark, you're on the ground in israel right now.
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What's the sense you get?
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I know you speak to israeli government officials frequently.
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What's the sense you get from israel vis-a-vis iran,
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And how severely weakened the regime has been
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And its military capabilities, number one and number two,
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Possibility still for regime change in iran.
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The israelis are deadly serious.
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I mean, after october 7th,
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They're not messing around anymore.
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And they're certainly not going to take any promises
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From anybody.
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They're going to take
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Matters into their own hands, which they've done
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Quite successfully against the islamic republic.
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They've also made
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Weakening, undermining and
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Potentially toppling the islamic republic
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A central pillar of their strategy.
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And that strategy is really about supporting
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The millions of iranians you despise this regime
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Who've been on the streets
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Repeatedly since 2009 yelling death to the dictator.
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And they've gotten very little support,
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Unfortunately, from the west.
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I think the israelis want to provide that support
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So that iranians can take off their country
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And bring a free and prosperous and stable iran to the region.
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That would be great for iran and great
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For israel, great for the region, and, of course,
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Great for the united states of america.
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Yeah, mark, great points all around.
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And look, iran has spent much of its capital
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In funding its proxies across the region,
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Including, of course, the houthis in yemen.
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Mark,
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They're kind of the last man standing,
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So to speak, in that iranian ring of fire.
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The houthis continue to launch ballistic missiles
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And drones from yemen at israel,
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Airstrikes obviously carried out by the u.s.
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And israel against who positions, but they keep firing.
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What's the ultimate, strategy that can be used here to negate
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That houthi threat,
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Which seems to be persistent and a pretty tough nut to crack.
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Eric, i just wrote about this recently
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In a piece in the national interest.
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And, you know, at the end of the day,
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What has to get done is
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You have to strike the islamic republic of iran
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That finances and weaponizes and trains
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And provides intelligence to the houthis.
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You've got to go after the tara masters.
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You also have to do
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What the israelis have done
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Very successfully against hamas, hezbollah,
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And the command structure of the revolutionary guards,
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Which is you have to eliminate the leadership.
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You know, people often say that you eliminate the leaders.
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Then someone else will just replace them.
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Well, i think, as you're discovering
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With hezbollah in particular and hamas,
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When you start taking out many of the leaders,
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There's very few people who are willing to step up
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Because they know that's not a long term and secure job.
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Because they'll be next.
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You also take out the talents of people in any organization.
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The aa players are gone.
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The b players and the c players
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Are the ones that are going to step up.
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So that really weakens and undermines an organization.
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And that's what the israelis have to do
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Against the who's leadership.
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But i think it's incumbent upon the united states to really
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Take this fight to iran, as president trump has promised,
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Because the houthis are a threat to the united states,
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To the red sea, to international shipping.
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The fact that
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This band of terrorist bandits has been able to shut down
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One of the most important trade arteries in the world,
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Is a really bad precedent to be setting.
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And i think the united states needs to really step up
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Against the new things,
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Along with the israelis targeting leadership.
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Yeah. i mean, global shipping, u.s. shipping in the red sea.
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This is a global problem, the houthi threat.
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Mark. great point.
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About a minute left before the break.
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Then we will bring you right back.
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Meeting between prime minister netanyahu and president
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Trump at the white house just two weeks ago
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Are you encouraged by the u.s.
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Israel relationship?
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What we see right now seems that
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They're in a very good place and mostly on the same page.
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How do you see it?
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I think it's a
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I think the relationship
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Is incredibly strong between the president
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And prime minister, between the u.s.
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And israel.
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And, you know, it
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Just eric and just underscores all of these fake news stories
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That were coming out in the weeks
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And months preceding the u.s., israeli strikes against iran,
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Talking about other relationship was toxic
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And the relationship between president trump
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And prime minister netanyahu was extremely tense.
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I mean, all these, again,
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Fake news stories that proved to be false
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Because the relationship couldn't
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Have been stronger, and the coordination
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And cooperation between washington and jerusalem
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Couldn't have been better.
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And i think you saw
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The united states
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And israel working closely together against a common enemy,
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The islamic republic of iran, and doing so very successfully.
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And again, you know, no american boots on the ground.
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Israel took most of the burden and the fighting.
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That's exactly the kind of ally that america needs.
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And we need more israelis in the world.
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Not not fewer. yeah. amen.
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Mark.
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Well, say you'll be right back with us after the break, folks.
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Follow him on x across social media.
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Also at ftd, we're coming up that u.s.
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Israel relationship.
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There are some great opportunities there, folks.
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We can discuss that with mark.
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Also, the man who may be the most dangerous
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In the middle east right now and he does not reside in iran.
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We'll talk about that with mark after the break. stick around.
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We'll talk about that with mark after the break. stick around.
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Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight,
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We're talking
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To the ceo of the foundation for defense of democracies, ftd
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In washington, dc.
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But he joins us from tel aviv tonight.
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Mark gibb which is back with us.
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Mark, it tweeted out yesterday i believe that the ayatollah
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Look in big trouble.
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Ayatollah khamenei, as we just discussed in the last segment.
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And the most dangerous player in the region now may very well
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Be recep tayyip erdogan, the president of turkey.
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Mark, why is he so problematic?
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Some of our viewers may not know a whole lot
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About him, but look, nato member nation
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And radically anti-israel and anti west as well.
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Break down why erdogan in turkey is such a dangerous player.
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Tarek having turkey used to be a close us ally,
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Close ally of israel,
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Are firmly anchored in the west, firmly anchored in nato
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And then erdogan took power 22 years ago.
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And in the process, he's been destroying turkish democracy.
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And he is an islamist.
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He is a proud member of the muslim brotherhood.
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The muslim brotherhood is a sunni organization, global
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And reach.
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It's really the gateway to many of the sunni gross
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Organizations that your viewers
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Are very familiar with, from hamas to al qaida to isis.
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And erdogan
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Is really the kind of godfather of the muslim brotherhood,
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And he is a military
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Wing of the muslim brotherhood, that turkey has the second
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Largest military in nato after the united states.
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He's done lots of things that are highly problematic.
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I mean, he bought russian air defense systems,
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Which provide a capability to turkey,
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That allows them to spy on our f-35 planes,
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The very f-35 fighter jets
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That erdan has been imploring president trump to sell.
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He is a provided
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Refuge to hamas.
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And he's provided turkish territory for isis.
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And he's he's a dangerous player.
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And now he's moving aggressively into syria
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And really flexing his muscles
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In the new syria, since the assad regime
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Has gone down,
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And his vision is really
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To create the new ottoman empire, the ottoman empire
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That dominated the middle east
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And certainly parts of europe and africa for centuries.
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That went down, with world war one.
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The new ottoman empire could be even more dangerous
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Than the old ottoman empire under erdogan's leadership.
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And he really has imperialist and,
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Regional, maybe even global aspirations.
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So again, he's he's no nato ally.
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If anything, he's he's a frenemy at best.
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Yeah.
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Mark. great breakdown and very alarming again,
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Nato member nation.
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But he's nato in name only i would say, erdogan
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Look, he's got one vision.
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A new ottoman empire neo ottoman empire,
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But a contrasting vision in the region,
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The abraham accords.
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And erdogan's not too happy about that,
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Of course,
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But saudi arabia perhaps coming to the table with israel.
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There were rumblings about syria before the mayhem there
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Over the past week, maybe even lebanon.
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Oman.
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Do you see the abraham accords back on the table
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In a very big way during president trump's term?
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I do i mean, president trump committed to it.
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President trump
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Really deserved a nobel peace prize in his first term.
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When the abraham accords were recent.
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The disgrace that he didn't receive that.
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And i think there's real opportunity.
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I mean, i think, again,
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Israeli success over the past year and a half,
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Israeli military success has demonstrated to the region
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That you want to be on the side of israel
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And their ability to counter the islamic republic of iran
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As a check against erdogan's islamist expansionism
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Sends a message to the saudis, the emiratis, the bahrainis, the
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Egyptians, jordanians, other sort of moderate sunni countries
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That israel in the united states are not only reliable allies,
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But they're incredibly capable allies.
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And i think that opens up a real opportunity
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For an abraham accords 2.0.
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For which president
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Trump this time better
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Receive a nobel peace prize or nobel peace prize.
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This will be exposed for the fraud
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That many of us think they are.
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Yeah. no doubt.
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It's a perilous time, but also an exciting time.
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Rich with opportunities, i believe.
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Mark, with trump back in office.
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Bibi and he working together.
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Hey, about 30s left.
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We mentioned syria. wow.
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Terrible week there with religious minorities
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Being persecuted by this new islamist government.
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Don't trust but verify.
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I guess you could say when it comes
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This new syrian government
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Real quick,
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What are your thoughts on their possible staying power?
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And is there any chance that
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That jihadi leopard will change its spots?
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Yeah, i mean, former jihadi from al-qaida, former isis,
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Everybody had put a lot of,
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Hope in him
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That he would normalize, and then he would become pragmatic.
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And as the new rulers, syria.
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And yet he's gone after the druze, he's gone
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After christians, he's gone after alawites.
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The minorities are being slaughtered.
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And, you know, only the israelis are stepping up
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To defend their their druze brothers and sisters.
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So this is a moment for this new ruler, syria.
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But we better be eyes wide open, as you say.
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Don't trust and verify and hold accountable.
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Yeah, mark, we're glad you're on the case, folks.
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No one does it better than mark. do wittes and phd.
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Check them out.
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Ftd.org to follow mark on across social media.
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Mark. great seeing you.
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God bless my friend. we will see you again soon.
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And coming up after the break, christian persecution is
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On the rise.
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We can on the ground report next
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On how it affects you and what you can do about it.
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Don't move.
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Don't move.
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Welcome back
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To stakelbeck tonight, as islamic sharia law spreads
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Its influence across the globe and even grows in influence
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Right here in the west, brad brandon is sounding the alarm.
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He's seen the spread of sharia
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Firsthand as founder and ceo of across nigeria,
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A bold front line ministry working in one of the world's
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Most dangerous hotspots for christian persecution.
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But now brad is turning his attention to the west,
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Specifically to new york city, where a leading
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Mayoral candidate, zoran mamdani, refuses
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To denounce the radical call to globalize the intifada.
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Brad, great to have you with us.
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And some people say, well, look, it's just rhetoric
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From mamdani globalize the intifada.
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But you say there's a much more sinister meaning behind that,
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And it has a link to islamic sharia law.
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Tell us more about that.
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Yeah.
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When he was asked on face
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The nation three times, in fact, to denounce the motto
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That is growing in popularity, globalized the efforts to,
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He refused to denounce that phrase.
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And i think people really don't understand what that means.
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And for today is the violent installation of islamic rule.
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And with that comes sharia law.
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And sharia law is extremely dangerous
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Because it tramples, civil and human rights wherever it goes.
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It has a history of that all over the globe.
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Yeah.
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No doubt.
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And look, this is the potential next
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Leader of our largest city, new york city.
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So this is something people should be very troubled about.
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And look, brad, you've seen this firsthand.
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You've seen
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The disastrous, horrific effects of islamic sharia law
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In your great work in nigeria.
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Tell us more about the rise of christian persecution
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In that country, which, look,
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Is a pivotal, pivotal nation on the continent of africa?
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Yeah, the rise of persecution is staggering.
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And it particularly in northern nigeria,
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Where 12 of the northern
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Nigerian states have adopted sharia law and,
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Persecution is right now at its peak,
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Last year, of all the christians that were killed
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In the entire world, 70% of
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All of those christians were killed in northern nigeria.
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And those are the areas that we operate in.
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Those are
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The areas that we minister in, we help persecuted christians
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As well as deliver the gospel of jesus christ to muslims.
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Yeah.
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And, brad,
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You and i were talking off camera a bit
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About the mainstream media ignoring these kinds of issues.
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We've heard barely a peep
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In the so-called mainstream media
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About what's happening in nigeria.
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Those are stunning numbers you just laid out
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About followers of jesus being hunted
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Down, slain, targeted in nigeria.
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And this is spreading, right?
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Not only in africa but worldwide.
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We see the numbers of christians
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Being persecuted for their faith increase.
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Yeah, the the numbers of persecution,
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Persecuted christians, christians who are experiencing,
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What open doors would call high levels of persecution
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Is 380 million christians around the world.
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That's the highest number that we've ever seen.
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And it's up by about, 15% from the previous year.
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And attacks on churches globally have risen by about 400%.
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So this is something that is growing and exponentially,
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These numbers are compounding.
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They're not just being added to.
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Yeah, the body of christ here in america
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In particular, needs to be praying
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And helping our brothers and sisters in christ in nigeria
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And across the globe.
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Hey, speaking of here in the west,
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We mentioned mom in new york city
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And the inroads that islamic sharia law has made right here.
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But look, this is a serious problem, right?
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Brad?
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In europe, for instance, even in, say, minneapolis in america,
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We've got these enclaves where it is
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Almost a separate society operating within a society.
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Talk more
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About the spread of sharia, that islamic law here in the west.
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Yeah, it is.
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Sharia law is growing.
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In 1980, there was only one country in the entire world
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That, had sharia law as its legal system.
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By 2000, that number had risen to 16.
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And currently 35 of the 195 countries,
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Give or take in the world now have installed sharia law.
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So it's growing globally.
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You talked about the no go zones that's happening in london,
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That's happening in parts of sweden.
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These are literally areas where first responders
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Cannot enter into these areas or these neighborhoods.
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They're called no go zones.
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First responders can't go in.
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Law enforcement can't go in.
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These are areas that are under islamic rule.
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And, europe is the canary in the coal mine.
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Right now under the arbitration act in the uk,
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They the british courts
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Are actually using sharia courts as precedent to make their to,
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To make their own rulings in british courts.
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So now all of a sudden, sharia law is creeping up
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And becoming, well,
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At least equal
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To the local, state and federal laws of these countries.
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But it's not satisfied to stay there.
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It always challenges and wants to supersede,
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The laws of the country that it operates in.
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Brad. that's a key point.
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Not there to assimilate, but to dominate.
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That's how sharia works. doing a great job.
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Brad. the alarm on it, folks.
00:21:46.994 --> 00:21:48.796
The organization has called across nigeria.
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Check them out.
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Follow brad, his great writing at the daily wire.
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He's also on ex across social media.
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Brad, keep up the great work.
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God bless you. we'll see you again soon.
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And coming up, my final thoughts on how to stabilize a society.
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We've been talking a bunch tonight
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About the threats at home and abroad.
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What's the true indicator of a stable society?
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Will break that down next, stick around.
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Will break that down next, stick around.
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Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight, folks.
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As we wrap up here,
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We've been talking about
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The stability of nations of individuals here tonight.
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But when i think of that i think of first
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Corinthians chapter 15, verse 58.
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Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm.
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Let nothing move you. always.
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Give yourselves fully to the work of the lord,
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Because you know that your labor in the lord is not in vain.
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That is true stability and hulk hogan wwe wrestling legend,
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Found that he was baptized in december 2023.
00:22:50.560 --> 00:22:53.663
I interviewed him about it shortly thereafter and folks,
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After giving his life to the lord
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Not too long ago, the hulkster, the legend passed away
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Earlier today. may his memory be a blessing.
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Please keep his family in your prayers right now.
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And tomorrow night, in honor of hulk hogan,
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We will rebroadcast my entire interview with him
00:23:09.178 --> 00:23:12.281
Here on back tonight.
00:23:12.281 --> 00:23:14.150
His testimony, his journey to the lord.
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It's an incredible story
00:23:16.953 --> 00:23:18.287
From one of the world's most recognizable man.
00:23:18.287 --> 00:23:20.356
You won't want to miss that.
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Until then, god bless you and we'll see you soon.
00:23:21.557 --> 00:23:21.557

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