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Speaker 1: Welcome to Inside the Epicenter weekend edition with New York

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Speaker 1: Times bestselling author and midi stexpert Joel Rosenberg. This is

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Speaker 1: a radio program of the Joshua Fund, a ministry founded

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Speaker 1: by Joel and his wife Lynn that's dedicated to blessing

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Speaker 1: Israel and her neighbors in the name of Jesus. This

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Speaker 1: is a program where we don't just talk about faith

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Speaker 1: in current events. We dive right into the spiritual pulse

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Speaker 1: of the Middle East and the God who is moving

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Speaker 1: so powerfully in it. Every week we unpacked the headlines,

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Speaker 1: the prophecies, and the hope of Christ that's rising in

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Speaker 1: a region so often misunderstood because what happens in the

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Speaker 1: Epicenter doesn't stay there. It's after shocks ripple across the world. Today,

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Speaker 1: we are featuring two timely conversations that explored the opportunities

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Speaker 1: and challenges Israel faces at a pivotal moment in its history.

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Speaker 1: In the first half of today's program, Joel sits down

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Speaker 1: with Ambassador George Deek, Israel's first ever special envoy to

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Speaker 1: the Christian world. Why did Israel create this historic world now?

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Speaker 1: Why does Israel believe its relationship with Christians matters so deeply,

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Speaker 1: and how does an Arab Christian whose family has lived

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Speaker 1: in happa for centuries view the future of Christianity in

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Speaker 1: the Middle East. Then, in the second half of the program,

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Speaker 1: Joel speaks with Israeli Cabinet Minister Ami kai Ski about

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Speaker 1: the war against Aram, the future of has rising anti

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Speaker 1: Semitism around the world, and what may come next in

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Speaker 1: one of the most consequential conflicts of our generation. Let's

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Speaker 1: join Joel's conversation with Ambassador George Deke.

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Speaker 2: Ambassador George Dee, Welcome, Thank you for having me Joel.

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Speaker 2: Why were you appointed at this particular moment? We say,

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Speaker 2: right in the Jewish calendar, why is this night different

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Speaker 3: Israel respects and has good relations with all community and

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Speaker 3: religious communities in it and outside of it. But we

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Speaker 3: do have a special relationship between us and the Christian world.

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Speaker 3: We share the same values, the same commitment to our

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Speaker 3: because of that, and because of the deep friendship that

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Speaker 3: existed always between Christians and the State of Israel, I

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Speaker 3: think it was the right decision right now by Minister

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Speaker 3: that we upgrade our relations with the Christian world to.

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Speaker 1: A new level.

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Speaker 4: What does that mean?

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Speaker 3: First of all, we want Israel, because it is the

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Speaker 3: outpost of the Western world in this region, defending Western

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Speaker 3: deferending our Judeo Christian values, to be the place where

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Speaker 3: Christians can feel safe to come and visit the Holy Land.

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Speaker 3: Israel is the guardian of the holy places. Israel's the

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Speaker 3: guardian of Jerusalem and of Nazareth and of all the

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Speaker 3: holy sites. So we want every Christian to come and

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Speaker 3: connect to the Bible, to the Scripture by actually visiting

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Speaker 4: So we want them all to come here.

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Speaker 2: There have been at least two incidents that have become

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Speaker 2: deeply offensive. How do you respond, I mean you suddenly

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Speaker 4: Government kind of got put on defense a bit over this.

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Speaker 4: The response is very clear. We don't believe in cover up.

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Speaker 3: The incidents were immediately condemned by every level of government,

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Speaker 4: What actually was taken against these soldiers, so.

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Speaker 3: The soldier, the punitive measures were taken. The soldiers that

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Speaker 3: The other soldier, the incident just happened a few days ago,

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Speaker 4: But I have to say, as a Christian, that's an

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Speaker 2: You're the first a Christian I think ever appointed as

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Speaker 4: It's not just something you're talking about.

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Speaker 3: I grew up here as a Christian, and you know,

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Speaker 3: The Christians are being driven out from if anywhere, from

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Speaker 4: A Muslim world.

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Speaker 2: And even in Iran, Christians are not tremendous persecution and

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Speaker 3: So in all those places, Christians are being persecuted throughout

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Speaker 2: That's happened in Bethlehem as well, when under palace and

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Speaker 3: So, as a Christian, I pray that those Christians and

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Speaker 3: They deserve people caring about them and raising their voice

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Speaker 3: happening right under our noses, from the places that Jesus walked.

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Speaker 3: one exception to that rule. There's only one place in

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Speaker 3: and that's Israel. In Israel, we had in nineteen fifty

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Speaker 3: eighty eight thousand Christians plus in our country. That's four

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Speaker 3: In every field, are innovators. They are part of our

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Speaker 3: Israel are the most educated community in the country, more

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Speaker 4: So Christians are thriving.

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Speaker 3: In this country. We have opportunities like everyone else. We

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Speaker 3: So this is our reality. We must do everything to

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Speaker 3: make sure that those voices who are criticizing Israel do

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Speaker 2: It's so encouraging to me that you have this role,

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Speaker 2: especially because you were already an ambassador for eighteen years

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Speaker 2: or a diplomat, and you become an ambassador to a

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Speaker 2: amazing moment for such a time as this, to quote

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Speaker 2: love to interview you in Jaffa, your hometown. You're in

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Speaker 2: we wish you well.

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Speaker 4: We are praying for you in this due role. It's

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Speaker 2: And I'm encouraged by this seriousness with which is being

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Speaker 2: taken not just by the foreign mister, who I know

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Speaker 4: This this is the right time, and thank you Ford

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Speaker 4: opportunity my body.

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Speaker 2: grateful than a man chiloam. Look, this has been a

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Speaker 5: Extremely close? Several months? Is the ambition of the Iranian

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Speaker 2: How much damage so far has been done to the

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Speaker 5: The achievements are beyond imagination. We set three goals before

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Speaker 4: Now it is zero.

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Speaker 5: Most of the ballistic missiles were intercepted and annihilated. Most

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Speaker 5: And because we are controlling the sky and yes we

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Speaker 4: This is one second. Obviously, nuclear capabilities.

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Speaker 5: Every single aspect of the nuclear capabilities of Iran, from

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Speaker 2: In other words, the eleven bombs worth of highly enriched

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Speaker 4: So the question is do we have to go get

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Speaker 5: No, it is it is a major problem. It is

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Speaker 5: but the achievements are very very high. Third, we said

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Speaker 5: regime change. No, that was not what was said, not

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Speaker 5: creating the conditions. We said, we're going to help the

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Speaker 2: Lebanon, you mentioned resmoan how much damage Israel is doing

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Speaker 4: That's fantastic.

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Speaker 2: And now starting this week right peace talks, I think

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Speaker 4: Ever, how optimistic are you? What do you where do

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Speaker 4: you think that's going? Okay, so let's let's be very clear.

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Speaker 5: On October eighth, a day after the massacre of October seven,

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Speaker 5: led by Hamas Krisbala joined the war, Israel did not

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Speaker 5: this is a major strategic mistake. If you really care

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Speaker 4: I have to say that. I first of all, I

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Speaker 4: agree with your analysis.

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Speaker 2: The one other thing is, you know a lot of

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Speaker 4: This is there's never been piece. There was peace under David.

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Speaker 2: King David had peace with King Hiram, and then Solomon

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Speaker 2: just look at that and I say, Okay, let's not

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Speaker 2: Israel is coming to a period of of quiet, you know,

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Speaker 4: I think that moment is coming.

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Speaker 2: So I'm encouraged as I look at the scriptures and

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Speaker 2: the global firestorm. That's what I'm calling it, This eighth

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Speaker 2: front of horrific jew hatred, hatred against not just against

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Speaker 2: That would be horrible and Diana that would be bad enough,

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Speaker 4: And George people, this is your portfolio.

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Speaker 2: Talk about You've had two, i think conferences on combating

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Speaker 4: What is at the heart of this hatred and what

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Speaker 5: So twenty twenty five, and we just published a report.

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Speaker 5: radical Islamists. And I think that the threat that is

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Speaker 5: They have their conferences when they're saying we have a

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Speaker 5: Their vision is to turn us to be like Belgium.

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Speaker 5: Is goal was to humiliate America, to humiliate America, to

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