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Speaker 1: our host of this show, Senator Cruz, will be headed

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Speaker 1: where the rockets are flying in the coming days. This

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Speaker 1: is Verdict with Ted Cruz. Welcome back to Verdict with

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Speaker 1: Ted Cruz. Senator. I'm very glad that we are doing

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Speaker 1: this episode from our very comfy studio here in Washington,

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Speaker 1: d C. And that we're not doing it under rocket

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Speaker 1: fire in Israel. But you, you, madman, are headed right

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Speaker 1: into where the violence is. So Michael, you're saying you're

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Speaker 1: on location alongside the Gaza strip in a bomb shelter.

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Speaker 1: You know, I was. I've gotten sick of zoom over

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Speaker 1: All right, you can zoom in from Bay great, wonderful,

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Speaker 1: the far more peaceful. Yes, you are headed there into

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Speaker 1: a conflict that I think we can say without exaggeration

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Speaker 1: think a great many conservatives, even you know, certainly the

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Speaker 1: leftists but even a great many conservatives don't really know

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Speaker 1: what exactly is it play here, what exactly the two

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Speaker 1: And I to some degree would count myself in that category.

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Speaker 1: So Senator, if you wouldn't mind, please explain it well.

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Speaker 1: Israel is surrounded by nations that for most of the

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Speaker 1: If you look at Israel, the only reason Israel exists

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Speaker 1: There's been a whole history of Middle East wars where

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Speaker 1: has been critical to Israel's existence. If you look at

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Speaker 1: what's happening with Hamas terrorists, these are terrorists in Israel

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Speaker 1: that that do not believe Israel has a right to exist,

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Speaker 1: violence terrorism. They target individuals, They target civilians, They target

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Speaker 1: you I've been to Israel many times. I've been along

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Speaker 1: then not a single one of those Democrats lost in

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Speaker 1: the subsequent election for doing that, and APAC ended up

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Speaker 1: being substantially weakened because the Democrats learned that they could

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Speaker 1: tell them go jump in a lake on their central issue,

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Speaker 1: and not only would they bring no consequences, APAC would

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Speaker 1: turn around and raise money for them. Well, you know,

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Speaker 1: this actually gets to the point where we were talking

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Speaker 1: power to it, and especially on this issue. As the

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Speaker 1: battle lines, the political battle lines have really become clear here,

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Speaker 1: people need to pick a side. You know, if you

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Speaker 1: stand in the middle of the road, you're going to

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Speaker 1: get hit by a truck. Senator, we're now running out

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Speaker 1: of time. I hope that you are not hit by

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Speaker 1: a truck. I trust that you will be very safe.

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Speaker 1: I wish you a very good trip into Israel, and

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Speaker 1: I look forward to seeing you back here in America,

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Speaker 1: not over there, but back here in America to discuss

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Speaker 1: it version next year in Jerusalem. Next year in Jerusalem.

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