WEBVTT - Dr. Susan Michael - Oct 10 - 1:30 pm

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the Israel Answers series, connecting Israel, the Bible,

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<v Speaker 1>and you. Join Susan Michael as she explores timely issues

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<v Speaker 1>Now let's join Susan with your Israel Answers.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, hey there, welcome to the Out of Zion podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm your host, Dr. Susan Michael. And last week I

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<v Speaker 2>talked about the absurdity of antisemitism. Now, if you haven't

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<v Speaker 2>heard that, I hope that you will go back and

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<v Speaker 2>listen to it because today I'm going to build on that.

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<v Speaker 2>And today I'm going to talk about what's causing the

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<v Speaker 2>antisemitism and where it's coming from. So thank you for

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<v Speaker 2>joining this week's Out of Zion podcast. Let's get started.

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<v Speaker 2>So anti-Semitism in the United States is surging just like

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<v Speaker 2>it is all around the world. And just for an

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<v Speaker 2>introduction for those that may not have joined us last week,

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<v Speaker 2>there was a recent study that found that 57% of

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<v Speaker 2>Jewish Americans experienced anti-Semitism over the last year. And that's

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<v Speaker 2>equivalent to something like 3.3 million adults and maybe 250,000

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<v Speaker 2>Jewish children experienced anti-Semitism in the last year. That means

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<v Speaker 2>the threat is so real that many of them are

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<v Speaker 2>now changing their behavior and not wearing signs that let

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<v Speaker 2>people know that they're Jewish. And, you know, some of

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<v Speaker 2>them have even changed behavior, not gone to events because

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<v Speaker 2>of their fear. So where is this coming from? Here

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<v Speaker 2>in the the country that relishes freedom of religion and

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<v Speaker 2>freedom of speech and the home of the brave. Where

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<v Speaker 2>is this coming from? So first, it's coming from foreign players.

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<v Speaker 2>Foreign influence has indoctrinated a generation of American young people

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<v Speaker 2>to hate America, hate Israel, hate the Jews, even hate Christianity,

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<v Speaker 2>Bible-based Christianity. And some of them even believe in the

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<v Speaker 2>need for revolution and some even violence to bring about

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<v Speaker 2>that revolution. So this generation is now entering into politics.

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<v Speaker 2>So we see these really bad ideologies entering the political realm.

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<v Speaker 2>So who is the foreign players? Who are the foreign players?

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<v Speaker 2>Where is this coming from? It's what we call the

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<v Speaker 2>Red-Green Alliance. So red meaning the Marxist, which is communist

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<v Speaker 2>and socialist, and green being the Islamist. Both sides are authoritarian.

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<v Speaker 2>Both of them want to take over the world. Both

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<v Speaker 2>see America and Israel as in the way of their

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<v Speaker 2>being able to take over the world. And so they

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<v Speaker 2>want to get rid of freedom of speech and freedom

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<v Speaker 2>of religion in America. They want to shred the Constitution

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<v Speaker 2>of the United States and get rid of those freedoms

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<v Speaker 2>and crack down on the people and impose their ideology.

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<v Speaker 2>So the odd thing is this means that an anti-religion

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<v Speaker 2>Marxist movement is working in tandem with a religion. And

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<v Speaker 2>not just any religion. but one that wants to impose

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<v Speaker 2>their religion on the world, including the Marxist world. So

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<v Speaker 2>hatred makes very strange bedfellows. This is a obviously temporary alliance,

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<v Speaker 2>but that it's really playing well and helping each other.

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<v Speaker 2>They have united in their quest to bring down the

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<v Speaker 2>Judeo-Christian America and the Jewish state of Israel. They're well-organized.

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<v Speaker 2>and well-funded by foreign, if not state, funding. So now

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<v Speaker 2>let's talk about the Muslims first. About 25 years ago,

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<v Speaker 2>there was a court case, and they, in the discovery,

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<v Speaker 2>they discovered a document that had been produced by the

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<v Speaker 2>Muslim Brotherhood, and it contained their strategy for taking over America.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a they called it civilization jihad. It wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>a jihad with guns and bombs and terrorists. It was

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<v Speaker 2>working from inside America through our processes to quietly take

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<v Speaker 2>over and then to impose their way of life, their

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<v Speaker 2>Sharia law on this country. So they have been working

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<v Speaker 2>diligently with this quiet strategy in mind for decades now.

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<v Speaker 2>And we're just beginning to realize this. Now the Muslim

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<v Speaker 2>world is used to authoritarian governments and these authoritarian governments

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<v Speaker 2>have used the Jews as scapegoats in order to deflect

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<v Speaker 2>their people's attention from their own corruption and failures. So

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<v Speaker 2>they have used the Jews to protect themselves. And a

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<v Speaker 2>disturbing new survey by the Pew Research Center finds that 44%

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<v Speaker 2>of Muslims living in America have a favorable view of Hamas. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>there's approximately 4.5 million Muslims in America, so we're talking

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<v Speaker 2>about nearly 2 million of them that have a favorable

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<v Speaker 2>view of this vicious, bloodthirsty terrorist organization that slaughtered 1,200

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<v Speaker 2>Jews and 1200 Israelis on October 7, 2023 but Hamas

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<v Speaker 2>also routinely oppresses the Muslim people of Gaza and they

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<v Speaker 2>deny them basic human rights, they use them as human

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<v Speaker 2>shields and they execute anyone suspected of disloyalty but 2

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<v Speaker 2>million Muslims in America actually see this as favorable that's

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<v Speaker 2>a very very dangerous sign Now let's talk about the Marxist.

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<v Speaker 2>Marxism is a master at the use of propaganda to

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<v Speaker 2>control the masses. And they also use force and bloody

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<v Speaker 2>revolutions as part of their trademark. They are actually responsible

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<v Speaker 2>for the deaths of 100 million people around the world.

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<v Speaker 2>And President Trump just named the communist surge in America

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<v Speaker 2>as the greatest threat we have ever faced. Now think

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<v Speaker 2>about that for a minute. It is the greatest threat

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<v Speaker 2>that we have ever faced. So today's Red-Green Alliance links

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<v Speaker 2>radical left-wing political movements in the West with Islamist terrorist

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<v Speaker 2>organizations in the Middle East. It is a very deadly combination.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's the who. How are they influencing America? Well,

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<v Speaker 2>through funding of education. The top two foreign funders of

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<v Speaker 2>our universities and our education is Islamist Qatar and Communist China. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>Qatar's involvement should not be taken lightly. It's a longtime

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<v Speaker 2>country that backs the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, and the Revolutionary

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<v Speaker 2>Guard in Iran. Qatar is also the home of Al Jazeera,

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<v Speaker 2>the premier propaganda machine that has been fueling hatred for

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<v Speaker 2>Israel all around the world. So with Qatar's money goes

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<v Speaker 2>Qatar's ideology. Now let's talk specifically about our universities. A

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<v Speaker 2>2019 Senate investigation found that nearly 70% of schools receiving

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<v Speaker 2>funds from Chinese government-funded Confucius Institutes failed to report it.

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<v Speaker 2>So the universities are not reporting the money coming from

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<v Speaker 2>these Confucius Institutes as foreign funding. So what has been reported,

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<v Speaker 2>that is coming from China is roughly $ 6 billion. So

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<v Speaker 2>this must just be the tip of the iceberg if

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<v Speaker 2>the Chinese government is using these institutes to funnel funding.

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<v Speaker 2>Same problem with Qatari donations. Many universities intentionally do not

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<v Speaker 2>report what they're getting from Qatar. And according to a

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<v Speaker 2>2024 report to Congress, made by Dr. Charles Small. He's

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<v Speaker 2>the founder of a group called ISGAP. It stands for

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<v Speaker 2>Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy. He

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<v Speaker 2>testified before Congress, and his organization had assembled a team

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<v Speaker 2>of forensic accountants and experts in terror funding, and they

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<v Speaker 2>estimated that Qatar has invested somewhere between $ 500 billion and

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<v Speaker 2>$ 1 trillion in the United States. Most of it in education,

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<v Speaker 2>but also in media, public relations, and lobbying the government.

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<v Speaker 2>And they're using this soft influence to influence our society.

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<v Speaker 2>So this is interference and funding our education, our universities,

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<v Speaker 2>our colleges, at such a large amount, it's interference in

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<v Speaker 2>one of the most important institutions in America, and that's

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<v Speaker 2>our higher education. So it's a major source of anti-Semitism

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<v Speaker 2>that's now influencing our young people. But I'm sorry to say,

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<v Speaker 2>it's not just at the university level. We see it

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<v Speaker 2>also in K through 12. Yes, K through 12. So Dr.

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<v Speaker 2>Small's testimony before Congress in 2024 also exposed a program

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<v Speaker 2>funded by Qatar to provide curricula for K through 12,

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<v Speaker 2>in which Israel was presented through a lens of colonialism, imperialism,

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<v Speaker 2>and occupation. Maps showed that Tel Aviv was the capital

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<v Speaker 2>of Israel, not Jerusalem. And that particular program was later

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<v Speaker 2>shut down thanks to Dr. Small's exposure of it. But

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<v Speaker 2>there's other occurrences taking place. Like, for instance, it was

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<v Speaker 2>recently in the news that a map of the Middle

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<v Speaker 2>East used in a New York high school omitted Israel altogether.

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<v Speaker 2>And this was by a program funded by Qatar. So

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<v Speaker 2>this foreign funding of our education is really indoctrinating our

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<v Speaker 2>young people. Now, how else are they influencing? But by

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<v Speaker 2>organizing student-led protests on campuses. So on October the 7th, 2023,

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<v Speaker 2>as I'm sure all of my listening audience knows, Hamas

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<v Speaker 2>attacked Israel and killed 1,200 Israelis and kidnapped some 250.

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<v Speaker 2>It was the worst slaughter of Jews in one day

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<v Speaker 2>since the Holocaust. Immediately, within 24 hours, there were protests

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<v Speaker 2>against Israel happening around the world using common slogans and

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<v Speaker 2>common signs. And over the next 12 months, there were

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<v Speaker 2>thousands of them, obviously coordinated with their slogans, their talking points,

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<v Speaker 2>their signs, very well organized. So there's a, according to

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<v Speaker 2>an author, his name is Warren Kinchella. He authored a

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<v Speaker 2>book called The Hidden Hand, The Information War and the

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<v Speaker 2>Rise of Anti-Semitic Propaganda. He said that Hamas and its networks,

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<v Speaker 2>along with some of their Western followers, had thousands of

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<v Speaker 2>social media accounts primed, ready to go, and they had

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<v Speaker 2>protest banners ready and talking points translated into multiple languages

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<v Speaker 2>long before the IDF even was able to respond to

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<v Speaker 2>the attack. So these rallies and these protests, it wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>just that they were against Israel. They're actually rallying in

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<v Speaker 2>favor of Hamas, the terrorist organization, that carried out the

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<v Speaker 2>attack against Israel. Now, his book also cites Mark Ginsburg,

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<v Speaker 2>who is the head of the Coalition for a Safer Web,

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<v Speaker 2>and he claims that Iran and Qatar were two of

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<v Speaker 2>the top funders of paid protests and professional organizers and

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<v Speaker 2>top-tier lobbying efforts that worked together to disseminate these messages

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<v Speaker 2>designed to capture the support of legislators, voters, and the media. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>we shouldn't be surprised. Palestinian activists had been working on

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<v Speaker 2>this for decades. Kinshala's book also quotes a Palestinian activist

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<v Speaker 2>who back in 1995 told him, Palestinian activists would organize

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<v Speaker 2>on campuses worldwide recruit campus activists globally, and would secure

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<v Speaker 2>funding from the Arab governments and wealthy donors. That was

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<v Speaker 2>back in 1995. He said they would do that, and

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<v Speaker 2>they have been doing it. What are we looking at?

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<v Speaker 2>30 years now. That's why it was ready to roll.

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<v Speaker 2>They had been quietly working. That stealth strategy to work

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<v Speaker 2>quietly under the radar, and then when they were strong

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<v Speaker 2>enough to jump out. Now, the campus group that they formed,

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<v Speaker 2>that they worked through in America, is called National Students

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<v Speaker 2>for Justice in Palestine. Neither NSJP nor their local chapters

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<v Speaker 2>are set up as a charitable entity. So that means

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<v Speaker 2>they don't have to report where their funding comes from,

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<v Speaker 2>And they don't have to abide by certain restrictions that

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<v Speaker 2>all non-profit organizations have to abide by in America, who

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<v Speaker 2>raise funds and do charitable activities. So knowing where their

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<v Speaker 2>money is coming from and how they're spending it is

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<v Speaker 2>quite hard. But we're going to talk about that next week. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>so they're funding education. They're organizing all of these protests

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<v Speaker 2>around the world. The third thing that these foreign players

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<v Speaker 2>are doing is conducting a digital war against Israel in

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<v Speaker 2>social media using bots. Now, if you're not familiar with

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<v Speaker 2>what bots are, let me just simplify it. They are

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<v Speaker 2>fake accounts that do not represent real people. And digitally,

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<v Speaker 2>you can set up a bot farm And you can

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<v Speaker 2>manage these fake accounts to put out messaging. They go

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<v Speaker 2>out and they look for certain keywords and then they

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<v Speaker 2>just attack that person that posted on that subject matter.

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<v Speaker 2>We see it all the time in our social media posts.

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<v Speaker 2>Certain subjects, certain words will just elicit a whole wave

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<v Speaker 2>of anti-Semitism. So a 2018 Anti-Defamation League study found that

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<v Speaker 2>almost 30% of accounts that were repeatedly tweeting against Jews

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<v Speaker 2>on Twitter appeared to be bots. That's just one platform,

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<v Speaker 2>just one study, and that was back in 2018. Since then,

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<v Speaker 2>it's only gotten worse. Digital forensics firm, I think it's

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<v Speaker 2>pronounced Sciabra, They analyzed social media after October the 7th

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<v Speaker 2>and they found that 20% of the pro-Hamas content was

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<v Speaker 2>coming from fake or inauthentic accounts. Now, another study recently,

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<v Speaker 2>just this past year, found 70 accounts of AI-generated fake

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<v Speaker 2>rabbis spouting anti-Semitic nonsense. Now, how dangerous is that? Our

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<v Speaker 2>young people comes across what looks like an Orthodox rabbi,

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<v Speaker 2>and he's saying these horrible things. They don't know that

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<v Speaker 2>he's not even real, and he's certainly not speaking what

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<v Speaker 2>Jews really believe. So our young people, they're receiving most

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<v Speaker 2>of their information about current affairs and history through the

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<v Speaker 2>lens of TikTok and X, and it's a distorted reflection

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<v Speaker 2>of reality. They see thousands of comments against Israel. They

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<v Speaker 2>don't realize that they're not even reflecting real people. But

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<v Speaker 2>it's a digital war being conducted by foreign governments and

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<v Speaker 2>terrorist organizations against Israel. So some of our young people

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<v Speaker 2>are Christian young people. They either just become so confused

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<v Speaker 2>that they back away from Israel altogether. They just don't

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<v Speaker 2>even want to talk about it. They don't want to

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<v Speaker 2>have anything to do with it. or they actually become

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<v Speaker 2>activists and start repeating some of these lies that they're

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<v Speaker 2>seeing on social media. Now, the major social media platforms

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<v Speaker 2>are supposed to be ensuring that every account reflects a

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<v Speaker 2>real person and that it's not an anonymous account used

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<v Speaker 2>to harm or to defame people and spread racism. But

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<v Speaker 2>they're not enforcing their own end-user agreements So, foreign influence

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<v Speaker 2>through funding education, through organizing these protests and media campaigns,

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<v Speaker 2>and thirdly, through a digital war of artificial accounts espousing

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<v Speaker 2>anti-Semitic lies. So, that's really where it's coming from. But

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<v Speaker 2>what is making young people in America especially, but in

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<v Speaker 2>the West in general, what's making them embrace potentially really

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<v Speaker 2>self-destructive policies and ideologies to the point that they would

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<v Speaker 2>actually call for the fall of America?

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<v Speaker 1>I mean.

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<v Speaker 2>how can that happen? Or the elimination of Israel, or

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<v Speaker 2>death to the Jews? Well, first, being trained in godless

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<v Speaker 2>school systems in America. Yes, we took God out of

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<v Speaker 2>the school systems, what, 40 years ago? Secondly, is being

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<v Speaker 2>indoctrinated by all these foreign influences that I just listed.

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<v Speaker 2>But thirdly, living their lives on social media and in

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<v Speaker 2>false reality of algorithms and these bots. Research confirms the

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<v Speaker 2>strong link between heavy social media use and the mental

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<v Speaker 2>deterioration of young people. It's driven by addictive app designs,

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<v Speaker 2>by constant social comparison, a lack of face-to-face interaction, and

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<v Speaker 2>teens and young adults just face heightened risk of depression

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<v Speaker 2>and anxiety and frustration and anger. I call it the

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<v Speaker 2>digital deterioration of the American mind. It's making our people vulnerable.

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<v Speaker 2>A happy and hopeful young person is not given over

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<v Speaker 2>to hate movements and calls for revolution. We need more happy, secure,

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<v Speaker 2>and hopeful young people. We need to set safeguards and

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<v Speaker 2>curricular reform in order to protect them from the lies

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<v Speaker 2>and the depression and the anger. As Christians, we need

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<v Speaker 2>to put much more effort into reaching our own young

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<v Speaker 2>people with the message of hope found in Jesus. We

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<v Speaker 2>need to lead them to faith and the power of

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<v Speaker 2>the Holy Spirit and into a mindset of hope. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to talk about this later in a future podcast,

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<v Speaker 2>but another problem in today's youth, our Christian youth, is

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<v Speaker 2>a lack of biblical literacy. And many are becoming skeptical

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<v Speaker 2>about the Bible in general. And this is because the

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<v Speaker 2>Bible and the Christian faith have been so beat up

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<v Speaker 2>on by their peers in school that they feel ostracized.

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<v Speaker 2>And young people have started backing away. And they have

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<v Speaker 2>been affected by these lies about the Bible and about Jesus,

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<v Speaker 2>about our faith. So we at the International Christian Embassy

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<v Speaker 2>Jerusalem have found that taking Christian young people to Israel

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<v Speaker 2>where their Bible just comes alive and it's just truly

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<v Speaker 2>life-changing for them. We're also working on Christian college campuses

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<v Speaker 2>to bring an understanding of the biblical significance of Israel

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<v Speaker 2>and the Jewish people to them and to explain about

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<v Speaker 2>the current explosion of anti-Semitism and to help guard them,

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<v Speaker 2>guard themselves, learn how to guard themselves against it. So

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<v Speaker 2>I want to invite you to support our young adult outreach.

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<v Speaker 2>You can donate to our NextGen Fund or you can

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<v Speaker 2>pay to send a young adult you know on one

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<v Speaker 2>of our trips. We have several trips coming up over

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<v Speaker 2>the next 12 months. So in today's show notes, I've

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<v Speaker 2>got three things for you that I want to give

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<v Speaker 2>you and I want you to check out. First is

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<v Speaker 2>our free downloadable resource on antisemitism. It's easy to read,

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<v Speaker 2>very easy to understand. You can share it with people

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<v Speaker 2>in your church, with your pastor, with a young adult

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<v Speaker 2>in your family. So I really encourage you to get

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<v Speaker 2>that free download. We also are going to have a

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<v Speaker 2>link there. for you to donate to our NextGen Fund

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<v Speaker 2>so that we can scholarship more young adults to go

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<v Speaker 2>to Israel or to reach more on their college campuses

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<v Speaker 2>with resources and with tools. We're also going to link

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<v Speaker 2>to our Tours Department. So if you want to send

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<v Speaker 2>a young adult in your family, you want to buy

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<v Speaker 2>them a ticket to go on one of our trips,

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<v Speaker 2>you can ask them for the dates of the next

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<v Speaker 2>trip and get them signed up. If your listening platform

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<v Speaker 2>does not have show notes down below, you can go

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<v Speaker 2>to our website at icejusa.org forward slash show notes and

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<v Speaker 2>you'll find all those resources. Now, I'm going to invite

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<v Speaker 2>you to come back and be here with me next week.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to talk about some things that you can

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<v Speaker 2>do to help push back against this anti-Semitism. And in

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<v Speaker 2>a few more weeks, then, I'm going to start talking

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<v Speaker 2>about what the Bible says about anti-Semitism and what is

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<v Speaker 2>even making some Christians vulnerable to it. So I have

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<v Speaker 2>a whole series of podcasts I'm going to be doing

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<v Speaker 2>on this subject. If you'd like to get a text

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<v Speaker 2>message when we release the next podcast, then in our

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<v Speaker 2>show notes, you can just click to sign up to

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<v Speaker 2>receive text message each week when we launch our next episode.

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<v Speaker 2>Once again, our show notes are at icejusa.org forward slash

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<v Speaker 2>show notes. So be sure and listen in next week.

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<v Speaker 2>And until then, please be in prayer for our country,

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<v Speaker 2>for the Jewish community here in our country, for Israel,

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<v Speaker 2>and for the world to return to sanity. With that,

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<v Speaker 2>I say God bless, and I'll see you back here

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<v Speaker 2>next week.

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