1 00:00:01,080 --> 00:00:05,720 Speaker 1: I'm coming to you live from Jerusalem on my pilgrimage 2 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:07,800 Speaker 1: here to Israel, and I can tell you it has 3 00:00:07,840 --> 00:00:12,360 Speaker 1: been nothing but an unbelievable trip to be here. I 4 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:14,320 Speaker 1: was sitting here before, and I'm going to have a 5 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 1: guest in a moment, the President and the Global CEO 6 00:00:17,079 --> 00:00:21,239 Speaker 1: of IFCJ, the International Fellowship a Christians and Jews, you know, 7 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 1: Exstein is going to join me. But I just wanted 8 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:25,159 Speaker 1: to kind of lay the land for you. This is 9 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 1: the fifth time that I had planned a trip to 10 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:32,479 Speaker 1: come to Israel, and the first four times had been 11 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:36,560 Speaker 1: canceled because of different things. One time it was COVID, 12 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:39,599 Speaker 1: and the other three were because of war and outbreak 13 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:41,920 Speaker 1: and attacks had happened, and so it put it on pause. 14 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:45,480 Speaker 1: In fact, I was even supposed to this summer bring 15 00:00:45,479 --> 00:00:49,159 Speaker 1: my entire family to Israel as a guest of the 16 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 1: Israeli government and just go on a pilgrimage with all 17 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 1: of us. That obviously got canceled for because of the war. 18 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 1: But this time I was coming over and I was 19 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 1: hell bent on getting here. I get on the plane, 20 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 1: I'm sitting on the tarmac for five I think it's 21 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:05,560 Speaker 1: about five hours, and they cancel the flight, and I 22 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 1: walked up to the pilot. I was like, there's no 23 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 1: way I'm getting out of here tonight, gonna make my 24 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:11,840 Speaker 1: flight in Newark to go over to tell Aviv. And 25 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:13,399 Speaker 1: he's like, dude, I get off this plane right now. 26 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:16,120 Speaker 1: He was like, I got two different He goes, you've 27 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 1: got two different people on the plane. They're about to 28 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:21,400 Speaker 1: time out. So I get off the plane, go back home, sleep, 29 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 1: get back. I was like, I'm going I'm not cancling 30 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 1: this trip. And now I am here, I'm going to 31 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 1: talk a little bit during this conversation about what I've 32 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:31,640 Speaker 1: seen here. But I do want to bring in and 33 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:34,840 Speaker 1: have a really interesting conversation with a l ex teen 34 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 1: who is with IFCJ. You live basically the majority, by 35 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 1: the way, welcome and so nice. Have you back. Thank 36 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 1: you you live here, I do, and you travel a 37 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:48,440 Speaker 1: ton to the US, but that's because you live in Israel, 38 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 1: not the other way around, which is me like what 39 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:53,640 Speaker 1: I'm doing here. I have to say just coming here. 40 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 1: There's there's one thing I will message I want to 41 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 1: get across to people listening. If you are planning to 42 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 1: come to Israel, it is wide open for business now yes, 43 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 1: I have felt incredibly safe, and I feel like it 44 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 1: is very different than it would have been even a 45 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:10,520 Speaker 1: month ago. You can tell where the shops have reopened, 46 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 1: the people that are advocating and supporting tourism. I was 47 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:15,240 Speaker 1: one of the ladies that took me on a tour 48 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:19,399 Speaker 1: the old city. Was incredible because she was talking about 49 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 1: how she didn't work for almost two and a half 50 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 1: years because of the war. And so if you want 51 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 1: to come to Israel, now's a great time to come 52 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:28,520 Speaker 1: and you feel safe as well. 53 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 2: Oh yes, yes, I have to tell you, I felt 54 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:35,960 Speaker 2: safe every second in the past two years, even if 55 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 2: we had thirty five thousand rockets launched at tiny Israel 56 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:42,880 Speaker 2: the size of New Jersey, thirty five over thirty five 57 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 2: thousand seven, Yeah, thousand thousand from seven different fronts, suicide drones, 58 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:50,960 Speaker 2: ballistic missiles, Katchoosha rockets. But you know what, and I 59 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 2: really believe that when you're doing the right thing, God 60 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 2: protects you. And I believe that I'm here living out 61 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 2: the words of our prophets, walk these footsteps that our 62 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:05,960 Speaker 2: ancestors from the scriptures walked, and they saw us sitting 63 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 2: here me and you've been in Jerusalem overlooking the Old City, 64 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:12,080 Speaker 2: that one day Christians and Jews would be able to 65 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 2: come home. And every time I would hear the siren, 66 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 2: I would always envision it a chauffar call a trumpet, 67 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 2: and I would imagine God saying, Okay, wake up, wake up, 68 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 2: I'm here. You have my protection, and I would run 69 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 2: to the shelter with my children, with my husband, and 70 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:28,800 Speaker 2: I would imagine the shelter being in the wings of 71 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:33,960 Speaker 2: his security and safety, and we would just sit and say, hey, 72 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 2: Veloyshan Shomriisral, the guardian of Israel. Neither slumbers nor sleeps, 73 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 2: and so right now, thank God, it is as safe 74 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 2: as ever for people to come. We've actually wiped out 75 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:48,839 Speaker 2: most of the biggest threats and Lebanon and Iran and 76 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 2: Syria and the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, and 77 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 2: we're very aware and alert of those threats that if 78 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:57,800 Speaker 2: there was ever a time to come to Israel to 79 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:01,480 Speaker 2: support the local economy, to show solidarity with the people 80 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 2: in Israel, Jews, Arabs and Christians, we are waiting for 81 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 2: you guys. 82 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 1: You know, one of the things that I think is 83 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:12,760 Speaker 1: really interesting about being here, and I've read it, but 84 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 1: I didn't understand it until I've witnessed it over the 85 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:19,720 Speaker 1: last couple of days. I think there's a misconception in 86 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 1: America that if you come to Israel, everyone in Israel 87 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 1: is Jewish. Walking by yesterday, walking in the markets, going 88 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 1: to the whaling Wall, and seeing Jesus' tomb, this is 89 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:38,479 Speaker 1: an insanely eclectic city. Yes, with an incredible amount of 90 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 1: the population is actually Muslim. I don't think a lot 91 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 1: of people understand that. If you haven't studied history and 92 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:48,120 Speaker 1: studied Israel, that is something that I think would shock 93 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:49,479 Speaker 1: many people if you've never come. 94 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:52,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, we're around a mile away from the Garden of Kesemite. 95 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:54,600 Speaker 2: When you walk and you see all different people from 96 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:58,320 Speaker 2: all around the world, Christians from also from Israel, great 97 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:02,159 Speaker 2: Orthodox and priests and visitors that are treated with the 98 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:05,279 Speaker 2: utmost respect and appreciation. But in Israel, where a country 99 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 2: with round seven point five million Jews, and twenty percent 100 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:11,920 Speaker 2: of our population are non Jews. And so you have Arabs, 101 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:15,440 Speaker 2: you have Drus, you have Bedouin, you have Muslims, you 102 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:19,480 Speaker 2: have all different religions that have freedom, and of course 103 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:20,120 Speaker 2: you have one of these. 104 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 1: Said the key word there, I'm interrupting your freedom because 105 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 1: what I watched yesterday was and I didn't realize this, 106 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:26,640 Speaker 1: in the Old City they were saying that almost forty 107 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:29,359 Speaker 1: percent of the population is Muslim. Yeah, I would not 108 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 1: have known that if I wouldn't have witnessed it, because 109 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 1: I wouldn't have known to ask that question. Right, And 110 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:36,440 Speaker 1: they've talked about freedom like freedom of religion. There is 111 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:40,920 Speaker 1: no problem with where we see God is literally carrying 112 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:44,279 Speaker 1: his cross, He's going to be die on to then 113 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:46,720 Speaker 1: seeing a moss is the most one of the most 114 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 1: important moss in the Muslim fate. That is incredible that 115 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 1: they're that coexisting that close together. 116 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:58,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, to me, freedom also means of course respect and appreciation, 117 00:05:58,279 --> 00:06:01,680 Speaker 2: but also tangible build in this brotherhood. When you go 118 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:04,760 Speaker 2: down the streets of Jerusalem, there's no sign that doesn't 119 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:07,560 Speaker 2: have Arabic writing on it. You have Hebrew, you have English, 120 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:10,960 Speaker 2: and you have Arabic. Every street sign, every holy site sign, 121 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:16,040 Speaker 2: most store signs even And you can compare that to 122 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:18,600 Speaker 2: where the rest of the Middle East is. In Israel 123 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:21,520 Speaker 2: were seven point five million Jews with over two million 124 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:25,920 Speaker 2: non Jews. In the entire Middle East, there are twenty 125 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:29,840 Speaker 2: two Arab countries. In one Jewish country, Israel sits on 126 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:32,440 Speaker 2: a round point six percent of the land mass of 127 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:35,559 Speaker 2: the Middle East. The Arab world has ninety nine point 128 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:39,920 Speaker 2: four percent. And in the entire Middle East there aren't 129 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:43,000 Speaker 2: even thirty thousand Jews that live there. And so when 130 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:46,320 Speaker 2: you do that comparison, you realize what democracy means, what 131 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:47,839 Speaker 2: freedom means, and we don't. 132 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:51,600 Speaker 1: Is really not a slogan is you're living it out 133 00:06:51,839 --> 00:06:53,039 Speaker 1: every single day. 134 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:54,839 Speaker 2: Because we believe in it. Because we're not doing it 135 00:06:54,839 --> 00:06:56,640 Speaker 2: because of some piece of paper or to get that 136 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:59,039 Speaker 2: label of democracy. We're doing it because we believe in 137 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:02,599 Speaker 2: that as Jews, as these Judeo Christian values, we believe 138 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:05,479 Speaker 2: in freedom. We remember in the scripture, how many times 139 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 2: does it remember? Remember that you were a stranger in 140 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:11,800 Speaker 2: the strange land. And so Israel has the only growing 141 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 2: Christian population in the entire Middle East. In Bethlehem, even 142 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 2: you see it going down quickly. You look at Nazareth, Yeah, 143 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:23,400 Speaker 2: Christian population is growing. You look at Bethlehem. Up until 144 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 2: around nineteen ninety four, Israel was in charge of Bethlehem 145 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:28,520 Speaker 2: and it was eighty percent Christian. After nineteen ninety four, 146 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 2: the Palestinian authority took it over and now it's under 147 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:35,360 Speaker 2: ten percent Christian. And so when you talk about these 148 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:38,520 Speaker 2: kind of words that in many ways have lost meaning, 149 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 2: like freedom and democracy because so many evil forces are 150 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 2: taking advantage about it, you see what the real ramifications are. 151 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 2: And that's also why we stand with our Christian brothers 152 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:51,520 Speaker 2: and sisters inside of Syria who are being persecuted both 153 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 2: as the state of Israel and also the International Fellowship 154 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 2: of Christians and Jews who's gone in built two medical 155 00:07:57,760 --> 00:08:01,440 Speaker 2: clinics for them, distributed thousands of food. We need to 156 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:03,920 Speaker 2: stand together ben now more than ever. 157 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:07,680 Speaker 1: There's something interesting, and I think it's I say interesting 158 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:12,520 Speaker 1: is a way of saying shocking that is happening right 159 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 1: now in the United States of America. I have clearly 160 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:17,360 Speaker 1: I believe there's a line that's been drawn in the sand. 161 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:22,880 Speaker 1: You either are anti Semitic and against Israel, or you 162 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:25,680 Speaker 1: are standing with them. I don't believe there's a lot 163 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:29,080 Speaker 1: of gray area unless you're just new and younger and learning. 164 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 1: But what we're witnessing in the conservative movement is something 165 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:34,360 Speaker 1: that I never could have imagined we would see. I 166 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 1: knew this would happen on the left and the Democrats, 167 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:38,600 Speaker 1: and a lot of them have abandoned Israel, and we 168 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:40,800 Speaker 1: saw that certainly in the last administration on our Biden. 169 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:43,800 Speaker 1: But what I'm shocked to see now is there is 170 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:47,640 Speaker 1: this group on the right that has gained a very 171 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:52,080 Speaker 1: large audience. What scares me even more, it's a younger audience, 172 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:57,439 Speaker 1: and they are in this ideal this idealistic world of isolationism, 173 00:08:57,440 --> 00:08:59,920 Speaker 1: which is Israel is not It doesn't need to be. 174 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:01,920 Speaker 1: He is not a big deal to us. I don't 175 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:04,720 Speaker 1: understand why there were such great allies with them. Why 176 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:06,640 Speaker 1: do we give them a blank check? Is how it's 177 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:11,160 Speaker 1: been said recently. They're committing Atroses is what I've been hearing. 178 00:09:11,559 --> 00:09:15,160 Speaker 1: Their genocide is another word that they used in Gouds 179 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 1: in the West Bank. And if you come here and 180 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:19,880 Speaker 1: you see what I've seen, not only do you know 181 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:22,960 Speaker 1: that's a lie, but there's factual data to back it up. 182 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:26,800 Speaker 1: But even if you haven't come here, I am terrified 183 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 1: of what we're going to see in the Republican Party 184 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:31,280 Speaker 1: in the next ten to fifteen years, as these younger 185 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:34,040 Speaker 1: people that are being indoctrinated to hate Israel or hate 186 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:37,720 Speaker 1: Jews in general, are gaining momentum legitimacy because of people 187 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:42,880 Speaker 1: that have very large followings on social media. I've considered 188 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:45,400 Speaker 1: him a long time friend, Tucker Carlson. I couldn't disagree 189 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:47,720 Speaker 1: with Tucker more on the issue of Israel. I think 190 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:49,880 Speaker 1: friends should be able to disagree, and that's why I'm 191 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:53,200 Speaker 1: not going to attack him personally, but I am going 192 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:56,800 Speaker 1: to say on this show publicly I disagree, and when 193 00:09:56,840 --> 00:09:59,440 Speaker 1: I'm on TV with Tucker Carlson, I have seen and 194 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:02,160 Speaker 1: I've known me and Kelly for a long time. I 195 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:05,480 Speaker 1: disagree with her on what she's been saying recently and 196 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:07,160 Speaker 1: some of the people she's been talking to on Israel, 197 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:10,960 Speaker 1: Nick Flint as the white supremacist full stop. I don't 198 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,199 Speaker 1: know why people are giving in platforms like Tucker good 199 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:16,240 Speaker 1: to the to day. I even disagree with the Heritage Foundation, 200 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:18,040 Speaker 1: and I'm going through a list in my head because 201 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:22,239 Speaker 1: I'm shocked Heritage Foundation the present there who is given 202 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:26,200 Speaker 1: a platform to advocate for this or is supporting it 203 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:27,960 Speaker 1: even financially. We've seen some of the numbers that come 204 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:30,280 Speaker 1: about how much evertence they've done on Tucker Carlson's show, 205 00:10:30,760 --> 00:10:33,000 Speaker 1: and I think it's important that we don't stay silent. 206 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:36,600 Speaker 1: Certainly is a conservative leader in the conservative movement and 207 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:39,040 Speaker 1: say this is going down the wrong path? Now? Can 208 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:40,840 Speaker 1: I love all those people? Can I still be friends 209 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:43,320 Speaker 1: of them? I saw Tucker at Charlie kirkstuneral. We hugged. 210 00:10:43,720 --> 00:10:45,560 Speaker 1: I'm not wonning a war with him, but I do 211 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:48,480 Speaker 1: think there's an important point here where I want people 212 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:51,240 Speaker 1: to know that I do believe something very different. How 213 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:54,240 Speaker 1: concerned are you being in Israel seeing this? Where I mean, 214 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:57,000 Speaker 1: the conservative movement, the Republican Party had been star wars 215 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:01,080 Speaker 1: for my entire lifetime for Israel. Kakabi, who's the ambassador 216 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:03,520 Speaker 1: is I'm going to see him tomorrow and I can't 217 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:05,120 Speaker 1: wait to see him. By the way, we were texting 218 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:07,400 Speaker 1: earlier today and I'm so excited to see him tomorrow 219 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 1: for lunch. But like we are now becoming, I'm a 220 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:12,800 Speaker 1: worried the minority in this in this fight, and I 221 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:15,080 Speaker 1: think now is the time that we have to understand 222 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:17,600 Speaker 1: there's a real anti Semitic problem on our college chemiss 223 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:19,920 Speaker 1: but not just from the left. It's also happening the 224 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:21,080 Speaker 1: right and it terrifies me. 225 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:24,880 Speaker 2: Well, first of all, thank you for being so bold 226 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:28,160 Speaker 2: in what you say and standing with your values and 227 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:30,960 Speaker 2: being consistent in that no matter what. That's what I 228 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:34,560 Speaker 2: think we need in this world. I look at everything 229 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:38,119 Speaker 2: through spiritual eyes, and so I see a spiritual warfare 230 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:41,080 Speaker 2: that's raging. I see the words of Isaiah that are 231 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:43,960 Speaker 2: coming to life, saying there's going to come a time 232 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:46,320 Speaker 2: when darkness will be called light, and light will be 233 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:49,080 Speaker 2: called darkness. Isaiah said it, good will be called bad, 234 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 2: bad will become good, and people are going to be confused. 235 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:54,600 Speaker 2: And I see this confusion setting in, and it's not 236 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:59,080 Speaker 2: differentiating between Republicans or Democrats. It's a confusion. It's a 237 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:01,760 Speaker 2: spiritual war. And so what I always go back to 238 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 2: when I'm confused is the scriptures is God's word. And 239 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:09,080 Speaker 2: that's another issue. So many people are biblically illiterate. We're 240 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:13,280 Speaker 2: trying to get educated on scriptures from podcasters. People are 241 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 2: going to their podcasts instead of to their pastor, and 242 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:20,480 Speaker 2: their church pastors are scared of speaking out because they 243 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:24,080 Speaker 2: don't want to be canceled. That God's word has become 244 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:28,240 Speaker 2: so controversial. It's not Israel, it's the entire Bible. It's 245 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 2: all of what God said and has withstood much worse 246 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:34,120 Speaker 2: things than where we are right now, but we have 247 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:36,480 Speaker 2: to learn from history and make sure it doesn't get there. 248 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:39,720 Speaker 2: But I truly believe that on one hand, we're seeing 249 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:43,680 Speaker 2: a generation of darkness and people who are confused, and 250 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:47,040 Speaker 2: people who are really spreading things that are evil, people 251 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:49,679 Speaker 2: who in the name of trying to free Palestine, are 252 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 2: actually keeping the Palestinian children and people oppressed by this 253 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:58,120 Speaker 2: terror group Ramas. They're not standing up for the Palestinian people. 254 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:01,840 Speaker 2: They're standing up for Ramas, which for me says everything. 255 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:06,199 Speaker 2: It's a confusion. But when I see that darkness, Ben, 256 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:10,840 Speaker 2: I also for myself, I need to make sure that 257 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:17,520 Speaker 2: I express in every possible way how there's also to 258 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:22,000 Speaker 2: counter maybe balance that darkness, this light that we've never 259 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:26,439 Speaker 2: seen of a generation of Corey teenboons and Pastor Bonhoeffer's 260 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:29,760 Speaker 2: who Pastor von Hoffer. One of my favorite quotes from him, 261 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:32,680 Speaker 2: He said, God doesn't care about how you feel. He 262 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:35,280 Speaker 2: cares about truth. And there are so many people like 263 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:38,000 Speaker 2: what you just declared that care about truth. God says, 264 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:41,720 Speaker 2: pray for the peace of Jerusalem. God says, to to 265 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:44,240 Speaker 2: love our neighbor like ourself, to be able to put 266 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:47,240 Speaker 2: our hand out to peace. When you see the Abraham 267 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:51,320 Speaker 2: Accords and how Israel's been able to maintain this relationship 268 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:55,280 Speaker 2: with Arab countries, because it's incredible, Yes, because they recognize 269 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:58,600 Speaker 2: and they share the same threat. The threat is radical Islam, 270 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:02,320 Speaker 2: and so there's a confusion, yes, But there's also so 271 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:05,800 Speaker 2: many people with the strongest moral clarity, like you, people 272 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:07,640 Speaker 2: who are forced now to speak out for the first 273 00:14:07,679 --> 00:14:10,800 Speaker 2: time ever. And I just pray, pray, pray that those 274 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:14,920 Speaker 2: voices will grow and that the light will outshine the darkness. 275 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:19,120 Speaker 1: Every so often, something happens that reminds us just how 276 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:22,440 Speaker 1: fragile our freedoms are. We can't afford to take our 277 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:25,720 Speaker 1: rights for granted. 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I do think 307 00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 1: one of the things that we've witnessed right now with 308 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:16,840 Speaker 1: something good coming out of something terrible in the attacks 309 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 1: October seventh attacks on Israel, is that one you know 310 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:24,400 Speaker 1: who your friends are, ye, But two you've had President 311 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:28,520 Speaker 1: Trump really step up and go after your enemies. Iran 312 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:33,400 Speaker 1: is one of them. How significant is President Trump's leadership? 313 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:35,560 Speaker 1: Do you believe for the safety of Israel and not 314 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:38,000 Speaker 1: just Israel, but for the world. He's made it clear 315 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:40,680 Speaker 1: I'm going after terrorists, whether they're narco terrorists we're seeing 316 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:43,840 Speaker 1: that right now, or going after the Iran nuclear sites. 317 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:46,320 Speaker 1: Like he is a man that I think clearly his 318 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:49,080 Speaker 1: legacy he wants it to be that he kept people safe, 319 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:52,560 Speaker 1: he protected the innocent, and went after the evil. And 320 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:54,280 Speaker 1: how big of an impact has he had do you 321 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:55,920 Speaker 1: think in the last six eight nine months? 322 00:16:56,120 --> 00:17:01,640 Speaker 2: Wow, Well, we've seen leader who talk about peace and 323 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:06,800 Speaker 2: then capitulate to the strongest, most violent voice. Yeah, are 324 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:11,240 Speaker 2: not bringing peace closer, They're bringing peace farther. President Trump 325 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:15,720 Speaker 2: has been strong and vocal and has taken very bold 326 00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:19,240 Speaker 2: action to bring peace because he knows peace is an 327 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:26,080 Speaker 2: active statement, it's not a passive statement, and so a 328 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:29,679 Speaker 2: strong America brings a strong world, and we've seen that firsthand. 329 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:32,560 Speaker 2: I was at President Trump's speech at the Knesset just 330 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:36,639 Speaker 2: a few weeks ago, and it was incredible to see 331 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:40,960 Speaker 2: how in Israel that's so divided politically, the right and 332 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:43,600 Speaker 2: the left, we're hugging and giving each other of high 333 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:48,160 Speaker 2: fives and genuine smiles and genuine because what we're ultimately 334 00:17:48,280 --> 00:17:50,600 Speaker 2: looking for ben both the right and the left, and 335 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:53,520 Speaker 2: we can't lose sight of this. We're looking for a 336 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:57,320 Speaker 2: better world. We're looking for peace. And President Trump in 337 00:17:57,480 --> 00:18:01,000 Speaker 2: the Abraham Accords, in the historic peace agreement that he 338 00:18:01,119 --> 00:18:05,520 Speaker 2: just drew, now that got every single living Israeli hostage 339 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:10,560 Speaker 2: back from Gaza strip. Just yesterday the American hostageous body 340 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:12,879 Speaker 2: was returned to Israel. But you know that's not reported 341 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:13,320 Speaker 2: on America. 342 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:15,080 Speaker 1: Now, Yeah, a lot of people don't know that. They're 343 00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:16,920 Speaker 1: listening right now. Why was that? And that's a huge 344 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:18,080 Speaker 1: victory after. 345 00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:22,360 Speaker 2: Over two hundred and fifty days that an American young 346 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:25,439 Speaker 2: adult was being held his body by terrorists and Gaza, 347 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:29,160 Speaker 2: Americans don't even know that. Because of President Trump's agreement, 348 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:31,480 Speaker 2: we got that body back from burial to his parents. 349 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:35,119 Speaker 2: Many Americans don't even know that. Yeah, And so I 350 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:38,800 Speaker 2: think that strength in the right way brings peace closer, 351 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:41,600 Speaker 2: not farther away. And I'll tell you that I say 352 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:45,120 Speaker 2: that as somebody who is not involved in politics. I'm 353 00:18:45,119 --> 00:18:50,240 Speaker 2: a humanitarian. I distribute over three hundred three million meals 354 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:53,240 Speaker 2: a year in Israel, from north to south, in every 355 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:57,159 Speaker 2: different community, from Nazareth to the Christian community to Jerusalem 356 00:18:57,240 --> 00:18:59,400 Speaker 2: to carry out Shmona where our soup kitchen was hit 357 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:02,960 Speaker 2: by Iraq. Within twenty four hours, we were distributing food again. 358 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:05,720 Speaker 2: And I do that on behalf of Christians who stand 359 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:09,840 Speaker 2: with Israel and love Israel. And so I'm not a politician. 360 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:13,000 Speaker 2: I'm an individual when we speak in this way, but 361 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:17,080 Speaker 2: it's very clear the right kind of strength protects those 362 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:23,239 Speaker 2: people who should be protected and weakens those who are 363 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:26,280 Speaker 2: trying to reak havoc. And I say that also as 364 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:29,320 Speaker 2: a mother who just yesterday brought my nineteen year old 365 00:19:29,359 --> 00:19:30,560 Speaker 2: daughter to the Israeli Army. 366 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:34,080 Speaker 1: You bring up something that I witnessed yesterday and it 367 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:37,960 Speaker 1: is something that I do actually wish America had. You know, 368 00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:41,840 Speaker 1: there's a lot of anti Americanism that is growing within 369 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:45,560 Speaker 1: our country with young people that are embarrass of America, 370 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:48,840 Speaker 1: that hate America, that think America is evil, that America's 371 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:51,280 Speaker 1: history is awful, that America should be torn down and 372 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:54,639 Speaker 1: turned back into some sort of utopia under socialism or 373 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:57,360 Speaker 1: communism or Marxism. One of the things that I think 374 00:19:57,440 --> 00:19:59,639 Speaker 1: is so incredible about Israel is whether you're a man 375 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:02,399 Speaker 1: or a women, if you're able bodied, you're going to 376 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:06,760 Speaker 1: give two years to your government. In serving your government. Yesterday, 377 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:12,199 Speaker 1: as I was walking, we witnessed dozens and dozens of 378 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:15,720 Speaker 1: different groups of I say, kids now being forty. Gosh 379 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:17,959 Speaker 1: when my forty four haveever old I am, who are 380 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:22,359 Speaker 1: eighteen nineteen, who are serving their military walking around with 381 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:25,399 Speaker 1: machine guns. I didn't find that threatening. I thought it 382 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:27,399 Speaker 1: was amazing, And I'm like, dude, I wish we did 383 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:30,119 Speaker 1: this in America, because if you serve your country for 384 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:32,439 Speaker 1: two years, I think you're going to love your country 385 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:35,400 Speaker 1: a lot more than if you are being in doctrinatey 386 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:37,920 Speaker 1: like we are our kids in our public school education 387 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:41,560 Speaker 1: to hate our country. And it's the amount of pride 388 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:43,840 Speaker 1: that people that live in Israel have in their nation 389 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:45,199 Speaker 1: has to be connected to that. 390 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:49,399 Speaker 2: In some way, we could disagree with our government and 391 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:52,959 Speaker 2: still love our country. We could disagree with the politicians 392 00:20:53,119 --> 00:20:55,719 Speaker 2: or some decisions they make and still love one another. 393 00:20:55,840 --> 00:20:57,359 Speaker 1: I mean proove of that. BB does not have one 394 00:20:57,400 --> 00:20:58,480 Speaker 1: hundred percent approval rating. 395 00:20:58,560 --> 00:20:59,119 Speaker 2: No he doesn't. 396 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:02,119 Speaker 1: Yeah, nowhere close. And I think that goes to the 397 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:03,919 Speaker 1: point that you're saying you can love your country and 398 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:05,680 Speaker 1: also disagree on the political side of things. 399 00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:08,880 Speaker 2: In America's country in the world, it's the country of freedom, 400 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:11,560 Speaker 2: is the country of opportunity. This country, if you want 401 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:13,400 Speaker 2: to go out and work, you'd make a good life 402 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:15,520 Speaker 2: for yourself. There's no one holding it back. 403 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:20,879 Speaker 1: Was your daughter excited? Oh my gosh, I mean, I 404 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:23,080 Speaker 1: know as a mom, I've got three boys, you're freaking 405 00:21:23,119 --> 00:21:26,160 Speaker 1: out right, because at any point serving in the military 406 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:28,680 Speaker 1: could become a very deadly thing. It's not a time 407 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:31,359 Speaker 1: of peace really over here. I think at any point 408 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:34,320 Speaker 1: in my lifetime, there's always there's always a real threat 409 00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:37,040 Speaker 1: that you're watching, even if it's not all at war. 410 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:39,560 Speaker 1: You guys experienced war a lot more than we do 411 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:42,440 Speaker 1: in the US. Your war is much more hand to 412 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:45,919 Speaker 1: hand than it is, you know, shooting drones shots from 413 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:48,520 Speaker 1: the sky like we did our b two bombers or 414 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:51,040 Speaker 1: whatever it is that are bombing. I mean, it is 415 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:55,159 Speaker 1: very different. But like the kids that I saw, like 416 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:57,840 Speaker 1: they seem to be pretty pumped. And there's an ignorance 417 00:21:57,840 --> 00:22:00,879 Speaker 1: when you're eighteen nineteen about just like this is what 418 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:03,679 Speaker 1: I do and I'm excited. So I know your fear 419 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:06,480 Speaker 1: is a mom right, but your daughter was. She excited. 420 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:09,320 Speaker 2: So I called this spend the broken ground of getting 421 00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:11,600 Speaker 2: what you prayed for. From the time our children were 422 00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:14,840 Speaker 2: born here in Israel, my husband and I would always pray, 423 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:17,080 Speaker 2: let them be connected to family, let them be connected 424 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:20,439 Speaker 2: to God, let them be protected, connected to this land 425 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:24,160 Speaker 2: and to God's word. And we got what we prayed for. 426 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:26,440 Speaker 2: But that means that, yes, my daughter was very excited 427 00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:29,040 Speaker 2: to join the army, not because the violence. She's not 428 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:31,960 Speaker 2: excited to kill people, it's not. She's excited to protect 429 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:35,000 Speaker 2: and serve. And after October seventh, and she always volunteered 430 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:38,159 Speaker 2: at soup kitchens through high school, and she volunteered on 431 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:41,280 Speaker 2: an ambulance and took the course. And after October seventh, 432 00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:44,560 Speaker 2: I looked at her and I said, my love, do 433 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:47,840 Speaker 2: you still want to serve? You know, as you see 434 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,040 Speaker 2: your peers, I can't tell you how many funerals of 435 00:22:50,119 --> 00:22:52,199 Speaker 2: nineteen year olds I've been at with my daughter in 436 00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:54,080 Speaker 2: the past two years. I can't count. 437 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:57,440 Speaker 1: And so when you say that, you're not talking five 438 00:22:57,560 --> 00:23:00,800 Speaker 1: or six. You're talking a lot of funerals, a lot 439 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:03,040 Speaker 1: of funerals. And that's one of the things I think 440 00:23:03,040 --> 00:23:05,960 Speaker 1: people to understand about this war, the number of people 441 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:08,760 Speaker 1: that died in this war, that we're just trying to 442 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:12,040 Speaker 1: protect and defend their people, their petry, protect just to 443 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:13,320 Speaker 1: procure it's significant. 444 00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:17,439 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, And she looked at me and she said, Mummy, 445 00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:23,280 Speaker 2: if I was at all hesitant about joining the army, 446 00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:27,879 Speaker 2: which I wasn't, now even that tiny hesitation is gone. 447 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:30,960 Speaker 2: If I don't protect this land, we won't have it. 448 00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:34,080 Speaker 2: If I don't protect my people, they won't be safe. 449 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:37,520 Speaker 2: And if I don't stand on these borders watching, we 450 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:41,879 Speaker 2: won't have a future. That she went with such faith 451 00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:45,919 Speaker 2: and confidence that this is God's calling on her life. 452 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:49,280 Speaker 2: And as a mother, I couldn't be more proud and worried. 453 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:53,840 Speaker 2: And I'm praying like I never prayed before. But what 454 00:23:53,920 --> 00:23:56,359 Speaker 2: else do you want for your child then to love God, 455 00:23:56,760 --> 00:23:58,520 Speaker 2: love the land, and love their people. 456 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:02,119 Speaker 1: Let's talk about what the IFCJ is doing. And this 457 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:04,919 Speaker 1: is day one of me broadcasting live here from Israel. 458 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:07,520 Speaker 1: My guess with me is the President Global CEO of 459 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:10,000 Speaker 1: the IFCJ. You can go to IFCJ dot org to 460 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:14,080 Speaker 1: find out more. Yale Eckstein, and y'all, let's talk about 461 00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:16,800 Speaker 1: what I've just experienced with IFCJ since I've been here. 462 00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:20,119 Speaker 1: I had the privilege today of delivering food to a 463 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 1: woman that's basically bedridden. She cannot work. Her son has 464 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:28,840 Speaker 1: a pretty intense epilepsy, so he can't work. She's a 465 00:24:28,840 --> 00:24:31,280 Speaker 1: caretaker for him, even though he's I think she said 466 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:36,600 Speaker 1: he's fifty three. She desperately needs the food that comes. 467 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:38,359 Speaker 1: It was you could just tell by the condition of 468 00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:41,359 Speaker 1: where she lived in her home and the stipend that 469 00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:43,479 Speaker 1: she receives in the government's very small. It's less than 470 00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:46,960 Speaker 1: so security in the US. And to see how thankful 471 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:48,919 Speaker 1: she was and tell her story, and she cried a 472 00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:51,439 Speaker 1: lot because she was so thankful that there is a 473 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:54,840 Speaker 1: group like IFCJ that is giving her the food she 474 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:58,240 Speaker 1: needs to live, so she can also live for her son, 475 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:01,040 Speaker 1: because when she's gone, there's no one else to take 476 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:02,720 Speaker 1: care of him. He will go into some sort of 477 00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:07,080 Speaker 1: assisted living mental health facility. From what we were told today, 478 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:11,280 Speaker 1: she clearly doesn't want that to happen anytime soon. She's 479 00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:15,040 Speaker 1: a mom that's trying to stay alive who cannot walk 480 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:19,040 Speaker 1: for her son so he doesn't get institutionalized in essence, 481 00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:23,240 Speaker 1: and looking at how thankful she was for and for 482 00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:25,680 Speaker 1: people that are listening. Don't know what IFCG does. They 483 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:26,879 Speaker 1: do a lot of different things, but one of the 484 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:29,040 Speaker 1: things you guys do is you mentioned the meals. How 485 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:31,080 Speaker 1: many meals do you guys deliver to people in Israel 486 00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:32,280 Speaker 1: a month or a year. 487 00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:36,120 Speaker 2: Just from soup kitchens, we'd deliver over three million meals 488 00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:40,440 Speaker 2: a year. And that's besides hundreds of thousands every single 489 00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:45,760 Speaker 2: month that we're delivering through food boxes, food tickets, food cards, 490 00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:50,040 Speaker 2: meals on wheels. There's nowhere in Israel that there's a 491 00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:54,240 Speaker 2: person in need that doesn't have access to food from 492 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:57,960 Speaker 2: the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, and we even 493 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:00,280 Speaker 2: help the government of Israel build the first NAT small 494 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:04,400 Speaker 2: food program in America. There's food stamps. At least someone 495 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:07,159 Speaker 2: could have food even if they're very poor. Israel. We 496 00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:09,560 Speaker 2: have to remember, as a young country and it was 497 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:10,560 Speaker 2: started by. 498 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:12,359 Speaker 1: Let's remind you of how young it is. 499 00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:16,640 Speaker 2: Nineteen forty eight Israel was established, but it shouldn't be forgotten. 500 00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:18,960 Speaker 1: My parents' lifetime. Where I was sitting yesterday was actually Jordan. 501 00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:20,160 Speaker 2: Mm hmmm hmm. 502 00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:23,000 Speaker 1: That's just crazy to me. We were standing in part 503 00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:24,560 Speaker 1: of the old sting. They're like, just so you know, 504 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:25,320 Speaker 1: you were standing. 505 00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:27,080 Speaker 2: In Georgia and Jews weren't allowed there and. 506 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:29,639 Speaker 1: Jews weren't allowed there and that was until. 507 00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:32,520 Speaker 2: What year that was until the nineteen sixty seven. 508 00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:34,359 Speaker 1: That was okay, Yeah, nineteen sixty. 509 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:37,720 Speaker 2: Nineteen sixty seven is when we got Jerusalem. After the 510 00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:40,240 Speaker 2: Arab countries attacked Israel trying to take away the little 511 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:43,159 Speaker 2: piece of Israel that we had. They lost in Israel 512 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:46,200 Speaker 2: conquered Jerusalem in six days and whenever Israel. 513 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:47,920 Speaker 1: That is the famous war. 514 00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:50,240 Speaker 2: That's the famous war. Six days, six days, you work, 515 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:53,200 Speaker 2: on the seventh day, you rest, And that was the 516 00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:58,680 Speaker 2: War of Jerusalem. But it's it's you know, there was 517 00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:02,479 Speaker 2: a very famous quote from Warren Buffett. He said, it's 518 00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:06,520 Speaker 2: easier to make money than it is to effectively distribute it. Yeah, 519 00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:09,680 Speaker 2: and the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews has excellence 520 00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:13,080 Speaker 2: in distributing because our average donation is around fifty dollars 521 00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:16,879 Speaker 2: a month. We recognize every single penny makes a difference, 522 00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:20,320 Speaker 2: and so every meal is done with integrity and given 523 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:23,679 Speaker 2: with full love and respect. But we do it in 524 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:26,479 Speaker 2: a way that is as cost effective as possible. We 525 00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:30,359 Speaker 2: work with an organization that saves fruits and vegetables that 526 00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:34,200 Speaker 2: would otherwise be thrown out from fields across Israel. They're 527 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:37,600 Speaker 2: in perfect condition and we are able to distribute them too, 528 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:41,480 Speaker 2: elderly as soup in the winter. That we're always finding 529 00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:44,200 Speaker 2: new ways both to hold the government of Israel accountable 530 00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:46,399 Speaker 2: and get matching funds and give them our plans of 531 00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:51,000 Speaker 2: how you can effectively distribute food, but also to wherever 532 00:27:51,040 --> 00:27:53,679 Speaker 2: we see someone that's hungry, be there to say, just 533 00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:55,800 Speaker 2: like the woman that you met today, this is from 534 00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:59,160 Speaker 2: Christians around the world who love you and very often, Ben, 535 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:02,320 Speaker 2: it's the food, of course, another day of living, another 536 00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:04,960 Speaker 2: day of having that sustenance that they've been praying for. 537 00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:09,840 Speaker 2: But even more than that, I think it's feeling loved. 538 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:13,600 Speaker 1: The people loved you talk about love. One of the 539 00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:16,880 Speaker 1: other things that we got to witness today was there's 540 00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:19,600 Speaker 1: a really cool project, and I hope that people in 541 00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:22,800 Speaker 1: America will do this where elderly a lot of them 542 00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:27,600 Speaker 1: eighty years older above, can come every day and they 543 00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:30,159 Speaker 1: can paint and help create things they're sold in the 544 00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:32,760 Speaker 1: gift shop and they get subsidized about thirty percent of 545 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:35,560 Speaker 1: their pension or their government aid to come and do this. 546 00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:37,440 Speaker 1: And many of them have been doing it for twenty 547 00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:40,520 Speaker 1: twenty five, twenty seven years. There's even six married couples 548 00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:42,080 Speaker 1: who work there. They're not allowed to work together, which 549 00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:44,640 Speaker 1: is even help more funny to that, Like, it was 550 00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:47,520 Speaker 1: hysterical when I found that out. But there were people 551 00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:50,760 Speaker 1: in their nineties, there were people. There's a woman who's 552 00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:53,479 Speaker 1: legally blind and they basically created a way for her 553 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:56,160 Speaker 1: to still make her projects. It was some of the 554 00:28:56,160 --> 00:29:02,760 Speaker 1: most beautiful like throws. There was some table runners that 555 00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:09,920 Speaker 1: they make handmake. They're just beautiful potter pottery that they 556 00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:12,640 Speaker 1: were hand painted. And you see this and you're like, 557 00:29:12,680 --> 00:29:15,040 Speaker 1: these people have a purpose and they were loving what 558 00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:17,720 Speaker 1: they were doing at this age, giving them a place 559 00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:20,160 Speaker 1: where they belong. They were saying during COVID that thirty 560 00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:24,240 Speaker 1: percent of the workers could didn't come back afterwards, because 561 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:27,240 Speaker 1: they said in their homes and they lost that skill 562 00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:29,520 Speaker 1: at that older age, and they lost the ability to 563 00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:31,720 Speaker 1: be mobile and go get on the bus, which is 564 00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:33,959 Speaker 1: so sad, but also tells you how much community matters. 565 00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:37,280 Speaker 1: You're not isolated, you're not home alone. And that's one 566 00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:39,560 Speaker 1: of the things that you guys Ifcj's sponsor, which is 567 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:42,400 Speaker 1: amazing giving these elderly people a place to be important 568 00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:44,840 Speaker 1: and significant and also creates thing beautiful. 569 00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:48,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's incredible because all those elderly that you saw 570 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:50,920 Speaker 2: live below the poverty line. They live on around six 571 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:53,800 Speaker 2: hundred dollars a month. Almost all of them are immigrants 572 00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:57,240 Speaker 2: to Israel. You see the Ethiopians together from the once 573 00:29:57,320 --> 00:29:59,760 Speaker 2: last tribe of Dan and they're speaking I'm Hurrik. And 574 00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:02,720 Speaker 2: you see the Russians sitting together and speaking Russian, and 575 00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:06,160 Speaker 2: the Ukrainians and the French, and many of them don't 576 00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:07,240 Speaker 2: have family, and. 577 00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:09,479 Speaker 1: So this simple this is their family. 578 00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:12,240 Speaker 2: This is their family. We give them a bus card 579 00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:14,200 Speaker 2: that they're able to come, but for them that saves 580 00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:16,240 Speaker 2: them money and gives them somewhere to go. We give 581 00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:17,840 Speaker 2: them a place to go where they can actually be 582 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:21,200 Speaker 2: valued and develop a skill and be selling their work 583 00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:24,120 Speaker 2: and we give them lunch every day that for them. 584 00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:25,720 Speaker 1: Maybe they're only hot meal o the day. We found 585 00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:27,400 Speaker 1: out today, which is incredible. 586 00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:30,520 Speaker 2: Yes, yes, it's saving lives and it's you know, in 587 00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:33,760 Speaker 2: the scriptures we see God says specifically feed the hungry, 588 00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:36,440 Speaker 2: clothe the naked, shelter the poor, and so that's what 589 00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:38,920 Speaker 2: we do. We look at all of our philanthropy here 590 00:30:38,920 --> 00:30:41,400 Speaker 2: and Israel, all of our projects are saving lives through 591 00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:43,719 Speaker 2: the eyes of what does the scripture say? And so 592 00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:46,840 Speaker 2: every day we have Jews returning home to Israel from 593 00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:48,760 Speaker 2: the four corners of the Earth. We bring them on 594 00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:52,560 Speaker 2: Alia from places where they're persecuted, from South America, from 595 00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:56,120 Speaker 2: across the former Soviet Union, from France, from countries I 596 00:30:56,120 --> 00:31:00,040 Speaker 2: can't even say on air because they're secretive and it 597 00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:04,120 Speaker 2: be dangerous. But there's still Jews coming home every single 598 00:31:04,280 --> 00:31:07,280 Speaker 2: day with the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews because 599 00:31:07,360 --> 00:31:08,880 Speaker 2: that's what it says in the scriptures. 600 00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:12,480 Speaker 1: You guys, purpose is incredible and I hope that people 601 00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:14,720 Speaker 1: that are listening will go check you out IFCJ dot 602 00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:17,000 Speaker 1: org it's IFCJ dot organ. You can just see what 603 00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:19,400 Speaker 1: they do. There's a lot of videos online, so you 604 00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:21,959 Speaker 1: can check them out on social media. What are the 605 00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:25,920 Speaker 1: biggest needs now with the ceasfire, Because the work now 606 00:31:26,040 --> 00:31:28,560 Speaker 1: is really just begun in many ways, that's also part 607 00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:30,520 Speaker 1: of what I've witnessed here. A lot of people lost 608 00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:32,360 Speaker 1: their homes, a lot of people lost where they live, 609 00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:35,160 Speaker 1: they lost their communities. There's a lot of needs right 610 00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:36,080 Speaker 1: now and there are going to be a lot of 611 00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:38,640 Speaker 1: needs for some time because when you have a basically 612 00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:42,960 Speaker 1: a three year war, it is it changes your community, 613 00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:45,600 Speaker 1: especially the areas that were hit hard. What are the 614 00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:47,960 Speaker 1: needs now that that are for people that are listening 615 00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:48,680 Speaker 1: that might want to get. 616 00:31:48,600 --> 00:31:51,880 Speaker 2: Involved, Well, let me give you an example what rebuilding means. 617 00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:55,960 Speaker 2: Rebuilding means that there's communities the Kibbutzim on the border 618 00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:58,640 Speaker 2: with Gaza that we're invaded on October seventh. 619 00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:01,520 Speaker 1: And explain to people, I know what it is, but 620 00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:02,720 Speaker 1: it's neighborhoods. 621 00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:04,400 Speaker 2: It's neighborhoods, a neighborhood. 622 00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:06,760 Speaker 1: Just like we're nine percent of people listening right now. 623 00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:11,440 Speaker 1: It's you imagine your neighborhood as a neighborhood being attacked exactly. 624 00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:14,160 Speaker 2: It's a neighborhood that has its own grocery store. That 625 00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:17,479 Speaker 2: has its own kindergartens and schools, that has homes that 626 00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:20,480 Speaker 2: but it's a closer community. The term keyboots kind of 627 00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:24,160 Speaker 2: alludes to very very close knit community where everyone's doing 628 00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:26,720 Speaker 2: things together. You don't lock your doors, you go into 629 00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:29,440 Speaker 2: people's houses without knocking, you eat meals together. It's a 630 00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:32,200 Speaker 2: very close knit community, which is beautiful, which is why 631 00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:34,400 Speaker 2: they always said we have the best life here. And 632 00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:39,120 Speaker 2: those homes, those buildings are all destroyed. I was just 633 00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:43,040 Speaker 2: in near O's where one in four people from that 634 00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:47,200 Speaker 2: community were either killed or kidnapped. The homes are destroyed. 635 00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:50,080 Speaker 1: I say that again. I want in four and can 636 00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:52,200 Speaker 1: say this because I want to paint the picture. Imagine 637 00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:55,320 Speaker 1: your neighborhood where you're listening right now. I live in 638 00:32:55,360 --> 00:32:59,360 Speaker 1: a gated, guarded community. One in four in my neighborhood 639 00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:01,600 Speaker 1: was gone on the day of the attack. 640 00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:05,200 Speaker 2: Including the Bibas family, those beautiful redhead kids one year 641 00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:08,360 Speaker 2: old and three year old and their mother who are 642 00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:11,480 Speaker 2: kidnapped and then murdered, and they were taken just a 643 00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:14,400 Speaker 2: mile away into Gaza. You have to realize how close 644 00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:18,000 Speaker 2: things are. It's these communities are a mile away from 645 00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:22,240 Speaker 2: the Gaza strip where Hamas terrorists are planning their next 646 00:33:22,320 --> 00:33:25,600 Speaker 2: October seventh. But these communities are still destroyed, but people 647 00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:28,400 Speaker 2: want to go back. That's the resilience here in Israel. 648 00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:30,920 Speaker 2: We believe in life, we believe in planting, we believe 649 00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:33,320 Speaker 2: in rebuilding. And they turned to the Fellowship and said, 650 00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:37,200 Speaker 2: we need our kindergarten at least refurbished so we could 651 00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:41,280 Speaker 2: send our children to a kindergarten that's not burnt and destroyed. 652 00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:45,080 Speaker 2: And so the Fellowship now is renovating all the kindergartens 653 00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:48,680 Speaker 2: and the border with Gaza. You have the hospital that 654 00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:52,680 Speaker 2: was hit by Iranian ballistic missile. An entire floor of 655 00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:55,120 Speaker 2: the hospital, the surgical unit was destroyed. 656 00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:57,400 Speaker 1: Do you know why buy an Iranian missile? 657 00:33:57,480 --> 00:34:00,960 Speaker 2: Buy an Iranian missile. The reason why there weren't hundreds 658 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:04,040 Speaker 2: of deaths there is because the day before they made 659 00:34:04,040 --> 00:34:09,319 Speaker 2: the decision to close down this unsecured surgical unit and 660 00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:13,160 Speaker 2: move everyone to the MIMI Gan, which means armored or 661 00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:18,160 Speaker 2: protected surgical unit that the International Fellowship of Christians and 662 00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:21,080 Speaker 2: Jews sponsored and built just a few years before. 663 00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:23,239 Speaker 1: One of the things that you guys do that I 664 00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:26,000 Speaker 1: also think is so incredible is you give out I 665 00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:27,840 Speaker 1: think a lot of people think that there's like unlimited 666 00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:30,960 Speaker 1: funds in Israel. Not true by the government. That's a lie. 667 00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:33,200 Speaker 1: I've witnessed it. A lot of people think the Israel's 668 00:34:33,200 --> 00:34:36,680 Speaker 1: a very rich country. Is actually not. And one of 669 00:34:36,719 --> 00:34:38,640 Speaker 1: the things that I also think misconceptions is why I 670 00:34:38,680 --> 00:34:41,480 Speaker 1: tell people to come here, is that there's just a 671 00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:47,480 Speaker 1: plentiful amount of military goods. Also not true. You guys 672 00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:53,440 Speaker 1: give out armored vehicles, armored military vehicles, also armored ambulances, 673 00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:59,160 Speaker 1: flat jackets, basically bullet prevests for first responders that are 674 00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:02,000 Speaker 1: not provided by the by the government here in Israel. 675 00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:04,319 Speaker 1: That is how real the need is. 676 00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:08,960 Speaker 2: Yes. On October seventh, then our team was at the 677 00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:12,399 Speaker 2: place the farthest you could go that the military would 678 00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:14,719 Speaker 2: let you go on the way down south, handing out 679 00:35:14,760 --> 00:35:18,840 Speaker 2: bulletproof vests because when all the other infrastructures fell apart, 680 00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:20,920 Speaker 2: we were there to provide and so for the heroes 681 00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:22,719 Speaker 2: going down south to try to save lives, we were 682 00:35:22,760 --> 00:35:26,440 Speaker 2: just passing out bulletproof vest And I was watching television 683 00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:30,320 Speaker 2: and there was a live interview with one of these heroes, 684 00:35:30,360 --> 00:35:33,000 Speaker 2: a civilian hero who was driving down south in his 685 00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:35,120 Speaker 2: car and wearing his vest, and he came under live 686 00:35:35,160 --> 00:35:38,480 Speaker 2: fire on TV from Ramas terrorists and he got out 687 00:35:38,480 --> 00:35:40,279 Speaker 2: of his cars. He's still reporting and he's hiding in 688 00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:42,719 Speaker 2: the bushes and he's trying to figure out what to do, 689 00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:44,120 Speaker 2: and all of a sudden you see he's wearing a 690 00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:47,440 Speaker 2: vest from the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. And 691 00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:52,440 Speaker 2: the person who led so much of this heroic work 692 00:35:52,640 --> 00:35:57,479 Speaker 2: saving countless lives on October seventh was Keith Isaacson. He's 693 00:35:57,480 --> 00:35:59,920 Speaker 2: the head of security for that area that the old 694 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:02,680 Speaker 2: The only reason why he survived is because the Fellowship 695 00:36:02,719 --> 00:36:05,640 Speaker 2: provided him with a bulletproof vehicle. He was shot at 696 00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:08,960 Speaker 2: over two dozen times. Even the wheels are bulletproof. 697 00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:11,480 Speaker 1: Wow. So without that car. 698 00:36:11,360 --> 00:36:14,480 Speaker 2: He wouldn't be alive, and many other people wouldn't be alive. 699 00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:17,040 Speaker 2: Because it's only because he was alive he was able 700 00:36:17,120 --> 00:36:20,800 Speaker 2: to arrange for the rescue. I was on the ground 701 00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:23,560 Speaker 2: during the Iranian War at a site where a huge 702 00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:26,680 Speaker 2: missile hit six buildings were destroyed. Me and my team 703 00:36:26,719 --> 00:36:30,440 Speaker 2: were there as there were still first responders working trying 704 00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:33,800 Speaker 2: to uncover the bodies, trying to save people's lives, and 705 00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:36,160 Speaker 2: as they were working, I realized there are sirens going off, 706 00:36:36,200 --> 00:36:39,759 Speaker 2: there's missiles falling, and they don't have flack jackets, and 707 00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:43,960 Speaker 2: so immediately we went and provided them. These first responders 708 00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:47,160 Speaker 2: need to be protected, both because they deserve to be 709 00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:50,440 Speaker 2: that's what's right, That's what's just. These people risking their 710 00:36:50,480 --> 00:36:52,719 Speaker 2: lives instead of being in the bomb shelter with their 711 00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:57,440 Speaker 2: family should be protected. But also because the bombs that 712 00:36:57,480 --> 00:36:59,759 Speaker 2: are trying to kill them are coming from evil and 713 00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:03,399 Speaker 2: the black jackets that are protecting them are coming from 714 00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:06,720 Speaker 2: forces of good Christians who are saying, we sanctify life. 715 00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:09,319 Speaker 2: And that's a message that we have to shout off 716 00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:12,879 Speaker 2: of rooftops. There are still people in this world who 717 00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:14,480 Speaker 2: sanctify life. 718 00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:17,160 Speaker 1: I tell you what, as we wrap this day one 719 00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:18,600 Speaker 1: here in Israel, and I'm going to have a lot 720 00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:20,680 Speaker 1: more to share with you guys tomorrow, So make sure 721 00:37:21,120 --> 00:37:23,960 Speaker 1: you listen to the show all week long. But there's 722 00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:27,440 Speaker 1: a couple things. One follow IFCJ dot org on social media. 723 00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:30,320 Speaker 1: The stories that they put out are real, they're authentic. 724 00:37:31,120 --> 00:37:34,400 Speaker 1: It's really nice to have them, especially when there's breaking 725 00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:36,520 Speaker 1: news happening in Israel. You guys do an amazing job 726 00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:38,359 Speaker 1: of kind of letting you know what's really going on. 727 00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:41,239 Speaker 1: Number two, if you've never come to Israel, come to 728 00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:44,480 Speaker 1: Israel right now. Since the ceasefire, it is completely wide open. 729 00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:48,120 Speaker 1: I have felt incredibly safe here the entire time. I 730 00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:52,040 Speaker 1: would encourage you to take that pilgrimage to Israel for 731 00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:53,799 Speaker 1: sure and be a part of I'm going to bring 732 00:37:53,840 --> 00:37:55,799 Speaker 1: my family back very soon. I want them to see 733 00:37:55,800 --> 00:37:57,759 Speaker 1: what I've seen and not wait till they're forty four 734 00:37:57,880 --> 00:38:00,719 Speaker 1: like I am to see it. On thing is, if 735 00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:03,400 Speaker 1: think about giving, if you've never given the IFCJ, they 736 00:38:03,440 --> 00:38:07,680 Speaker 1: could really use your help. I witnessed that firsthand. That help, 737 00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:09,520 Speaker 1: whether it was the food that was given out, whether 738 00:38:09,560 --> 00:38:12,920 Speaker 1: it's the Elderly Center, whether it's building these bomb shelters, 739 00:38:12,920 --> 00:38:15,640 Speaker 1: temporary bomb shelters, you do, the armored vehicles, the five deckets. 740 00:38:15,680 --> 00:38:17,560 Speaker 1: The list goes on and on. The work you guys do, 741 00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:20,920 Speaker 1: and look, dear research check them out online. Once you 742 00:38:20,960 --> 00:38:23,000 Speaker 1: see it, you'll understand why I'm an advocate for them 743 00:38:23,560 --> 00:38:25,400 Speaker 1: and why I hope that you'll get involved, even if 744 00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:28,399 Speaker 1: it's a very small donation. So IFCJ dot org check 745 00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:31,440 Speaker 1: them out. Yeah, thank you so much for sitting down 746 00:38:31,480 --> 00:38:33,120 Speaker 1: me it's so fun to see you where you live. 747 00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:35,799 Speaker 1: Being here in Jerusalem, it's so nice to be here, 748 00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:37,400 Speaker 1: and we're gonna have a lot more. Tomorrow. I'll be 749 00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:39,920 Speaker 1: a meeting with with Huckabee, a dear friend of mine 750 00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:41,680 Speaker 1: who's the US Ambassador to Israel, so I'm gonna go 751 00:38:41,880 --> 00:38:43,960 Speaker 1: see him in the US mbsy tomorrow. I'll have that 752 00:38:44,080 --> 00:38:46,520 Speaker 1: for you as well tomorrow. So make sure jo Us 753 00:38:46,560 --> 00:38:48,600 Speaker 1: in the bed Ferguson show hit that share button like 754 00:38:48,719 --> 00:38:51,719 Speaker 1: subscribe wherever you are. Please share this episode on social 755 00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:53,480 Speaker 1: media wherever you are, and I'll see you back here 756 00:38:53,600 --> 00:38:54,640 Speaker 1: tomorrow from Israel.