Transcript [00:00] I've been gone now a little over a year [00:01] and a half uh coming here as ambassador [00:03] and I see what's going on in the states [00:06] and I'm stunned. I know that there's a [00:08] lot of money that's being poured [music] [00:10] into the false messaging just to divide [00:12] America and to particularly influence [00:15] young minds. And I said, "Hey Tucker, [00:17] instead of talking about me, why don't [00:19] you talk to me? You've known me a long [00:22] time. Let's sit down and visit." He took [00:24] me up on it. He gave them 70% of the [00:26] talking time. He spent 30% In the case [00:30] with me, he spent 70% of the time [00:33] talking and gave me 30. Who else [00:36] appoints a person to be an ambassador to [00:38] Christians? I don't know of anybody else [00:40] anywhere in the world. Israel has done [00:43] that. So, if they hate Christians, they [00:46] have a real lousy way of showing it. [00:48] Look at it for yourself. I think you'll [00:50] have a very different impression of [00:52] Israel than some of the people waving [00:53] [music] Hamas flags around the city of [00:56] New York. If there's any way in any [00:58] world where you could get me an [01:00] interview with President Trump and or [01:02] [music] interview with Prime Minister [01:03] Netanyo, I would forever be grateful. [01:05] But uh you figure I got to try. [01:07] >> Why not? Let me see what I can do. [01:09] >> Today's guest is someone I have watched [01:11] my whole life. And now he's America's [01:13] ambassador to Israel. And he sat down [01:15] with me for a real conversation. I [01:17] discussed with Ambassador Makabe the [01:18] resilience of the Israeli people, what [01:20] Israel keeps getting wrong about [01:21] messaging, what really happened in the [01:23] situation room in Iran and his debate [01:25] with Tucker Carlson and so much more. [01:27] This episode is [01:31] Mosha. You'll hear more from our [01:32] wonderful sponsors at Chuva Bipin Whales [01:36] to lease and kabad. This one is special. [01:39] Here we go. Okay, welcome Ambassador [01:42] Hakabe to the show. It's an honor and uh [01:46] thanks so much for doing this. I know [01:47] you're extremely busy. [01:48] >> I'm delighted to be with you. Thank you [01:50] for having me. [01:52] >> Okay. So, I know that from your past [01:54] you've always been a big fan and lover [01:56] of Israel. Now that you're actually [01:58] there and you're the ambassador for [02:01] America, for Israel, what has changed [02:04] for you personally? Well, really nothing [02:06] has changed in terms of my appreciation [02:10] or uh just awe of the country and the [02:14] people. I think if anything, it's just [02:16] given me the opportunity to have an even [02:19] greater depth of understanding of the [02:22] extraordinary resilience of the Israeli [02:24] people. It is something to behold. Uh [02:28] Israel is under attack constantly. It's [02:30] not always military. It's under attack [02:32] from a messaging standpoint from the [02:35] Europeans and from countries that for [02:38] reasons that don't make any sense to me. [02:40] Always want to criticize Israel and hold [02:42] it to a standard they don't hold anyone [02:44] else to. In spite of that, I watch [02:47] Israelis every day wake up, go to work, [02:50] send their kids to school. They have an [02:52] optimistic attitude. They built an [02:54] incredible economy. In the face of war, [02:58] they've actually had GDP growth. That's [03:01] simply unheard of. The stock market [03:03] since October the 7th is up 100%. That's [03:06] unthinkable. If you look at just these [03:09] objective factors, you would be shocked [03:11] to think that Israel has been dealing [03:14] with two major wars with Iran, wars with [03:17] the Houthis, Hezbollah, and Hamas, [03:20] hostages being taken and held for two [03:22] years, and uh an onslaught of [03:25] anti-semitism globally. And yet here [03:28] they are crushing it. [03:32] >> Yeah, it's uh definitely God at play [03:35] over here. When you're in the room with [03:39] the leaders of Israel, what what is [03:42] their biggest concerns? [03:44] >> I think their biggest concern first is [03:46] always security. There's nothing that is [03:48] bigger to the Israeli leadership than [03:51] that. protecting the people, making sure [03:53] that they uh are vigilant against the [03:56] potential of any enemy coming in. Uh [04:00] October 7th probably changed everyone's [04:02] attitude about the vulnerability. [04:05] I think the other thing they're [04:07] interested and concerned about is how to [04:10] better message what Israel is doing and [04:13] who they really are because the [04:15] distortions, the lies that are told are [04:18] just uh overwhelming. [04:21] example to say Israel is a genocidal [04:24] nation because of its actions in Gaza. [04:26] It's nonsense. The population in Gaza [04:29] has actually grown by 4% every year. Uh [04:32] Israel gave a million vaci vaccinations [04:36] for polio. If you're trying to kill [04:38] everybody, you don't vaccinate them [04:39] against a disease. 700 trucks a day of [04:42] humanitarian [04:44] supplies and food go into Gaza every [04:46] single day. If you're trying to kill [04:48] everybody, you don't feed them and [04:50] provide them medical supplies. You just [04:53] you just can't make this stuff up. So, [04:55] those are the two big areas that I see. [04:58] First of all, just protecting the [05:00] physical security of the land. And [05:02] secondly, trying to get a more balanced [05:05] message out to the world. [05:07] >> What do you say to critics when they, [05:11] you know, mock President Trump and they [05:12] say, "Oh, President Trump, you're in [05:14] quotes owned by Israel." And clearly [05:16] they don't know President Trump. So what [05:18] do you say to that knowing him [05:19] personally for many years and just [05:21] knowing how he operates? [05:23] >> Anyone who says that obviously does not [05:25] know President Trump. What a ridiculous [05:27] statement that somebody's going to lead [05:29] President Trump around. They're going to [05:31] push him into something. Uh he doesn't [05:33] work like that. I was actually in the [05:35] room at the White House in the situation [05:37] room when the president met all with his [05:41] uh top adviserss uh on this issue and [05:43] with the Israelis. I can assure you that [05:46] the decisions the president made when it [05:48] came time to deal with Iran and to take [05:51] military action was not something that [05:53] somebody pushed him into. It was a [05:56] decision he made that was a courageous [05:58] and an important decision, a very [06:01] strategic decision that he based on 47 [06:04] and a2 years of listening to Iran say [06:07] death to America. But this is a [06:09] president who actually had the guts to [06:11] say we're not going to keep listening to [06:13] this. We're going to stand up. We're [06:14] going to push back and we're not going [06:16] to let them build a nuclear weapon. I [06:19] for one can't be more proud of President [06:21] Trump for finally doing something that [06:24] other presidents always said they were [06:25] going to do but they never did it. And [06:28] he recognized that this was a clear and [06:31] present danger not just to Israel. This [06:34] was a clear and present danger to the [06:36] United States and to every American. [06:39] Whether they understand that or not, the [06:42] president understands it and he took [06:44] very decisive action uh without really [06:47] consideration of the political risk. He [06:49] did it because he knew it was the right [06:51] thing to do for America. [06:54] >> I want to talk about another podcast and [06:56] you probably know where I'm going with [06:57] this. Uh Tucker Carlson, you're [06:59] definitely the outlier when you look at [07:01] his guests that he has on. It's it's [07:03] clearly people who very much hate Israel [07:05] and just hate the Jewish people and [07:07] you're totally the outlier there. Why [07:09] did you feel it's so important to go on [07:11] there and and debate him and just, you [07:14] know, hash it out? [07:15] >> You know, I've known him for over 30 [07:16] years. Worked with him for six and a [07:18] half years in New York at Fox. This is a [07:21] different person than the person I have [07:23] known for many years. And he had been [07:25] saying some things about me. He said [07:27] that he could not stand Christian [07:28] Zionists. He thought they were the worst [07:30] people in the world. And I'm thinking, [07:32] well, Tucker, you know, I'm a Christian [07:34] Zionist, I guess, by your definition. [07:36] So, am I the worst person in the world? [07:38] Worse than uh the Ayatollah, worse than [07:40] uh Nazis. So, I I reached out to him. I [07:43] have his contact information. And I [07:45] said, "Hey, Tucker, instead of talking [07:46] about me, why don't you talk to me? [07:49] You've known me a long time. Let's sit [07:51] down and visit." He took me up on it. He [07:53] came. Now, he didn't leave the airport. [07:56] I thought was unfortunate because I [07:58] would love for him to have seen some [07:59] things in Israel that would have given [08:00] him a different perspective. We had a [08:03] conversation. It was quite bizarre. He [08:05] went off on some areas that made no [08:07] sense to me. Um but at the end of the [08:11] day, I came away thinking this is not [08:13] the same guy. And I really felt sorry [08:15] for him. It's like something has snapped [08:18] within him. Uh something mental, [08:20] something deeply emotional. I can't [08:22] explain it. I know some people say, [08:23] "Well, he's getting paid." He may be. I [08:26] don't know. But I know that he's not [08:29] thinking the way that a rational person [08:31] thinks. His allegations about Israel are [08:34] so off the mark that I I find it [08:37] embarrassing cuz he's smarter than this. [08:39] And whether he's playing it for clicks [08:42] or there's something internally going on [08:44] inside his soul, I don't know. I can't [08:48] uh analyze him, but I can certainly [08:51] evaluate that it's very dangerous. The [08:54] biggest concern I have is that some of [08:56] the utter untruths that he's uh saying [09:00] about Israel and about its government, [09:03] those things concern me and whatever [09:05] influence he has, it's misguided and I'm [09:08] hoping people won't take it seriously. I [09:11] will say one other thing, Yakov, that I [09:12] thought was interesting. when he had [09:14] people like Nick Fuentes, the little [09:18] Nazi, and people of that same ilk, uh, [09:23] someone analyzed the total amount of [09:25] time on his podcast. He gave them 70% of [09:28] the talking time, he spent 30%. In the [09:32] case with me, he spent 70% of the time [09:35] talking and gave me 30. He constantly [09:38] interrupted, wouldn't let me finish many [09:40] sentences. it was pretty apparent. He [09:42] did not want to know what the truth was. [09:45] He he came with an agenda and uh you [09:48] know, I just hope that people could see [09:50] through it. [09:51] >> It's so ironic that he's painting this [09:54] picture that you know, Christians aren't [09:57] treated properly in Israel and he's not [09:59] even there. He doesn't even see it. And [10:00] you're Christian and you see it. I I'm [10:03] curious if you could paint the picture [10:04] for uh you know the people who haven't [10:06] yet been to Israel what the relationship [10:09] between the Jews and the Christians in [10:10] Israel is is like. [10:12] >> Well, I I feel like I'm in a pretty good [10:14] place to talk about it. I've been coming [10:15] here for 53 years. My first trip was [10:18] 1973. I'm not sure Tucker was born then. [10:21] Uh but I've been coming here a long time [10:23] as a Christian. Uh I now live here as a [10:26] Christian. I go to church every Sunday. [10:27] I play bass guitar in our church band. [10:30] So, I know something about being a [10:31] Christian here. I've brought tens of [10:33] thousands of Christians to Israel on [10:36] pilgrimage, over a hundred trips before [10:39] I came as ambassador. [10:41] A few facts. In 1948, there were 34,000 [10:45] Christians living in Israel. Today, [10:47] there's almost 200,000. It is the only [10:50] country in the region where the [10:52] Christian population has actually grown. [10:55] Christians have full rights here. [10:57] Christians are free to move. They're [10:59] free to worship. They don't have to have [11:00] a permit to be Christian. Uh there's [11:03] freedom of religion. And that's very [11:05] significant. Many people may not realize [11:07] that. There's also something that Israel [11:10] has done that I find remarkable. The [11:13] Israeli government appointed an [11:16] ambassador, full-blown ambassador to the [11:18] Christian world, George Deak, great guy. [11:21] He is a longtime diplomat, but he is [11:25] Christian. His family has uh been living [11:28] in Jaffa for many many years. They're [11:30] prominent Christian family there. His [11:32] job is to represent the state of Israel [11:35] to the Christian community. Now, who [11:37] else as a country appoints a person to [11:40] be an ambassador to Christians? I don't [11:43] know of anybody else anywhere in the [11:45] world. Israel has done that. So, if they [11:47] hate Christians, they have a real lousy [11:50] way of showing it. uh they seem to not [11:53] be good at hating Christians anymore [11:55] than they are good at genocide and [11:57] apartheid. So again, another lie, [12:01] another liel against uh Israel as a [12:04] nation and the Jewish people as a [12:06] people. [12:07] >> We'll be right back. But first, after [12:09] the holidays, after Yantiff, [12:10] [clears throat] getting back into [12:12] healthy routine can feel like a lot. 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[14:15] >> I I sometimes think that uh they need to [14:18] work harder on messaging, getting their [14:20] side of the story out. I think they're [14:22] doing better. They're working at it much [14:24] harder. They've got a very uh [14:26] outstanding spokesperson in the prime [14:27] minister's office now uh Duran Spilman [14:30] who is doing a good job of trying to [14:32] push back on a lot of these ridiculous [14:34] stories that come out against Israel. U [14:38] you know I often say to the Israelis, [14:40] you guys are the best I know at fighting [14:42] a real kinetic war. You got to work [14:45] harder at fighting the message war [14:47] because that's where a lot of these [14:48] battles are being waged on social media [14:51] in the news. And you know, you just want [14:54] the truth to get out. It's not about [14:55] propaganda. It's about just telling the [14:57] truth. And the truth is uh frankly in [15:01] Israel's strong favor. It is a pretty [15:04] remarkable place that took a desert [15:07] land, turned it into uh everything the [15:10] Bible predicted that the dry bones would [15:12] live and the desert would bloom. I've [15:14] watched this over 53 years. It's [15:17] actually happening. You see this startup [15:19] nation, Israel's economy is unlike any [15:22] in the region. The per capita income is [15:25] $70,000 a year US. Uh to put it in [15:29] perspective, its closest neighbors, [15:31] Jordan and Egypt, have a per capita [15:34] income of around $4 or $5,000 a year. I [15:37] mean, just look at the economic um [15:40] capacities, the opportunities, the level [15:43] of education, the Nobel Science Prize [15:47] winners, totally disproportionate to the [15:50] population of Israel, which is only 10 [15:52] million. It's uh it's a pretty [15:55] remarkable country and there are things [15:56] that are being innovated and developed [15:58] here that change the lives of people all [16:00] over the world that certainly improve [16:03] the lives of people living in America. [16:05] They may not appreciate it. They may not [16:07] know about it, but I hope that Israel [16:09] can continually tell the story. And I [16:13] would love for more Americans to come [16:14] here and see for themselves. Uh [16:17] especially the ones who are critical. [16:19] Just come see it. Come spend some time. [16:21] You don't have to be shepherded around [16:23] and told what to see or to hear. Look at [16:26] it for yourself. I think you'll have a [16:28] very different impression of Israel than [16:30] some of the people waving Hamas flags [16:33] around the city of New York. [16:36] >> You've been in politics for quite a [16:37] while now. Have you ever seen such a [16:40] quick change in tone that I guess the [16:44] the right and maybe even the left has [16:46] taken towards their stance on Israel? [16:50] I really haven't to be honest. Uh I've [16:52] been gone now a little over a year and a [16:54] half uh coming here as ambassador and I [16:56] see what's going on in the states and [16:59] I'm stunned. I think what happened and [17:01] it has been a very fast turn. uh the [17:05] propagandists I know that there's a lot [17:07] of money that's being poured into the [17:09] false messaging money that comes from [17:11] maybe some of the Arab states also comes [17:14] from China from Russia just to divide [17:16] America and to particularly influence [17:19] young minds uh that's disturbing but I [17:23] never would have believed that you would [17:25] see people who [17:28] really use blood liels against the [17:30] Jewish people in a way that reminds of [17:34] 1930s Europe when the Nazis were coming [17:37] to power and when they were uh saying [17:41] things that ultimately led to the murder [17:43] of 6 million Jewish people and 11 [17:46] million people total uh in World War II. [17:49] That's what frightens me the most. It's [17:51] not just where it is, but it's where [17:53] this kind of insanity can lead and in [17:56] history has actually led to. [18:00] Recently we uh remembered 911. It's been [18:04] the 25th anniversary and I was quite [18:06] young. I was in fourth grade when it [18:07] happened. But of course it was, you [18:10] know, probably the most shocking event [18:11] in my life and many people's lives. So I [18:14] clearly remember it and I I do obviously [18:17] it was it was you know America's biggest [18:20] tragedy. But the the there was something [18:23] that I remember that there was a certain [18:25] unity that the country had and [18:30] I I'm curious what your take would be, [18:32] God forbid, if that happened in in this [18:34] year, what what the country would the [18:37] country be united or would the country [18:39] be even more divided? [18:41] >> I would certainly hope it would be [18:43] united. Uh I I'll never forget 911 [18:47] myself and there was this reaction where [18:50] everyone was waving an American flag. [18:52] There was a new sense of patriotism and [18:54] unity that we had not seen in a while. [18:57] Uh it was unfortunate that something of [18:59] that cataclysmic nature had to bring us [19:02] there. I would like to think that maybe [19:05] it would happen again that there would [19:06] bring unity. Let me give a comparison. [19:09] October the 7th for Israel. Uh 1,200 [19:12] people murdered in one day. 251 people [19:15] taken hostage, including quite a few [19:17] Americans. And Americans maybe haven't [19:21] thought about this, but if a similar [19:23] thing were to happen in the US, the [19:26] equivalent, if you scaled up the [19:27] population, would be 40,000 people [19:30] murdered in one day and 10,000 people [19:34] taken hostage. And when I say murdered, [19:36] I don't just mean shot or blown up, but [19:40] massacred, butchered, uh taken apart in [19:44] front of their families in most [19:46] unspeakable manner. Can you imagine if [19:49] there had been an invasion across from [19:52] Tijana, Mexico into San Diego [19:55] and the invaders came in and massacred, [19:57] butchered, slaughtered 40,000 people in [20:00] San Diego and then took 10,000 hostage, [20:04] took them back into Tijana and held them [20:05] underground and beat, starved, and raped [20:08] them. What do you think the American [20:10] reaction would be? I can tell you that [20:13] it would not be mild. It would not be, [20:15] "Oh, we'll send him a strongly worded [20:17] letter." It would not be, "Uh, okay, [20:19] we're going to give you 30 days to [20:21] change your ways." Uh, I I can't even [20:25] begin to fathom what the response would [20:27] be, but it would be severe and it would [20:32] be immediate and it would be [20:33] overwhelming. So, when I hear people [20:36] say, "Oh, wow, what Israel did in Gaza," [20:39] I'm thinking, "You have no idea. Imagine [20:41] what would be done in the United States [20:44] by the United States had a similar thing [20:46] happened. And you say, "Well, we don't [20:48] have any reference." 3,000 people were [20:51] murdered on 9/11. 3,000. Multiply that [20:55] by 10. Add a 10,000 more to it. And then [20:59] add 10,000 hostages onto it and ask [21:02] yourself what would the reaction be? [21:04] Because Yakov, we're 25 years away and [21:07] our lives are still being affected. They [21:09] were changed forever by what happened 25 [21:12] years ago. [21:13] >> My favorite part for this episode is [21:15] coming up. But first, have you ever [21:16] wondered who created Torah Any Times [21:18] Technology or Eastern Union's loan [21:20] process platform that has processed over [21:22] $50 billion? 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For you personally, [23:28] what what has been the most difficult [23:30] stance or or bridge that you that they [23:33] didn't see eye to eye, but that you you [23:35] were there and trying to just mend that [23:36] relationship? [23:38] >> Honestly, there hadn't been a need to [23:40] mend the relationship. It's been strong. [23:42] Uh I hear the media sometimes will [23:44] invent this idea that Israel and the US [23:46] aren't getting along and there's this [23:48] rift and uh their disagreements. You [23:51] know, are there disagreements from time [23:53] to time? Uh, I would say probably, but I [23:56] don't see any big ones. The truth is [23:58] that we recognize the partnership [24:01] between the United States and Israel, [24:02] and it's incredibly strong. And during [24:05] the war with Iran, I think people would [24:08] be shocked to learn just how seamless [24:11] our military operations were to the [24:14] point that our planes were flying wing [24:17] tip to wing tip. [snorts] We were [24:19] refueling their planes, they were [24:20] refueling ours. You go into an [24:23] operations center here in Israel where [24:24] the war was being actually managed and [24:27] executed, you would see a room full of [24:29] people in uniform. You know how you'd [24:32] know the Americans from the Israelis? [24:33] The only way you would know would be to [24:35] look at the flag uh patches on their [24:38] shoulders to see who's the American, [24:40] who's the Israeli. and Admiral Cooper, [24:42] who is the head of Sentcom, who is the [24:44] lead person during the course of the [24:47] war, who actually ran the day-to-day, [24:50] uh, he and I have had several [24:51] conversations and he has said this that [24:54] in his lifetime as a military career [24:57] officer, he's never seen anything quite [24:59] like this before. Truly amazing. What's [25:02] it like for you personally to have the [25:06] position that you have, then also, you [25:07] know, be friends with President Trump [25:09] and also be friends with uh Prime [25:12] Minister Netanyahu. [25:14] Well, [clears throat] I would say first [25:15] of all, I'm very proud to be part of U [25:18] President Trump's administration. [25:21] I'm grateful for his policies uh toward [25:23] Israel, which are really policies that [25:25] are in America's best interest. Uh I I [25:28] don't want Americans to think, "Oh, [25:30] we're doing something for [snorts] [25:32] Israel." No, we're doing something for [25:33] America. But it is in America's best [25:36] interest to be a partner to Israel from [25:38] a technology standpoint, from a military [25:41] standpoint, from an intelligence [25:43] standpoint. There are a lot of Americans [25:46] who are alive today in America because [25:49] of the joint sharing of intelligence [25:52] that was a part of our counterterrorism [25:56] uh task force that stopped what would [25:59] have been uh the deaths of Americans [26:02] including by the way assassination [26:04] attempts on President Trump. So I'm [26:07] grateful that the president has [26:08] understood this. He's been the champion. [26:11] He recognizes Jerusalem as the eternal, [26:14] indigenous, forever and undivided [26:16] capital of the Jewish state. He has [26:19] recognized Israel's sovereignty over the [26:20] Golan Heights, which is incredibly [26:23] important. He has also seen when uh it [26:27] was necessary to invoke the US military [26:30] toward Iran's threat of nuclear weaponry [26:33] when he sent the B2 bombers in in the [26:35] summer of 25 or when he initiated the [26:39] American Israeli action against uh Iran [26:42] who was trying to rebuild and [26:43] reconstitute their nuclear ambitions. [26:46] >> And uh what about with um Prime Minister [26:49] Netanyahu? [26:50] >> I have an excellent relationship with [26:52] the prime minister. I've known him for [26:53] over 30 years. Um, you know, I've had a [26:56] great relationship with him and his [26:58] staff. And let me point to one thing in [27:01] particular that that I found very uh [27:05] off-putting when I've heard people say [27:06] that the prime minister wanted to keep [27:08] the war going for his own political [27:10] purposes. Say whatever you want to about [27:13] the prime minister. He has friends. He [27:15] has enemies like any political figure [27:17] does. But when I sit in his office and [27:19] sit with his senior people and I look [27:23] across the table, [27:26] more than half of the people sitting at [27:28] that table, his senior staff have sons [27:31] and daughters who have fought in either [27:35] Gaza or Lebanon. They have not just been [27:39] on the sidelines. They've not been in an [27:40] office building, but they have been the [27:42] warriors. And some of them have sons and [27:44] daughters who have lost their lives [27:46] fighting. To say that the prime minister [27:48] extended the war for political reasons [27:50] defies common sense because there's no [27:53] way that all of those senior people who [27:55] work with him would stay in the room if [27:58] he thought that he was exploiting the [28:01] war for political reasons. Say whatever [28:04] you want to, but that's a nonsensical [28:06] statement. [28:08] >> I I want to wrap up because I know you [28:10] have a tight schedule, but I just want [28:11] to make one or two more points. There's [28:13] something I get goosebumps about it [28:15] because you know I I know you're you [28:17] know very into the Bible and and there's [28:19] something so biblical even about this [28:21] conversation that there's Jews and [28:22] Christians like holding hands and [28:24] working together and trying to make the [28:26] world a better place and you have Israel [28:28] and America just working together and [28:30] yeah of course there's a lot of noise [28:31] out there and a lot of garbage and fake [28:33] news but we like you know the reality [28:35] and and I'm curious if you feel that [28:37] biblical sense as well in these times. [28:41] Yakov, the thing that I'm most [28:42] overwhelmed by is that is this biblical [28:46] foundation, not only for the Jewish [28:49] people, but for Christians as well. I [28:52] had one of my Jewish friends with whom [28:54] I'd made a trip to Israel. It's been [28:55] probably 10, 15 years ago, quite a time. [28:58] And and he was curious and he was very [29:00] honest. He just said, "Look, I don't [29:01] understand why the evangelical [29:03] Christians are so supportive of Israel [29:05] and of the Jewish people. What what's [29:06] up?" And and he wasn't saying is there [29:09] an ulterior motive, but I mean behind [29:11] the question, it's fair. Is there an [29:14] ulterior motive? And I said to him, no, [29:15] it's real simple. I said, 'You can be [29:17] Jewish. You don't need Christians to be [29:19] Jewish. Um, but Christianity exists [29:25] because it has a Jewish foundation. [29:27] Everything about what we believe, [29:29] everything in the Old Testament, the [29:31] Torah, we believe that 100%. And it's [29:34] why we say in Genesis uh God will bless [29:38] those who bless Israel and he will curse [29:40] those who curse Israel. I said it gets [29:42] pretty simple for those of us who [29:43] believe the Bible. So we have this [29:45] common foundation which by the way is [29:47] the foundation of Western civilization. [29:50] And it is also the foundation of the [29:54] United States. There wouldn't be an [29:55] America had there not been a [29:57] Judeo-Christian platform upon which the [30:00] individuality [30:01] of the soul was the focal point of what [30:05] we believe as a government. The [30:07] accountability that's all a part of this [30:11] long history that started here in [30:13] Jerusalem 3,800 years ago. So I tell [30:16] people, look, you can make a case for [30:17] Israel and the Jewish people based on [30:20] history. You can make it on geopolitical [30:22] issues. you can make it on the Bible, [30:25] but if you put them all together, it's [30:27] really hard not to be able to come to [30:30] the conclusion of the uh I guess [30:33] overwhelming [30:35] uh mandate, if you will, our [30:38] justification, our foundation for the [30:42] Jewish state, the Jewish people, and for [30:45] Christians to be supportive of that. [30:48] >> That's really powerful. Well, the the [30:50] name of the show is Inspiration for the [30:51] Nation. So, thank you for being an [30:53] inspiration for the nation. And [30:54] something that I'm trying to do is is [30:57] really just just put out just good [30:58] content for America, for Israel, and [31:00] just for people to realize the truth. [31:02] So, if I don't know if this is, you [31:04] know, normal for me to do, but I'd love [31:06] to make a request. You're pretty, you [31:08] know, hooked up. If there's any way in [31:10] any world where you could get me an [31:12] interview with President Trump and or a [31:14] pres uh interview with Prime Minister [31:16] Netanyo, I would forever be grateful. [31:18] But, uh, you figure I got to try. [31:20] >> Why not? let me see what I can do. You [31:23] know, I don't run the press shop in [31:24] either uh operation, but uh I think that [31:28] they would enjoy visiting with you. I [31:29] certainly have and I would recommend [31:31] that they uh have the conversation with [31:33] you. [31:34] >> I really appreciate it and I appreciate [31:35] you. Uh God bless you. God bless America [31:38] and God bless Israel. Thank you so much. [31:40] >> Thank you, Yakov. [31:41] >> This was a special episode and thanks [31:42] again to Tunuva, Will Ciss, Bipian, and [31:44] ankle Kabad. Now, I need your help. At [31:46] the end of the [music] interview, I [31:47] asked ambassador to help me get [31:49] President Trump and Prime Minister [31:50] Natano on this show. He said he'll try. [31:53] Who do you want to hear first? Type [31:55] Trump or BB in the comments and tell me [31:57] the one question you [music] want me to [31:59] ask them. Oh, and one more. The [32:00] ambassador said the real war right now [32:02] is the messaging war. So, what is the [32:04] biggest lie about Israel you keep [32:06] hearing? Put it in the [music] comments. [32:07] Let us fight it with truth. Now, I know [32:10] the world could look scary, but I just [32:12] want to remember and thank our allies [32:14] like the ambassador. He is incredible [32:16] person and there are so many friends of [32:18] Israel, friends of the Jewish people out [32:20] there. So it's very easy to see all the [32:22] terrorists and the haters and just the [32:24] dumb people out there. But it's [32:25] important for us to remember that Hashem [32:27] has given [music] us so many friends and [32:29] so many people who believe in what we're [32:30] trying to do and make the world a better [32:33] place. Remember, inspirations [32:34] everywhere. [32:36] Living
