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Episode: “Our Arab Friend” with Joseph Farah

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00:09 BRETHREN, MY HEART'S DESIRE AND PRAYER TO GOD FOR ISRAEL IS THAT THEY MIGHT BE SAVED.
00:15 THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE JEW AND THE GENTILE
00:18 FOR THE SAME LORD OVERALL IS RICH UNTO ALL THAT CALL UPON HIM.
00:28 CONSIDERING THE TIMES AND SEASONS OF OUR WORLD TODAY, HERE'S ZOLA LEVITT.
00:33 SHALOM, HELLO AGAIN.
00:35 YOU, KNOW, JOSEPH FARAH,
00:37 I GUESS I WAS TRYING TO THINK IF HE'S MY FAVORITE ARAB BELIEVER.
00:42 ERGUN CANER IS A GREAT GUY AND BROTHER ZACH THAT WE HAD,
00:46 AND WALID SHOEBAT,YOU KNOW, THESE PEOPLE THAT WERE MUSLIMS
00:49 GET SAVED AND THEY TURN INTO NORMAL, PLAIN SPOKEN CHRISTIANS
00:53 LIKE YOU AND ME AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING TO SEE.
00:57 YOU WOULD KNOW FARAH IF YOU LOOK AT WEBSITE WORLDNETDAILY.COM.
01:01 HE'S THE EDITOR AND HE JOINED US IN WASHINGTON.
01:04 WELL JOSEPH, I HEAR YOU HAVE A NEW HONOR WITH THE AL JAZEERA, THE ARAB TELEVISION NETWORK.
01:10 AL JAZEERA CALLED ME THE NUMBER ONE ARAB ZIONIST IN THE WORLD.
01:15 WHAT AN HONOR.
01:17 I TAKE THAT AS A COMPLIMENT, I GUESS.
01:19 HOW MANY OTHER ARAB ZIONISTS ARE THERE?
01:22 WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A GROWING NUMBER.
01:25 THIS IS THE GREAT THING, ZOLA.
01:26 SINCE 2000, WHEN I BEGAN WRITING MORE ABOUT THE MIDDLE EAST
01:30 AND PARTICULARLY FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AS AN ARAB AMERICAN,
01:34 SOMEHOW I'VE BECOME THIS NETWORKING SOURCE FOR ARABS,
01:39 NOT ONLY ARAB AMERICANS, BUT ARABS AROUND THE WORLD
01:41 WHO, THEY'LL WRITE TO ME, THEY'LL EMAIL ME AND SAY,
01:47 YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SAY THIS PUBLICLY, BUT I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU'RE SAYING.
01:52 AND I LITERALLY HAVE HEARD FROM HUNDREDS OF ARABS AND ARAB AMERICANS
01:56 OH, THAT'S ENCOURAGING. >>AND ARAB AMERICANS WHO SAY THAT.
02:00 AND I THINK THAT IS VERY ENCOURAGING
02:01 BECAUSE IT BREAKS THE MYTH THAT ALL ARABS THINK ALIKE.
02:06 WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AMERICA AND WHAT LOOKS LIKE A VERY SLOW ISLAMIC TAKEOVER.
02:13 WHEN I'M TEACHING IN THE CHURCHES,
02:17 I MENTION THIS IN CONNECTION WITH EGYPT OVER 15 CENTURIES OR SO,
02:22 PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE, AS THEY WILL, RODE IN AND POOR PEOPLE,
02:27 BUT WHEN THEY BECAME MUSLIMS THEN THEY PROMOTED THEIR AGENDA
02:32 AND EVENTUALLY REDUCED WHAT WAS A WORLD LEADING SOCIETY
02:36 TO THE UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC, WHICH COULD NOT EVEN FEED ITSELF.
02:41 THIS IS A STATISTIC THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND.
02:44 ABOUT 70% OF ARAB AMERICANS ARE CHRISTIANS, OR AT LEAST CULTURALLY CHRISTIAN.
02:50 THEY MIGHT NOT BE EVANGELICAL, BORN AGAIN CHRISTIANS AS WE KNOW THEM,
02:54 BUT THEY COME FROM A CHRISTIAN BACKGROUND.
02:56 BUT OVER THE LAST 10 OR 15 YEARS, WHAT WE'VE SEEN
03:01 IS THE IMMIGRATION TREND AMONG ARABS AND NOT ONLY NON-ARAB MUSLIMS INTO THIS COUNTRY,
03:08 THOSE NUMBERS ARE BEGINNING TO SHIFT.
03:10 I MEAN, I GREW UP IN A COMMUNITY IN NEW JERSEY THAT WAS LARGELY ARABIC SPEAKING.
03:16 WELL, TODAY IT'S, THAT COMMUNITY IS PRIMARILY MUSLIM AS OPPOSED TO BEING CHRISTIAN ARAB.
03:23 THAT'S THE DYNAMIC THAT'S CHANGING THIS COUNTRY.
03:25 IN ADDITION TO THAT, I THINK THE ISLAMIZATION OF THE UNITED STATES
03:29 IS MOST DEFINITE WHEN YOU GO TO THE COLLEGE CAMPUSES.
03:32 I KNOW YOU PROBABLY SPEAK ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES.
03:34 I TRY.
03:35 WHEN I APPEAR, YOU WILL SEE THE PEOPLE,
03:41 YOU'LL SEE THE WAY THEY'RE DRESSED WITH THE KAFIAS AND SO FORTH.
03:44 I DON'T EVEN THINK MOST OF THESE PEOPLE ARE TRULY ISLAMIC.
03:48 I DON'T THINK THEY'RE RELIGIOUS PEOPLE.
03:50 BUT, THEY IDENTIFY CULTURALLY WITH THIS ISLAMIC MOVEMENT GLOBALLY
03:56 AND I THINK IT'S A VERY, VERY DANGEROUS THING FOR AMERICA
03:58 BECAUSE WE'RE LOSING OUR PRECIOUS FREEDOMS.
04:01 THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO DON'T RESPECT FREEDOM OF SPEECH,
04:04 DISSENT AND THOSE KINDS OF AMERICAN IDEALS THAT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED.
04:09 YOU LOOK AT EUROPE AND YOU LOOK AT FRANCE FOR INSTANCE
04:13 WITH THE GROWING ANTI-SEMITISM THERE.
04:15 I THINK THERE WAS A FRENCH OFFICIAL RECENTLY SAID,
04:19 LOOK, PROBABLY THE SAFEST THING FOR JEWS IN FRANCE NOW IS IT LEAVE.
04:23 WHAT ABOUT ISRAEL ITSELF, PERSONAL LIBERTIES?
04:26 OF COURSE, IT'S A THREATENED DEMOCRACY, BUT IT IS A DEMOCRACY.
04:29 COMPARE YOUR SITUATION, IF YOU, WHETHER YOU'RE VISITING ISRAEL OR WHETHER LIVING IN ISRAEL,
04:36 THERE IS MORE FREEDOM AS AN ARAB IN ISRAEL
04:40 THAN THERE IS IN ANY ARAB COUNTRY OR MUSLIM COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.
04:44 THINK ABOUT THAT, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT--
04:46 DOESN'T THAT HAVE SOME VALUE TO YOU.
04:49 AND YOU KNOW, IT IS AN AREA WHERE YOU CAN BEGIN TO COMMUNICATE WITH PEOPLE
04:53 AND HAVE DIALOGUE, BECAUSE, IT'S INDISPUTABLE.
04:55 THIS IS WHAT GOT ME, ZOLA.
04:58 LONG AGO ON SOME OF MY EARLIEST TRIPS TO ISRAEL
05:02 AS AN ARAB AMERICAN JOURNALIST LOOKING AT MY SITUATION
05:10 AND REALIZING THAT I WAS ONLY FREE TO DO MY CRAFT OF JOURNALISM IN ISRAEL.
05:15 IF I WAS GOING TO REPORT FROM THE MIDDLE EAST, IT HAD TO BE FROM ISRAEL.
05:18 I MEAN, I COULD GO VISIT SYRIA AND EGYPT AND THESE PLACES,
05:21 BUT, I HAD TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT HOW I FILED MY STORIES
05:25 AND WHAT I FILED IN THOSE STORIES.
05:26 THE ONLY PLACE I WAS TRULY FREE, WITH AN AMERICAN-STYLE CONCEPT
05:31 OF FREEDOM OF THE PRESS, WAS IN ISRAEL.
05:34 WELL, SURE, THIS IS THE SIMPLE ANSWER TO WHY ISRAEL IS IN THE FRONT PAGE EVERY DAY.
05:38 YOU COULDN'T REPORT, I MEAN, WE DON'T GET STORIES FROM SYRIA.
05:42 WE DON'T GET STORIES FROM LYBIA OR I DON'T KNOW, SUDAN OR MOROCCO.
05:47 I MEAN, UNLESS SOME BRAVE REPORTER DECIDES
05:51 OR WAR CORRESPONDENT WRITES FROM IRAQ OR SAUDI ARABIA.
05:55 BUT, THEY THEMSELVES DON'T HAVE COVERAGE OF THEMSELVES.
05:59 CORRECT.
06:00 THERE ARE PROBABLY MORE ARAB NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHING FROM ISRAEL
06:06 THAN THERE ARE IN THE ENTIRE ARAB WORLD, TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE,
06:09 YES, THEY CAN SURVIVE THERE.
06:13 IT'S ALMOST, I MEAN, YOU LAUGH AND I LAUGH, TOO,
06:16 BUT IT'S A SAD SITUATION THAT DEMOCRACY ITSELF IS THREATENED.
06:20 WE'VE SAID, YOU KNOW, 10 YEARS AGO AND MORE IN OUR LEVITT LETTER
06:24 THAT THE 21ST CENTURY WOULD APPEAR TO BE A WAR BETWEEN ISLAM AND DEMOCRACY.
06:29 JOSEPH, IF ISLAM WINS THAT WAR, IT'S WORSE THAN A NEW DARK AGE.
06:36 WELL, IT IS, I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
06:39 I DON'T THINK YOU THINK THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
06:41 I THINK THAT THE LORD IS GOING TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING.
06:44 BUT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DEVELOPMENTS,
06:47 YOU LOOK AT THE GEOPOLITICAL SITUATION IN THE WORLD TODAY;
06:52 IT DOES REALLY REMIND ONE OF WHAT THE CONDITIONS
06:56 WE WOULD EXPECT FOR THE RETURN OF OUR LORD.
06:58 SO, THAT'S THE BRIGHT SIDE. >>IT REALLY DOES, DOESN'T IT?
07:01 LET ME COME TO THAT.
07:03 OF COURSE, YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN BELIEVER AND BORN AGAIN BELIEVER,
07:05 NOT LIKE THE ARABS YOU DESCRIBED.
07:07 IN ISRAEL YOU FIND EVERY SORT OF, COPTS AND MARONITES AND THE ARMENIANS
07:14 WHO ARE NOMINALLY CHRISTIANS, THEY'RE SACRAMENTAL CHRISTIANS
07:19 AND DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SINCERITY.
07:20 BUT, AT LEAST THEY ARE SAYING JESUS' NAME AND THEY ARE--
07:27 BUT, BORN AGAIN ARABS, THAT'S ANOTHER MATTER.
07:30 IT COMES UP A LOT WHEN I SPEAK IN CHURCH.
07:32 PEOPLE ASK ME WHAT PERCENTAGE OF ARABS ARE BORN AGAIN BELIEVERS.
07:35 WHAT DO YOU THINK?
07:37 I DON'T THINK ANY RESEARCH HAS REALLY BEEN DONE ON THAT, THAT'S MEANINGFUL.
07:40 WE GOT TO GET GEORGE BARNA WORKING ON THAT.
07:42 SERIOUSLY, SOMEBODY WHO UNDERSTANDS THE CONCEPT
07:46 AND TO SOME REAL PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
07:49 I WOULD SUSPECT THAT IN THIS COUNTRY
07:51 THE PERCENTAGE OF ARAB-AMERICANS WHO ARE BORN AGAIN CHRISTIANS,
07:54 IS VERY CLOSE TO THE GENERAL POPULATION.
07:57 I MEAN, I THINK WHAT HAPPENS AFTER ONE GENERATION OR TWO GENERATIONS IN THIS COUNTRY,
08:02 THE TRADITIONAL CHURCHES THAT THEY WERE ASSOCIATED WITH--
08:07 LOOK, PEOPLE HAVE FREEDOM OF CHOICE IN THIS COUNTRY
08:10 AND THEY'RE BOMBARDED WITH THE GOSPEL AND SO THEY TEND TO--
08:16 MY BACKGROUND WAS SYRIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH.
08:20 WHICH IS NOT A BORN AGAIN DENOMINATION.
08:24 AND THEN THAT SORT OF, MY PARENTS SORT OF WENT TO THE ROMAN CATHOLIC
08:29 BECAUSE THAT WAS MORE PREVALENT IN THIS COUNTRY.
08:32 BUT THEN, THE SECOND GENERATION, I COME ALONG AND I LOOK AROUND
08:38 AND I BECOME A BORN AGAIN BELIEVER AND SO THOSE TRADITIONS ARE IN THE PAST
08:42 AND I SUSPECT THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WITH MOST ARAB-AMERICANS.
08:45 IT WOULD BE INTERESTING WOULDN'T IT
08:47 IF THE ARABS CAME HERE, AS THEY ARE, AND THE MORE THEY ARRIVE,
08:51 THE MORE THEY WERE SAVED, THE MORE THEY GOT INVOLVED WITH TRUE FAITH
08:56 AND THEREFORE THE WHOLE THING DOESN'T WORK BECAUSE,
08:59 AS YOU SAY, THE LORD RESCUES THEM.
09:01 THE BEAUTIFUL THING IS IT CAN HAPPEN TO MUSLIMS JUST AS EASY
09:03 AS IT CAN HAPPEN TO A CULTURALLY CHRISTIAN ARAB. >>OF COURSE IT CAN.
09:08 AND THAT IS THE BEAUTIFUL THING.
09:10 MAYBE WE CAN, WHY DON'T WE THINK OFFENSIVELY LIKE THAT?
09:14 WHY DON'T WE THINK OF WITNESSING TO THE MUSLIM AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND CONVERTING THEM?
09:20 SO, YOU'RE CONCEPT OF PROPHECY IS THE LORD IS WELL ON HIS WAY?
09:24 I THINK SO AND I THINK THAT IT'S THE PROPER WAY FOR US TO THINK AS CHRISTIANS
09:31 THAT HE'S AT THE DOOR ALL THE TIME AND I THINK THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO LIVE,
09:34 WHETHER IT'S 10 YEARS, 20 YEARS OR 100 YEARS FROM NOW.
09:39 I THINK THE BEST WAY FOR US TO LIVE IS IN ANTICIPATION THAT HE'S RIGHT AT THE DOOR.
09:54 HELLO, MY NAME IS AMANDA MOORING.
09:56 MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRIES FOR ABOUT 4 YEARS NOW
10:00 WE'VE NEVER MET A MAN WITH SUCH COMPASSION FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE,
10:04 A MAN WHO UNDERSTANDS WHY THE JEWISH PEOPLE ARE IMPORTANT IN PROPHECY AND TODAY.
10:08 WE REALLY BELIEVE IN THE MISSION OF ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRIES.
10:11 WILL YOU BELIEVE, TOO, AND HELP SUPPORT ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRIES?
10:23 I SHALL STAND WITHIN THE WONDER OF YOUR WALLS, OH JERUSALEM.
10:29 I SHALL WALK WITHIN THE SPLENDOR OF YOUR GATES,
10:34 BEAUTIFUL FOR SITUATION, THE JOY OF THE WHOLE EARTH.
10:39 SURELY THE LORD HAS BLESSED THEE AND MADE HIS FACE SHINE UPON THEE.
10:44 JOIN ZOLA LEVITT IN HIS NEXT TOUR OF ISRAEL.
10:49 COME TO ZION WITH SONGS AND EVERLASTING JOY.
10:56 COME, WORSHIP IN THE SPLENDOR OF HIS HOLINESS.
11:04 WELL, JOE FARAH IS REALLY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT ISRAEL.
11:08 WE GO THERE ALL THE TIME AND I KNOW THE PLACE PRETTY WELL, BUT, HE'SGOT A WONDERFUL SIDE.
11:14 HE'S AN ARAB ZIONIST, OBVIOUSLY.
11:18 YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT BAD TO BE A ZIONIST.
11:20 I ALWAYS REPEAT. GOD IS A ZIONIST.
11:22 ANYBODY WHO PREFERS THE JEWS TO LIVE IN THEIR LAND
11:25 AND SETTLE IT IS A ZIONIST AND JOE FARAH IS NO SLOUCH.
11:30 SO, LET'S GO BACK AND HEAR WHAT HE HAS TO SAY ON THAT SUBJECT.
11:35 ONE OF THE THINGS I'M HEARING FROM THE ANTI-ISRAEL CROWD AROUND THE WORLD
11:41 IS THAT ISRAEL IS SOMEHOW GUILTY OF ETHNIC CLEANSING.
11:45 OH YAH.
11:47 BECAUSE IT'S A JEWISH STATE AND WANTS TO NOW BUILD FENCES TO KEEP PEOPLE OUT
11:54 THAT THIS IS SOMEHOW ETHNIC CLEANSING.
11:56 IT'S SO IRONIC BECAUSE THE OTHER SIDE IS THE SIDE THAT IS TRULY PRACTICING,
12:02 HAS BEEN PRACTICING FOR AS LONG AS THEY'VE BEEN AROUND
12:06 AND FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE THERE ARE NO PLANS TO CHANGE.
12:09 THAT IS THE OFFICIAL POLICY OF THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY, THE P.L.O.
12:14 IT IS NO JEWS ALLOWED, VERY SIMPLY.
12:17 WHY IS IT THAT ISRAEL SEEMS TO BE FORCED RIGHT NOW
12:21 TO WITHDRAW WELL ESTABLISHED COMMUNITIES IN THE GAZA STRIP,
12:24 WHY ARE THEY LOOKING AT PULLING JEWISH COMMUNITIES OUT OF JUDEA AND SAMARIA?
12:29 BECAUSE, THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY AND FUTURE PALESTINIAN STATE
12:33 ARE GOING TO BE, NO JEWS ALLOWED.
12:35 THAT'S GOING TO BE THE OFFICIAL POLICY.
12:38 THE ISRAELI COMMUNITIES, EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE.
12:40 ARABS LIVE THERE, THEY ARE CITIZENS, THEY VOTE,
12:43 THEY HAVE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, THEY SERVE IN THE MILITARY.
12:46 THAT'S RIGHT.
12:48 THEY VOTE AND AGAIN, I DON'T THINK A LOT OF AMERICANS UNDERSTAND THIS,
12:51 THAT THE SIZABLE POPULATION OF ARABS WHO LIVE IN ISRAEL, OVER A MILLION OF THEM,
12:57 THEY VOTE, THEY ELECT MEMBERS TO THE KNESSET, THEY OPERATE NEWSPAPERS, THEY SPEAK OUT.
13:03 THEY EVEN GIVE SERMONS ON FRIDAY THAT ARE HATE-FILLED
13:07 ANTI-SEMITIC, ANTI-CHRISTIAN MESSAGES AND THEY HAVE THE FREEDOM TO DO IT IN ISRAEL.
13:13 IT'S MIND-BENDING THAT PEOPLE DON'T GET THAT.
13:16 I HAD A LETTER SAYING YOU REMARKED IN PASSING
13:20 THAT SOME PALESTINIANS WERE ILLEGAL ALIENS.
13:23 WHAT DID YOU MEAN BY THAT?
13:24 I THOUGHT YOU SAID THEY'RE CITIZENS.
13:26 WELL, I SAY, LOOK, THE PEOPLE OF GAZA, SAY
13:29 AND THE WEST BANK ARE DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAN THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN ISRAEL PROPER.
13:34 WHEN ISRAEL WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE U.N.,
13:38 THE TERRITORY THEY WERE GIVEN, ARABS WERE WELCOME.
13:40 THEY BECAME CITIZENS.
13:41 THEY ARE CITIZENS.
13:44 THE OTHERS WHO CAME OVER BORDERS AND SO ON RATHER LIKE ILLEGAL ALIENS THAT COME IN TO AMERICA.
13:48 THERE WAS NO WAR OR ANYTHING.
13:52 THEY TOOK JOBS, THEY EXCHANGED THEIR LABOR,
13:54 BUT THEY DIDN'T BECOME CITIZENS AND DO NOT PREFER TO.
13:57 WHEN DID THOSE ARABS START TO COME IN?
14:00 THEY CAME IN, IN RESPONSE TO JEWS MOVING IN
14:04 AND THERE WAS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY THAT WAS TAKING PLACE.
14:07 THERE WAS MORE FREEDOM THERE.
14:08 THERE WAS OPPORTUNITIES THERE.
14:10 THEY CAME FOR GOOD REASONS INITIALLY, PARTICULARLY.
14:12 BUT NOW, THEY'RE ALSO COMING TO MAKE WAR BECAUSE YOU KNOW,
14:17 THERE'S 2 BASIC SOLUTIONS BEING TALKED ABOUT IN THE ARAB WORLD
14:21 FOR THE FINAL SOLUTION FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF ISRAEL.
14:25 ONE IS THE 2 STATE SOLUTION.
14:26 THE OTHER IS THE 1 STATE SOLUTION.
14:28 EITHER ONE IS BAD NEWS FOR ISRAEL
14:32 BECAUSE THE 2 STATE SOLUTION GIVES THE YASSER ARAFATS AND THE HAMASES OF THE WORLD
14:38 A BETTER LAUNCHING PAD FOR ATTACKS IN THIS UNCONVENTIONAL,
14:44 ASYMMETRICAL TERRORIST WAR LONG TERM WITH ISRAEL.
14:48 THE 1 STATE SOLUTION THAT KHADAFI AND THE PEOPLE LIKE THAT ARE BEGINNING TO TALK ABOUT IS,
14:52 LET'S JUST HAVE ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY AND ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO LIVE THRE CAN LIVE THERE
14:57 BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THERE ARE 300 MILLION ARABS IN THE WORLD AND ONLY 7 MILLION JEWS
15:05 WHO LIVE IN ISRAEL AND THEY CAN BE QUICKLY OVERWHELMED THAT WAY.
15:09 7 MILLION JEWS AND THERE ARE 2 MILLION PALESTINIANS AND GROWING AT AN ALARMING RATE.
15:15 IF THIS WERE COMPARED, AS WE SAID TO HISPANICS TO AMERICA,
15:19 THAT WOULD MEAN OVER 100 MILLION HISPANICS, WELL, IT'S NOTHING CLOSE TO THAT.
15:24 IT IS MORE-- IT WILL HURT ISRAEL A LOT MORE IF THEY KEEP ON COMING AND KEEP THAT ATTITUDE.
15:32 BY THE WAY ZOLA, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED THIS, BUT,
15:35 THEY'RE BUILDING THIS SECURITY FENCE IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WEST BANK.
15:40 AND IT'S WORKING, TOO.
15:42 IT'S WORKING, BUT, IT'S ALSO DRIVING MANY ARABS TO TRY TO GET ON THE ISRAELI SIDE OF THE FENCE
15:49 AS OPPOSED AS TO BEING ON THE PALESTINIAN SIDE OF THE FENCE.
15:52 AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALWAYS SEEN WHENEVER THEY,
15:55 ALL THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT HAS TO DO IS TALK ABOUT DIVIDING LINE IN JERUSALEM FOR INSTANCE
16:01 AND THE EAST JERUSALEM ARABS WANT TO MAKE SURE
16:05 THEY DON'T LIVE IN WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE PALESTINIAN SECTOR.
16:08 WE'VE SEEN THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN THE LAST 30 OR 40 YEARS.
16:14 THE ARABS DON'T WANT TO LIVE UNDER THE DICTATOR YASSER AFAFAT OR WHOEVER IT MIGHT BE.
16:21 THEY'D MUCH PREFER TO LIVE IN THE FREE SOCIETY, IN ISRAELI SOCIETY.
16:25 WHO CAN BLAME THEM?
16:26 WHAT'S YOUR HOPE FOR, LET'S SAY THE LORD TARRIES 50 YEARS?
16:31 I DON'T THINK HE WILL, BUT, LET'S SAY HE WOULD, NOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN?
16:36 I THINK THAT OUR ROLE AS A CHURCH IS TO BE SALT AND LIGHT UNTIL THE LORD RETURNS
16:41 AND I THINK THAT'S A PROPER WAY FOR US TO THINK ABOUT THE MIDDLE EAST, TOO.
16:45 LOOK, WE'RE NOT GOING TO TURN THE MIDDLE EAST INTO A PARADISE,
16:49 SOME KIND OF UTOPIA IN OUR LIFETIME.
16:52 IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
16:53 WHAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO IS TO TRY TO EXPAND FREEDOM IF POSSIBLE,
16:59 PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.
17:03 I MEAN, CHRISTIANS ARE BEING PERSECUTED IN THE MIDDLE EAST TODAY.
17:06 JEWS ARE BEING PERSECUTED IN ISRAEL BY THEIR NEIGHBORS.
17:11 THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.
17:12 WE HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO TRY TO EXPAND THE FREEDOM'S CALL
17:18 TO THOSE FOLKS TO OPEN THEIR EYES TO THE TRUTH,
17:23 NOT JUST THE TRUTH OF JESUS CHRIST, BUT THE TRUTH OF--
17:27 LOOK AROUND YOU JUST FROM A WORLDLY PERSPECTIVE.
17:29 WOULD YOU RATHER LIVE IN FREEDOM OR SLAVERY?
17:32 THAT'S YOUR CHOICE AND I THINK THAT CAN HAVE SOME APPEAL EVEN IN THE MUSLIM UNCONVERTED WORLD.
17:39 IT'S A MATTER OF WITNESS, ISN'T IT, ALWAYS IS.
17:41 SURE IS.
17:43 IF SOMEHOW THEY COULD BE PACIFIED,
17:44 IF SOMEHOW THEY COULD GET TO CHRIST, I THINK THAT WOULD,
17:48 EVEN IN A SMALL PERCENTAGE, TURN THEIR OWN THEORY ON ITS HEAD.
17:51 YOU KNOW, 10% OF MUSLIMS IN FRANCE CHANGED ALL OF FRANCE.
17:54 THAT'S RIGHT AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE, SOME PEOPLE SAY, WELL,
17:58 LOOK, THE ARABS HAVE NO EXPERIENCE WITH SELF-GOVERNMENT AND THOSE KINDS OF PRINCIPLES,
18:02 BUT, YOU KNOW THERE WAS A PRETTY GOOD EXPERIMENT IN LEBANON THAT LASTED A LONG TIME
18:06 AND IT LASTED A LONG TIME BECAUSE THAT WAS THE ONE NATION IN THE ARAB WORLD
18:10 WHERE CHRISTIANS WERE A BIG PART OF THE POPULATION, ABOUT 50%.
18:14 IT'S NO LONGER 50%; MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN DRIVEN OUT OF LEBANON.
18:19 BUT, I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECALL, THE LEBANESE EXAMPLE.
18:25 THERE'S ANOTHER BRIGHT SPOT, I THINK, IN THE MIDDLE EAST,
18:27 WHEN YOU LOOK AT IRAN.
18:30 IRAN IS ON THE VERGE RIGHT NOW OF BECOMING A NUCLEAR POWER.
18:33 OF COURSE, IT'S A TERRORIST SUPPORTING STATE;
18:36 MAYBE THE BIGGEST TERRORIST SUPPORTING STATE IN THE WORLD
18:39 AND IT'S A NIGHTMARE OF A PLACE TO LIVE.
18:42 YES.
18:43 BUT, THOSE PEOPLE, MANY OF THEM REMEMBER A BETTER TIME
18:48 AND THERE'S A LOT OF OPPOSITION TO MULA RULE IN IRAN RIGHT NOW.
18:52 I THINK THAT'S A COUNTRY THAT CONCEIVABLY IN THE NEXT 5 YEARS,
18:57 THE REGIME WILL FALL OF ITS OWN DEAD WEIGHT.
19:00 IT COULD USE A LITTLE PUSHING.
19:02 IT COULD USE A LITTLE HELP FROM MAYBE, A VOICE OF AMERICA TYPE OPERATION
19:09 BEAMED IN FROM THE UNITED STATES TO GIVE THOSE PEOPLE SOME HOPE.
19:12 BUT, THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN IRAN ARE SICK OF THE MULAS.
19:15 THE YOUNG PEOPLE DON'T EVEN REMEMBER THE SHAH
19:18 AND A LOT OF THE OLDER FOLKS WHO DO REMEMBER BETTER TIMES ARE TIRED OF WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE.
19:25 SO, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE GOOD THINGS THAT COULD HAPPEN IN THE VERY SHORT TERM
19:31 IN THE MIDDLE EAST TO GIVE US A BRIGHTER OUTLOOK.
19:35 OK, AND THE CONVERSE, WALID SHOEBAT WAS WITH US.
19:38 HE'S A PALESTINIAN CHRISTIAN.
19:41 MY FRIEND.
19:43 TRAINED AS A TERRORIST AND HE DIDN'T MAKE A VERY GOOD TERRORIST.
19:46 HE SEEMED LIKE A GENTLE--
19:49 FORTUNATELY HE WASN'T TOO SUCCESSFUL AT BLOWING UP THE BANK
19:52 AND KILLING THE POLICEMAN AND THOSE GUYS.
19:55 OH, YAH, HE TOLD ME THE STORY.
19:57 WHAT SHOEBAT SAID TAHT WAS A LITTLE DISCOURAGING WAS THE SUICIDE BOMBING
20:03 EVEN IN IRAN, SINCE YOU BROUGHT IT UP,
20:04 THEY ASKED FOR VOLUNTEERS AND THEY GOT 10,000 PEOPLE, THEY SAID.
20:09 A LONG LINE OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DIE TO KILL JEWS AND AMERICANS AND SO ON.
20:14 WELL, WHEN YOU EDUCATED PEOPLE FROM THE TIME THEY'RE IN PRESCHOOL
20:17 THAT THE HIGHEST CALLING IS MARTYRDOM, AND THEY REALLY DO.
20:21 THEY DO THIS IN THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY WHERE OUR TAX DOLLARS,
20:25 ZOLA, ARE GOING TO SUPPORT THIS KIND OF THING.
20:27 AND THAT'S JUST ONE SOCIETY.
20:30 SAUDI ARABIA HAS BEEN PAYING FOR THESE MADRASES FOR WHO KNOW HOW LONG,
20:34 WHERE IT'S TAUGHT THAT THE HIGHEST CALLING IS MARTYRDOM.
20:37 SO, IT SHOULDN'T BE SURPRISING THAT A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE ACTUALLY GROWS UP BELIEVING THAT
20:44 AND WANTING TO DIE FOR THE CAUSE.
20:46 THAT'S UNFORTUNATE.
20:48 THE THING WE HAVE TO DO IS STOP, FIRST OF ALL,
20:51 STOP OUR TAX DOLLARS FROM SUPPORTING THIS KIND OF THING
20:54 AND THEN DO WHAT WE CAN TO STOP THE SAUDIS FROM CONTINUING TO FINANCE IT.
20:59 WHY DON'T WE, JUST ASK YOU WHY DON'T WE CHANGE THE REGIME IN IRAN AND SAUDI ARABIA?
21:04 IT WOULD TAKE ALL SUMMER TO GET IT DONE.
21:06 BUT, I MEAN LIKE IRAQ, WE CHANGED IT IN THREE WEEKS.
21:09 NOT THAT-- THEN WE STOOD AROUND FOR A YEAR, BUT NEVER MIND THAT PART.
21:13 HOW ABOUT IF WE JUST TAKE THEM DOWN.
21:15 I THINK OUR PRESENCE IN IRAQ RIGHT NOW WITH 160,000 TROOPS
21:20 IS ONE OF THE FACTORS THAT COULD HELP TOPPLE THE IRANIAN REGIME.
21:26 I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY WILL FOR IT IN THIS COUNTRY.
21:30 LOOK AT THE OPPOSITION, ZOLA, IN THIS COUNTRY ALREADY
21:32 THAT'S TRUE.
21:33 TO IRAQ, OUR OCCUPATION THERE.
21:35 WE'VE LOST 800, YOU'D THING WE'D LOST 800,000 TROOPS THE WAY THE OPPOSITION IS MOUNTING.
21:42 IT'A A POLITICIZED ISSUE NOW IN THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.
21:46 THE AMERICAN PEOPLE JUST DON'T HAVE VERY STRONG STOMACHS.
21:49 AND SAUDI ARABIA IS SORT OF ASKING FOR A REGIME CHANGE, IT FEELS LIKE.
21:54 IT IS.
21:55 IT THERE IS A REGIME CHANGE IN SAUDI ARABIA, IF THERE'S A COUP,
21:59 IT'S GOING TO BE A BAD ONE, >>IT'LL GET WORSE.
22:02 I MEAN, IT'LL BE AN AL QAEDA STYLLE REGIME.
22:05 IT IS IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO THINK IN TERMS OF WHAT WE CAN DO THERE TO PREVENT THAT
22:12 OR TO BRING ABOUT SOME KIND OF A FREEDOM ORIENTED GOVERNMENT IN SAUDI ARABIA.
22:21 BUT, I GOT TO TELL YOU, SAUDI ARABIA IS LESS SUSCEPTIBLE
22:28 TO THAT KIND OF CHANGE THAN IRAQ WAS, WHICH WAS MORE OF A SECULAR COSMOPOLITAN SOCIETY.
22:35 OH, THAT'S TRUE.
22:36 AND SO, I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S MUCH OF A CONSTITUENCY
22:39 FOR A FREE REPUBLIC IN SAUDI ARABIA.
22:42 JOSEPH, I'M SO GRATEFUL TO YOU.
22:44 YOU ALWAYS INFORM US AND YOU'RE RIGHT UP TO DATE WITH THESE THINGS.
22:48 I REALLY THANK GOD YOU'RE A BELIEVER AND YOU TAKE THE VIEWS YOU DO.
22:52 WELL, THANK YOU.
22:53 IT'S BEEN VERY NICE TO BE WITH YOU.
22:54 I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU.
24:27 OF COURSE, OUR LORD SPENT ALL OF HIS MINISTRY IN ISRAEL.
24:31 HE PREACHED TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
24:33 HE INSTRUCTED HIS DISCIPLES, GO NOT INTO THE WAY OF THE GENTILES,
24:37 NOR ANY CITY OF THE SAMARITANS ENTER YE NOT.
24:40 FOR I AM COME ONLY UNTO THE LOST SHEEP OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL.
24:43 LATER HE EXPANDED THE MINISTRY AND TOLD THEM TO BE DISCIPLES IN JERUSALEM, JUDEA, SAMARIA
24:50 ALL THREE, WHICH ARE ISRAEL, AND THE UTTERMOST PARTS OF THE EARTH.
24:53 AND SO WE HAVE GENTILE SALVATION.
24:55 BUT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS OF JESUS' STATEMENTS WAS MADE TO JEWISH BELIEVERS.
25:02 SOME PEOPLE SAY THE JEWS MISSED THE MESSIAH.
25:04 I'VE HEARD THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
25:05 A TEACHER HERE AT A HIGH SCHOOL SAID, CHRISTIANITY STARTED IN GREECE.
25:09 GOOD GRIEF.
25:11 OMITTING EVEN PENTECOST.
25:13 BUT, IN ANY CASE JOSEPH WAS TALKING ABOUT THE TRUTH
25:17 AND OF COURSE IT BRINGS TO MIND JESUS' FAMOUS TEACHING ABOUT THE TRUTH,
25:21 THE WHOLE CONTEXT, JOHN 8:30 SAYS,
25:27 AS HE SPAKE THESE WORDS, MANY BELIEVED ON HIM
25:30 THEN SAID JESUS, TO THOSE JEWS WHICH BELIEVED ON HIM, IF YE CONTINUE IN MY WORD,
25:36 THEN ARE YE MY DISCIPLES INDEED AND YE SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE.
25:46 YOU KNOW, A RIGHT HEART TOWARD ISRAEL IS ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL AT THIS PROPHETIC TIME.
25:52 SHA'ALU SHALOM YERUSHALAYIM, PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM.

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