BONUS POD： Safe in the Holy Land-A Firsthand Look at Life in Jerusalem Today
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Ben Foglou joins the show to talk about the latest developments in the situation in Gaza, including the return of the remains of three missing Hamas hostages, and the lack of progress in reaching a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas.
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by the liberal judges that were put in by Biden and by Obama.
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Many of them are people that were thrown out of their countries
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You're listening to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.
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It's nice to have you with us on the 47 Morning Update.
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Well, where we're recording this with my producer, it is Monday.
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trying to figure out the times to do these connections,
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This show is going to have a little bit different feel than normal
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And we're going to start with one of the incredible stories
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that is on the front page of the Jerusalem Post.
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The psychological torture that is taking place on the Israeli people by Hamas.
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The three partial remains that Hamas returned to Israel on Friday night
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do not belong to any of the hostages still in Gaza.
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DNA tests conducted at the Greenberg Institute of Forensic Medicine
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the IDF was preparing for the return of the partial remains
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handed over the remains to the IDF troops overnight.
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But Hamas had not specified whose remains it was handing over.
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that it initially offered three samples from unidentified bodies
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In order to not impede the handover of the bodies,
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we offered to deliver three samples from a number of unidentified corpses.
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and demanded to receive the bodies for examination.
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And we handed them over to preempt the enemy's claims.
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Again, Hamas still referring to Israel as their enemy.
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A statement from the International Committee of the Red Cross
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said that the organization, acting as a neutral intermediary,
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assisted this evening at the request and with the approval of both parties
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in returning the remains of three bodies to Israeli authorities.
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The identification process is the responsibility of the relevant authorities in Israel
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The reality is these bodies did not belong to any of the hostages.
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And this goes back to what I have been witnessing since I've been in Israel.
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This has been an incredible trip as I have, for the very first time on my pilgrimage,
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see where he carried the cross for his own death,
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and to see exactly what life is like in Israel.
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There are a couple of things that I want to be clear about.
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Number one, on this trip, it has been a spiritual journey for me.
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I will also tell you that if you're thinking about coming to Israel,
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It has been incredibly safe, especially in Jerusalem.
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And I can tell you that there are so many people that want to come to Israel,
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and they haven't felt like it was the right time.
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After being here, I would feel incredibly safe bringing my entire family.
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This ceasefire and the leadership of Donald Trump to get this peace in the Middle East
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and the Abraham Accords is truly historic, but it's also very real.
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But there's also another aspect of this trip that I think is as important to tell you about,
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Just like the story I told you about Hamas and the partial remains sent to Hamas
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that they said were the hostages were actually not at all.
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What we are witnessing right now is truly psychological warfare.
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It's psychological warfare by a terrorist organization that still refers to Israel as the enemy
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What we're also witnessing is something else that's extremely concerning,
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and part of the reason why I decided to take this trip to Israel.
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And that is the rise of anti-Semitism on the right in America.
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I had the privilege this evening of speaking with and hearing the story
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of the mother of one of the hostages that was just returned to Israel.
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You may remember the video that went viral of a young lady on the back of a motorcycle
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sandwiched between two men holding her hand out begging for help from her boyfriend.
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You may remember that he moved that camera to the right,
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and you could see the boyfriend pleading and wanting to grab his girlfriend.
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They were taken hostage, and they were separated.
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That story I was able to film tonight of a man by the name of Mr. Orr,
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the mother of the hostage, told the story of her son,
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and how he was kept underground without being able to see the son literally for years.
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That story I have put up on social media so that you can hear it.
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I have put it up on my Facebook account, the video.
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And I hope that every one of you will go look at it on Facebook so that you can hear that story.
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But what you learn when you are here and you talk to the hostage victims and their families
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is that their stories have not been told by the media.
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And in fact, what we've seen by the media is for them to imply on every opportunity they get
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that Israel is somehow evil, that they are committing genocide,
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that they are the ones that are hurting innocent people, which is not the case at all.
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I go back to this partial remains that were sent by Hamas,
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knowing that it was not actually the hostages' bodies.
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We also know that because of the leadership of President Trump,
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we got to the point where all living hostages were given back.
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And there is incredible gratitude in Israel right now for the President of the United States of America
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and him accomplishing something very quickly that the prior administration couldn't do
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and it's something I'm going to be focusing on on this show the next several days.
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There is definitely a rise in anti-Semitism in America in the right right now.
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It is being led by names that I'm sure you know about.
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Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuente, and others who have decided
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that Israel is not important as an ally of the United States of America.
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It is also giving incredible help to the terrorist group Hamas.
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And there is many that are concerned in Israel about this happening in America.
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In fact, it's been the number one thing I've been asked about as I've been in Israel,
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is what is happening with Republicans and conservatives.
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There was a warning on the top page of the Jerusalem Post yesterday.
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Senator Cruz Warns of Anti-Semitism Spike on the U.S. Right.
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The senator says issue is accelerated by online normalization of fringe figures.
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Senator Cruz delivering a dramatic warning that anti-Semitism is spreading
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on parts of America's right and urged conservatives, pastors, and lay leaders
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After being in Israel, I couldn't agree with this more than what I've witnessed since being here.
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The danger, as President Trump has put it, and Senator Cruz has put it,
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is that you now have hardcore conservatives that are turning a younger generation to be anti-Semitic.
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And there are a lot of conservatives that are now believing that it's somehow okay to say to Israel,
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I also want to talk about national security issues.
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And that is just how important Israel is when it comes to fighting ISIS, Al-Qaeda,
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And how much intelligence they give to America that allows us to stay safe.
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That is going to be part of what we're going to talk about.
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We're also going to talk about what I see on the ground,
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as I am going to visit the site of the terrorist attack, where that festival was.
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I'm going to meet with more families tomorrow that loved ones were killed,
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And the leaders that are having to deal with the fallout of the war that has happened for far too long.
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So we're going to take a moment this week to talk about Israel and the politics of it.
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Go on Facebook and watch the video of the mother tell the story of her son who has just returned.
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Why on earth would we not stand with these people that were attacked in a horrific way?
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The worst attack on the Jewish people since the Holocaust.
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And we'll talk more about anti-Semitism on the right as well.
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The people of Israel, they are so thankful for Donald Trump becoming president yet again.
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They love that we have a president that is standing with them.
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And also understands there's a difference between right and wrong and good and evil.
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That there is clarity in the world now of where America stands with Israel.
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And it's part of the conversation I'm happy to be having while I'm here in Jerusalem.
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I'll see you back here tomorrow for more from Israel.
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